DIDIER’S SIDE EIGHT HIGHLY
FRANCE stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champs a 2-1 win.
The result leaves France second in their group on 10 points from four games, behind Portugal on goal difference.
France beat Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 World Cup Final before defeating them by the same score in last month’s reverse Nations League fixture.
But Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps said: “We knew we’d be in a real battle. We started very well and it’s a pity we didn’t go two goals clear as Kylian had a big chance.
“We did what we needed to do in the second half. It’s not because we won a trophy in 2018 that you win by clicking your fingers.”
Meanwhile, Scotland’s Euro 2020 play-off final opponents Serbia threw away a two-goal lead on the road to Turkey.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandar Mitrovic had them two up with 49 minutes gone only for Hakan Calhanoglu and Ozan Tufan to make it 2-2.
LAST NIGHT
Nations League Group A1 – Italy 1, Holland 1; Poland 3, Bosnia- Herz 0. Group C2 – Estonia 1, Armenia 1; North Macedonia 1, Georgia 1. Group C3 – Greece 0, Kosovo 0; Moldova 0, Slovenia 4; Group C4 – Lithuania 0, Albania 0; Belarus 2, Kazakhstan 0; Group A2 – England 0, Denmark 1; Iceland 1, Belgium 2. Group A3 – Croatia 1, France 2; Portugal 3, Sweden 0. Group B1 – Norway 1, N Ireland 0; Romania 0, Austria 1. Group B2 – Scotland 1, Czech Republic 0; Slovakia 2, Israel 3. Group B3 – Russia 0, Hungary 0; Turkey 2, Serbia 2. Group B4 – Finland 1, Rep Ireland 0; Bulgaria 0, Wales 1.
Chile 2, Colombia 2; Peru 2, Brazil 4.
Bo’ness