UEFA EURO 2012 | Spain vs. Coatia

UEFA has given German referee Wolfgang Stark his second top assignment at the European Championship, working the Spain vs. Croatia match on Tuesday. Some Italian commentators have suggested Spain and Croatia could orchestrate a 2-2 draw in Gdansk to ensure both advance to the quarterfinals and eliminate Italy.

Stark previously won praise for refereeing the tense 1-1 draw between co-host Poland and Russia.
UEFA has picked Cuneyt Cakir of Turkey to referee Italy's match against Ireland in Poznan on Monday.
Viktor Kassai of Hungary will referee England vs. Ukraine in Donetsk on Tuesday when the final group-stage matches are played.
Pedro Proenca of Portugal will handle France vs. Sweden in Kiev.

POSSIBLE LINEUPS

CROTIA	SPAIN
Pletikosa	Casillas
Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic	Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba
Vukojevic, Rakitic	Busquets, Alonso
Mandzukic, Modric, Perisic	Silva, Xavi, Iniesta
Jelavic	Torres

FACTS ABOUT THE TEAMS:

• Croatia and Del Bosque's side can both guarantee their place in the quarter-finals with a draw of 2-2 or higher.

• Bilic's have never faced Spain in a competitive match. All four of the meetings between the two sides have been friendlies, with their only victory coming via a 2-0 triumph back in 1994. Croatia's overall record against Spain is W1, D1, L2.

• Striker Mario Mandzukic has been clinical at Euro 2012, scoring three times from four attempts on goal.

• Croatia have not lost any of their last six matches at the European Championship, being ousted only via a penalty shootout by Turkey in 2008.

• Spain set a new record with 860 passes at the tournament during their 4-0 win over Ireland, beating the previous landmark of 778.

• Xavi (pictured right) set a new individual record himself in the competition by attempting 136 passes against the Boys in Green, beating Ronald Koeman's total of 117 from a Euro 1992 clash versus Denmark.

• The champions have only conceded one goal in their last six matches at major international tournaments.

• Fernando Torres' double in the victory over Ireland took him to 30 international goals, making him the country's third all-time top scorer behind only Raul and David Villa.

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