Nations League: Croatia beat the Czech Republic with Modric's goal, Switzerland won and more

As part of the first round of the 2026/27 Nations League group stage, four more matches took place on Saturday, September 26. The Czech Republic conceded to Croatia in Prague. Croatian captain Luka Modric scored his jubilee goal, the 30th goal for the national team. Czech Republic — Croatia 1:2 Goals: Karabets, 54 — Modrych, 47, Marko Pashalych, 77 Czech Republic: Hornychek — Tzoufal, Granach, Haloupek, Slama (Zmrzly, 83) — Ambros (Radosta, 67), M. Sadilek, Cherv (Kral, 67) — Schulz (Seik, 83), Glozek, Karabec (Shubert, 74) Croatia: Livakovic - Stanisic, Vushkovic, Guardiol, Perisic - L. Suchic (Mario Pasalic, 63), Modric (Misic, 76), Kovacic - P. Suchic (Vlasic, 88), Matanovic (Budimir, 63), Ivanovic (Marko Pasalic, 63) Warning: Cherv, Kral — Vushkovich A double and an assist from Zeki Amduni helped Switzerland defeat North Macedonia in Skopje. North Macedonia — Switzerland 0:3 Goals: Froyler, 22, Amduni, 41, 74 North Macedonia: Dimitrijevski - Ilijevski (Stojčevski, 75), Zajkov (Melyci, 56), Musliu, Herrera - Kostadinov (Mitrovski, 46), Gashtarov, Bardi, Elmas - Rastoder (Elezi, 46), Miovski (Omeragic, 56) Switzerland: Kobel — Atekame, Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez (Brichgi, 63) — Yashari, Froyler — Reeder (Sanchez, 76), Manzambi (Sou, 63), Ndoye (Ebischer, 76) — Amduni (Bothely, 86) Warnings: Ilievski, Bardi, Gashtarov, Omeragych Albania and Slovakia won identical home victories over Belarus and Moldova, respectively. Albania — Belarus 2:0 Goals: Asllani, 34 (pen.), Muchi, 45+2 Slovakia — Moldova 2:0 Goals: Schrantz, 32, Duda, 40 (pen.)