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Croatia is really in a difficult position that tonight it has to beat Italy if it wants to continue with the competition, and on the other hand, a draw is enough for Italy. It is interesting that Italy never managed to beat Croatia in official matches.
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Bookmakers are currently quoting the Croatia - Italy game as:

3.15 - 3.15 - 2.44

and I must say that in this tournament Croatia looks much worse than 3.15. Italy is also not perfect, but I like 2.44 better. It seems to me that this game will end with Italy winning 1-0 or 2-0 since they have an advantage (a draw is enough for them) and they know how to defend.
I am in agreement with the rating of the bookmakers because Italy is definitely the favourite to win tonight. Croatia have not been the best of the team we watch in 2022 world Cup. Deep doing I'm actually expecting a draw so rhe best option to go for will be Italy to win or draw. Although, the odd is very small but it is more conservative and when c1wombined with Spain to win will give something significant. Spain will not have a gard time winning Albania who are already out of the competition.
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Germany, who were defeated in the first half yesterday, at least managed to get a draw here.As I expected, they were the more dominant side and if they had been defeated in this match, we would have seen that they would not be able to take their effort.With Füllkrug's goal in the last minute, they managed to get a point here and finished the group as the leader.I think Germany missed more goals in this match and had unlucky moments.Hungary, on the other hand, managed to finish the group in 3rd place by defeating Scotland 1-0 with a goal in the last minutes.

I almost no longer believe that Germany will manage to avoid defeat especially when the game is really close to the end. Niclas Fullkrug, who came on to replace Jamal Musiala, finally managed to answer the coach's trust by scoring a goal in the final minutes, this changed the result to 1-1.

In a few moments, Croatia vs Italy will compete and it feels like this is one of the most interesting matches to watch. I could exclude Spain vs Albania today, but either way Spain is the favorite in that match. Italy vs Croatia will be very good, of course because the probabilities for both teams are almost the same. Croatia must win, if they lose they will go home.
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Albania vs Spain

Albania: Strakosha, Balliu, Djimsiti, Ajeti, Mitaj, Ramadani, Asllani, Asani, Laçi, Bajrami, Manaj

Spain: Raya, Navas, Vivian, Laporte, Grimaldo, Merino, Zubimendi, Ferran Torres, Olmo, Oyarzabal, Joselu

Croatia vs ITALY

CROATIA: Livakovic, Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Sucic, Kramaric.

ITALY: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Darmian, Barella, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Dimarco, Retegui, Raspadori.
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Today, the final matches of Group B, often referred to as the ‘group of death,’ are about to begin. It’s an exciting group indeed. Albania will face Spain, while Croatia will take on Italy. Tonight, both Albania and Croatia need victories to advance to the next round. Spain has already secured their place in the Round of 16, barring any major surprises, Spain is expected to secure first place in the group, with Italy following closely in second.
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Croatia in this Euro is a little hampered in terms of performance and this is very different from what they showed in the world cup some time before but indeed if they want to keep hope then it's time for them to rise in this last match because it would not be very funny if for this euro they are at the bottom of the standings and only get 1 point.
Therefore Croatia will try to win because that's one of their chances of qualifying, but it's not easy to beat Italy who we know are a great team.
The game during the World Cup and Euro will now be different but we will see the result, here I doubt Italy at the core.

What about a different scenario where Albania beat Spain (although that's unlikely) but the fact we saw Switzerland vs Germany where they struggled to score with their main squad although at the end in the 90+ minutes they equalized, well this scenario is not what we want to happen for Italy.
Even if Albania wins the match against Spain, a draw will still be enough for Italy to qualifty to the next round and they will be eliminated from the tournament if they lose the match.
Yeah Italy's only hope is a point if they want to be safe...let alone win.
I think for Croatia they just want a full win tonight, we just want the game to be more competitive, if there are no goals at all then it's not what we want as spectators.
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Germany, who were defeated in the first half yesterday, at least managed to get a draw here.As I expected, they were the more dominant side and if they had been defeated in this match, we would have seen that they would not be able to take their effort.With Füllkrug's goal in the last minute, they managed to get a point here and finished the group as the leader.I think Germany missed more goals in this match and had unlucky moments.Hungary, on the other hand, managed to finish the group in 3rd place by defeating Scotland 1-0 with a goal in the last minutes.
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When teams like Croatia and Italy meet, you always expect a lot of goals. However, the stakes are too high today, with a group exit at stake, so the teams won't take too many risks. This means that there will probably be few goals. Italy need a draw, but this will not give the Italians confidence. The Croatians will fight for the victory and this factor will give them extra strength. I think Croatia will win 1-0.

