UEFA Nations League: Andrej Kramaric equalizer hold back Champions France.

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World champions France, drew 1-1 away to Croatia in their second Nations League game on Monday, four days after an opening defeat by Denmark.

France's Adrien Rabiot’s goal early in the second half put them in a lead position, but unfortunately the lead did not remains till the end of the match.

Croatia's Andrej Kramaric scored a fine penalty after the video assistant referee awarded him a spot-kick following a foul by Jonathan Clauss and at final whistle gave the hosts a deserved draw.

World champions France, who were smashed by Denmark by 2-1 in their opening match, were without Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema at the start as coach Didier Deschamps made 10 changes to Friday’s team.

The coach himself missed the Friday's match against Denmark due to the death of his father.

“We did good things considering all the changes. We were ahead and could have scored more but it’s a pity we gifted them the equalizer," said Deschamps, who insisted France’s goal was to gear up for the World Cup.

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