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Men's Euros
CRO vs ALB
Men's Euros
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Croatia
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Albania
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That is all we have time for on Tribe as another breathtaking 90 minutes at these European Championships comes to an end as Croatia and Albania share the points. I have been Elliot Thompson and thank you for joining me. Make you stay with us as the hosts Germany play their second game against Hungary in just under an hour.
On Monday Croatia have Italy as they are now bottom of Group B with one point but with a minus-three goal difference. They will need to win to have a chance of going through to the knockout stages. The same goes for Albania who will face Spain on Monday as they are now in third place on one point.
Albania proved themselves to be counter-attacking perfectionists as in the first half that is what they relied on. Their first goal came from exactly that as Asani delivered a fine cross onto the head of Laci who diverted the ball into the bottom right corner. They carried on to defend deep in the second 45 minutes but as soon as they went a goal behind Sylvinho threw everything at the game. It certainly paid off as in the last few minutes Gjasula got his revenge as he managed to cancel out his own goal with a a strike of his own. His shot found the bottom left corner after a cross from Mitaj was put on a plate for him due to a slight touch from Sutalo. Hoxha off the bench for Albania made all the difference.
ANOTHER CLASSIC GAME OF FOOTBALL AT THIS EUROS COMES TO AN END! Croatia thought they had the win after they managed to complete the comeback in the second half after Laci's goal early on in the game. Kramaric got the equaliser with a lovely composed finish giving Strakosha the eyes before finding the bottom left corner. Just two minutes later Budimir created a big chance for Sucic but his shot was blocked and bounced off Gjasula to go into the back of the net. It seemed that was that but in a hectic injury time, Albania managed to secure a point. Zlatko Dalic will be fuming that his side didn't see out the win as they now will need to beat Italy to have a chance of qualifying.
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SAVE! Croatia are again on their way forward with Pasalic. He passes it infield to Kovacic who sidesteps beyond Ajeti. On his left foot, he shoots right at Strakosha but he spills it. However, Djimsiti is there to clean up for him.
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Modric tries to break with several players ahead of him. Gjasula jumps into the tackle to make sure he fouls him. A great yellow card!
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K. Gjasula
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GJASULA HAS HIS REDEMPTION IN THE DYING MINUTES! Hoxha makes some space on the left side as he occupies two men. He slides in Mitaj who sends in a low cross. Sutalo gets a slight touch on the ball giving Gjasula the perfect chance. On his left foot, he slots the ball into the bottom corner beyond the reach of Livakovic!
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K. Gjasula