Croatia will host Portugal on Monday night in the Nations League A League final round at Stadion Poljud in Split. Let's put the cards on the table right away - Portugal already secured their group win, and a draw would be enough for Croatia to secure a place in the playoffs. It is possible that Croatia could make it to the next stage even with a loss, if Scotland does not beat Poland elsewhere. If, on the other hand, Scotland wins and Croatia loses, we first look at the difference in goals and then the amount scored as the mutual matches are one win each with 1 goal margin.
So Scotland kept their playoff dreams alive with their fifth-round win over Croatia. Croatia controlled the ball and had better scoring chances, but Petar Sucic's red card in the opening half weighed heavily on the scoreboard and the Scots scraped the win with a goal late in the match.
Team news:
Naturally, Sucic will be suspended on Monday and Nikola Vlasic or Mario Pasalic will probably get a shift. Andrej Kramaric was also suspended due to the fullness of his card account. Kristijan Jakic was injured in the Scotland game.
Possible lineups:
Portugal has once again been great by European standards in the Nations League and we are going to take the same rally to the World Cup qualifiers starting next year and the final tournament of the Nations League. Roberto Martínez's squad managed to reach the quarter-finals of the summer European Championship, but at this stage, France had to be recognized as the better team. However, there is still a long way to go in the 2026 Games, as long as the youth section of the roster gathers even more experience under its belt.
Team news:
Martínez will bring his team to Split on Monday with a bench-oriented composition. Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Pedro Neto were already allowed back in the ranks of the club teams to prepare for next weekend. Instead, Matheus Nunes, Pedro Gonçalves and João Palhinha are on the sidelines for health reasons.
Croatia clearly has better odds of success, as they are the only team with motivation, they are at home, and they are a top team! The Portuguese still are great and they are not going to give this up for free, but the thing is that it is really difficult to give 100 % if it is not needed, and there is the idea of a nice trip with a good meal with friends in a match where you do not want to get injured, as the season will continue on the next weekend.
A draw would do for Croatia and we have to take it. I do not believe in late goals in this game if we are still at a draw somewhere at 70 minutes. Good luck!
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克罗地亚将于周一晚上在斯普利特波尔朱德球场举行的A级联赛决赛中迎战葡萄牙。让我们马上把牌放在桌子上——葡萄牙已经确保了他们小组的胜利，一场平局就足以让克罗地亚确保进入季后赛。如果苏格兰没有在其他地方击败波兰，克罗地亚即使输球也有可能进入下一阶段。另一方面，如果苏格兰赢了，克罗地亚输了，我们首先看进球数的差异，然后再看进球数，因为双方的比赛都是各赢一场，净胜球1球。
因此，苏格兰在第五轮战胜克罗地亚后，继续保持着季后赛的梦想。克罗地亚队控制住了球，有了更好的得分机会，但佩塔尔·苏西奇（Petar Sucic）在上半场的红牌给比分板带来了沉重的影响，苏格兰人在比赛最后阶段以一粒进球险胜。
团队新闻:
当然，苏西奇将在周一停赛，尼古拉·弗拉西奇或马里奥·帕萨利奇可能会换班。安德烈·克拉马里奇也因信用卡账户余额充足而被停赛。克里斯蒂安·亚基奇在与苏格兰的比赛中受伤。
可能的阵容:
葡萄牙在国家联赛中再次以欧洲标准表现出色，我们将在明年开始的世界杯预选赛和国家联赛的最后一场比赛中取得同样的成绩。罗伯托Martínez的球队成功进入了夏季欧洲杯的四分之一决赛，但在这个阶段，法国队必须被认为是更好的球队。然而，在2026年的奥运会上还有很长的路要走，只要青年队的阵容能积累更多的经验。
团队新闻:
Martínez将在周一带着板凳组合带着他的团队来到斯普利特。克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多、贝尔纳多·席尔瓦、布鲁诺·费尔南德斯和佩德罗·内托已经被允许回到俱乐部的队伍中，为下周末的比赛做准备。相反，努内斯、佩德罗·贡帕拉尔维斯和约<e:1>奥·帕尔欣哈因健康原因不能参加比赛。
克罗地亚显然有更大的成功几率，因为他们是唯一一支有动力的球队，他们在主场，他们是一支顶级球队！葡萄牙人仍然是伟大的，他们不会白白放弃，但问题是，如果不需要的话，真的很难百分之百地付出，而且在比赛中和朋友一起吃顿好饭的想法是美好的，你不想受伤，因为赛季将在下周末继续。
平局对克罗地亚来说就足够了，我们必须接受。我不相信在这场比赛的最后阶段进球，如果我们在70分钟的时候还处于平局的话。好运！
