SPAIN 3-0 CROATIA: La Roja kicked off their Euro 2024 campaign with an excellent victory at Berlin's Olympiastadion, putting Luka Modric and co to the sword in a manner that you don't really expect from the 2008 and 2012 winners
Rodri told his Spain team-mates ahead of their Euro 2024 opener that style no longer mattered and winning was all that was important - and they duly battered Croatia in Berlin with the kind of physical and direct display rarely seen from them in the past 15 years.
New head coach Luis de la Fuente wants his side to be less predictable, more direct and decisive when key moments present themselves. To aid that approach he’s promoted the unpredictable and thrilling wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal - Barcelona’s 16 year-old phenom - into his attack, with another Barca sensation, Pedri, given licence to roam in midfield.
Morata, now 31 and made to feel important by de la Fuente, handed the captain’s armband, raced clear and coolly slotted past Dominik Livakovic. For a player who has so often looked an ill-fit during what is now a 10-year international career, it was his 37th goal in 75 caps.
Dani Carvajal, fresh from scoring in the Champions League Final, again showed his new-found poacher’s instincts, meeting Yamal’s inswinging cross and turning into the net. Never before had Spain scored three times in a first half at a Euros final.
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