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Hit: Pablo Sarabia (Spain)
Out of nowhere, Pablo Sarabia has emerged as Spain's most valuable player at the Euros. He was on target for La Roja again against Croatia, sparking a comeback with a well-taken goal and demonstrating how lethal he can be when chances are presented to him.
As a poacher, the PSG star was on hand to convert a rebound after Dominik Livakovic spilled Jose Gaya's shot into his path. It was his second goal of the Euro campaign. But more importantly, it was another reason to believe why picking him over Iago Aspas for the tournament was a good idea.
Sarabia isn't a regular starter for his club. But Luis Enrique pinned his faith in the player, who has duly delivered by turning himself into Spain's brightest attacking spark.
Flop: Croatia
Croatia, as a team, were well below their best. They rode their luck to score thrice and force extra-time, where their momentum dissipated again, and they went down without much of a fight.
Until the 85th minute, when Orsic scored Croatia's second goal, the Vatreni had barely any success going forward. However, a combination of Spain's defensive collapse coupled with an underperforming Simon in goal helped the Croatians spark an unlikely comeback.
But once the match headed into extra time, it was the same story for them. Croatia ran out of ideas off the ball and allowed Spain too much space to work with. And it's not that Croatia didn't have their chances either, but both Orsic and Budimir couldn't finish their chances.
It was a tough end to their European campaign, but Croatia were only impressive in spurts. They looked like a pale imitation of their 2018 World Cup selves.
Hit: Ferran Torres (Spain)
Here's another player who repaid his manager's trust. Enrique started Ferran Torres for the first time since the draw against Sweden. After a below-par outing in that game, the Manchester City star conjured his best form against Croatia, building on his goal against Slovakia in the last game.
After providing an excellent cross for Cesar Azpilicueta to get Spain ahead in the game, Torres made it 3-1 shortly into the final quarter. He did so after some fine work down the flanks, evading his marker before nonchalantly tapping the ball under Livakovic.
No player registered more key passes in the game than Torres with four, which was at least twice more than anyone else. That was truly remarkable, considering he only laid 24 passes in total.
