2) Big stars go missing
With the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic all hitting form coming into the game, you would have bet your house that one of them would have done a lot of damage to the opposition.
Sadly, not one player provided that bit of magic in the entire tie. Even the goal came due to Croatia losing their shape and not being able to track back to defend in the 117th minute, after Ivan Perisic’s header game off the post.
Cristiano Ronaldo notched up another record to his name by not having a single shot on goal in the first 90 minutes of a European championship game while every other player seemed intent on misplacing passes rather than providing the cutting edge in attack.
The fans weren’t pleased one bit during the entire game, well, until the goal went in. Euro 2016 has been an incredible tournament so far but this match was as drab as they could have come and certainly the likes of Ronaldo should have done better.
