Spain overcame Croatia within the soccer European Championship
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Álvaro Morata, 31, scored when Spain beat Croatia within the European Championship opener.
Then he changed himself.
– It was one of the best for the staff, he says – but additionally provides reassuring information.
The heavyweight assembly between Spain and Croatia grew to become a one-sided story the place Spain went on the knock and led 3-0 already on the break.
Álvaro Morata opened the scoring within the twenty ninth minute when he – let loose by Fabián Ruiz – rolled in his seventh European Championship objective of his profession.
That objective takes him as much as third all-time within the checklist of most goalscorers within the EC.
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full screenMorata substituted himself. Photograph: Petr Josek / AP
Solely Cristiano Ronaldo (14) and Michel Platini (9) have scored extra.
– It is at all times good to attain, however even nicer to win. We have now many younger gamers within the staff and I’m very proud and completely happy regarding them. They’re younger, however play as in the event that they have been 25-30 years outdated, says Morata in SVT.
Suspected harm – set with ice pack
However Morata’s pleasure pale with simply over 20 minutes left to play. Then he took off the staff captain’s armband, gestured in direction of the bench and requested to be substituted.
Then he was seen sitting on the bench with an ice pack over his knee.
– One of the best factor for the staff was {that a} teammate got here in as a substitute of me and gave every part. I’m prepared for Italy, he instructed the TV channel La1.
Disallowed objective
Spain received the match 3–0.
Fabián Ruiz and Dani Carvajal scored the opposite two objectives.
Within the eightieth minute, Croatia obtained a penalty which Bruno Petković transformed. The rebound bounced out to Ivan Perišić who performed Petković to make it 3–1. However the objective was disallowed as a result of Perišić stole and bumped into the penalty space earlier than the penalty was taken.
After VAR evaluate, it was as a substitute an oblique free kick to Spain.
Spain face Italy on Thursday subsequent week (June 20).
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fullscreen Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Pictures
