The Netherlands vs. Croatia semi-final of the Nations League is scheduled for Wednesday, June 14 at 9:45 p.m. at De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1. .
Four national teams take part in the final tournament of the League of Nations, which is hosted by the Netherlands and in which, in addition to the host country, Croatia, Spain and Italy also participate.
There is a semi-final, minor final, grand final system and this year we will have a new winner after Portugal (2019) and France (2021), winners of the first two editions, failed to qualify. final tournament (the other semi-final, Spain – Italy, scheduled for Friday, in Enschede, from 21:45).
The Netherlands topped Group 4 of the A League in which they won five games and drew 4-1 (d) and 1-0 (a) with Belgium, 2-2 (a) and 2-0 (d) with Poland, 2-1 (d) and 3-2 (a) with Wales.
Instead, in Group B of the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament, Ronald Koeman’s team made their debut with a painful 0-4 defeat away to France, before beating Gibraltar 4-0 at home (Greece and Ireland are also in the group). – the first two places qualify).
The Netherlands also qualified for the finals of the 2019 edition of the Nations League when they beat England 3–1 in the semi-finals, but lost the final 0–1 to Portugal.
Croatia finished 1st in League A Group 1 with four wins, a draw and a loss: 0-3 (a) and 3-1 (d) with Austria, 1-1 (a) and 1-0 (d) with France, 1-0 (d) and 2-1 (a) with Denmark.
In the preliminary match for Euro 2024, the team coached by Zlatko Dalic drew 1-1 with Wales in Group D, after which they beat Turkey 2-0 away (the group also includes Armenia and Latvia – the top two places qualify ).
Croatia, the bronze medalist of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, is participating in the final tournament of the League of Nations for the first time.
The two teams have met in just one official match so far, in the 1998 World Cup minor final in France, when Croatia beat the Netherlands 2-1 (the Batavians avenged the 2008 friendly, 3-0).
Probable teams
Netherlands: Bijlov – Dumfries, Van Dijk, De Ligt, Ake – De Roon, De Jong, De Roon – Simons, Hakpo, Malen.
Croatia: Livakovic – Juranovic, Šutalo, Erlic, Sosa – Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic – Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
Superbet offers odds of 1.95 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the regular time of 90 minutes in the match Holland – Croatia.
| Holland – Croatia | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.95 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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