UEFA Nations League

Czechia vs Croatia, 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, League Phase

· UEFA Nations League
Czechia
  • 54': Adam Karabec
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1 - 2
Croatia
  • 47': Luka Modric
  • 77': Marco Pasalic

About

Czechia are hosting Croatia at Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czechia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Franjo Ivanovic (Croatia).
  • 2': Lukás Ambros (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Igor Matanovic (Croatia).
  • 7': Lukás Cerv (Czechia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Franjo Ivanovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 11': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Luka Sucic with a cross following a corner.
  • 12': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Lukás Ambros.
  • 13': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Adam Hlozek.
  • 14': Pavel Sulc (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
  • 15': Lukás Cerv (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Franjo Ivanovic (Croatia).
  • 16': Lukás Ambros (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
  • 23': Offside, Czechia. Adam Hlozek is caught offside.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Luka Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 25': Foul by Robin Hranác (Czechia).
  • 25': Igor Matanovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Michal Sadílek (Czechia).
  • 27': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Igor Matanovic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Franjo Ivanovic with a cross.
  • 36': Foul by Lukás Cerv (Czechia).
  • 36': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Lukás Cerv (Czechia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Offside, Czechia. Adam Hlozek is caught offside.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Igor Matanovic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franjo Ivanovic with a cross.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Petar Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Lukás Hornícek (Czechia). Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 44': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Stepán Chaloupek.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Petar Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Igor Matanovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Luka Vuskovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Czechia 0, Croatia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Czechia 0, Croatia 0.
  • 47': Goal! Czechia 0, Croatia 1. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Igor Matanovic.
  • 51': Vladimír Coufal (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Franjo Ivanovic (Croatia).
  • 52': Attempt saved. Robin Hranác (Czechia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Vladimír Coufal.
  • 54': Goal! Czechia 1, Croatia 1. Adam Karabec (Czechia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Hlozek.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Igor Matanovic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Lukás Hornícek (Czechia). Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Michal Sadílek (Czechia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pavel Sulc.
  • 59': Foul by Lukás Ambros (Czechia).
  • 59': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Offside, Czechia. Vladimír Coufal is caught offside.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Adam Karabec.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 63': Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Igor Matanovic.
  • 63': Substitution, Croatia. Marco Pasalic replaces Franjo Ivanovic.
  • 63': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Luka Sucic.
  • 64': Foul by Jirí Sláma (Czechia).
  • 64': Marco Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Pasalic with a cross.
  • 66': Adam Hlozek (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
  • 66': Luka Vuskovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Czechia. Alex Král replaces Lukás Cerv.
  • 67': Substitution, Czechia. Matej Radosta replaces Lukás Ambros.
  • 68': Offside, Czechia. Matej Radosta is caught offside.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Matej Radosta (Czechia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pavel Sulc with a cross following a fast break.
  • 73': Michal Sadílek (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 73': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
  • 74': Substitution, Czechia. Martin Subert replaces Adam Karabec because of an injury.
  • 76': Substitution, Croatia. Josip Misic replaces Luka Modric.
  • 77': Goal! Czechia 1, Croatia 2. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  • 79': Offside, Czechia. Adam Hlozek is caught offside.
  • 79': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Matej Radosta (Czechia) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 79': VAR Decision: No Goal Czechia 1-2 Croatia.
  • 83': Offside, Czechia. Vladimír Coufal is caught offside.
  • 83': Substitution, Czechia. Ondrej Zmrzly replaces Jirí Sláma.
  • 83': Substitution, Czechia. Václav Sejk replaces Pavel Sulc.
  • 88': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Petar Sucic.
  • 89': Alex Král (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
  • 90': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Ante Budimir (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Lukás Hornícek (Czechia).
  • 90'+3': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Lukás Hornícek.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Luka Vuskovic (Croatia) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Robin Hranác.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Alex Král (Czechia).
  • 90'+5': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Alex Král (Czechia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Czechia 1, Croatia 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Czechia 1, Croatia 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 6
6 Corner Kicks 1
1 Saves 4
56.4 Possession 43.6
16 SHOTS 5
5 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
490 Accurate Passes 382
564 Passes 451
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
8 Accurate Crosses 3
28 Crosses 6
0.3 Cross % 0.5
45 Long Balls 54
21 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 1
5 Effective Tackles 5
9 Tackles 5
0.6 Tackle % 1.0
11 Interceptions 6
10 Effective Clearances 42
10 Clearances 42

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Fortuna Arena
Location: Prague, Czechia
Attendance: 15,421

UEFA Nations League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Spain 4 +7 12
2 England 4 +11 9
3 Croatia 4 -10 3
4 Czechia 4 -8 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

CZE Czechia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Lukás Hornícek (GK)
6 Stepán Chaloupek
4 Robin Hranác
20 Jiri Sláma
5 Vladimír Coufal
15 Pavel Sulc
12 Lukás Cerv Yellow Card
8 Michal Sadílek
10 Adam Hlozek
9 Adam Karabec
13 Lukás Ambros
Czechia Substitutes:
Michal Sacek, Antonín Kinsky, Roman Macek, Matej Kovár, Ondrej Zmrzly, Martin Šubert, Martin Vitík, Pavel Bucha, Matěj Radosta, Ondrej Kricfalusi, Václav Sejk, Alex Král.

CRO Croatia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
4 Josko Gvardiol
5 Luka Vuskovic Yellow Card
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Josip Stanisic
17 Petar Sucic
8 Mateo Kovacic
10 Luka Modric
20 Igor Matanovic
16 Franjo Ivanovic
21 Luka Sucic
Croatia Substitutes:
Dion Drena Beljo, Marco Pasalic, Josip Sutalo, Ivor Pandur, Ante Budimir, Lovro Majer, Josip Misic, Mario Pasalic, Dominik Kotarski, Ivan Smolcic, Nikola Vlasic, Andrej Kramaric.

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