Dani Carvajal chipped in the decisive goal for Croatia.
Dani Carvajal was a hero for Spain. PDO
Spain has won soccer in the final of the League of Nations by penalty kicks against Croatia 1-0.
Croatia’s warriors of misfortune were Lovro Majer and Bruno Petkovicwhose tough goalkeeper Sleep Simon repelled.
Spain’s decisive goal was scored by winger Dani Carvajal. He coolly chipped the ball into the goal. Croatia’s goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic plunged out from under.
Before the tough match, Spain managed only one shot on goal in 120 minutes of play.
The champion team receives a prize pool of 10.5 million euros for the victory in the Nations League. Despite the loss, Croatia also gets a comfortable 9 million.
In addition, Spain gets an advantage for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The team is eliminated from the competition place in the group, which has only five teams instead of six.
In the final, Spain came really close to the winning goal in the 84th minute, when Ansu Fati was able to shoot from a great position from inside the penalty area. However, Kuti stopped at the finish line as a winger by Ivan Perisic underfoot.
In stoppage time, Croatia’s Majer got through, but took a bad touch, and defender Nacho Fernandez managed to slide onto the ball at the last minute.