Croatia v Spain: Euro 2020 last 16 – live!

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Here’s the pre-game thoughts of the Croatia coach, Zlatko Dalic. His preparations have been disrupted by Ivan Perisic’s positive Covid test, which rules him out.

“It’s hard for Ivan but we have to adapt. Ivan will be our biggest fan and God willing, he will join us in seven or eight days. “We were shocked by Perisic’s positive result, but we have been living with the stress of this possibility for a month. We are used to it.”

Pre-match reading: Sid Lowe chats with Aymeric Laporte, the France-born defender who has taken dual nationality in order to play for Spain. If he helps La Roja through today, their likely quarter-final opponents will be ... France.

“Luis Enrique told me my playing style is his idea of football, that if I got nationality I might be in the squad,” Laporte says. “We talked and I told him that obviously it’s very important for me ... I’m not saying France didn’t want me, but I’m grateful to those that ‘bet’ on me. Spain did and I’m trying to return that faith.”

Related: Spain’s Aymeric Laporte: ‘People can say what they want, I don’t care. I’m here’

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/jun/28/croatia-v-spain-euro-2020-last-16-live-score-updates

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