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Spain v Croatia team news: Yamal makes history

15 June 2024 193 comments
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Group B of the European Championship gets underway with one of the toughest-to-call fixtures of Matchday 1.

Spain v Croatia kicks off at 17:00 BST in Berlin.

Lamine Yamal is in Spain’s XI as expected and, at 16 years and 338 days, makes history as the youngest-ever player to appear in a European Championship finals.

The main bit of injury news for the Spaniards is the benching of Aymeric Laporte, who was suffering with a muscular issue this week.

Nacho and Robin Le Normand are instead at centre-half.

Marc Cucurella is preferred to Alex Grimaldo at left back, meanwhile.

Fitness issues are, as is the case with Laporte, likely a contributing factor with Ivan Perisic only being a substitute for Croatia.

Josko Gvardiol, often a centre-back for his country, looks set to start at left-back.

TEAM NEWS

Spain XI: Unai Simon, Carvajal, Le Normand, Nacho, Cucurella, Pedri, Rodrigo, Fabian, Yamal, Morata, Williams

Croatia XI: Livakovic, Stanisic, Pongracic, Gvardiol, Sutalo, Majer, Kovacic, Kramaric, Modric, Brozovic, Budimir.

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  1. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    How did Croatia not score there?

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    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      By not putting the ball in the back of the net

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    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Need Davor Suker

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  2. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Did you guys know that Gianni Buticce is Italian?

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Gianni is quite an Italian name

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      1. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Definitely is

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  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    oof pedri rested before 60, unlucky owners

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Bang on 60th minute phew

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        On the basis there is no 0th minute, so 59 is 60th minute 😉

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        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 9 months ago

          😀 just checked and the game has him down having played 60, so who knows lol, might be different to fpl

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          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 9 months ago

            Yes I think these treat it how they all should!

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  4. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Pedri subbed before 60’

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    yamal motm at the moment?

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Ruiz surely

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        most recognisable names just seem to be getting it, xhaka getting it earlier

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 9 months ago

          Yamal new kid on the block, wouldn’t say he’s the most recognisable name, that would be Morata / Carvajal etc

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        2. Mother Farke
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 9 months ago

          Reminds me of the days Charlie Adam was a cert for 3 bonus points.

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  6. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Croatia score now Pedri off!

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  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Selfish Lamal

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  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    carvajal 1 ball recovery away from 15 points

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  9. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Dalic obviously lost it. He is replacing playmakers instead of leaky defenders.

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  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    rodri on 3 ball recoveries, going to have to go some to get 6 with only 20 mins left

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  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Not had a player blank yet with 6 played.
    Wish my luck in prem was like that, always do well in these international tournaments weirdly, maybe because I put far less time in it and just go with gut

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Musiala (C)
      Wirtz
      Havertz
      Zobo
      Pedri
      Lamal

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      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Congrats. Shame you have Aebischer on your bench.

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      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Probably all downhill from here once Kane and Mbappe blank for me lol

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    2. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Great showing!

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  12. NotNowKato
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Yamal is young enough to be some/a lot of these Croatia players son.

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Especially Modric's Son

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      1. NotNowKato
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        His son is 14. MADNESS

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        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          1 year, 9 months ago

          Modric son and yamal might be doing homework together

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  13. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Rodri YC

    Croatia pen

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  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    umm that should be red for Rodri?

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    1. gart888
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      For me, yes.

      Or a yellow for a dive. One or the other.

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  15. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Gvardiol on pens?

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  16. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    If rodri gets red then u cant sub him out.. lucky lucky rodri owners

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  17. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Croatia score

    3-1

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  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    wait how tf has he escaped red there? english officials 😆

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      *Italians fuming, wouldve made their match with Spain much more even

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  19. NotNowKato
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Thays not a pen. Just score the goal from six yards ffs.

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    1. SM001
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Why would you dive with an open goal from 5 yards!

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    2. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      How is that not a pen?

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      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Penalty or not..he could have surely stood up for another second and just rolled it in. Its a foul but theatrical fall to get rodri sent off

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    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      I know. Seriously stupid. Could have easily scored

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  20. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Nice Rodri yc. Should deduct more pts for the penalty

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  21. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Clean sheetssssssss bussssssssssssted!!!

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  22. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    This guy just went full Saka vs Bayern and actually get the penalty

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  23. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Cleanie gone but is there penalty save points?

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  24. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    I got Rodri because he’s on penalties, not because he gives them away

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      U r very lucky he didn't get red.. if he had u couldn't sub him off

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  25. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Encroachment

    Goal chalked off

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Oh thought it would be a retake!

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      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Nopes, that’s a foul by Croatia so no retake

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  26. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Looks like a retake because of encroachment

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Why retake?

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        Encroachment from keeper

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  27. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    so rodri -1 for conceding pen, -1 for yc but keeps cs point

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  28. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Shirley if that is being chalked off for offside, they have to retake the penalty because Simón was off his line.

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      That’s what I thought, I think they’ve got that horribly wrong

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        I think we know more about the rules than the refs do 😆

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    2. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      VAR didn’t check that

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 9 months ago

        I think more worrying the fact the ref didn’t spot it, despite literally standing there and looking

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    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      Oh i didn't notice. Crazy

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  29. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Croatia are having a horror show. Poor penalty firstly and then enchroachment.

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  30. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 9 months ago

    Game's over for Euro FPL.
    There'll be that 0.1% team with Unai Simon, Carvajal, Aebischer, Musiala (c) and Wirtz.

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      I have the first and last 2 lol

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    2. Travel Notes
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 9 months ago

      That's how it works. Don't follow everyone else if you want to win it.

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