2023-06-18 06:24:13
Nations League Final: Croatia is chasing the first title and Spain for a coronation that lacks its record
The European Nations League competitions will know a new champion, as the Spanish and Croatian teams have never crowned this tournament, as the first coronation in 2019 was for the Portuguese national team, while the second edition was crowned by the French national team, which defeated Spain in the final.
It is expected that the final match, which will be held on Sunday in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will be intense competition between the two teams, especially since each team has a style of play that is well known to its opponent, and therefore it will be difficult to find solutions, especially in the first minutes of the final.
And the task of the Spanish national team in the final became double, first by winning the first title, and secondly by compensating for the controversial loss last year once morest the French national team, and adding an additional title to the balance of Spain, which crowned the European Championship twice, and also crowned the World Cup on an occasion, and thus will add the title that is missing. He scored it, and it is facing a great opportunity to clinch the title, following its victory over Italy, 2-1, in the semi-finals.
Spain’s situation did not seem good in facing the final, because the level of Gavi’s comrades was not distinguished, especially in the first half once morest the Italian national team, and the Spaniards faced many defensive problems, as the Italians were regarding to take the difference on three occasions, and with a defense that included a duo that chose to represent Spain over The account of the French national team, namely Ronadi and Emeric Laporte, Spain will face major crises if the shortcomings are not remedied.
Meanwhile, Spain has great capabilities in the middle of the field, with the presence of Rodri, the star of Manchester City, and Gavi, the talent of Barcelona, and they are an integrated duo capable of climbing the ball with great ease, which was confirmed in the face of the middle of the Italian field, which relied on violent play to reduce their danger. And coach Luis de Lafuente can get the fastest title with the national team, as he will lead Spain for the fourth time since he replaced coach Luis Enrique following the end of the World Cup in Qatar.
This title, which is lacking in the coffers of Spain, will support his position, following his appointment faced strong criticism in Spain, as he does not have much experience in dealing with first-class stars, but the mission has been successful so far, as he may guide Spain unless former coach Enrique might obtain it in The previous version, although the opportunity was favorable given that the French team was not in its best condition in the final, but the meeting ended with the loss of the title with a great arbitration controversy regarding France’s goal that turned the tables, and these data will prompt “La Roja” to redouble the effort to compensate.
The Croatian national team is chasing a new achievement in its career by striving to obtain the first title, following all previous generations failed to climb to the top of the podium, as it finished runner-up in the 2018 World Cup, and won third place in the 2022 World Cup, and participation in the World Cup finals 1998 was successful in reaching the semi-finals.
It seems that the hour of obtaining a title for history is close to the generation of Luka Modric, although the national team witnessed the withdrawal of a large number of stars who were the heroes of the 2018 epic, and despite that, it found solutions, and was able to present strong performances that led it to shine in the World Cup Qatar, despite the disappointment Semi-final once morest Argentina.
The strength of personality is considered one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Croatian national team, as the way the match was decided once morest the Netherlands confirms that it is a cohesive team, and relies a lot on team play that helps it deal with difficult situations, as it was not easy to return in the last confrontation with the Netherlands in front of its fans. . The Croatian fans also deserve this title, following they were close to it on many occasions, and this final may be the last chance for Modric to win a title with his country following his creativity over the past seasons.
The conflict in the middle of the field is considered the main focus of the confrontation, since the Croatian national team owns the trio of Modric, the Real Madrid player, Marcelo Brozovic, the Italian player of Inter Milan, and Matthew Kovacevich, the English star of Chelsea, while Spain relies on Rodri and Mikel Merino, and Gavi, who changes his position according to the plan, joins them. He does not adhere to one area alone, but rather moves constantly and is difficult to monitor, and this strong struggle in the middle of the field is what will decide the final result, and will determine the team that will qualify, given that every coach relies a lot on this line in order to control the match and impose his style of play.
Also, each coach will try to improve the handling of the match, with preference for the Croatian Zlatko Dalic, who has been supervising Modric’s comrades for years and has sufficient experience in such matches, at a time when Spain coach De Lafonte lacks international experience, since he took over the training of “La Roja”. a short while ago.
It is expected that this confrontation will witness the scoring of many goals, as the last meeting that brought together the two teams in 2021, during which 8 goals were scored, with Spain’s exciting victory 5-3, and the goals were present in all confrontations between the two teams in the past years, in addition to the performance of each team. In the semi-finals, it proves that the meeting will know the dominance of the attacking orientation of each team in search of the first title, and despite the fatigue that the players suffer from due to the length of the season in Europe and the strength of competition, the meeting will be exciting, and each team will try to defend its chances of winning the crown using all its capabilities, especially in Attack, which will be decisive in determining the new champion of this competition.
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