Monday's victory over Albania in Düsseldorf completed 3 consecutive victories for the national team in group B at the European Championships.
Italy will now join the national team in the next round as runners-up in the group, thanks to a last-gasp goal from Mattia Zacagni, which virtually eliminates Croatia from the tournament.
Now, Luis de la Fuente's team go into the knockout Last 16 next Sunday 30 June at nine in the evening (Spanish peninsular time) in the city of Cologne and against a third place team from another group, an opponent the national team discover this Wednesday, although it will almost certainly be the team that comes out of Group E (Romania, Belgium, Slovakia or Ukraine).
After the three rounds of matches, the final Group B standings are as follows:
GROUP B. EURO 2024
| Position | Country | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals Against | Goal difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SPAIN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2nd | Italia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3rd | Croacia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 4th | Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
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24 teams are competing at the 17th UEFA European Championships. They are divided into six groups of four teams each, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the Last 16 along with the four best third-placed teams from the six groups.