As we approach the end of the group stage, European football’s governing body has fined four national associations for the misbehaviour of their fans: Albania, Croatia, Scotland and Serbia.

Albania, meanwhile, are going direct into Manaj whenever they can. Croatia are dominating possession now and an initial corner is scrambled clear. 3 mins: Some neat and up-tempo early football ...

Which is 2pm BST, 9am EDT and a somewhat grim 6am PDT. Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Croatia vs Albania at the 2024 European Championship today. Can you have a ‘must-win’ fixture ...

But that’s football." The Volksparkstadion in Hamburg was split evenly between red-clad Albania fans and spectators in Croatia’s checkered shirt providing a loud and energetic atmosphere.

But with time almost up, Albania attacked down the left and the ball was crossed to Gjasula who fired left footed into the corner to stun Croatia and set up a tense finale to Group B. After both ...