The Croatians were the clear favorites in Saturday’s match, but the first half hour of the match did not confirm this. “Vatreni” were the better team, but they did not manage to translate it into goals, nor did they create many clear opportunities to take the lead.
In the 33rd minute, the home fans could rub their eyes in amazement – Ryan Christie scored a goal for the Scots. Zlatko Dalić’s players responded three minutes later when Igor Matanovic, playing for the third time in the national team, scored. It was his debut goal in the senior national team.
Croatia knew they had to score a second goal here. The attacks and the advantage that was growing every moment paid off in the 70th minute, when Kramarić scored his goal, finishing the ball after Sosa’s shot.
In added time, the Croatians became frightened. Che Adams scored, taking advantage of one of the last charges of the Scots, who were fighting for one point. Fortunately for the Balkan team, after the VAR analysis, the goal was disallowed due to offside.
Croatia is level on points in the Nations League table with Portugal, which has 6 points.
After two rounds of the Nations League, Poland has 3 points and is in third place in the table of Group 1 of the highest division. In September, the White and Reds defeated Scotland 3-2 in Glasgow, and later lost to Croatia in Osijek 0-1.
The Scots are closing in, having not yet scored any points in the LN competition.
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