Euro 2024, Zaccagni a true hero: without his goal, Italy would be out

Euro 2024 continued

It's official: without Mattia Zaccagni's goal, Italy would have been eliminated from Euro 2024. With the group stages over, with the situation finally clear on the level of points, goals and even cautions in certain cases, the picture of the third-place finishers has indeed been outlined.

Well, Italy in this special ranking in the event of a 1-0 loss to Croatia (that is, the result that was accruing until 98') would have been fifth and thus eliminated. The Azzurri would have finished, by goal difference, behind Slovenia, as well as the Netherlands, Georgia and Slovakia.

The Euro 2024 round of 16:
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Spain-Georgia (June 30, 9 pm)
Germany-Denmark (June 29, 9 p.m.) 

Portugal-Slovenia (July 1, 9 p.m.)
France-Belgium (July 1, 6 p.m.)

Romania-Holland (July 2, 6 p.m.)
Austria-Turkey (July 2, 9 p.m.)

England-Slovakia (June 30, 6 p.m.)
Switzerland-Italy (June 29, 6 p.m.)