Spain Humiliated Croatia In A Six Goal Thriller

The loss of the finals at World cup can not be easy, but how negative impact it could have on a team was shown today by Spain humiliation of Croatia in UEFA Nations League match.



Croatia displayed a woeful performance with a one-all draw against Portugal last week in a friendly match, in their first official game after the disappointment at the World Cup final, with a 4-2 defeat by France, Zlatko Dalic's team set a bad record of heaviest defeat in the history of their country, with 6-0 defeat in the hands of Spain in the UEFA Nations League.

The previous country's worst defeat occurred in the 2009 World Cup qualifier against England when the team lost by 5-1 at Wembley.

This game marks the only other time in history that Croatia has lost a match with more than three goals, and with the team having had five defeats with three goals margin in their history.

Real Madrid star Marco Asensio was a man of the moment for Spain, scored a goal with three assists in their new coach’s second game, and Croatia did not have a reply to the Spanish star’s outstanding performance.

The match kept the perfect record of Spain against the Croatian star, Luka Modric.

The Real Madrid Maestro midfielder has now lost all his three encounters with Spain in his international career.

Spain will play Wales in a friendly match in a month’s time before resuming their UEFA Nations League campaign against England.

Croatia will also return in October, but will face another litmus test against the Three Lions of England in a friendly encounter.