Croatia vs Spain highlights Euro 2020: Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in extra-time to advance to the quarterfinals

Euro 2020, Croatia vs Spain Highlights: It was an extra-ordinary, eight-goal thriller that ended with a 5-3 victory for Spain. A bizarre own goal gave Croats the lead, then Spain fought back to lead 3-1. Two late goals from the Croats forced extra-time. However, from there on, it was all La Roja who scored twice in three minutes to secure victory.

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Euro 2020 Highlights, Croatia vs Spain: It was an extra-ordinary, eight-goal thriller that ended with a 5-3 victory for Spain. A bizarre own goal gave Croats the lead, then Spain fought back to lead 3-1. Two late goals from the Croats forced extra-time. However, from there on, it was all La Roja who scored twice in three minutes to secure victory....Read More

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• 29 Jun 2021, 12:13:45 AM IST

  WHAT A GAME

  It was an extra-ordinary, eight-goal thriller that ended with a 5-3 victory for Spain. A bizarre own goal gave Croats the lead, then Spain fought back to lead 3-1. Two late goals from the Croats forced extra-time. However, from there on, it was all La Roja who scored twice in three minutes to secure victory.

• 29 Jun 2021, 12:05:15 AM IST

  IT'S OVER! SPAIN WIN

  PEEEP! PEEP! PEEP! AFTER 120 MINUTES, SPAIN SECURE VICTORY. An extraordinary 5-3 win over Croatia to make the quarterfinals.

• 29 Jun 2021, 12:04:19 AM IST

  OFF THE POST

  120' Mikel Oyarzabal is in the box, has one defender and the keeper to beat. He cuts it back to Olmo, whose left-footed shot ricochets off the left post and eventually, Spain fail to score.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:59:58 PM IST

  MORATA STILL GOT PACE

  116' SAVEE!! Morata is freed down the left and he bursts forward. Caleta-Car chases and forces Morata wide, whose shot is blocked by the Croatian goalkeeper.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:57:19 PM IST

  Modric is off

  114' Mordic is subbed off, Luka Ivanusec comes on

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:55:19 PM IST

  Can Croatia still do it?

  8 minutes to go. Players have run of out of gas and understandably so.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:51:13 PM IST

  WIDE

  106' CHANCEE AND JUST WIDE!! Croatia come close to scoring a fourth. They won't back down. Budimir's left-foot shot drifts wide of the far post.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:49:44 PM IST

  2nd ET half begins

  Right then! Last 15?

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:46:34 PM IST

  ET HALFTIME

  Breathless stuff. First 15 produce 2 goals. How many will the final 15 will. If they are the final 15 at all.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:44:03 PM IST

  SPAIN 5-3

  103' GOOOOALLL!!!! OH MY GOD! YOU ARE KIDDING ME! HAVE SOME MERCY ON US COMMENTATORS! IT IS SO HARD TO KEEP UP! OYARZABAL SCORES

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:41:25 PM IST

  GOOOOOOOALLLL!! MORATA SCORES! SPAIN LEAD, AGAIN

  100' GOOOOOOOALLL!!! ALVARO MORATA TAKES SPAIN AHEAD YET AGAIN! Morata takes down Olmo's cross at the back post superbly and then blasts it past Livakovic brilliantly!

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:36:37 PM IST

  ORSIC AGAIN BUT WHAT A SAVE!!

  95' WHAT A SAVE! Unai Simon with a save off the line. 7 minutes have already flown past. More brilliant, bruising forward play from Orsic, whose cross lands at the feet of Kramaric – but Simon saves with his legs!

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:35:42 PM IST

  ALMOST 4-3

  92' ORSICCCC!! The sub, who has scored one and made one, bends a shot just over the bar as Croatia search for a fourth.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:30:00 PM IST

  OFF WE GO AGAIN!

