As part of the activities of the first group of the first level of the competition of the European Nations League, the positive draw was settled with a score of 1:1, the highest level meeting between France and Croatia.
The first half was short on both sides, as the French tried to take advantage of their control in the match, but lacking attacking effectiveness, and in turn, the Croats relied on counterattacks, and the French goalkeeper Mike Magnan saved his country from Ante Bodemir’s dangerous opportunity to deprive him of a realized goal, and then continued. France had control of the ball and French star Christopher Ncunko managed to snatch the lead for the Roosters in the 31st minute, but the referee quickly called off the goal for offside after watching video footage of a negative draw between the two teams.
The second half started strong and fast from the Roosters, as Adrian Rabiot managed in the 52nd minute after a decisive pass from Wissam Ben Yader to snatch the lead from the French team, after which the Croatian players tried to press hard in an attempt to quickly respond, and then the coaches of the two Teams resorted to adjustments The Croatian players mostly controlled the ball, but with no attacking effectiveness in front of the opponent’s goal, the French players relied on counterattacks to try to improve their progress by scoring the second goal, but their attempts were severely limited and the match between the two sides came to an abrupt halt. In light of the caution and anticipation of the players of the two teams, and in the last 15 minutes, goalkeeper Manjan saved a dangerous shot from Luka Modric, so that the Croatian team continued to press hard, and the Croatian players demanded a .83 penalty to finish the game in the black, 1-1.
At the second level and in the second group, a positive tie was settled with a 1-1 match between the teams of Iceland and Albania, and with this draw Iceland continued to lead the group.
At the third level and in Group C, the Kazakh team beat the Slovak team 1-0, pushing Kazakhstan to first place in the group and, in turn, settled a negative draw between the teams of Belarus and Azerbaijan.
In the fourth link and in the first group, a negative draw was decided in the meeting between the teams of Andorra and Moldova.
Source: El Iktisad