Croatia’s Ante Budemir and Ivan Perisic attacked the club in the quarter-finals of the Nations League in France, the first on Thursday, as the return of Kylian Mbappe and Osman Dembele could not be able to set fires.
Croatia also lost a preliminary penalty when goalkeeper Mike Maganan was rescued by French goalkeeper Andre Kramaric, and second place in
France has made several chances and Croatia goalkeeper Dominic Livakovic has tried several times, but it was a lower-year show that he had promised to return to Mbappe, especially after sitting in his last four games.
France host the second round of Paris on Sunday. The winner will face the defender in June or the Netherlands in the semi-finals or in the semi-finals or the Netherlands.
France took nearly two-thirds of the ball, but Croatia was difficult to spoil and wasted in the industrial opening in front of the goal.
“We have lost the first greatest and we will be sure of the second win at home,” he told TF1. “Our first half was below the level we could. We do everything to change the situation.
“We were punished in the first half, we were very technically wasted and we gave the opportunity to the opponent,” he said.
Defenders Ibrahimea Counte treated him in the first five minutes in the area when he tried to control a cross from the right, but Kramarich’s penalty was bad and survived with Magnian’s legs.
Croatia advanced 26 minutes later when Miginan initially saved Budimir’s strong head, but the ball returned to the goal and the goalkeeper can only look at the powerless when he spills on the line.
The hosts doubled the first half of the stroke and a shot was hit by several meters from the penalty area to Paris and the end of the technique showed the technical technique.
Dembele, who has scored 22 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in all competitions this year, has had a great opportunity to reduce the deficit, but the kick fell from eight meters to the secondary ground.
Then Bradley Barcala’s replacement was unable to contact the ball when he had to simply direct the network from a nearby distance — a lost opportunity to offer a colorless and immaculate evening.
“We were concrete and discipline,” said Croatian coach Zlatko Dalik. “We lost the punishment, but we didn’t want to, we stayed strong. We had a very good situation.
“It’s a big victory, but we will have a new game in three days.