
Italy and Croatia will go down tonight on the field for a place in the 1/8 of the European Championship, even though the "Axurres" have not been very lucky in their encounters with the Balkans, as the statistics below also highlight.
- In nine matches between them, Italy has won only 1 against Croatia (friendly on April 5, 1942, 4-0 in Genoa). Regarding the total balance, it is completed with 3 Balkan victories and 5 draws.
- The draw is the main word of the Italy-Croatia confrontations, since the last three duels in a row have ended 1-1, two of which in the Europeans of 2012 and 2016.
- Croatia participates for the seventh time in a European and is part of this tournament for the sixth time in a row.
- Under the leadership of Zlatko Dalic, at the head of the representative bench since 2017, Croatia has been ranked second behind England in Group D at "EURO 2020", winning one of the 3 group matches and then losing 5 -3 in extra time from Spain, in the 1/8 finals, after scoring in the last 5 minutes of regular time in two games in a row.
- In the last two editions of a European tournament, Croatia has been eliminated in the 1/8th round.
- Italy is the reigning champion of Europe, their second title in history after the one won in 1968. After that, the two best rankings are the second places in "EURO 2000" and 2012 - For Italy this is the participation of 11 in a European, the eighth in a row for "Axurrë", after the absence in 1992.
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