Thirty seconds after his missed penalty, Luka Modric opened the scoring from close range to virtually send Croatia into the round of 16 of Euro 2024. Reigning European champions, Squadra Azzurra challenge Croatia. Follow the match live.
22:57 – Zaccagni crucifies Croatia! (1-1, 98th)
For his seventh selection with the Italian jersey, Mattia Zaccagni rolls his shot and equalizes for the Squadra Azzurra after a breakthrough from Calafiori.
22:56 – The mistakes keep coming
In the final minutes, the match became more and more tense. There is one minute left in added time while all the Croats are standing. Luka Modric eats his jersey from stress.
22:52 – Precious Budimir
As the Italians push to equalize, Budimir gets a valuable foul in the opposing camp.
22:51 – Calafiori’s turn
With eight minutes of added time remaining, Calafiori fouls Juranovic and takes the first Italian yellow card.
22:49 – Brozovic has the right to his card
After a repelled attack, Marcelo Brozovic sprints to recover but he makes a mistake. For his entire match, the midfielder received the fifth Croatian card.
22:46 – Scamacca misses the inevitable!
What an opportunity missed by Italy! On a superb shift in the Croatian area, Chiesa crosses hard in front of the goal. Livakovic puts his foot on but it goes through and Gianluca Scamacca cannot regain the ball.
22:42 – Double change
In the 81st minute, Fagioli and Zaccagni come on. They replace Jorginho and Darmian.
22:38 – Modric leaves his people!
Entering the last ten minutes, Luka Modric is replaced by Lovro Majer. Perisic is the new captain.
22:37 – New warning
Danny Makkelie has work to do tonight. New fault from Pongracic who is the fourth player warned.
22:33 – Scamacca comes into play
Before the last quarter of an hour, Gianluca Scamacca replaced Raspadori.
22:32 – New player notified
After another Croatian foul, Luka Ivanusek received the third warning of the match after deliberately shooting the ball.
22:28 – Double change
Twenty minutes from the end, Sucic and Kovacic gave way to Perisic and Ivanusek.
22:27 – The Croats retreat
Since Luka Modric’s goal, the Croats have been in great difficulty. The Croatian block is retreating and this allows the transalpine players to carry the danger.
22:23 – Darmian countered
Danger falls on Livakovic’s cage. After a serve in the area, Darmian controls and hits with the left but it is blocked.
22:23 – Chiesa provokes
Since his entry into play, Federico Chiesa has been regularly found. He gets a corner. A corner kick which ultimately achieves nothing.
22:20 – Modric too aggressive
After a superb tackle from Barella on Kovacic, Luka Modric is too involved. Danny Makkelie shows a second yellow card.
22:17 – Chiesa comes into play
After Modric’s goal, Federico Chiesa came on in place of Federico Dimarco.
22:16 – The Italians respond!
This match is definitely on! Darmian finds Raspadori in the Croatian area. The midfielder serves Frattesi with a subtle backheel which gets a corner.
22:14 – Modric recovers (1-0, 55th)
Thirty seconds after his failure from the penalty spot, Luka Modric frees Croatia. After a cross into the Italian area, Budimir takes it again but it is deflected by Donnarumma’s left hand. The ball returns to the Croatian captain who strikes from close range with his left foot.