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Scotland v Switzerland, Spain v Croatia, and more: Nations League – live

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Key events

GOAL! Luxembourg 0-3 Iceland (Palsson 73)

Victor Palsson leaps high from a corner, guiding his header into the bottom right. Iceland are heading towards the top of their group.

GOAL! San Marino 0-3 Albania (Manaj 65)

Rey Manaj chests the ball and volleys inside the area … the keeper denies him, but the Albania forward has an easy rebound.

GOAL! Spain 3-1 Croatia (Lamine Yamal 63)

Magical once again from Lamine Yamal. He makes a run down the right, Pedri’s pass cuts through Croatia’s backline, but the teenage winger still has plenty to do from a tight angle inside the area. He finds enough space, though, squeezing the ball in via the inside of the post.

Spain's Lamine Yamal scores their third goal.
Spain's Lamine Yamal scores their third goal. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates scoring their third goal.
And celebrates. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

GOAL! Scotland 0-2 Switzerland (Elvedi 55)

And it gets worse for Scotland. Dan Ndoye is central to it again, collecting after a corner comes in, then sending in a teasing, low ball from the right. Nico Elvedi makes a smart run to finish from just outside the six-yard box.

GOAL! Slovenia 1-0 North Macedonia (Lovric 55)

Slovenia, who drew with Scotland in their opening game of the campaign, take the lead against North Macedonia through Sandi Lovric.

Just watching a replay of that Scotland red card: Switzerland move the ball at speed to expose the high line, and it’s actually a shame that Ndoye doesn’t get the chance to finish off a seven-pass move after some delicious one-touch play.

Half-time scores

League A

  • Spain 2-1 Croatia

League B

  • Scotland 0-1 Switzerland

  • Slovenia 0-0 North Macedonia

League C

  • Luxembourg 0-2 Iceland

  • Bulgaria 0-0 Estonia

  • Slovakia 1-1 Kazakhstan

  • San Marino 0-2 Albania

GOAL! Luxembourg 0-2 Iceland (Oskarsson 39)

Real Sociedad’s Orri Oskarsson bursts through the middle and slots past the keeper’s right to double Iceland’s lead.

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 the 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.

Spain's Marc Pubill scores their second goal.
Spain's Marc Pubill scores their second goal. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
Spain's players celebrate after Pubill (centre) scored the 2-1 goal .
Pubill (centre) celebrates with his teammates. Photograph: Julio Munoz/EPA

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!

Croatia's Dion Drena Beljo (right) celebrates after scoring their equaliser in Spain.
Croatia's Dion Drena Beljo (right) celebrates after scoring their equaliser in Spain. Photograph: Julio Munoz/EPA

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.

Switzerland's Ricardo Rodriguez opens the scoring with a fine free-kick.
Switzerland’s Ricardo Rodriguez shoots … Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA
Switzerland's Ricardo Rodriguez opens the scoring with a fine free-kick past Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn
And scores. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

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.

Switzerland’s Dan Ndoye falls to the ground in a clash with Scotland’s Jack Hendry, leading to a free-kick on the edge of the area and a red card for Hendry.
Switzerland’s Dan Ndoye falls to the ground in a clash with Scotland’s Jack Hendry. Photograph: Peter Klaunzer/EPA
Scotland's Jack Hendry is shown a red card by referee Nenad Minakovic.
Hendry heads off for an early bath. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

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’s Lamine Yamal scores their opening goal.
Spain’s Lamine Yamal scores their opening goal. Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates scoring their first goal.
Then celebrates. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

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

  • Spain v Croatia

League B

  • Scotland v Switzerland

  • Slovenia v North Macedonia

League C

  • Luxembourg v Iceland

  • Bulgaria v Estonia

  • Slovakia v Kazakhstan

  • 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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