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Spain and Croatia will meet for their opening Euro 2024 match at Berlin Olympiastadion. Luis de la Fuente’s side will look to get off to an effective start and defend their crown as they aim to capture three consecutive European Championship titles.
Lamine Yamal will make his international debut for Spain and could face off with Josko Gvardiol of Manchester City for left-back duties for most of the game.
Spain XI: Simon
Luis de la Fuente kicked off his tenure as Spain manager with an emphatic 3-0 win against Croatia in Berlin. While this wasn’t exactly a classic match-up, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz and Alvaro Morata showed why Spain are considered major contenders to claim silverware at Euro 2024.
Navas appears set to remain as first choice goalkeeper throughout the tournament despite some fitness concerns. Dani Carvajal will start at right back while Pedri, Rodri, and recently-maligned Alex Grimaldo vie for one left back position.
Rodri is likely to retain his place in midfield, with Mikel Merino likely challenging for the second position. Marco Asensio may feature as well, although Real Madrid have yet to reach their usual form this season.
Navas
Navas was not particularly impressive during the Nations League final; nevertheless he remains Spain’s first-choice goalkeeper. The 39-year-old brings valuable experience and leadership qualities that his teammates respect as an example to younger players.
Navas was forced out of the Gold Cup due to a groin injury, as well as PSG’s pre-season tour in Japan due to competition between him and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Navas was an integral player at both the 2010 World Cup and 2022 European Championship, earning 54 caps during his career. While his career has had ups and downs, Navas will look to end 2018 on a positive note against Croatia. Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has made 10 changes from their starting XI which started against Italy; Marco Asensio has replaced Rodrigo Moreno while Le Normand makes his return after recovering from injury.
Lamine Yamal
Luis de la Fuente’s squad may feature iconic names like Pedri and Rodri, but it also contains some of Spain’s most promising young players like Lamine Yamal of Barcelona FC who has already set numerous remarkable records during his short career.
This 16-year-old played an integral part in Spain’s opening goal against Croatia, carving open their defence with his clever movement before providing an excellent cross for Dani Carvajal to finish. Additionally, he provided solid defensive protection from Josip Stanisic while helping frustrate Bruno Petkovic’s attacking play (whose goal was controversially disallowed for encroachment).
As long as he maintains his consistency, he could become an integral player on the national side. Marc Cucurella should also be kept under close observation after making a crucial clearance to stop Josip Stanisic from scoring late.
Fabian Ruiz
Luis de la Fuente’s side have already gained some practice ahead of this match with victories over Andorra and Northern Ireland in friendlies, but this will be their true test in their bid for a record fourth Euro win.
Lamine Yamal of Barcelona could become the youngest player ever to appear at a European Championship when he takes to La Roja’s right wing for La Roja on Thursday. Real Madrid teammate Dani Carvajal will start on the left instead of Mikel Merino.
Unai Simon and Robin Le Normand are also present, giving this defence lots of experience; however, Pedri will hope for better fortune than his debut against Italy when taking a free-kick but failing to strike it accurately on goal – only for it to later be disallowed due to offside.
Rodri
Rodri has become an invaluable component of Luis de la Fuente’s Spain side under Luis de la Fuente, being described by former Barcelona teammate Busquets as the world’s best player at his position. Rodri’s partnership with Real Sociedad’s Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad has proven immensely effective and may start against Croatia on Saturday.
Lamine Yamal of Osasuna will make Spain history against Croatia as they make his Euros debut, becoming both youngest player ever to feature and youngest scorer at Euros if he plays his full match debut. Lamine could make history against an indestructible Croatian attack led by Josko Gvardiol and Marin Pongracic if his inclusion proves key against them.
Aymeric Laporte passed a fitness test to maintain his position at the heart of defence alongside Dani Carvajal and Robin Le Normand in central park.
Pedro
Spain may have conceded some chances from crosses into their box, but have enough attacking weapons to take this tournament by storm. Lamine Yamal adds extra firepower while Fabian Ruiz, Rodri and Pedri can find pockets of space around them to find space between players for runs at goal.
Luka Modric was superb, too – the former Real Madrid star drove forward from deep with excellent support from his team-mates. De la Fuente also has an abundance of Basque influence in his team with Unai Simon, Dani Olmo and Nico Williams all featuring. Aymeric Laporte’s absence is felt keenly but Nacho captained Manchester City to Champions League victory so far and will likely play an instrumental role once more this competition; his performance as Croatia’s threat was outstanding with clever positioning and tight close down work from Nacho alone – an outstanding performance indeed.
Alvaro Morata
Morata showed great footwork to move past two players before sending the ball straight into the net for Spain to extend its lead further. His goal showed his composure in front of goal.
De la Fuente’s team have made quick work of taking an early lead against Croatia in Group B match against them, thanks to Pedri, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz in midfield who have pressed forward, alongside Williams, Lamine Yamal and Morata looking for opportunities.
Real Madrid defender Aymeric Laporte trained on Thursday but is likely to miss out with a minor muscle issue, leaving Nacho as his replacement alongside Dani Carvajal and forming an effective partnership in Spain’s attempt to defend their crown with style.
Luka Modric
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in world football. Starting his career at Dinamo Zagreb, he later represented SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia and ultimately Spain in international matches.
Since his international debut with Croatia in 2006, he has participated in every major tournament imaginable – captaining them to victory at the 2018 World Cup final and receiving eight times Croatian Player of the Year honors.
He won the Champions League with Real Madrid during each of his three seasons at their club, while his international record against Spain stands at four wins, one loss, and one draw. Born in a small village outside Zadar while war bombs fell nearby, Modric learned the game at an hotel used as shelter where his grandfather died during this conflict.
Mateo Kovacic
Tactically speaking, Spain dominated early exchanges without much surprise. All their recent coaches from Luis Enrique to Julen Lopetegui have spoken about modernising tiki-taka and becoming more direct in the final third, and La Roja certainly appeared intent on doing just that.
But the opening period was also an indicator of their fragility. Lamine Yamal has too much fun slaloming down the left flank and Josko Gvardiol cannot make an effective challenge, leading to another free kick for home side.
Ivan Perisic
Ivan Perisic will present Croatia with a threat on their right wing and is an accomplished striker who regularly scores for both club and country. His pace will be key as both teams battle for territory and possession.
Michael Oliver blows his whistle to start proceedings for this eagerly anticipated match between three-time winners Spain and Croatia – two sides that have never made it further than quarter-finals of any European Championship tournament – at their respective European Championship tournaments.
Lamine Yamal will make history as the youngest player to ever start in an European Championship finals and his battle against Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol could prove pivotal in determining its outcome. Fabian Ruiz played an essential part for Spain as his assist for Morata’s opening goal was one of many highlights of an exciting opening period; Real Sociedad star Pablo Fornals looked good upon returning after injury as well.
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