UEFA Nations League
Portugal vs Croatia
Croatia meets Portugal on Saturday to begin its Nations League campaign as the two teams look to open A3 with a victory. Cristiano Ronaldo is one goal shy of recording 100 for Portugal, but his status is in question.
Portugal enters Saturday's match unbeaten against Croatia in five meetings. The sides, however, drew 1-1 most recently in a June 2019 friendly. Ivan Perisic's goal in that match was Croatia's first ever against Portugal, while defensively the Croats have conceded eight goals in the five aforementioned contests.
"Our opponents can't be harder," Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić said. "Our opponents can't be harder; in space of three days, we will play away against the European champions and then the world champions. We respect Portugal and France, but we have a lot of trump cards and we will certainly try to break the negative run we have against both teams."
Portugal enters Saturday's match unbeaten against Croatia in five meetings. The sides, however, drew 1-1 most recently in a June 2019 friendly. Ivan Perisic's goal in that match was Croatia's first ever against Portugal, while defensively the Croats have conceded eight goals in the five aforementioned contests.
"Our opponents can't be harder," Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić said. "Our opponents can't be harder; in space of three days, we will play away against the European champions and then the world champions. We respect Portugal and France, but we have a lot of trump cards and we will certainly try to break the negative run we have against both teams."