“Croatia is one of the best European nations”

It will therefore be Croatia for the Blues! For the fifth and sixth time since the 2018 World Cup final in Russia (4-2), the France team will actually cross paths with the Vatreni. This Friday, November 22, UEFA made the draw for the two-way quarter-finals of the Nations League, which will be held on March 20 and 23. The Tricolores will travel to Croatia for the first leg, before returning three days later to France, presumably at the Stade de France.

“Be there for the Final Four”

“We know each other well, even very well, we have met a lot of times,” responded Blues coach Didier Deschamps on the website of the French Football Federation (FFF). Since the Moscow coronation, the Tricolores have faced Luka Modric's partners twice (2 victories) during the 2020-2021 Nations League, then two others during the following edition (1 draw, 1 defeat). So, beware of the 2018 world vice-champions… “Croatia is one of the best European nations, it maintains itself at a high level through the final stages that it competes in and there, the League of Nations”, noted Didier Deschamps, who aims to go “as far as possible and be there for the Final Four in June.” To do this, we will have to get rid of the Vatreni before meeting the winner of the quarter-final Netherlands – Spain in the semi-final.

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