THE CROATS ADVANCED IN EXTRA TIME
The Netherlands falls to Croatia and Frenkie will not meet Gavi and Ansu in the final
Published:15/06/2023 - 01:01h
Updated:15/06/2023 - 01:01h
Croatia beat the Netherlands in the first semifinal of the Nations League in a match that was defined in extra time (2-4). The 'orange' fell at home and Frenkie de Jong remains at the gates of a final to which Spain and Italy will seek access this Thursday
Low countries wasted a new opportunity inmejorable to go to by an international trophy after falling home in front of Croatia in the 'semis' of the UEFA Nations League (2-4). The ones of Ronald Koeman could not take advantage of the localía in the 'Final Four' and sacked after fitting two goals in the lengthen. With this, Frenkie of Jong will not see the faces with Gavi and Ansu if Spain wins to Italy this Thursday.
The first part was quite bored in Róterdam until Donyell Malen opened the marker in the minute 34. The extreme took advantage of a fast exit of the 'orange' to define with a finish crossed after a good pass of Mats Wieffer. Like this they went to the rest, but the visitors reacted fast in the complement thanks to a penalti of Cody Gakpo on Andrej Kramaric that the '9' Croat did effective in the 55'.
Croatia resisted and went back to agrandarse in the extention
The Dutch reacted after the childish penalti of Gakpo and the forward of the Liverpool had a very clear in which it failed by little. Wieffer malogró Another clear opportunity and Mario Pasalic took advantage of one against Croat to trace back in the 72'. The victory of the ones of Zlatko Dalic was when falling, but the extreme of the Witches Noa Lang sent the party to the extention in the 90+6' after several minutes of intense besiege tulip.
However, Croatia did not go down the arms after the tie in the last played of the party. The Balkan went back to exhibit a portentoso physical state and recovered the advantage in the 98' thanks to a golazo from out of the area of Bruno Petkovic. The changes seated him well to the visitors and, on the end, Luka Modric cleared the party with another penalti. The '10' grew in the lengthen and the ones of Dalic go to by a new international final. Frenkie, by his part, played the 120 minutes and finish the party admonished.
Spain and Italy define this Thursday the another finalist
In the another key, Spain and Italy will reedit the 'semis' of the previous edition of the Nations League to define to the rival of Croatia. The 'azzurra' will look for revancha after the 1-2 suffered in Milan in 2021, whereas The Red goes by his second final after falling in front of France in the previous edition. Low countries, by his part, could not access to the instance in which it fell in the first edition of the tournament in front of Portugal, in 2019.