Croatia won the semi-final of the Nations League after defeating the Netherlands by a 4-2 scoreline
The semi-final of the Nations League between Croatia and Netherlands was one of the most thrilling matches this year as the Netherlands were able to equalize the score in the 96th minute, and Nao Lang scored the goal to take the match to extra time, but in that, Petkovic showed his skills and won it for Croatia to lead them into finals.
The Croatian team is one of the most high-quality football teams when it comes to rise in the big occasion. They don’t have many superstars, but teamwork always works for them, which is why for the last 10 years, they have been reaching the semi-finals and Finals of major international tournaments. They knocked out the hosting team, the Netherlands, who is full of top talent, and their players are in the top tier teams in the top league; even then, they cannot win any major tournament.
The host Netherland team scored the first goal of the match, and the scorer was Donyell Malen after receiving amazing ball play from Xavi Simons and Nathan Ake. After half-time, Cody Gakpo grabbed Luka Modric in the penalty area to give away a free goal-scoring chance which was converted by Andrej Kramaric from the spot to send the goalkeeper of Netherlands to the wrong side of the net.
Croatia is in the Nationa Leauge finals after defeating the Netherlands on their own home ground by a 4-2 scoreline.
Croatia started to get into their grove and scored another goal in the 72nd minute, which Mario Pasalic scored. The match was under Croatia’s hand till the 96th minute, but then comes Noa Lang sent the ball into the net to equalize the match in the last minute.
In the extra time, Croatia came strong right from the start as Bruno Petkovic scored a brilliant goal just outside the penalty box to give a 3-2 lead to Croatia, and then Luka Modric scored the 4th goal from the penalty spot after Tyrell Malacia gave away the penalty to end the match by the 4-2 score line.
Croatia is in the final of the Nations League now and will be waiting for their next opponent, who can be either Spain or Italy.