SPAIN HELD THEIR NERVES TO WIN THE UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE FINAL BY DEFEATING CROATIA 5-4 ON PENALTIES AFTER A GOALLESS 120 MINUTES IN ROTTERDAM
SPAIN’S TRIUMPH SAW THEM SEAL A FIFTH MAJOR TROPHY AND BECOME THE SECOND NATION AFTER FRANCE TO HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE NATIONS LEAGUE.
REAL MADRID DEFENDER DANI CARVAJAL CONVERTED THE WINNING SPOT-KICK AFTER SPAIN GOALKEEPER UNAI SIMON SAVED EFFORTS FROM CROATIA’S LOVRO MAJER AND BRUNO PETKOVIC
MANCHESTER CITY PAIR RODRI AND AYMERIC LAPORTE, WHO SCORED AND MISSED FOR SPAIN RESPECTIVELY IN THE SHOOT-OUT, HAVE WON A FOURTH MAJOR TROPHY OF THE SEASON
CROATIA DEFEATED THE NETHERLANDS 4-2 AFTER EXTRA TIME IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL ON WEDNESDAY TO BOOK THEIR SPOT IN THE NATIONS LEAGUE FINAL