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.

France will visit Croatia for a repeat of the 2018 World Cup final when the team coached by Didier Deschamps won the tournament after an exciting 4-2 win. Now, the two sides meet again seven years later for the first leg of the UEFA Nations League quarterfinal with the second leg to happen on Sunday in Paris while the winner of this tie will meet the winning team of the matchup between Spain and Netherlands.

Croatia contained the attacking duo of Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé in a 2-0 victory over France in the first leg of the Nations League quarterfinals.