Highlights: France 0-1 Croatia in UEFA Nations League 2022-2023
Best plays and summary of Croatia's narrow victory in the UEFA Nations League. With this result, Croatia secures second place in Group 1 and maintains the chances of advancing.
France maintains the pressure and absolute control of the game but does not achieve real opportunities of danger. Croatia awaits its options on the counterattack.
These are the players who will start off the bench for both teams: France: Lloris, Areola, Pavard, Griezmann, Tchouameni, Ben Yedder, Coman, Clauss, Saliba, Diaby and Hernaández. Croatia: Livakovic, Labrovic, Pongracic, Majer, Caleta-Car, Kramaric, Vlasic, Sucic, Jakic, Orsic, Ivanusec and Vida.
The arbitration designation for this match is as follows:
Center Referee: Orel Grinfeeld
Assistants: Idan Yarkoni and Roy Hassan
4th Referee: Gal Leibovitz
This will be the second match between these teams in the 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League, the first of which ended in a 1-1 draw. The scorer for Croatia was Andrej Kramaric and Adrien Rabiot for France.
We are just under an hour before the game between France and Croatia kicks off at the Stade de France. Both teams will go out in search of victory. Who will make it tonight? Follow our coverage on VAVEL.
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The Real Madrid striker is one of the team's great references and arrives at one of the best moments of his career. After winning the Champions League and LaLiga, the Frenchman is one of the great candidates to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or. Benzema is back with the French team and, after not being part of the world champion team in Russia 2018, he will seek to fight for the two-time World Cup championship and obtain the highest medal in international football. Benzema comes into this duel with 1 goal and 1 assist in the UEFA Nations League and his contribution on offense could be key for France to continue with their aspirations of qualifying for the next round in September.
The France team begins a new path in search of the World Cup championship in Qatar 2022. Les Blues have not shown their best version in this UEFA Nations League due to the accumulation of minutes of their players, players like Griezmann and Mbappé not They have shown their best football and are restricted in minutes to avoid possible muscle injuries. This date 4 will be the last one played in the summer of the UEFA Nations League, so we could see a substitute team from France looking for victory to finish this first stage well and keep the team with the possibility of advancing in September when the tournament resumes. Those led by Didier Deschamps will seek to start detailing their aspirations for the World Cup and we will see if the team is capable of fighting to repeat its appearance in the grand final.
The Real Madrid midfielder arrives as the top Croatian figure and, after having had a great year with his club, he is looking to get his team into the next round of the UEFA Nations League. Modric started in each of the qualifying matches for Qatar 2022 and continues to demonstrate his great talent and level, Modric will seek to put his team back in the World Cup elimination stage in November and go down in football history in his country as the greatest historical figure of Croatia. Luka comes into Round 4 with a couple of assists to have his team tied for second place.
The Croats come to this duel tied for second place in the group along with Austria and already qualified for the World Cup looking to repeat the great role they had in Russia 2018. Croatia's golden generation will seek to qualify for the next round of the UEFA Nations League. The Croats are one of the favorite teams to advance to the round and the duel against France should be of paramount importance to get points for the aspirations of the knockout round. Croatia are also in the process of making the last possible upgrades heading to Qatar, where it could be the last time we see the likes of Modric, Rakitic, Perisic and Kamaric in the European squad.
The Stade de France located in the city of Paris will host this second date of the UEFA Nations League of Group 1. This stadium has a capacity for 81,300 fans and was inaugurated in 1998.
Good day to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the live broadcast of the France vs. Croatia match, corresponding to the duel on date 4 of Group 1 of the UEFA Nations League 2022-2023. The meeting will take place at the Stade de France, at 2:45 p.m.
