Croatia and Portugal share a point each in the Nations League battle

The Croatian National Team and the Portuguese National Team shared points after drawing 1-1 in the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League match held at the Poljud Stadium, Split, Tuesday (11/19/2024).

In the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal took the lead thanks to Joao Felix's goal in the first half. The Kockasti were only able to equalize in the second half through Josko Gvardiol's action. Thanks to this result, Portugal is increasingly firmly perched at the top of Group 1 League A with 14 points. Meanwhile, Croatia is in second place with 8 points.

The match was balanced from the start. The visitors successfully opened the lead in the 33rd minute through Joao Felix's action, the away team's 1-0 lead lasted until halftime. Returning from the dressing room, Gvardiol had scored a goal in the 62nd minute. However, it was disallowed by VAR because the Manchester City defender was considered to have been offside first.

Three minutes later, Gvardiol finally scored a goal. The crossing sent by Kristijan Jakic to the far post was successfully utilized by Gvardiol to break into Jose Sa's goal. With this goal, Croatia sealed their berth for the Quater Finals of the Nations League.

There were no additional goals scored in the remaining match. The final score was a 1-1 draw.

Player Lineups

Croatia: Livakovic; Sutalo, Caleta-Car, Gvardiol; Perisic (Sucic 58'), Modric (Moro 78'), Kovacic (Pasalic 46'), Sosa (Jakic 46'); Kramaric, Matanovic (Budimir 63'), Baturina.

Coach: Dalic.

Portugal: Jose Sa; Semedo, Araujo (Djalo 63'), Veiga; Cancelo, Otavio (Conceicao 71'), Neves, Vitinha, Mendes (Dalot 80'); Joao Felix, Leao (F. Silva 71').

Coach: Martinez.