Group B | Spain, Croatia, Italy & Albania Groups

[Tom]

Group B Fixtures

Spain vs Croatia

15 June 2024
18:00
Olympiastadion, Berlin​

Italy vs Albania

15 June 2024
21:00
BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund​

Croatia vs Albania

19 June 2024
15:00
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg​

Spain vs Italy

20 June 2024
21:00
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen​

Albania vs Spain

24 June 2024
21:00
Düsseldorf Arena, Düsseldorf​

Croatia vs Italy

24 June 2024
21:00
Leipzig Stadium, Leipzig​

Squads

Spain

GK: Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad)
GK: David Raya (Arsenal on loan from Brentford)
GK: Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao)
DF: Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr)
DF: Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad)
DF: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea)
DF: Nacho (Real Madrid)
DF: Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
DF: Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
DF: Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao)
DF: Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
DF: Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)
MF: Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)
MF: Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad)
MF: Pedri (Barcelona)
MF: Aleix Garcia (Girona)
MF: Fermin Lopez (Barcelona)
MF: Fabian Ruiz (PSG)
MF: Alex Baena (Villarreal)
MF: Rodri (Manchester City)
MF: Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad)
FW: Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid)
FW: Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
FW: Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig)
FW: Joselu (Real Madrid on loan from Espanyol)
FW: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
FW: Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
FW: Ayoze Perez (Real Betis)
FW: Ferran Torres (Barcelona)

Croatia

GK: Dominik Livakovic (Fenerbahce)
GK: Nediljko Labrovic (Rijeka)
GK: Ivica Ivusic (Pafos)
GK: Dominik Kotarski (PAOK)
DF: Josip Stanisic (Bayer Leverkusen)
DF: Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)
DF: Martin Erlic (Sassuolo)
DF: Josip Sutalo (Ajax)
DF: Borna Sosa (Ajax)
DF: Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens)
DF: Marin Pongracic (Lecce)
DF: Josip Juranovic (Union Berlin)
MF: Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg)
MF: Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)
MF: Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)
MF: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
MF: Marcelo Brozovic (Al Nassr)
MF: Nikola Vlasic (Torino)
MF: Luka Ivanusec (Feyenoord)
MF: Mario Pasalic (Atalanta)
MF: Nikola Moro (Bologna)
MF: Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City)
FW: Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim)
FW: Marko Pjaca (Rijeka)
FW: Ante Budimir (Osasuna)
FW: Ivan Perisic (Hajduk Split on loan from Tottenham)
FW: Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Italy

GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
GK: Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham)
GK: Alex Meret (Napoli)
GK: Ivan Provedel (Lazio)
DF: Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan)
DF: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)
DF: Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna)
DF: Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli)
DF: Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan)
DF: Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus)
DF: Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino)
DF: Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan)
DF: Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
DF: Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
DF: Raoul Bellanova (Torino)
MF: Jorginho (Arsenal)
MF: Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan)
MF: Bryan Cristante (Roma)
MF: Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus)
MF: Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
MF: Samuele Ricci (Torino)
MF: Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
MF: Michael Folorunsho (Verona)
FW: Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
FW: Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
FW: Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli)
FW: Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna)
FW: Mateo Retegui (Genoa)
FW: Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
FW: Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta)

Albania

GK: Etrit Berisha (Empoli)
GK: Elhan Kastrati (Cittadella)
GK: Thomas Strakosha (Brentford)
DF: Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano)
DF: Mario Mitaj (Lokomotiv Moscow)
DF: Elseid Hysaj (Lazio)
DF: Frédéric Veseli (Fatih Karagümrük)
DF: Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta)
DF: Jon Mersinaj (Lokomotiva)
DF: Ardian Ismajli (Empoli)
MF: Keidi Bare (Espanyol)
MF: Klaus Gjasula (Darmstadt 98)
MF: Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo)
MF: Qazim Laçi (Sparta Prague)
MF: Ylber Ramadani (Lecce)
MF: Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan)
MF: Arbnor Muçolli (IFK Göteborg)
FW: Jasir Asani (Gwangju)
FW: Myrto Uzuni (Granada)
FW: Taulant Seferi (Baniyas)
FW: Sokol Cikalleshi (Konyaspor)
FW: Ernest Muçi (Legia Warsaw)
FW: Mirlind Daku (Rubin Kazan)
FW: Arbnor Muja (Antwerp)

 

[Legion]

Spain, Italy and Croatia go through in that order. Spain one of the favorites imo.

 

[Cappuccino Kid]

Tough, tough group. A big team is going to go out and I think it will be Spain. Looking at Italy and Croatia to nick it.

 

[Best]

Tough group. Wouldn't be surprised if Croatia get through with Spain.

 

[Cappuccino Kid]

Need to update the Spanish squad Tom

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1795025196270662014

 

[Crabtree]

Need to update the Spanish squad Tom

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1795025196270662014

No Miguel Gutierrez from Girona? 38 year old Navas over Lucas Vasquez? The Spanish manager makes some interesting choices.

 

[Crabtree]

The Italian provisional squad has been named too

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1793633138561683677

 

[Dylan]

Need to update the Spanish squad Tom

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1795025196270662014

Has Ayoze improved at Betis, never looked near good enough for Spain

 

[Dylan]

The Italian provisional squad has been named too

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1793633138561683677

Some big names missing for Italy

Defenders: Gatti, Ruggeri, Zappacosta.
Midfielders: Locatelli, Bonaventura, Verratti.
Attackers: Moise Kean, Immobile, Politano.

 

[Tom]

Some big names missing for Italy

Defenders: Gatti, Ruggeri, Zappacosta.
Midfielders: Locatelli, Bonaventura, Verratti.
Attackers: Moise Kean, Immobile, Politano.

Euro 2021 was a perfect storm for Italy. This team is significantly weaker and doesn't even have the luxury of having worked with their manager for 3 years or the confidence of a big unbeaten run.

Either Chiesa has another huge tournament or they go home early imo.