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#2 Lack of game awareness costs Spain
Spain should have known that Croatia was looking for nothing less than a win. A draw is a thing they needed, but they tried too much to force the issue, and ended up losing. It wasn't a bad thing to attack, but their defense was opened up a lot of times.
Kramaric had a great chance to seal the game for Croatia, but David De Gea marginally saved the attempt. The first goal came off a poor attempt to pass the press of Croatia. Sergi lost composure while attempting a short pass, and that was headed by Perisic onto Kramaric's path.
The second goal from Jedvaj was a poor defensive error as well. Nobody marked the young fullback, and he had a free header at goal. Even De Gea didn't seem to move a muscle, a complete opposite of what he is at Manchester.
While Spain made fatal mistakes, they could have easily played for a draw. It is understood they wanted a win, but it wasn't necessary to throw caution to the wind and attempt to attack. A bit of intelligent play could have stopped the third goal. There was too much space for a shot, and there was no clearance for the fumble from De Gea.
It is easy pointing out the mistakes, but these mistakes are too childish to be made by professionals. And safe to say, mistakes cost Spain. They were not aware in the game, all night long.
