Denmark had the better of the first half but the closest they came was a Joakim Mæhle shot into the side-netting and an Andreas Cornelius effort kept out by Dominik Livaković.

Croatia made three changes at the break to try and inject some life into their performance, and one of the substitutes, Luka Modrić, tested Kasper Schmeichel from outside the box.

Modrić was also involved in what proved to be the only goal of the evening, his pass setting up Brozović to cross, and after a couple of deflections it fell for Pašalić to poke in.

Nations League 2022-2023

Denmark - Croatia 0:1
Goals: Pasalic, 70 (0:1)
Denmark: Schmeichel; Andersen J.; Christensen A.; Mæhle; Skov Olsen (; Skov, 91); Damsgaard M. (Braithwaite, 62); Delaney; Hojbjerg; Eriksen C.; Wass (Kristensen R., 62); Cornelius (Wind, 62)
Bench: Iversen; Jensen P.; Vestergaard; Jensen Ma.; Nelsson V.; Larsen J.; Billing
Yellow Cards: Cornelius 8; Andersen J. 67
Croatia: Livaković; Juranovic; Erlic; Sutalo J.; Vrsaljko (Stanisic, 46); Jakic (Kovacic M., 46); Pasalic; Brozovic; Ivanusec (Modric, 46); Kramaric (Budimir, 77); Oršić (Vlasic, 58)
Bench: Labrović; Ivusic; Caleta-Car; Vida; Sucic; Majer L.; Brekalo J.
Yellow Cards: Stanisic 75; Budimir 86