I agree with your prediction, I believe Croatia will fight hard to win this game because three points are all they need to stay in the competition. Italy defense was not very good, and Spain only lost the opportunity to score an early goal. If Croatia is serious with their game and gets through Italy defense, they can score a lot of goals and get three points. If Italy loses, they may be able to qualify for the next round. I'll take the risk and follow your prediction. I wish Croatia the best of luck.

Another good day for Spain to get another 3 points in Group B. Playing against Albania is something that will be easy for them. Because Albania may not seem to be as tough as Italy. Meanwhile, Spain managed to get a win from their last game by getting lucky enough to escape the defensive line of Italy. I don't think Croatia will be lucky this time. This is because currently, we can see that Croatia and Albania have the same strength of performance which made them have a draw last game. Either Croatia or Italy must have a win today to be qualified for the next stage.

Spain will easily win today game against Albania, due to how strong they have performed in this tournament. Albania lost and drew their last two games, and they only passed Croatia in the group standings due to goals they conceded. If Spain loses today's game, Albania will move to second place. In fact, I believe they will win this game because Spain has defeated the stronger teams in this competition. However, this is the last opportunity Croatia has to stay in the competition, if they draw, they will be eliminated, so they need to play more definitely and win against Italy.
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Italy and Croatia are to meet this night and the outcome of the game will determine which one of them would face Germany in the round of 16.
No. Germany will face the second placed team of group C. The match between Italy and Croatia is from Group B and has nothing to do with determining the oponent of Germany in the Round of 16.

The runners-up of group B will face Switzerland and the third placed team (if qualified) will face winner of group E or winner of group F (Portugal).
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Very Important match between Italy vs  Croatia. This match for a do-or-die match. If Croatia stays in this championship they must win this match other hand Italy needs a simple drow to go to the next round. Italy start their uro journey defeating Albania by 2 -1 gole. After 2nd match, they lost 1 by 0. Italy's defender Fredrik Dimaroco has been injured they should wait for confirmation for the fitness exam. Croatia Strat did not do very well in this tournament, The Strat Euro mission lost by 3. 0 of Spain. the last match make drow with  Albania.  Croatia needs 3 points to go to the next round. they have no other choice than win against Italy.
It is quite unfortunate that we have to choose between Croatia and Italy, these are two good footballing Nations and I would definitely like to watch them in the second quarter of the euro competition. But as the table stands now, it seems that Italy is more determined to make it than Croatia. I have discovered that the Croatia national team needs to revamp their squad, this is because the people in that 11 are beginning to age. The truly need younger blood to make the football play.

But then Croatia and winning Italy is not a difficult task for them and as well as Italy winning Croatia is also not a difficult task. This is why the people that needs one point to qualify is at the safer side than people that needs a whooping three points. That means tonight Italy could make it ahead of Croatia.
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Yes I understand, so what about this scenario: Albania was defeated by Spain and Croatia drew against Italy does that mean Group B will have 3 teams qualify for the next phase? I'm a little doubtful about the rules in the group stage because in other groups I saw teams that collected 2-3 points would qualify for the next phase or 3 teams will qualify, the same as in group C Slovenia and Denmark have a chance to qualify.

Many people are actually getting this wrong, we have 6 groups which the two top nations in each group will qualify for the round of 16 which are 12 thereby leaving 4 slots left which will be completed by the third best teams in the entire tournament. So there is chance of three nations qualifying from the same group, for example the Hungary nation after defeating Scotland seems to be on their way to round of 16 too. So the three nations Spain, Italy and Croatia can still qualify if Croatia wins and Albania drops points.

In this match I don’t think Italy will like to take the risk because should they lose the match and Albania does a Miracle and win against Spain they are automatically out of the tournament. So the group is still wide open with everyone still much In contention with only Spain already guaranteed a spot in the last 16s
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Italy can get a draw and that will be enough for them, so I think Spalletti will focus on playing in defense. Croatia will have no choice but to attack, because they only need a victory, and before I would have said that Croatia might have a chance to win, but now they couldn’t even beat Albania, so there’s no point in talking about a victory over Italy, I think that Italy will not lose this game.

