Perisic was awesome! Croatia won their group!

Croatia showed a superb performance against the defending European champions Spain. Ante Cacic’s players deservedly won the match and finished at the top of their Group D, sending the Spaniards in the most difficult flow of the tournament. So, Spain will have to play against Italy in the Round of 16 and if La Furia Roja proceed to the quarter finals they will probably face Germany. Then, Del Bosque’s players can meet either England or France.

However, the game in Bordeaux started very well for Spain. David Silva found Cesc Fabregas in the box, who passed to Morata and the forward had no troubles to find the net from about 1 metre in the 7th minute. A few minutes later the winger Nolito had a chance to double the score, but his shot went wide. The Croatians created their first goal-scoring situation in the 12th minute, when the striker Kalinic took a shot from a distance, but De Gea tipped the ball away. Then, Perisic also had a chance to score, but he couldn’t find the target with his header.

Croatia gained more confidence and started playing better than their opponents. David De Gea made a terrible mistake and gave the chance Ivan Rakitic to shoot at an empty goal. The midfielder didn’t hesitate much, but he hit the bar and the post at the same time.

Just seconds before the whistle for the end of the first half, Ivan Perisic (the best player on the pitch) crossed the ball perfectly and Kalinic touched it with his back heel to equalize the score – 1-1.

During the second half of the game, Ramos had the biggest goal-scoring chances, but his header shot went inches wide. Then, his shot from the penalty spot was saved by the Croatian goalkeeper Danijel Subasic in the 72nd minute of the match.

There were 2 minutes left of the regular time, when Croatia made a great counter attack. Rakitic passed to Kalinic in the centre of the field, he dribbled with the ball and passed it to Perisic on the left. Inter’s winger took a powerful low shot and found the net. 2-1 for Croatia!

This result means that Croatia are going to play against B3 (Slovakia)/E3 (Sweden, Belgium or Rep. of Ireland)/F3 (all the teams still have chances for this place). And if the Croatians record a victory against one of these teams, they will meet the winner of the game between Poland and Switzerland in the quarter finals, which sounds much better than playing against Italy, Germany, France and England. So, no wonder if Croatia achieve something big at the Euro 2016!