The Liverpool forward came off the bench during halftime of his country’s friendly match against Croatia. He scored a close-range goal three minutes into the second half.
After Luka Modric’s early penalty, Jota scored his second goal in as many Euro 2024 warm-up games to tie the game. However, Croatia went on to win 2-1.
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At the same time, Dominik Szoboszlai led Hungary to a 3-0 win over Israel at home.
The Reds player was taken off just before the hour mark, but he said after the game that it was just for safety reasons because his team’s first game in the European Championships is in a week.
She told M4 Sport, “I’ll be fine.” I took off because my legs were a little stiff and I didn’t want to take any chances.
Also, Northern Ireland lost 5-1 to Spain away from home, and Conor Bradley was taken off in the middle of the second half.