Croatia defeated the Netherlands and qualified for the final of the Nations League

Croatia defeated in overtime Netherlands 4-2 at the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam and qualified for the final of the UEFA Nations League. In this way, the Balkan group waits for Spain either Italythat will be measured tomorrow from 15:45.

The game went through the middle of the field in the first half, with an equal distribution of possession of the ball. Beyond some isolated occasion, neither team generated danger, until donyell malen made a great collective action of the local cast to open the scoring.

Before 10 minutes of the second half, Cody Gakpo went down a Luka modric within their own area and the referee awarded the penalty, which andrej kramaric changed for goal. A while later, Mario Pasalic put the visiting team ahead. However, at the end of regulation time, noah lang he grabbed a series of rebounds near the rival goal and scored the equalizer to force extra time.

bruno petkovic he became the Croatian hero in extra time. The front of the Dynamo Zagreb, who had entered for extra time, executed a mid-distance shot to score a great goal and put his team back in front. Minutes later, due to the lack of Tyrell Malaysia inside the Dutch area, the judge sanctioned the second penalty for the visit and Luka modric sentence the final score.