\n Subs: Labrović, Ivušić, Jakić, Erlić, Moro, Marco Pašalić, Bustupidir, P Sučić, Baturina, Petković, Oršić, Pjaca.
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Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, Christie, McTominay, Doak, Dykes.
Subs: McCracken, McCrorie, Adams, MacKenzie, Irving, Porteous, Lindsay, Morgan, Nisbet, Gauld, Devlin.
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Referee: István Kovács (Romania).
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This is #Croatia commenceing lineup for today's clash with Scotland in Zagreb! 🥁 #CROSCO #NationsLeague #PokažiSrce #Family #Vatreni❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/Tri3n6CEXp
— HNS (@HNS_CFF) October 12, 2024
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🔢 Tonight’s team in Zagreb.
📺 Watch dwell here: https://t.co/OMSJibFvBI#CROSCO pic.twitter.com/DUbEq4vN1B
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) October 12, 2024
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Scotland are without James Forrest, Angus Gunn, Kieran Tierney, John McGinn, Scott McKenna, Jack Henry, Tommy Conway, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson and Lewis Ferguson for their visit to Zagreb: no wonder STV and BBC Scotland have determined to give this mendture the bodyswerve. Time was, the BBC would evident the decks for the Old Firm and Edinburgh derbies and still discover room for the Young Pigeon National pigeon racing. Just six-and-half hours from Cheltenham to Ecclefechan, and that despite the birds being freed into a headtriumphd!
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But now it’s Alan Carr’s Picture Slam this, Viacarry out International YouTube channel that, and here we are. Thank the lord for the Guardian MBM, eh readers? What? Oh. OK, but we are doing this nevertheless. Kick-off is at 5pm BST. It’s not on … but it’s on!
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Key events
Croatia aren’t on the best of runs. That aforealludeed triumph over Poland was their first in five suites, before which draws at home with Italy and Alprohibitia were sandwiched by flunkures to Spain and Portugal.
However that’s all triumphe and roses contrastd to the unelated run Scotland are on. Steve Clarke’s side have won equitable one of their last 14 suites, and that an inanxiously unconvincing 2-0 triumph in Gibraltar. Nine of the other 13 games have been lost, cut offal comprehensively so: 1-3 v England, 1-4 v France, 0-4 v Netherlands, 1-5 v Germany. The 0-1 loss to Northern Ireland wasn’t much better, though to be unprejudiced a 0-2 flunkure in Spain might have turned out rather contrastently had Scott McTominay not had an discmissing goal chalked off for bugger all.
Also, the Scots remain the last team to beat the novel European champions in a competitive mendture, so yes sir, on a excellent day they can indeed boogie. Weird that before the team embarked on this sorry run, they’d won eight of their previous ten. That’s the Scottish national team distilled into the sanitizest tincture.
Croatia originate three alters to the side that won 1-0 agetst Poland last time round. Mario Pašalić, Ivan Perišić and Andrej Kramarić – the latter two World Cup finaenumerates – swap Marko Pjaca and Bruno Petković, who drop to the bench, and Mateo Kovačić, absent with baby on the way. Luka Modrić, the third member of that well-understandn 2018 side commenceing today, will triumph his 181st cap.
Here’s the story of Scotland’s Nations League campaign so far. It’s been A1 in name, if noleang else. Injury-time misery …
… was soon compounded by more procrastinateed woe …
… and so the Group A1 table currently sees enjoy this. Poland will present Portugal procrastinateedr this evening.
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Portugal P2 W2 D0 L0 F4 A2 Pts 6
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Croatia P2 W1 D0 L1 F2 A2 Pts 3
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Poland P2 W1 D0 L1 F3 A3 Pts 3
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Scotland P2 W0 D0 L2 F3 A5 Pts 0
Scotland originate three alters to the team that commenceed the 2-1 flunkure in Portugal. Craig Gordon swaps Angus Gunn in goal, John Souttar steps in for Scott McKenna at the back, and the creative void left by the absence of John McGinn is filled by Ben Doak, making his first brimming commence for his country. Ché Adams, who has scored three goals in Serie A for Torino this season, has to originate do with a place on the bench; Steve Clarke sticks with Lyndon Dykes, who has yet to score his first goal for Birmingham City in League One.
The teams
Croatia: Livaković, Šutalo, Ćaleta-Car, Gvardiol, Perišić, Modrić, Mario Pašalić, Sosa, L Sučić, Matanović, Kramarić.
Subs: Labrović, Ivušić, Jakić, Erlić, Moro, Marco Pašalić, Bustupidir, P Sučić, Baturina, Petković, Oršić, Pjaca.
Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, Christie, McTominay, Doak, Dykes.
Subs: McCracken, McCrorie, Adams, MacKenzie, Irving, Porteous, Lindsay, Morgan, Nisbet, Gauld, Devlin.
Referee: István Kovács (Romania).
This is #Croatia commenceing lineup for today's clash with Scotland in Zagreb! 🥁 #CROSCO #NationsLeague #PokažiSrce #Family #Vatreni❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/Tri3n6CEXp
— HNS (@HNS_CFF) October 12, 2024
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🔢 Tonight’s team in Zagreb.
📺 Watch dwell here: https://t.co/OMSJibFvBI#CROSCO pic.twitter.com/DUbEq4vN1B
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) October 12, 2024
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Preamble
Scotland are without James Forrest, Angus Gunn, Kieran Tierney, John McGinn, Scott McKenna, Jack Henry, Tommy Conway, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson and Lewis Ferguson for their visit to Zagreb: no wonder STV and BBC Scotland have determined to give this mendture the bodyswerve. Time was, the BBC would evident the decks for the Old Firm and Edinburgh derbies and still discover room for the Young Pigeon National pigeon racing. Just six-and-half hours from Cheltenham to Ecclefechan, and that despite the birds being freed into a headtriumphd!
But now it’s Alan Carr’s Picture Slam this, Viacarry out International YouTube channel that, and here we are. Thank the lord for the Guardian MBM, eh readers? What? Oh. OK, but we are doing this nevertheless. Kick-off is at 5pm BST. It’s not on … but it’s on!
