By Wilson Florez
Euro 2024 He had one of his most attractive first duels. Spain and Croatia met at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Álvaro Morata, Fabián Ruiz and Dani Carvajal They gave the first three points to the Spanish team in Group B. The match ended 3-0.
The Spanish team began by slightly dominating a match that in the first minutes involved a lot of study. A mid-range shot was the first arrival from the Spanish team in the first 7 minutes of the game. But it did not represent any problem for the goal defended by Dominik Livakovic.
Despite the fact that Croatia was increasingly gaining more firmness on the field, Spain capitalized on a great play. At minute 29, Álvaro Morata received a great through ball from Fabián Ruiz that the Atlético Madrid player was able to define to make it 1-0.
Three minutes later, Fabián Ruiz would take off his assistant’s suit and put on his scorer’s suit. In a great individual play that started on the edge of the area, Ruiz launched a great shot from his left foot that gave the Spanish team a partial 2-0 lead in the 31st minute.
When it seemed that they were going to go into the break with a partial 2-0, Spain gave a strong attack with 20 seconds left before the end of the first half. Lamine Yamal launched a great cross that was anticipated by Dani Carvajal. The Real Madrid player made the score 3-0.
In the match everything went well for the Spanish team. Croatia had to score a quick goal to get them back into the game. However, in the 55th minute a play was generated that showed that luck was not on the Croatian side. Up to two shots were stopped near the goal line and kept the score at zero.
At minute 77, a controversial play arose inside the area. Almost with the bow unguarded, Bruno Petkovic was brought down inside the area by Rodri Hernández. The main judge signaled a penalty and gave the Spanish footballer a yellow card.
Petkovic himself made the payment, but he was saved by Unaí Simón. However, in a second play, Ivan Perisic left the ball served for Petkovic to score the Croatian goal. However, the goal was disallowed by Perisic’s invasion before his partner’s recovery.
The match ended with a resounding 3-0 score. Croatia will have to recover from this hard blow against Albania on the next day. For its part, Spain must endorse what was done in this match in its next match against Italy. Both games will be Thursday June 20.
— Spanish Men’s Soccer Team (@SEFutbol) June 15, 2024
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