And Merino popped up a couple minutes from time to give Spain a goal that maintain a two ... goals from Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic gave Croatia a deserved 2-0 win over France.

Mikel Merino’s 93rd-minute equaliser earned Spain a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Nations League quarter-final first leg action on Thursday, while Croatia have one foot in the semi-finals after ...

“We dared to take the game to Spain. We were the better team.” Croatia contained the attacking duo of Kylian Mbappe and Ousm­ane Dembele, and put an early penalty miss behind them in Split to ...

Paris (AFP) – Mikel Merino's 93rd-minute equaliser earned Spain a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Nations League quarter-final first leg action on Thursday, while Croatia have one foot in ...

But we dared to take the game to Spain. We were the better team,” Koeman told broadcaster Ziggo. Elsewhere, Croatia put an early penalty miss behind them to gain revenge over the side that beat ...

"We dared to take the game to Spain. We were the better team." Croatia put an early penalty miss behind them to gain revenge over the side that beat them in the 2018 World Cup final, winning 2-0 ...

FT: Croatia 2-0 France - Budimir bundles home before Perisic second FT: Italy 1-2 Germany - Tonali with opener before Kleindienst & Goretzka goals FT: Netherlands 2-2 Spain - Williams scores for ...

The game was played at the De Kuip stadium, where Spain beat Croatia in the 2023 final. Spain led 1-0 in the ninth minute after Lamine Yamal seized the ball on the right, passed it to Pedri ...

Croatia, Denmark, Ukraine, Ireland and Scotland. The first three will now be confident of progression to the Nations League semi-finals, as will Spain after their late draw in Rotterdam.