The France by Didier Deschamps and the Zlatko Dalic's Croatia they will face each other today in Saint-Denis in this second match of the Group 3 Uefa Nations League. A confrontation that will undoubtedly bring back a sweet memory for the French and a gray one for the Croats, as both starred in the final of the 2018 World Cup who finally fell on the side of the ‘blues’ when they gave him a tough 4-2 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
For Croatia it will be a unique opportunity to make up for that hard result. Without a doubt, a little 'revenge'. But not even remotely can supplant that traumatic ending.
On the eve of the game, French coach Didier Deschamps said there will be numerous changes to the line-up, and more after the announcement of the Kylian Mbappé's coronavirus positive, as announced in a statement by the French team.
“I will make decisions, but the team will be competitive,” Deschamps said. For France the last minute loss of the PSG striker is bad news, especially after the Frenchman scored the winning goal against Sweden (0-1) in the first round of the Nations League. He is the seventh infected player of the Parisian team.
Cristiano, for goal 100
Cristiano Ronaldo will be available for Portugal again after missing the first match due to a right toe infection caused by a bee sting. The Portuguese has between eyebrows and eyebrows to participate in the duel against Sweden to achieve the 100th goal with his team, and thus continue to enlarge his figure with the Portugal of Fernando Santos
France-Croatia
Stade de France, 8:45 p.m.
France: Lloris; Upamecano, Varane, Kimpembe, Dubois, Kanté, Rabiot, Mendy, Griezmann, Martial, Giroud or Ben Yedder
Croatia: Livakovic; Jedvaj, Lovren, Vida, Barisic, Brozovic, Kovacic, Rebic, Pasalic, Perisic and Pektovic
Referee: To be announced today