Group C Results
Spain 7 points
Italy 5 points
Croatia 4 points
Ireland 0 points
The defending European and World Champions have made it through to the quarter finals of the 2012 European Championships. La Furia Roja did not seem as comfortable in the match against Croatia last night compared to their previous matches. The game finished 1-0 favoring the Spaniards but they could not be said to have dominated. Croatia had their fair share of chances at goal and were still holding on to the possibility of qualification until the last few minutes of the game. Jesus descended upon them and was indeed the savior when Fernando Torres was substituted late in the game. Jesus Navas came in and was eventually the man who scored the goal in the 88th minute fabricated by fellow substitute Cesc Fabregas and man of the match Andres Iniesta.
Italy looked weak coming into this tournament not having won a single match this year. They could only manage a draw in both of their group stage matches against Spain and Croatia and needed the win badly in order to progress. The Azzurri were able to dig deep last night and sunk the nail much deeper into the coffin where the Irish lay. Finishing with a 2-0 victory, the Italians waited with baited breath for the result of the other match taking place in Gdansk. When they found out that Jesus had saved them, elation erupted through the stadium in Poznan. Italy and Spain advance and will await the qualifiers from group D for the quarterfinals.
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