Alvaro Morata , Fabian Ruiz and Dani Carvajal all scored in the first half of Saturday's contest, with Spain collecting all three points in emphatic fashion. Croatia struggled for long stages of the match, but Modric has said that his team must now focus on their last two games in the section against Albania and Italy on June 19 and June 24 respectively. "It's not the result we were hoping for, but it is what it is.
We still have two more matches to improve and make up for it. In the first half, we weren't ourselves; we lacked energy and stood too far from their players. They punished us for it," UEFA's official website quoted Modric as saying.
"We had our chances too, but it was one of those matches where nothing you try works. We improved in the second half and were much better, but it wasn't enough. In my opinion, their victory was deserved.
It was perhaps just a bit too high in terms of the score. © Reuters "We no longer have the right to make mistakes; we have to recover and win the upcoming matches. In a way, that's a good thing because we know we have no other option but to win.
We need to prepare well, analyse what went wrong and be much better, especially in terms of energy." Meanwhile, head coach Zlatko Dalic added: "It is not a good start, but I congratulate Spain on the victory. We lacked energy and aggression, and conceded the first goal from a mistake.
"The worst thing is that we conceded in first-half stoppage time from a corner. We shouldn't have allowed that.
