Take a look at all the major talking points from the Euro 2024 Group B match between Spain and Croatia being played at the Olympiastadion Berlin.
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CROATIA’S GOAL DISALLOWED
Rodri gave away a penalty and earned himself a yellow card after bringing down Bruno Petkovic inside the box. Petkovic stepped up to take the penalty and his initial attempt from the spot was saved by Unai Simon.
The ball however fell to Persic who gave it back to Petkovic to finish into an empty goal.
Referee Michael Oliver then paused the game and disallowed the goal after VAR checks confirmed that Perisic had entered the box before Petkovic struck the ball.
CARVAJAL AND YAMAL COMBINE
Dani Carvajal has become the oldest player to score for Spain in the Euros (32 years and 156 days), assisted by Lamine Yamal, the youngest to assist in the history of the competition (16 years and 338 days).
DANI CARVAJAL MAKES IT THREE FOR SPAIN
Dani Carvajal stuck a leg out and tapped in a beautiful cross from Lamine Yamal to secure his first ever international goal.
It is his first ever match in the European Championship.
FABIAN RUIZ DOUBLES THE LEAD
Fabian Ruiz gets the ball inside the box, keeps his calm to dance past a couple of Croatians and then finds the far-post with a grounded finish.
ALVARO MORATA BECOMES THE SPANISH PLAYER WITH THE MOST GOALS IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Spain’s captain Alvaro Morata started the scoring after running onto a beautiful through ball from Fabian Ruiz. Morata now has 7 goals in European Championship history for Spain, tied with Fernando Torres and David Silva.
He has also scored in three consecutive EUROS.
Only Cesc Fabregas (8: 3 goals, 5 assists) has been involved in more Euros goals for Spain than Alvaro Morata.
LAMINE YAMAL MAKES HISTORY
At 16 years and 338 days old, the Barcelona youngster broke the record previously held by Polish international Kacper Kozlowski, who played at Euro 2020 at 17 years and 246 days old.
MODRIC RUBS SHOULDERS WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO
Luka Modric enters an exclusive list of players to have played in nine or more World Cups/European Championships. He joins Germany’s Lothar Matthäus and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo on the list.
AYMERIC LAPORTE NOT IN THE SPAIN SQUAD
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente in a press conference said that defender Aymeric Laporte will play no part having been ruled out due to unspecified “issues”. “Aymeric Laporte didn’t get injured, he just had some issues and I decided we wouldn’t take the risk so he’s not going to play tomorrow,” the 62-year-old told reporters.
Nacho and Robin Le Normand starts as the centre-backs for Spain.
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