Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol has did not get better from harm and can miss this week’s Nations League finals within the Netherlands, the Croatian Football Federation mentioned on the weekend.
Gvardiol, 21, had spent final week present process intensive remedy on a abdomen harm however Croatia’s medical workers decided that he wouldn’t be capable of get better in time to compete within the four-nation match.
Croatia meets its Dutch hosts in Rotterdam on Wednesday within the first semi-final, with Spain and Italy within the second semi in Enschede on Thursday. The winners compete in Sunday’s closing.
Gvardiol’s absence will probably be a blow to Croatia, for whom he was an impressive performer once they reached the World Cup semi-finals in Qatar late final yr.
The 21-year-old Dion Drena Beljo, who performs within the Bundesliga for Augsburg, has been named because the alternative within the 23-man squad, the federation added.
