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Latvia took a very good option in remaining in League C by winning the first round on the road 0-1. A victory that was not insignificant since it put an end to a series of nine matches without success in all competitions. Among these 9 matches, the Latvians lost five times, each time during the World Cup qualifiers against England 3-0 and 0-5, Serbia 0-1 and 2-1 and Albania 1-0. All these defeats therefore deprived Latvia of qualification for the World Cup or at least participation in the World Cup play-offs. During Nations League C, the Latvian selection only won one match in the space of six days, against the Faroe Islands 1-0. Otherwise, no less than four defeats were recorded against Armenia in the first leg 4-1 and the return 1-2 and against North Macedonia in the first leg 0-3 and the return 1-0. For its part, Gibraltar missed the boat of taking an option on promotion to League C.

However, this is a somewhat expected result since this selection only wins too few matches. This setback against Latvia was added to the 10 other setbacks before this one. At the heart of these 10 defeats, Gibraltar only scored 3 small goals. Obviously, the visiting players did not have a say during the World Cup qualifiers with 0 points, 8 defeats and above all 28 goals conceded, an average of 3.5 goals conceded. 

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Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil got off to a bad start, with a one-goal defeat against the France team 1-2. The Seleção never found the right fuel against the vice-world champions, thus continuing to blow hot and cold since the arrival of the Italian technician on the bench. It notably lost against Japan 3-2 and was held by Tunisia 1-1 during friendly matches played at the end of the year. Winner in parallel of South Korea 0-5 and Senegal 2-0 in other matches without stakes, Brazil aspires to return to the last four of a World Cup for the first time since the 2014 edition. It has suffered setbacks in recent months, leaving the Copa America 2024 in the quarter-finals and pocketing the fifth qualifying place in the Amsud zone for the World Cup at come. Undefeated during the World Cup qualifiers (7 wins, 1 draw), Croatia qualified for the event brilliantly by taking the lead in their group ahead of the Czech Republic.

Zlatko Dalic's players were therefore expected to turn the corner during this March break. Led by Colombia, they finally turned the match to their advantage before the break 1-2 and extended their current invincibility. We have to go back to March 2025 and a quarter-final second leg of the Nations League, against the French team 2-0, to find traces of Croatia's last defeat. Since their 3rd place obtained at the last World Cup, the Vatreni fell in the group stage of Euro 2024. 

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