Croatia, the 2018 World Cup runner-up, imposed a 1-1 draw on its guest, World Cup champion France.
1 in Split in the second round of the first group matches of the League competition
The European Football Championship was led by Denmark after its victory over its host Austria
2-1 in a match that was delayed by 90 minutes due to a power outage.
Denmark was at the top with six points, and the partnership ended by three points with
Austria, while France occupies third place with one point, with a goal difference against Croatia.
France, the champion of the second edition of the new continental competition, was the first to score
Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot crossed in the 52nd minute, on her way to
Compensating for her loss at home against her guest, Denmark, 1-2, Friday, in the round
The first, but Croatia managed to equalize with a penalty kick, which was given to the substitute attacker
Hoffenheim, Germany's Andrei Kramaric successfully scored in the 83rd minute.
Larsen celebrates scoring Denmark's winning goal against Austria (AP)
Kramaric's goal, who entered in the 69th minute instead of Osasuna striker Ante Bodemir, came as a rescue for his country from the second loss in a row at home after the humiliating first against Austria 0-3.
Kramaric also stopped Croatia's series of consecutive defeats against France at three, after falling to the "Rooster" team 2-4 in the final match of the 2018 World Cup in Moscow, and with the same result during the meeting of the two teams in the European Nations League in 2020 at the "Stadium de France", before losing Home 1 - 2.
France played the match with a completely different squad than the one that fought against Denmark, where coach Didier Deschamps made 10 changes, most notably keeping strikers Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann on the bench, pushing Monaco captain Wissam Ben Yedder and Leipzig's wings Christopher Nkunko and Bayer Leverkusen Moussa Diaby in their place. , before involving Griman in the second half.
Mbappe had injured his left knee on Wednesday in training and was substituted at half-time in the match against Denmark. Monaco midfielder Arylian Chuamini was the only one who retained his starting place in the squad for the match against Denmark. Milan goalkeeper Mike Minnen replaced the captain, Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
"We've done good things considering all the changes we've made," Deschamps said. We were ahead, and we could have scored the second goal. Unfortunately, we gave them a penalty kick, and then the Croats pressed to win, especially since we left them more spaces.”
"Of course, the result does not satisfy me," he added. But there is fatigue to take into account and with so many close matches I have to make a lot of changes, it is a perfect preparation for the World Cup.”
On the other hand, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said: “I am proud of the players, they showed character and were able to come back after the defeat (against Austria). They regained their offensive nature. With Luka (Modric), the team is completely different, it's very important, gives rhythm, gets important balls several times. In three days we will play again, it is very tiring, we are more tired than we thought. We will have to make changes and find alternatives.”
“France has made a lot of changes, but my counterpart is fortunate to have an exceptional reserve, and his choices are huge, with Christopher Nkunku in particular. This shows that she deserves her title of world champion.”
In the second match at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Denmark took the lead in the group by defeating its host Austria 2-1 in a match that was delayed by 90 minutes due to a power outage in the second district in Vienna.
Denmark was the first to score through Tottenham's English midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the 28th minute with a shot from inside the area, and Austria, led by its new German coach Ralf Rangnick, waited until the 67th minute to equalize through Wolfsburg's German midfielder Xavier Schlager from close range after a pass from the substitute striker Bologna. Italian Marko Arnatovic, but Udinese midfielder Jens Striger Larsen scored the winning goal for the visitors in the 84th minute with a powerful shot after a pass from Brentford midfielder Christian Eriksen.
