France suffered a 2-0 loss against Denmark in their Nations League clash on Sunday evening and were handed a favour by Croatia to avoid relegation to the second tier of the competition. Watch the highlights here.
Les Bleu managed just one win from their six group games, but Croatia’s 3-1 win at Austria saved the world champions from the drop.
Both goals came before half-time as Kasper Dolberg stretched to turn home Mikkel Damsgaard’s cross before Andreas Skov Olsen volleyed in from the edge of the area.
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Denmark’s win meant Croatia needed to get all three points in Austria to top the group.
Luka Modric got the 2018 World Cup finalists off to a flying start, but they were quickly pegged back by Christoph Baumgartner’s header.
Two goals in three second-half minutes proved decisive as Marko Livaja and Dejan Lovren headed in at the far post.
Defeat relegated Austria to League B.
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