Nations League roundup: Lamine Yamal sinks Croatia in Spain’s World Cup homecoming

<ul><li><p>Teenager scores twice in 4-1 win to boost Ballon d’Or case</p></li><li><p>Slovenia beat North Macedonia; Faroe Islands hold Moldova </p></li></ul><p>Lamine Yamal scored two goals and set up another as <strong>Spain</strong> hammered <strong>Croatia</strong> 4-1 on Tuesday in the Nations League in their first home game since lifting the World Cup.</p><p>Lamine Yamal had opened the scoring within two minutes <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/26/england-spain-nations-league-match-report">against England in Saturday’s Wembley win</a> and took just 75 seconds to do so against Slaven Bilic’s side in Andalusia. The teenager’s left-footed finish took his tally of international goals to nine in 36 appearances.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/29/nations-league-roundup-lamine-yamal-sinks-croatia-in-spains-world-cup-homecoming">Continue reading...</a>