One of England’s very first Nations League games was played behind-closed-doors, against Croatia in Rijeka back in October 2018.
Then, it was the hosts being punished for - unfathomably - having a swastika marked on their pitch during a World Cup qualifier against Italy, and when the game ended in a goalless draw the general consensus was that it was impossible, perhaps even unfair, to draw any conclusions at all from a match played in such novel, eerie surrounds, a case of pack up and move on.
