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Date: Monday, June 24
Kick-off: 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 12pm PT
FREE STREAM: BBC iPlayer
Croatia are still alive but barely kicking. Just when it looked like the 2018 World Cup runners-up had finally woken up – scoring twice in three minutes to lead Albania 2-1 – Zlatko Dalic's side retreated back in to their shells and invited pressure that eventually told. Klaus Gjasula's injury-time equaliser, having earlier put through his own net, spelt disaster for Croatia and meant not even a win against Italy guarantees knockout passage for the laboured Luka Modric and co. Their task is simple – win and hope.
Italy were on the end of as one-sided a 1-0 defeat as is possible to conceive against Spain on Thursday night. Paolo Maldini regen Riccardo Calafiori's unfortunate own goal proved the difference, but Luciano Spalletti's men were battered, shipping 20 shots and more than 50 attacks across 90 minutes. A win guarantees second spot, but they don't have history on their side. The Azzurri have recorded just one victory in nine previous games against Croatia, back in a 1942 friendly.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST. Make sure you know how to watch Euro 2024 wherever you are.
Croatia vs Italy kick-off and TV channel
Croatia vs Italy kick-off is at 8pm BST on Monday, June 24 in the UK. The game is free to watch on BBC One/BBC iPlayer.
In the US, kick-off time is 3pm ET / 12pm PT. The match will be shown on FOX in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
You can take a look at all the Euro 2024 kick-off times and the full Euro 2024 fixture schedule here.
How to watch Croatia vs Italy for FREE in the UK
Use a VPN to watch FREE from anywhere
Croatia vs Italy is free on BBC One/iPlayer for viewers in the UK. Outside the UK? No problem. If you're away from home and want to tune into iPlayer as normal, you can use a VPN so that you don't get blocked by the broadcaster.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there but, for Euro 2024, FourFourTwo recommends:
NordVPN is basically a tap-in:
1. Install it: NordVPN
2. Fire it up and choose your service. So, if you want to watch a UK streaming service, choose the UK server.
3. Enjoy the game. Open up BBC iPlayer and watch the stream.
Croatia vs Italy live stream: team news
Neither side have any new injury worries going into the game. Croatia will be without Nikola Vlasic for the rest of the tournament after the forward left the training camp last week, but are otherwise at full strength. Dalic will again make a call between Ante Budimir and Bruno Petkovic, with the pair alternating as centre-forward thus far.
Luka Modric hasn't been at his brilliant best this tournament, but the Real Madrid great should still start alongside fellow stalwarts Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic. If coach Dalic is likely to change any of his experienced midfielders, it would be the latter.
Italy's only 'maybe' for this game was Federico Dimarco, but the Inter Milan left-back seems to have won his fitness race to feature from the start.
Gialuca Scamacca has started both games as coach Spalletti's striker, but the much-tattooed Atalanta forward's lack of off-the-ball work may see a recall for Mateo Retegui, whose movement is electric.
Croatia vs Italy line-ups
Croatia (4-3-3)
Livakovic; Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Sucic
Italy (3-4-3)
Donnarumma; Darmian, Bastoni, Calafiori; Di Lorenzo, Barella, Jorginho, Dimarco; Pellegrini, Retegui, Raspadori
Referee
Danny Makkelie of the Netherlands will be the referee for Croatia vs Italy. You can find out more about the Euro 2024 referees here.
Stadium
Croatia vs Italy will be played at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. Take a look at all of the Euro 2024 stadiums and see how it ranks.
International Euro 2024 TV rights
What channel is Euro 2024 on?
UK
All of the games are free to view in the UK, either on the BBC or ITV.
USA
In the USA, you can watch most Euro 2024 live streams on Fox – games will be shown on the Fox or FS1 cable channels. Do bear in mind, however, that five group games are also exclusive to ViX and FuboTV.
If you don't have cable, you can use services such as Sling and FuboTV to get the Fox channels.
- Sling Blue ($20.00 first month)
- FuboTV (7-day free trial)
Canada
Bell Media and TVA Sports has the rights to Euro 2024 in Canada.
- TVA Sports ($17.99/mon or $179.99/year)
Australia
Optus Sport will show all Euro 2024 games in Australia.
- Optus Sport ($24.99/$199.99)
New Zealand
In New Zealand, you can watch all Euro 2024 games for free on TVNZ and the TVNZ Plus streaming service.
