UEFA Nations League final: Spain vs Croatia for the first title! It started in the early morning of June 19

On June 16, Beijing time, in the semifinals of the UEFA Nations League, Spain defeated Italy 2-1 and will compete with Croatia for the championship in the final!

Divisional finals

According to the rules, the first place in the four groups of the UEFA Nations League A level advances to the final stage of the competition, that is, the final four.

In the opening semi-final of yesterday morning, Croatia came back from behind, knocking out the Netherlands 4-2 after extra time to advance to the UEFA Nations League final for the first time in their history.

In the second semi-final this morning, Spain and Italy engaged in a strong dialogue with Pino opening the scoring in the opening third minute and Immobile equalised on an 11th-minute penalty. Seeing that he was going to play extra time, in the 88th minute, Jose Lu, who came off the bench for only 4 minutes, shot into the net to complete a 2-1 victory!

Head-to-head record

Spain and Croatia have met a total of 9 times in their history, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats, slightly superior.

The most recent meeting was in the round of 16 at Euro 2020, with the teams drawing 3-3 in regular time, with Pasalic drawing in the 93rd minute, but Morata and Oyasabal each scored one goal each in extra time, and the Matador struggled to eliminate the Plaid Army 5-3.

Compete for the championship

This is the third UEFA Nations League final. In the first edition, Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 to win the title. In the second edition, France defeated Spain 2-1 and successfully won the championship.

This year's final, Spain and Croatia will compete for their first-ever UEFA Nations League title, which will be played at 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on June 19 at the Kopp Stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

And at 23 o'clock on June 18, it was the third and fourth place finals, with Italy and the Netherlands competing for third place.