France, world champions, lost the European League of Nations title when they fell 0-1 to their guest and runner-up Croatia on Monday, on the fourth day of the first group stage matches of the first division.
Croatia owed the victory to its captain Luka Modric, who scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the 5th minute, lifting his country’s account to second place by seven points, two points behind Denmark, who affirmed its advantage by winning 2-0 over Austria. . , while France’s balance was frozen by two points in the last spot. He was crowned champion of the second edition at the expense of Spain (2-1).
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In fact, France, who drew against Croatia and Austria with the same result 1-1 and lost against Denmark 1-2, fell into the defensive trap with chances of staying in the first tier because the last classified had been -relegate to the second. . level.
On the other hand, Modric’s Croatia lost to Austria, 0-3, before falling to France, 1-1, and beating Denmark, 1-0.
In their last draw against France, Croatia ended their consecutive defeat against the latter in three after falling to ‘Gallo’ team 2-4 in the final of the 2018 Russia World Cup, and with the same result against the two teams in European Nations League in 2020 at the “Stadium de France”, before losing at home 1-2.
Source: “AFP”
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