The teams meet in the opening round of the 2024/25 Nations League
This Thursday (5) begins the fourth edition of the Nations League, which features a duel between the main European football teams. Portugal and Croatia face each other at 15:45 (Brasilia time), at the Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, in a match valid for the first round of Group 1 of the competition.
How to get to Portugal
The Portuguese team returns to the field after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024, when they were eliminated on penalties against France. Portugal thus tries to turn the key and goes in search of a second Nations League title.
The wait is for the presence of the champion and captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who showed up at the training and is at the disposal of the coach Roberto Martínez.
The Portuguese also had new names among the players called up for the League of Nations. These are the pair Geovany Quenda and Pedro Gonçalves, both from Sporting. The striker will make his debut for the senior national team, while the midfielder returns after a period away from the squad. However, names such as João Cancelo, Danilo and Francisco Trincão were excluded from the list.
How to get to Croatia
On the other hand, Croatia is trying to recover from the early elimination at Euro 2024, when they failed to even get past the group stage. However, the continuation of coach Zlatko Dalic, who finished second at the 2018 World Cup, is the hope of good results for the Croatian team.
In addition, the team’s captain and key player, Luka Modric, will be available to the coach for this duel against Portugal. But Marcelo Brozovic, from Al-Nassr, announced his retirement from Croatia after competing in the European Championship.
Portugal x Croatia
Nations League 2024/25 – Group 1 Round 1
Date and time: Thursday, 05/09/2024, at 15:45 (Brasilia time)
Position: Luz Stadium, Lisbon (POR)
Portugal: Diogo Costa; Diogo Dalot, Rúben Dias, Inacio, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, João Palhinha; Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão; Cristiano Ronaldo. Technician: Roberto Martinez.
Croatia: Livakovic; Caleta-Car, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol; Baturina, Luka Modric, Budimir; Sucic, Kramaric, Pasalic. Technician: Zlatko Dalić.
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
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Source: Terra
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