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MATCH :
| Croatia V/s Scotland
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COMPETITION : | Round 3
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| DATE: | 12-10-2024
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TIME:
| 9:30 PM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Stadion Maksimir
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| Croatia | Lineup |
Possible XI: Livakovic (GK); Sutalo, Caleta-Car, Gvardiol; Pjaca, Sucic, Modric, Kovacic, Sosa; Matanovic, Petkovic. | |
| Scotland | Lineup |
Possible XI: Gunn (GK); Ralston, Hanley, McKenna, Robertson; Gilmour, McLean; Christie, McTominay, McGinn; Dykes. | |
Preview: Croatia Vs Scotland
The Chequered Ones to take on the winless Tartan Terriers:
Croatia will face Scotland in the upcoming UEFA Nations League group stage fixture at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb.
After being placed alongside Spain, Italy and Albania in the group of death in EURO 2024, Croatia saw a humiliating exit in the group stage after failing to make it to the Round of 16. The 2018 FIFA World Cup silver medalists faced another setback in their inaugural fixture of the Nations League after getting down to Portugal in a thrilling clash. However, they bounced back quickly after getting the better of Poland in their most recent encounter.
Scotland were the first team in the UEFA Euro 2024 to bid adieu to the competition after being relegated to just a solitary point in three games. Their performance in the Nations League so far has been nothing less than disappointing. They lost both their encounters against Poland and Portugal by a slender margin. Their only positive so far has been their attacking prowess as they went on to net three goals in two matches against strong opponents.
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About UEFA Nations League:
History
The UEFA Nations League is a international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.
The first tournament began in September 2018. The four group winners from League A qualified for the finals, played in Portugal in June 2019. The competition replaces the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar, with European national teams engaging in more frequent competitive matches against other European national teams of comparable level.
Since 1999, various UEFA bodies had discussed national associations' needs for more competitive fixtures, including more attractive international friendlies, more competitive matches and increased revenue. In 2001, UEFA proposed three potential formats for a new national team competition, with a first edition tentatively planned for 2004–2007. However, this ultimately did not come to fruition.
In October 2013, Norwegian Football Association President Yngve Hallén confirmed that talks had been held to create a third full national-team international tournament for UEFA members in addition to the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.
The concept of the UEFA Nations League would see all of UEFA's member associations' national teams divided into a series of groups based upon a ranking formulated using their recent results, where they would be promoted and relegated to other groups according to their results within the group. The proposed tournament would take place on dates on the FIFA International Match Calendar that were previously allocated for international friendlies and would not affect the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship.
In March 2014, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino stated that one of the benefits of the proposal would be to help "less glamorous" national associations arrange games.
The Royal Belgian Football Association's general secretary, Steven Martens, said that lower-ranked nations would still benefit financially from the competition, as the television contract with UEFA would be centralised. The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted by the 54 UEFA member associations at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Astana on 27 March 2014.
