EURO 2024 Finals, Croatia 2-2 Albania: Gjasula redeems himself in injury time

* PRE-MATCH PREDICTIONS

The Croatian team had high expectations for their opening match of EURO 2024 when they faced Spain. However, Luka Modric and his teammates were unable to surprise the strong Spanish team. The team that finished third in the 2022 World Cup even lost easily to Spain with a score of 0-3.

Coming to the second match of Group B taking place at 8pm today (June 19), the Croatian team will face a more "suitable" opponent, Albania. This is considered a key match for coach Zlatko Dalic's team. Luka Modric and his teammates have no way back, as they must win to have a chance of advancing to the round of 16. Because in the final match of Group B, the Croatian team will meet another tough opponent, the Italian team.

Luka Modric (left) needs to show his mettle to help Croatia win

Croatia have quality midfielders, but their main problem lies in their attack. Coach Dalic needs to make adjustments and new plans to improve the effectiveness of the attack, if he hopes to score against Albania.

In theory, the Albanian team (ranked 66th in the world ) is rated much lower than Croatia (ranked 10th in the world) in both terms of ranking and power correlation. However, with what they showed against the Italian team in the opening match (losing 1-2), Albania has proven that they are not an easy team to bully. Albania will become more dangerous, as they have been pushed into a corner and also need a victory to keep their hopes of going on.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vck-euro-2024-croatia-albania-luka-modric-va-dong-doi-khong-con-duong-lui-185240619183327414.htm