  And we are away again. First period of extra-time

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:25:07 PM IST

  EXTRA TIME

  EXTRA TIME! After 96 minutes, on we go into extra time.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:20:52 PM IST

  GOOOOALLL AND EQUALIZER

  90+2' GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!! THERE IS THE EQUALISER!!! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A GAME. Coming to the goal, Orsis puts in a beautiful cross into the box from the left flank. Palasic storms into the box and meets the ball with an excellent header.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:19:17 PM IST

  STOPPAGE TIME

  Six minutes added on

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:13:31 PM IST

  GOOOOOOOALLLLL!! CROATIA PULL ONE BACK

  85' GOOOOALLL CROATIA PULL ONE BACK IN THE MOST UNUSUAL WAYS POSSIBLE. The move began with Modric and his skill near the right byline after cutting into the box. The ball, through a forest of bodies, rolls to Budimir and his shot is blocked by Azpilicueta on the line. THe ball then rebounds to Orsic, whose shot comes off a Spain body but only after crossing the ball.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:06:34 PM IST

  Subs for Spain

  78' Host of subs: Budimir on for Kovacic and Pasalic on for Vlasic.

  Jordi Alba is on for Gaya for Spain

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:06:05 PM IST

  TORRRES SCORES. SPAIN 3-1

  77' GOOOOOALLL! FERRAN TORRES SCORES TO TAKE HIS SIDE 3-1 AHEAD. THERE IS A VAR CHECK WHETHER THE PLAYERS WERE READY BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. Croatia caught sleeping. After Gaya is fouled and is done receiving treatment, Spain take the free-kick quickly on the right and Torres is acres of space. He bursts forward and scores. Gvardiol throws away the water bottle he was drinking from and frantically tries to get back to that side to stop him.

• 28 Jun 2021, 11:01:24 PM IST

  GOOOOALLL BUT OFF-SIDE

  72' GOOAL BUT CLEAR OFFSIDE! Morata knew straight away. he didn't even celebrate. It was obvious as after a free-kick delivered into the box, it takes multiple taps and Ferra Torres knocks it towards goal. Morata, who was way offside knock it in

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:59:42 PM IST

  Spain subs

  72' Pau Torres replaces Eric Garcia

  Olmo replaces Sarabia

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:59:18 PM IST

  SIMON IS PAST THAT HOWLER, FOR SURE.

  69' Another good save from Simon. Kramaric is in on through goal down the left and goes for near post but Simon keeps it out. Wouldn't have mattered as the flag was up

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:55:37 PM IST

  SIMON SAVES

  67' SAVE! Best bit of football Croatia have played so far. Unai makes a very good save, in fact. Croatia pick their way into the Spain box again and Vlasic cuts it back for Gvardiol - but Simon brilliantly drops down to his right to make the one-handed save!

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:55:04 PM IST

  67' SUBS FOR CROATIA

  Mislav Orsic replaces Ante Rebic for the first appearance of this Tournament

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:52:26 PM IST

  How the tables have turned

  In all fairness, Spain have been the better side all game so far. Into the 64th minutes, they have been nearly spotless. And that is why, they are ahead

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:45:01 PM IST

  GOOOOOALLL! SPAIN SCORE! AZPILICUETA SCORES

  57' GOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!! AZPILICUETA SCORES!!!! THEY ARE IN THE LEAD. Coming to the goal, he feeds Pedri who then lays it to Ferran Torres down the left. Azpilicueta charges into the box and meets Torres' perfectly-weighted, floating cross into the box and Azpilicueta scores off his head.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:44:21 PM IST

  FAULTY BALL

  Oh, harsh. The referee stops play just as Spain were moving forward. The ball is faulty and it is replaced. Spain move forward on the left wing. Pedri's deep cross to the far post is tapped by Sarabia but it blocked inside the box.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:40:12 PM IST

  WHAT A CHANCE

  52' OOHHH BOY!!! SARABIA COMES CLOSE! What a chance! Torres, now operating on the left side, beats his man and heaves a cross to the far post, where Sarabia is unable to keep it in play.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:38:15 PM IST

  ALL HAPPENING ALREADY

  49' Spain have started the second half very positively. Pedri turns away from his defender well and plays the ball to Gaya on the left. His cross into the box is blocked by Vida.

  Croatia counter but Vlasic's dart forward is ended by Laporte.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:36:25 PM IST

  FOUL AND FREEKICK!

  47' Harsh and Hard foul! Gvardiol rugby tackles Morata 30 yards away from goal. But nothing comes off the free-kick

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:33:27 PM IST

  Halftime sub

  For Croatia! Bruno Petkovic makes away for Andrej Kramaric

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:31:26 PM IST

  SECOND HALF!!

