Among failures, errors and reassembled, Spain began to participate in the League of Nations with a victory before England. Luka Modric scored a major goal in Croatia's victory against the Czech Republic.
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26/09/2026
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Llistening is the goal that best defines what happened on Saturday night in the two games of the first day of the A3 League of Nations group. In London, the fans who were at Wembley Stadium attended two dates back. And since there is not one without two, there was also another twist, but in the Czech Republic.
Let's start with London and what happened on English soil. The match between England and Spain, two of the great candidates to be in the final four of the competition, ended with a 3–2 triumph of the world champions.
On a night full of magic, the first goal appeared just after the second minute of play. Marc Guéhi fell asleep at the time of defending and was caught at the turn by Lamine Yamal. The player from Barcelona stole the ball from the English central and shot placed to open the count.
England's response also appeared in the first part and with two goals within four minutes, which put the English in the lead of the marker on the way to the interval time. Nico Williams slipped on the ground and lost the ball in the English area, which gave rise to a strong British counterattack that would end in Anthony Gordon's goal on top of minute 36.
Four minutes later, at 40′, Nico O’Reilly took a cross with count, weight and measure for a heading of Harry Kane’s perfection. Marc Cucurella tried to stop the goal with his thigh, but only touched it lightly.
The second half began with the one who could have been the decisive goal for the triumph of the English. After reviewing the VAR images, referee Davide Massa decided that Rodri missed Jude Bellingham in the area and pointed out a great penalty. The problem is that Harry Kane failed maximum punishment. In addition to having thrown a bang at the bar, Bayern Munich's advance gave two touches to the ball. The match started again with a ball for Spain.
After this failure, it did not take much time for Spain to match the accounts. Alex Baena, fresh in, shot James Trafford's goal to tie the duel at 60 minutes. Spain would rescue the triumph thanks to a finalization of Mikel Oyarzabal's class, which stung the ball over the English guardian to close the accounts at minute 74.
Modric shines with a beautiful goal
In the other game of this group that was held on Saturday night, Croatia won 1-2 on the visit to the Czech Republic. After 45 minutes without goals at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Luka Modric gave the show and opened the asset at 47 minutes with a goal that caught applause from the Czech public.
The Arrive Republic responded promptly to this goal and Adam Karabec matched the accounts on top of minute 54. Pasalic relocated the Croats in the lead of the scorer with a straight shot at 77 minutes, two minutes before Radosta had an invalidated goal (79′) that could have tied the meeting.
Accounts made, Spain led the group with three points, two more than the Czech Republic and Croatia. In the next round, the English go to Czech soil, while Spain receives Croats.

