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Croatia and Luka Modric were denied a fairytale trophy as they lost 5-4 on penalties to Spain in the UEFA Nations League final.

Neither team could be separated after 120 minutes at the end of a gruelling season, but Unai Simon was the hero for La Roja.

He stopped Lovro Majer and Bruno Petkovic's penalties to give Dani Carvajal the chance to win the match with a panenka penalty after Aymeric Laporte had hit the bar with Spain's first chance to earn victory from the spot.

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