It is very possible for Italy to win or draw today's match against Croatia. That is what I am expecting from them because of their squad,despite knowing that Croatia is also a very strong team. But let's see what will happen. Maybe Croatia will win the match because they really need this match so they can get 3 points and have hope to qualify for the next round.

But I don't think Italy will allow Croatia to beat them because it will also reduce their hope of qualifying for the next round. The way I am viewing this match, it is going to be a very tough match because both teams' hope of qualifying for the next round is today's match.the only team that have high hope for qualifying this group b is Spain and once Spain ia able to defeat Albania  in today's match they will qualify to next around.
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Germany managed to score a golal in extra time.
This was a vital point for them since also Spain will probably end 1st on its group, Germany positioning themself in 1st position have managed to avoid the game against Spain in the 1st elimination stage.

They will now probably face Italy or Croatia instead.

Just a minor correction, Germany scored in added time and not extra time.
The German team were lucky to have equalized in the die minutes as the late goal made them maintain an unbeaten stand yet in the competition and also maintaining the top of the group although their next match may be a difficult game since Bayern Leverkusen's Jonathan Tah was suspended from their next game after getting a second yellow card in the competition for a very bad high foot challenge on Breel Embolo of Switzerland and Antonio Rüdiger may also lose out in their next game due to a thigh injury he sustained in the Switzerland game.
Italy and Croatia are to meet this night and the outcome of the game will determine which one of them would face Germany in the round of 16.
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Another good day for Spain to get another 3 points in Group B. Playing against Albania is something that will be easy for them. Because Albania may not seem to be as tough as Italy. Meanwhile, Spain managed to get a win from their last game by getting lucky enough to escape the defensive line of Italy. I don't think Croatia will be lucky this time. This is because currently, we can see that Croatia and Albania have the same strength of performance which made them have a draw last game. Either Croatia or Italy must have a win today to be qualified for the next stage.

I don't think Spain will have much difficulty in this match. Albania is a much weaker team than them, I will be really surprised if we see a surprise result and Albania wins this match.
The real good match is the match between Italy and Croatia. Even if Italy draws, they will advance to the next round, so they will play in a controlled manner. I think they will try to win the match without taking too much risk

Spain played italy like a toy, and it doesn't make sense to say albania is a tougher opponent than italy. It shall be noted if spain's wingers are currently on fire now, and the game against albania will be an effortless game for spain, but again, it's possible for Luis de la Fuente to put the secondary squad as a starting line up. i'm feeling italy may be losing against croatia if they keep play like they did against spain. 
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What about a different scenario where Albania beat Spain (although that's unlikely) but the fact we saw Switzerland vs Germany where they struggled to score with their main squad although at the end in the 90+ minutes they equalized, well this scenario is not what we want to happen for Italy.
Even if Albania wins the match against Spain, a draw will still be enough for Italy to qualifty to the next round and they will be eliminated from the tournament if they lose the match.
That's because Spain has ensured that they qualify because of the 2 wins they have obtained.
Albania will be challenged to win against Spain because with a win, they can maintain their chances of qualifying even though they are in third place.

Of the line up arrangements that have not been confirmed, Luis De la Fuente did not field his main squad for the match vs Albania. Automatically this will be difficult to predict. Most likely targeting a draw is a good betting option, although not necessarily.
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Here are my speculation:

Croatia vs Italy, draw.
Netherlands vs Austria, Netherlands to win.
France vs Poland, France to win.
Albania vs Spain, draw.

I think Italy and Croatia will ended goalless considering Croatia isn't an aggressive team, while Italy is a defensive team. For both Netherlands and France, it's clear both of them are strong. As for Albania vs Spain, it just a wild speculation.
It might not be as you are thinking because in this tournament, what I have observed so far is that, there is no favorite team in this competition because so many teams you will never expect are doing better in the tournament.

Croatia will look hard to defeat in this match because that is their last opportunity to qualify to the next round, a draw is a bad result for them because Italy already had three points in the group. If we consider their last five matches against each others, they drew three and Croatia won two which means that Croatia can do their best to even win the match.

