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Croatia national football team
Euro Champ Qualifying | Group Stage
Mar 25, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
 
Wales national football team

Croatia
1 - 1
Wales

Kramaric (28')
Juranovic (31')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Broadhead (90+3')
Ampadu (25')

Wales earn dramatic last-gasp draw with Croatia in Euro 2024 qualifier

Wales earn dramatic last-gasp draw in Croatia
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Wales dramatically salvage a last-gasp 1-1 draw with Croatia in Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifier in Split.

Wales have earned a dramatic 1-1 draw with Croatia in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier on Saturday night.

In the first game since the retirement of Gareth Bale, the Dragons struggled to make any kind of an impact against opponents who were fresh off the back of their third-placed finish at the World Cup.

Despite the dominance, however, Croatia were only able to score a solitary goal, Andrej Kramaric finding the back of the net just before the half-hour mark.

Deep into added-on time, it appeared that the Checkered Ones would comfortably get over the line, but Nathan Broadhead dramatically scored Wales' equaliser and his first international goal.

The end statistics were heavily in Croatia's favour, with eight of their 19 shots finding the target and Zlatko Dalic's side having 67% of the ball.

Nevertheless, it took a fine strike from Kramaric to open the scoring, the Hoffenheim forward bullying the Wales defence before finding the bottom corner from 20 yards.

Aside from a brief period during the early stages of the second half, Wales did not look like earning a share of the spoils, Page opting to make substitutions when his side were showing a threat.

By the 70th minute, the experienced quartet of Aaron Ramsey, Harry Wilson, Daniel James and Kieffer Moore had all made way as Page placed his faith in unheralded members of the squad.

As perhaps anticipated, their replacements did not impact the game as Page may have hoped, yet Broadhead sensationally brought his nation on level terms in the third minute of added-on time.

A long throw was flicked into the path of the Ipswich Town forward at the back post, and he was able to prod home from close range to spark ecstasy in the away end.

In the short term, that goal kept Wales off the bottom of Group D, but it has the potential to be a key moment should they pick up key results against Turkey, Armenia and Latvia, the latter facing Wales in Cardiff on Tuesday.

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Q Spain Spain870121
Q Scotland flag Scotland852117
3 Norway Norway832311
4 Georgia Georgia82248
5 Cyprus Cyprus80080

Group B

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Q France France871022
Q Netherlands Netherlands860218
3 Greece Greece841313
4 Ireland Rep. Ireland82066
5 Gibraltar flag Gibraltar80080

Group C

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Q England flag England862020
Q Italy Italy842214
3 Ukraine Ukraine842214
4 Macedonia N. Macedonia82248
5 Malta flag Malta80080

Group D

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Q Turkey Turkey852117
Q Croatia Croatia851216
3 Wales flag Wales833212
4 Armenia Armenia82248
5 Latvia Latvia81073

Group E

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Q Albania national flag Albania843115
Q Czech Republic Czech Republic843115
3 Poland Poland832311
4 Republic of Moldova Moldova824210
5 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands80262

Group F

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Q Belgium Belgium862020
Q Austria Austria861119
3 Sweden Sweden831410
4 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan82157
5 Estonia Estonia80171

Group G

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Q Hungary Hungary853018
Q Serbia Serbia842214
3 Montenegro Montenegro832311
4 Lithuania Lithuania81346
5 Bulgaria Bulgaria80444

Group H

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Q Slovenia Slovenia1071222
3 Finland Finland1060418
4 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1060418
5 Northern Ireland flag N. Ireland103079
6 San Marino flag San Marino1000100

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Q Romania Romania1064022
Q Switzerland Switzerland1045117
3 Israel Israel1043315
4 Belarus Belarus1033412
5 Kosovo flag Kosovo1025311
6 Andorra flag Andorra100282

Group J

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Q Portugal Portugal10100030
Q Slovakia Slovakia1071222
3 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg1052317
4 Iceland Iceland1031610
5 Bosnia Bosnia H'vina103079
6 Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein1000100


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