  46' Second half begins! Croatia set the ball rolling and it's time to find out which team takes home the win. Currently, it's 1-1

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:20:27 PM IST

  HALFTIME

  HALFTIME! A great first half comes to an end. It began with Spain dominating possession and then threatening the Croatian goal. The tide towards Croatia's favour when Pedri's harmless backpass skipped pass goalkeeper Unai Simon as he conceded an outrageous own goal. Spain, however, clawed their way back into the game and eventually, before halftime, Sarabia drilled home the equaliser

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:17:03 PM IST

  MORATA...OVER

  45+1' OVER! Morata receives the ball after good link-up, turns around and has a crack at goal but the ball flies over.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:16:19 PM IST

  STOPPAGE TIME

  1 minute added on

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:09:18 PM IST

  GOOOOOALLLLL, SPAIN EQUALISER

  38' GOOOALLL!! SARABIA SCORES, DRILLS HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE! GAME ON! It comes from a Spain but this time, on the right side of the pitch. Pablo Sarabia latches onto a rebound to drill home the equaliser from close range. Coming to the goal, Gaya lets it fly from the edge of the box. Livakovic does well to dive to his left and parry the ball away. The rebound rolls kindly to Sarabia, who does the rest.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:03:37 PM IST

  OPTA JOE STAT

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:02:59 PM IST

  Croatia vs Spain

  31' GREAT DEFENDING. A lovely ball into the box from the left picks out Morata but the ball is cleared behind for a corner by Caleta-Car. Nothing comes off it.

• 28 Jun 2021, 10:01:30 PM IST

  Spain have a chance.

  27' OVER FROM SARABIA. He meets Torres' cross with a header that flies long.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:59:10 PM IST

  OH HELLO, KOVACIC

  26' OVER! Kovacic, from the edge of the box on the left, goes for glory and the ball just drifts over the goal.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:56:45 PM IST

  VLASICCCCC...WIDE

  25' NOW LOOK AT CROATIA. Lost until the own goal and now they look threatening suddenly. Vlasic drives down the right and is forced wide by Garcia. His shot from a tight angle near the byline rams into the side netting,

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:55:25 PM IST

  WHAT WE MISSED: OH MORATA

  19' WHAT A CHANCE! Just taking you a minute behind for a moment because I was bringing you chance that was soon overshadowed by the howler from Spain's custodian. It was a glorious chance for Morata, who at the far post towers over to meet a lovely ball from Torres. But he completely misses the header and hits it into Vida's hand. The ball is cleared

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:52:36 PM IST

  OWN GOALLL

  20' GOOOOOAL!!! THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE! IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE OWN GOALS YOU'LL EVER SEE. OH, SIMON!

  Pedri knocks a gentle pass back to him from midfield and the Spain goalkeeper takes his eye off it at the last moment and it clips off his foot as he goes to control it and into the back of his net!

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:48:19 PM IST

  SAVE!

  16' WHAT A CHANCE!! WHAT A SAVE! So far, it had been all possession and no danger from Spain but on this occasion, Koke, down the centre is set free by Pedri. The former is then one-on-one with the Croatian custodian, who in the end, gets down on time after charging off his line to keep the ball out with his feet. The ball bounces behind for a corner after rebounding off the Croat defender. Nothing comes off it

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:45:16 PM IST

  UEFA Euro 2020

  13' SIDE NETTING FROM SARABIA! It all started with Busquets in the centre threading a beautiful through ball to Morata to the left post, Morata slipped the ball behind him Sarabia a with a back flick. Sarabia went for goal but found the side netting. The Croat keeper, however, had it covered.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:41:18 PM IST

  Smooth from Petkovic

  10' CLUMSY CHALLENGE by Garcia. Petkovic gets past Garcia only to be brought down again. Nothing comes off it.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:37:13 PM IST

  WHAT A LEAP

  5' FREE-KICK for Spain after Brozovic flaws Morata in midfield. Sarabia's ball into the box but the ball is cleared temporarily. The ball rolls to the left flank and the cross to the far is met very well by Ferran Torres, who heads it back to centre of the box. Koke is but the ball is just a little behind him. While he leaped, Torres clipped the Croatian defender. We are back to playing.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:33:21 PM IST

  Alert very early!

  2' Sniffs out the early danger. Great ball in from Laporte into the box and Sarabia looks to get to the end of it but the Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic charges off his line to collect the ball.

• 28 Jun 2021, 09:30:41 PM IST

  KICKOFF! LET'S GOO

  KICKOFF! In front of a crowd 21,500 strong, Spain get the game underway. This is going to be so much fun.