France, Netherlands, and Spain can all win because their respective opponents are not that too good even though we cannot rule them out completely in the tournament.
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Very Important match between Italy vs  Croatia. This match for a do-or-die match. If Croatia stays in this championship they must win this match other hand Italy needs a simple drow to go to the next round. Italy start their uro journey defeating Albania by 2 -1 gole. After 2nd match, they lost 1 by 0. Italy's defender Fredrik Dimaroco has been injured they should wait for confirmation for the fitness exam. Croatia Strat did not do very well in this tournament, The Strat Euro mission lost by 3. 0 of Spain. the last match make drow with  Albania.  Croatia needs 3 points to go to the next round. they have no other choice than win against Italy.
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I don't think Spain will have much difficulty in this match. Albania is a much weaker team than them, I will be really surprised if we see a surprise result and Albania wins this match.
The real good match is the match between Italy and Croatia. Even if Italy draws, they will advance to the next round, so they will play in a controlled manner. I think they will try to win the match without taking too much risk

Albania should not a be a problem to Spain, if it is about who as more aura to be able to win it would no be other than Spain, because of the last five games that Spain played was all a win and they had only one draw which was against, Brazil and it is because we know who Brazil are and what they are capable those once are naturally born footballers, and if you should attend Brazil you see football almost in every street, so if it is even about aura I think Brazil aura is more than that of Spain, but at some point during their game Spain was dominating even in attacks.  And the 5:0 against Ireland just concluded everything that Albania can not defeat Spain, because even with miracle I don’t see them win because the kind of record is setting is showing that they are dominating. And Italy be Croatia is just another game that can end in draw, because both of their performances are not convincing to be able to know who is going to win. Since they are not even my favorite teams o don’t think I will even watch the game.
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Another good day for Spain to get another 3 points in Group B. Playing against Albania is something that will be easy for them. Because Albania may not seem to be as tough as Italy. Meanwhile, Spain managed to get a win from their last game by getting lucky enough to escape the defensive line of Italy. I don't think Croatia will be lucky this time. This is because currently, we can see that Croatia and Albania have the same strength of performance which made them have a draw last game. Either Croatia or Italy must have a win today to be qualified for the next stage.

I don't think Spain will have much difficulty in this match. Albania is a much weaker team than them, I will be really surprised if we see a surprise result and Albania wins this match.
The real good match is the match between Italy and Croatia. Even if Italy draws, they will advance to the next round, so they will play in a controlled manner. I think they will try to win the match without taking too much risk
Football without doubt is game that's full of surprises which is why no team should be totally written off before any game irrespective of how strong their opponents are but for Albania, I don't think they stand any chance of getting a good result from their hand again Spain tonight. The Spanish national team is a well organized team with a lot of quality players and despite the fact that they've already progressed the the next round of the competition, they'll still play at the top of their strength to make sure they continue with their 100% start in the tournament. The strongest game of the group is the one involving Croatia and defending champions Italy. For Italy, they're trying make sure they avoid being eliminated from the competition in the group stage so I expect the Italians to get a result that'll guarantee their progression to next stage of the competition even when it'll not be an easy task against the Croatians.
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Here are my speculation:

Croatia vs Italy, draw.
Netherlands vs Austria, Netherlands to win.
France vs Poland, France to win.
Albania vs Spain, draw.

I think Italy and Croatia will ended goalless considering Croatia isn't an aggressive team, while Italy is a defensive team. For both Netherlands and France, it's clear both of them are strong. As for Albania vs Spain, it just a wild speculation.

It seems to me that Albania has no chance even against Spain’s second team (although surprises are always possible), I expect Spain to win big.
As for Group D, all teams will play to win (except Poland) since the three lucky ones have already been decided, but the Netherlands and France and Austria want to be in first place, although the second place in Group D will play with the second place in Group E, which looks quite attractive also.
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Netherlands really seem decent. They could have beaten France as well considering how they played. There wasn't the same Netherlands from the qualifiers. They stood strong against France this time.

Problem Netherlands have is that they're too slow in completing a counter even in front of goal, they have good players no doubt but their finish isn't as sharp as we know him back then, I'm talk about Memphis Depay. Good player with nice skills but I don't know if I should call it bad luck whenever he has the ball in front of goal, the guy Memphis is a joke to me, seriousness or whatsoever.
Netherlands were lucky against Poland from how I saw it, just that Poland are not that strong and they lack that man who can give them goals to keep them going in the competition. Netherlands against France I knew the both teams will play like they don't need the 3 point to advance to the next stage of this competition, is just clear that they're the two to qualify but much actions was expected that night.
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