The Portuguese national team fell into a goalless draw against Scotland, while the Poland national team tied with its guest, Croatia, with great difficulty, with a score of 3-3, in the fourth round of the first group in the first level of the European Nations League.
Sharjah 24 – Asaad Khalil:
The same goalless draw was imposed on the match between Scotland and Portugal, while the Poland national team tied with its guest, Croatia, with great difficulty, with a score of 3/3, in the fourth round of the first group in the first level of the European Nations League.
At Hampden Park in Glasgow, the Scotland national team did not take advantage of playing among its fans and scored one point against its Portuguese guest, who threatened the goal on only 3 occasions over the course of the two halves.
The two teams came out with a clean sheet and each got one point, bringing the Portuguese team, champion of the first edition in 2019, to raise its score to 10 points, securing its lead in the group.
As for the Scotland national team, it remained at the bottom of the standings with one point in fourth place, remaining strongly threatened with relegation to the second level with two rounds remaining in the group stage.
In another match held at the same time, the Polish national team tied at home and among its fans in Warsaw with Croatia, 3-3.
The hosts took the lead with an early goal scored by Piotr Zielinski in the fifth minute, and their Croatian counterpart responded with 3 goals scored by Borna Sousa, Petar Socic and Martin Baturina in the 19th, 24th and 26th minutes.
Poland reduced the gap with a second goal scored by Nikola Zalewski in the 45th minute, and equalized in the second half with a goal scored by Nikola Zalewski in the 68th minute.
The visitors succeeded in securing a draw point despite the numerical deficiency after their main goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovic, was sent off in the 76th minute, and substitute Nedeljko Labrovic succeeded in bringing the match to safety.
With this tie, the Croatian team raised its score to seven points in second place to maintain its hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals, while the Poland team remained in third place with 4 points.
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