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GOAL! Slovakia 1-1 Kazakhstan (Karimov 35)
Kazakhstan are back in it thanks to Ramazan Karimov, who completes a lovely team move, turning on the edge of the area before blasting into the top right corner.
GOAL! San Marino 0-2 Albania (Uzuni 28)
Myrto Uzuni is there for a rebound from a saved free-kick.
GOAL! Spain 2-1 Croatia (Pubill 31)
It didn’t take long. Lamine Yamal takes a corner short, claims the ball back and sends in wonderful cross with his right boot – Marc Pubill rises to restore Spain’s lead with a header.
GOAL! Spain 1-1 Croatia (Beljo 28)
Perisic whips in a delicious cross from the left with his right foot … and big Beljo rises for a header to equalise!
GOAL! Slovakia 1-0 Kazakhstan (Sauer 26)
Stuttgart’s Leo Sauer gets Slovakia up and running.
GOAL! San Marino 0-1 Albania (Mehmeti 21)
San Marino started their League C campaign with a 7-0 defeat by Finland … and they’re down against Albania, Ipswich’s Anis Mehmeti tapping in at the far post from a corner.
21 min: Scotland 0-1 Switzerland John McGinn and Ricardo Rodríguez have their arms all over each other as Scotland appeal for a penalty after a corner comes in.
GOAL! Luxembourg 0-1 Iceland (A Gudjohnsen 13)
Blackburn’s Andri Gudjohnsen, son of Eidur, slots in from close range to give Iceland an early lead in their League C fixture.
GOAL! Scotland 0-1 Switzerland (Rodríguez 12)
It gets even worse for the hosts. The long-serving Ricardo Rodríguez steps up for the free-kick, not penalty, but it doesn’t matter – he curls in a left-footer from the edge of the area past the diving Angus Gunn.
Red card for Scotland’s Jack Hendry!
10 min: Scotland 0-0 Switzerland Switzerland move the ball brilliantly from the back, cutting through the centre before Dan Ndoye breaks free … and is taken down by Jack Hendry by the edge of the area. It looks a penalty … but there’s a VAR check and the challenge is just outside. But Hendry is on his way and Scotland are down to 10 after 10.
4 min: Spain 1-0 Croatia Cucurella crosses from the left, Baena is there for the first-time hit … and Livakovic gets down low to his right to make a fine save. The world champions are living up to the title.
GOAL! Spain 1-0 Croatia (Lamine Yamal 2)
It takes the golden boy just seconds. Spain work it from left to right, the ball finding Lamine Yamal by the edge of the area, and he drifts in from the wing to sweep home with a first-time finish.
Spain are back at home for the first time since winning the World Cup for the second time. Ivan Perisic, still going at 37, is the Croatian skipper, while Unai Simón has the armband for Spain in Seville. Let’s play.
A reminder that Spain are looking to extend their unbeaten run to 40 matches. They last lost a game in March 2024, against Colombia. So, you know, best of luck to Croatia. England came pretty close to ripping up the streak.
There were a couple of early kick-offs … Finland and Belarus played out a goalless draw, while Moldova drew 1-1 against Faroe Islands.
Scotland v Switzerland teams
Luis Binks, a Tottenham academy product who now plays for Brøndby, makes his senior debut for Scotland.
Scotland: Gunn, McKenna, Binks, Hendry, Patterson, Ferguson, Gilmour, McGinn, Robertson (c), Bowie, McBurnie
Subs: Kelly, Bain, Hickey, Welsh, Doig, Ure, Christie, Miller, McPake, Gannon-Doak, Graham, Montgomery
Switzerland: Kobel, Rodríguez, Elvedi, Akanji (c), Athekame, Freuler, Jashari, Aebischer, Manzambi, Ndoye, Amdouni
Subs: Mvogo, Keller, Britschgi, Bajrami, Sierro, Schmidt, Sow, Itten, Cömert, Boteli, Rieder, Sanches
Spain v Croatia teams
Rodri and Luka Modric begin on the bench.
Spain: Unai Simón (c), Pubill, Cubarsí, Huijsen, Cucurella, Zubimendi, Fabián Ruiz, Fermín, Lamine Yamal, Baena, Oyarzabal
Subs: Raya, Martínez, Grimaldo, Fresneda, Merino, Ferran Torres, Olmo, Muñoz, Laporte, Rodri, Williams, Pedri
Croatia: Livakovic, Smolcic, Pongracic, Gvardiol, Perisic (c), Sutalo, Kovacic, Misic, Petar Sucic, Marco Pasalic, Beljo
Subs: Pandur, Kotarski, Vuskovic, Ivanovic, Kramaric, Modric, Budimir, Vlasic, Mario Pasalic, Baturina, Jakic, Sucic
“I just want Billy to enjoy his football with a smile. If he can do that, the rest will come. I remember him well when he was in Brighton. I thought he was fantastic for them.”
Here’s more from Sébastien Pocognoli, the new Scotland manager, on Billy Gilmour.
Here’s what we’ve got from 7.45pm BST:
League A
League B
League C
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Luxembourg v Iceland
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Bulgaria v Estonia
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Slovakia v Kazakhstan
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San Marino v Albania
The other one:
Preamble
I hear there’s some news around, but there’s a game or two on as well. So while you’re wading through the redacted findings of an independent commission, taking in the Premier League v Manchester City, you can have a glance here as well for Scotland v Switzerland, Spain v Croatia, and others. No, we don’t have the excitement of “sham” contracts, but we’ve got the magic of the Nations League! I’m not selling this well, am I? Anywho, we’ve got seven 7.45pm BST kick-offs to keep tabs on, with Rob Smyth watching over Czechia v England. Keep me company with all your hopes, dreams and fears.
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