But in the longer term, a 5–3, extra-time win over Croatia may come to seem like a vital game in the rebirth of Spanish football. It’s not just that this was Spain’s first win in a major ...

With the win, Croatia moves on to the semifinals and will face Hungary on Friday. Spain will play a classification game on the same day. Quarterfinal 2: Serbia 12, Greece 11 A game-winning goal by ...

The UEFA Nations League quarter-finals kicked off with a bang on Thursday, delivering shocks, late twists, and fierce battles.

And Merino popped up a couple minutes from time to give Spain a goal that maintain a two ... the bench to net the winner in Copenhagen in a game in which the hosts created plenty of chances ...

"We dared to take the game to Spain. We were the better team." Croatia put an early penalty miss behind them to gain revenge over the side that beat them in the 2018 World Cup final, winning 2-0 ...

Croatia, Denmark, Ukraine, Ireland and Scotland. The first three will now be confident of progression to the Nations League semi-finals, as will Spain after their late draw in Rotterdam.

The game was played at the De Kuip stadium, where Spain beat Croatia in the 2023 final. Spain led 1-0 in the ninth minute after Lamine Yamal seized the ball on the right, passed it to Pedri ...

But we dared to take the game to Spain. We were the better team,” Koeman told broadcaster Ziggo. Elsewhere, Croatia put an early penalty miss behind them to gain revenge over the side that beat ...