UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
France WWWDW 0
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Croatia WWDLD 2
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1st Leg · Stadion Poljud · 30,551 att.

Match Report

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Croatia beat France in Nations League quarterfinal first leg

Goals from Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic steered Croatia to a deserved 2-0 win over France in their Nations League quarterfinal first leg in Split on Thursday, as the return of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele failed to get the visitors to fire.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
6
62
Possession
38
16
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
529
Accurate Passes
299
595
Passes
371
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
63
38
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.8
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
22
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
12
15
Effective Clearances
22
15
Clearances
22

Head to Head

FRA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 6Josip SutaloCD-R
  4. 4Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 2Josip StanisicRB
  6. 16Martin BaturinaAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 11Ante BudimirF
  10. 9Andrej KramaricAM-L
  11. 14Ivan PerisicAM-R

FRA · 4-3-1-2

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 17William SalibaCD-L
  3. 15Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 5Jules KoundéRB
  6. 10Kylian MbappéM
  7. 8Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  8. 7Ousmane DembéléAM
  9. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  10. 19Matteo GuendouziRM
  11. 12Randal Kolo MuaniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Penalty saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  2. 26' Goal! Croatia 1, France 0. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Croatia 2, France 0. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, France. Dayot Upamecano replaces Ibrahima Konaté.
  5. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Ante Budimir.
  6. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Martin Baturina.
  7. 64' Substitution, France. Bradley Barcola replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
  8. 64' Substitution, France. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  9. 70' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  10. 74' Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 75' Dayot Upamecano (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Substitution, France. Michael Olise replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 84' Substitution, France. Manu Koné replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  14. 85' Substitution, Croatia. Petar Sucic replaces Andrej Kramaric.

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