The selection of Spainone of the so-called candidates to conquer the Euro 2024, They started their participation in group B of the continental tournament on the right foot and beat a team from start to finish. Croatiawho never found the compass for the party.
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It was an unbeatable debut, displaying poise and punch to once again earn the respect of those who do not count Spain among the favorites. Knocking down the always combative Croatia based on success in a first half for history, the first time they scored three goals in a Euro Cup for which Luis de la Fuente’s team presented his candidacy.
The Red knew how to untie the knot that the DT proposed Croatia, Zlatko Dalic, and won with a crushing 3-0 in Berlin, after the striker’s first-half goals Alvaro Morata (29), midfielder Fabian Ruiz (32) and the side Dani Carvajal (45+2), in the complement the figure was the goalkeeper Unai Simón, who saved a penalty to leave his goal clean.
Although the closing of the match was not as round as the rest. A mistake with the feet Unai Simón, that brought back the worst memories in unnecessarily risky actions, caused a penalty from Rodri to Petkovic when he was going to score at will with ten minutes left. She could have been red, yellow for the English referee.
He corrected his mistake Unai saving a penalty again Croatia, as in the final round of the Nations League that gave the title in 2023, and allying himself with fortune in the subsequent goal disallowed by the VAR for offside. It was not the day of Modric’s army. And Spain left with shock in its body after seeing Rodri, the head of a project that blew up at its premiere, complaining on the ground.
The team led by Luis de la Fuente Thus he silenced the doubts and criticisms that fell against the team before the debut in the Euro Cup and took a very important step to think about the round of 16, he is the leader of group B with 3 points and three more in goal difference.
The negative news for the Iberians was the injury of their captain and axis of the midfield Rodrigo Hernandezwho had to be replaced due to a physical problem in one leg.
HAROLD YEPES
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