Croatia's Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic struck to secure a deserved 2-0 win over France in their Nations League quarter-final, first leg on Thursday, as the return of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele failed to get the visitors to fire.

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France is 6-3-1 against Croatia, through Croatia won the last meeting during the group stage of the 2022-23 Nations League season. The French are 2-1-1 against the Croatians in UNL play all-time. Time: 3:45 p.m. ET