Ivan Rakitić the competition. On 15 October 2008, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win at home to Andorra. On 5 September 2009, he scored the match-winning goal in a 1–0 win at home to Belarus. Croatia failed to qualify for the finals after finishing third in their group. After appearing in all of their Euro 2012 qualifiers, he was selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the Euro finals in Poland and Ukraine. Croatia were drawn in Group C together with Spain, Italy and the Republic of Ireland. Rakitić started in all three of Croatia group stage matches.
UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals The UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1976. They were contested by the eight group winners of the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of four home and away ties qualified for the final tournament in Yugoslavia. The matches were played on 24/25 April and 22 May 1976. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament. <section begin=Matches /> The eight matches took