IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA EURO 2024 (Day 11)
Picture : Mattia Zaccagni has scored the latest goal (excluding extra time) for Italy in the major tournaments (in the 90'+8').
The statistics on 2024 Euro day 11 (24 June)
Croatia vs Italy 1-1
*Italy failed to beat Croatia in last 9 games between them (3 wins of Croatia and 6 draws).
The only win of “Scuadra Azzurra” in this rivalry happened during the World War II, on 5 April 1942, in a friendly match in Genoa.
*Croatia became the 3rd team to miss 2 penalties in the same Euro edition (Bruno Petković vs Spain and Luka Modrić vs Italy), after:
Netherlands in Euro 2000 (Frank De Boer and Patrick Kluivert both vs Italy),
Spain in Euro 2020 (Gerard Moreno vs Poland and Alvaro Morata vs Slovakia).
*Gianluigi Donnarumma is the first Italian goalkeeper to save a penalty in the Euro since Gianluigi Buffon did it against Romania (from Mutu) in 2008.
*Donnarumma is the youngest goalkeeper in the Euro history (25 years 120 days) to reach 10 appearances.
*Luka Modrić became the new oldest scorer at Euro finals (38 years 289 days), surpassing Ivica Vastic (Austria, in Euro 2008, at 38 years 257 days).
*Modrić is now the joint top scorer of Croatia in Euros, with Ivan Perišić (4 goals each).
*Mattia Zaccagni has scored the latest goal (excluding extra time) for Italy in the major tournaments (in the 90'+8').
*Croatia is the first team in the Euro history to miss 2 victories after conceding goals in added time: vs Albania 2-2 (goal conceded in the 90'+5') and vs Italy 1-1 (goal conceded in the 90'+8').
*Croatia is the team that missed the most victories, after conceding goals in added time, in the Euro history of the Euro Cup: 4 times (1 in 2008, 1 in 2016 and 2 in 2024).
The next is England: twice (1 in 2004 and 1 in 2016).
Albania vs Spain 0-1
*Spain have won all 3 matches in a Euro group stage for the second time (after their championic 2008 edition).
*Spain have 3 clean sheets in a single group stage of a major international tournament (World Cup, Euro) for the first time in history.
*There was only 1 team in Euro history before that won 3 games in the group without conceding a single goal: Italy at Euro 2020 (became champion).
*Another parallel with Spain’s glorious Euro 2008: on that occasion, with first place already secured, coach Luis (Aragonés) changed for the third game 10 starters compared to the second match (all but Andres Iniesta). Now coach Luis (de la Fuente) also changed 10 starters (all but Aymeric Laporte).
Spain is the only nation in Euro history to change so many players (10) in starting lineup between 2 successive games (also repeated in Euro 2008 quarterfinal vs Italy when all normal starters returned to the XI).
*Among the teams against whom Spain have 100 percent wins, Albania is now most frequent opponent (9 wins in 9 games), ahead of Liechtenstein and Malta (8 in 8).
*Ferran Torres has scored his 20th goal for Spain; just the 2nd to reach this mark before turning 25 (after Raul who scored 28 to this age).
*Dani Olmo has made his 4th assist in Euros; only Cesc Fabregas has more (5) while Xavi, Iniesta and David Silva also 4.
*Jesús Navas became the oldest player to appear for Spain in a major tournament (38 years 216 days), surpassing Santiago Cañizares who played against Saudi Arabia in World Cup 2006 at 36 years 248 days.
In Euros only, the Spain’s oldest player was Aritz Aduriz (35 years 137 days in 2016).