Croatia – France

The world vice-champions will not lose in the first meeting of the confrontation with the Croats

The current UEFA Nations League has also undergone some changes in format. In order to increase the number of matches, a quarter-final stage has been added. Perhaps, in order to solve the issues of improving the financial well-being of UEFA European players will soon have to travel to the national teams for a couple of days a week and sleep four hours a day. The quarter-finals in Liga A will be played in two matches - home and away - by the best teams in the group stage. Croatia is considered the worst among the best at this stage. The Balkan team has the highest odds of winning the A-League among the eight participants - 25.0. The reason for this is the fact that in Group 1, from where the Croatian squad came out from the second place, as if all the national teams were lower by two heads than the quartet-winning Portugal. The Croats won just two matches out of six and picked up one point more than third-placed Scotland. France were not a bastion of confidence in the group stage either, but lost only the first of six rounds when they were taken by surprise by Italy in Paris. Subsequently, the Italians managed to take revenge and finish in first position. Bookmakers have identified the guests as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.10 on their victory. In the Croatian national team after the third place at the World Cup in Qatar and defeat in the final of the last Nations League came a long-awaited generational change. If the national team got to the UEFA EURO more or less without problems, the tournament in Germany was a complete failure - the Croatians failed to beat even the Albanians. In the current Nations League, Dalic's wards won only home games against Poland and Scotland. France became vice world champions just over two years ago, after which they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA EURO, where they lost to the future continental champion. Despite the fact that in Germany the French showed a completely different style of football, the result of the national team can not be called a failure. In the group stage, France took the first place following the victory over Italy in the sixth round, which left a positive flavour in the players from being in the national team. Let's bet that the guests will be closer to victory.