Kroatiya da Skotland suna shirin hadaka a Zagreb a ranar Sabtu, OCT 12, 2024, a gasar UEFA Nations League. Skotland ba ta samun nasara a wasanninta biyu na farko a League A Group 1, inda ta sha kashi 2-1 a Portugal da 3-2 a gida da Poland. Kroatiya, mai nasara da asara, har yanzu suna da damar zuwa zagayen knockout.
Kroatiya, karkashin koci Zlatko Dalic, suna fatan Nations League a matsayin damar na karshe don samun nasara. Sun yi nasara 1-0 a gida da Poland, inda kapten Luka Modric ya zura kwallo ta nasara. Modric, wanda yake kusa ya kai shekaru 40, ya ci gaba da zama muhimmin dan wasa a kungiyar.
Skotland, karkashin koci Steve Clarke, suna fuskantar matsala ta rauni. ‘Yan wasan kama John McGinn, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson, da Kieran Tierney sun kasance ba su fita ba. Craig Gordon, wanda yake shekaru 41, zai maye gurbin Angus Gunn, wanda ya ji rauni. Jack MacKenzie na Kevin Nisbet sun shiga cikin kungiyar, inda su maye gurbin Greg Taylor da Lawrence Shankland.
Zaɓen kungiyoyin sun nuna cewa Kroatiya za ta taka leda da Livakovic; Erlic, Sutalo, Gvardiol; Pjaca, Kovacic, Modric, Baturina, Sosa; Matanovic, Kramaric. Skotland za ta taka leda da Gordon; Ralston, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson; McClean, Gilmour; Doak, McTominay, Christie; Adams.
Yayin da Skotland ta nuna alamun farin ciki a wasanninta na baya, amma Kroatiya tana da karfin tsakiya da hujjoji masu ƙarfi kamar Luka Modric da Mateo Kovacic. Zaɓen yawan kwallaye ya nuna cewa wasan zai iya kare da ƙwallaye mara da biyu da rabi, tare da damar da zaɓe zaɓe za su ci gaba.
