Croatia vs Albania Euro Cup 2024 LIVE | Euro Cup 2024 LIVE Updates |Croatia vs Albania Score | N18G
Croatia vs Albania Euro Cup 2024 LIVE | Euro Cup 2024 LIVE Updates |Croatia vs Albania Score | N18G
After losing their opening matches of the tournament, neither Croatia nor Albania have any real room for error going into their meeting at Volksparkstadion on Wednesday.
World Cup semi-finalists Croatia were resoundingly beaten 3-0 by Spain in their Group B opener and there are signs that this may be one major tournament too far for Zlatko Dalic's squad.
Vatreni have now lost three of their last five competitive internationals, as many defeats as they suffered in 29 such games before that, with their loss to Spain following setbacks against Turkey and Wales towards the end of their qualifying campaign.
Albania gave a decent account of themselves against Italy, scoring the fastest goal in European Championship history after just 23 seconds through Nedim Bajrami, before succumbing to a 2-1 defeat.
That was the first competitive loss Sylvinho's side have suffered for well over a year after they impressively topped their qualifying group ahead of the Czech Republic and Poland.
There was enough in both teams’ performances on Saturday to suggest Albania can, at the very least, take a point from this contest, which would keep alive their hopes of making it through to the knockout stage of a major international tournament for the first time in their history.
