This devil Luka Modrić can still hope to win a trophy with his country.
This Monday, Croatia qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League. THE Fiery validated their ticket by taking a point at home against Portugal, already qualified and assured of first place in Group 1 of League A. With a reshuffled team without Bruno Fernandes (suspended), Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva (rested) , there Selection opens the score via John Felix. Found by a long ball from Vitinha from his camp, the Chelsea player managed his control perfectly to then deceive Dominik Livaković (33e).
Threatened to find themselves in a play-off place, Croatia pushes to come back to the score. Andrej Kramarić thus finds the post, while Josko Guardiol sees the linesman deny him a goal for offside. The Manchester City defender still ended up finding the fault and putting the two teams back on an equal footing by taking advantage of the poor placement of Nelson Semedo and the lack of firmness of José Sá in the goal (66e). The last half hour saw the two teams create several very clear chances. Ante Budimir missed a golden opportunity after another error from Sá, before finding the post in added time. What ultimately matters for Croatia, which finishes second in the group with 8 points behind Portugal (16 pts).
In the other group 1 match, Scotland maintained the feat of qualifying by beating Poland (1-2). After an early goal John McGinn (3e) and incredible equalization of Kamil Piatkowski (59e), it was in added time that the Tartan Army snatched victory thanks to Andrew Robertson (90e). Insufficient, however: with 7 points, Scotland will play for their place in League A in the play-off. Poland, for its part, slips directly to the lower level with only 4 units on the clock.
The curse of the Scots in the group stage continues.
Portugal lets off steam against Poland and Scotland surprises Croatia in the Nations League
