Spain ‘s 5-3 acquire over Croatia in excess time of their euro 2020 round-of-16 tie had everything : there was a “ You wo n’t believe your eyes ” own goal, there was a enlivened comeback in the final examination moments of normal meter, and there was a heart-warming report of redemption. In other words, it was the game of the tournament so far. The play began in the twentieth minute. That ‘s when Pedri played a retentive backpass that evaded goalkeeper Unai Simon and lightly rolled into the Spain net to put Croatia in presence.

But Spain would dig themselves out of that trap. Pablo Sarabia equalised 18 minutes former, and Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta headed the 2012 european champions into the moderate just shy of the hour grade. Ferran Torres added a third in the 76th hour, and La Roja were out of batch, correct ? not quite. Five minutes from full-time, Mislav Osic earned Croatia a consolation goal, but surely Spain would see out the game ‘s final examination few minutes. And then Mario Pasalic scored again in the second minute of blockage time, levelling the grade and setting off euphoria among Croatia ‘s fans .

And then, to extra meter we went. And it was there that the game was put to sleep together, and by none other than Alvaro Morata.

The Juventus striker has started all four of Spain ‘s games at Euro 2020, scoring once in the work. But more notably he ‘s accumulated a number of glaring misses, making him the prey of widespread ridicule on sociable media. That made his eventual winner all the sweet .