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September 5, 2020. 21:45. Porto. “Dragau”
The League of Nations. League A, group 3, 1st round
Head judge: Davide Massa (Italy)
Injured: Ronaldo (?), Sanches
Not called: Modric, Rakitic
Where to look: Soccer 2
Portugal – Croatia: bookmaker odds
Portugal – Croatia: indicative alignments
Did you also think it would be a great match with a beautiful sign? I’ll have to disappoint you: Cristiano Ronaldo will not play for the Portuguese team, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic will be absent from the Croatian team. If you haven’t changed your mind about watching this game, keep in mind: you won’t have to look at the first magnitude stars, but rather all kinds of Brozovich.
It is not known for sure what happened to Ronaldo. There is a suspicion that Cristiano was stung by a wasp: he trained well on Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday his toe was very swollen. Now the Juventus striker is being treated with antibiotics, and the coaching staff can still be hopeful that Ronaldo will take part in this match. But it is most likely that Fernando Santos reserves his main star for the next game with Sweden, which will take place on September 8.
The Portuguese have one more defeat: Lille midfielder Renato Sanches, who was sent home by the national team’s medical service. The kid is damaged or just not ready for serious stress. In the first game with “Lille” he played 83 minutes, and in the second he was not even in reserve.
As for Modric and Rakitić, according to the Croatian federation, both midfielders have reached a “respectful agreement” with coach Zlatko Dalic to rest a bit for the games with Portugal and France. In the absence of Modric, Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic will be the Ladies’ new driver.
Riu Ave and Croatian youth team central defender Tony Borevkovic is still too young to be included in the national team squad and has yet to be called up by Zlatko Dalic, but he said a lot of interesting things in an interview with Jutarnji List. “In Portugal, they underestimate the Croatian team without Modric and Rakitic in the team. But they still don’t know how good Pasalic and Vlašić are!”
So he took and “burned” the starting eleven of the Croatian team.
Portugal vs Croatia: author’s prediction
The national teams of Croatia and Portugal have met 5 times in history, and the “squared” teams have never defeated their opponent. Also, the goal difference with four losses and one draw is 1-8! The most painful defeat occurred in the second round of Euro 2016 (0: 1).
Tomorrow’s game will be played in Portugal and Croatia will not have Modric or Rakitic. My bet is that Portugal win by 1 goal or draw.
Frequent questions
📌 What time does the game start?
The match will start at 21:45
📌 What is the best place to bet?
Best place to bet on Parimatch website with odds of 1.84 for Portugal to win or draw
