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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Croatia’s Euro 2016 fixture with Spain.

Euro / Group Stage
Matmut Atlantique / 21.06.2016
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Marcus Foley

Updated 21/06/2016 at 21:56 GMT+1


21'
Lovdely from Spain, Fabregas hitting a luscious 25-yard ball for Nolito, at inside-left. He nips inside Srna, but Jedvaj comes across to hold him up and Croatia get it away.
20'
Busquets, well inside the Croatia half, misplaces a pass. Do not adjust your sets.
19'
Sentences they never thought they'd write: Spain hit a hopeful long ball.
17'
Iniesta is starting to purr, swapping passes with Busquets - the most underrated player of all-time, despite being uniformly acknowledged to be brilliant - and shoots into a phalanx of defenders.
15'
Iniesta has barely had a touch so far, but his picks up possession and flights a dart to the far post where only Srna's late intervention takes the ball away from Juanfran.
14'
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Oh my! De Gea ponces out of his area, loses the ball 20 yards out when Pjaca harries him, and Rakitic pounces, lobbing delightfully - but somehow, hits bar, Pique and post without any further joy.
12'
Ramos is careless in giving away possession, seized upon by Kalinic who lopes into a low shot that De Gea pushed around the post. The corner comes to nothing.
11'
Silva looks in the mood tonight, shuffling wherever he fancies. The problem for Croatia is that Spain have about five players who need man-marking - and Alba nearly sends Fabregas in with a low, slotted pass. It's just too long.
10'
Elsewhere, Turkey lead Czech Republic 1-0. They would replace them in third were that to stay the case.
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GOAL! Croatia 0-1 Spain (Morata). What a goal this is! Spain pass the ball, like Spain but with added purpose and risk, and it moves from right-back to left-wing, where Silva cuts in and back before swivelling to slot a sumptuous reverse-pass into Fabregas's path. He squares, obviously, and Morato taps home. An absolute hunk of a goal.
6'
Croatia haven't come here to mess about; as if that needed stating. But they haven't, and a long ball forces Pique into an unconvincing nod clear - it falls beautifully for Srna, who pounds an effort into another dimension.
5'
Spain are passing the ball. Some might know this sphere as the football, but I can confirm that the two are one and the same.
4'
Pique is beaten by a ball that spins over his head and Kalinic puts him under as he allows it to bounce on the turn. But De Gea is out sharply to claim.
3'
Busquets appears to almost man-marking Rakitic. Good luck with that one, Ivan, lad.
2'
Rog is down after the notorious David Silva knees his phizog trying to leap over it. He is not chuffed by this development, but eventually gets up.
1'
Both sides are disappointingly outfitted. Croatia aren't in the red and white check, and Spain aren't in the detail, instead looking like a gameshow graphic from the 70s.
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And Spain set us away.
19:59
Right, eyes down. This should be handy.
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