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By James Cormack Grit meets technical mastery in Hamburg on Wednesday afternoon as Croatia and Albania, both defeated in their opening Euro 2024 matches, face off in Group B. 2018 World Cup finalists Croatia were brought back down to earth by a majestic Spain performance in their first game, with Luis de la Fuente’s side blowing the ageing Vatreni away in the first half on their way to a 3-0 victory. Croatia’s improvement after Zlatko Dalic rang the changes offers room for optimism heading into match two, but Albania proved against Italy that they haven’t arrived in Germany to merely make up t…

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