The Croatian national team was a few seconds away from the Euro knockout for the third time in a row. She did this after being hugely disappointed in the first two rounds and gaining only a point, but tonight (Monday) in Leipzig, against the European champions Italy, she already got what she wanted when Luka Modric, her captain and biggest star even at the age of 38, scored in the 55th minute and became For the oldest scorer in the history of the Euro – only half a minute after he missed a penalty.
After all this, when Modric had already gone down to the bench and counted the seconds to the final whistle, the Italian substitute Mattea Zaccani arrived and with a kick turned into the far corner, it was 1:1 in the 90th+8th minute and not only did he possibly prevent the relegation zones at home and returned them to second place at home and meeting with Switzerland in the round of 16 on Saturday at 19:00, but probably sent Croatia home as they finished third, but with just two points.
To qualify for the knockout against all odds, Croatia needs to be one of the best four teams to finish in third place. For this to happen, it must have Slovenia defeated by England and at the same time Denmark beat Serbia. In addition, she needs the Czech Republic to lose to Turkey and Georgia to lose to Portugal.
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