Croatia, England alive in Nations League
Croatia crushed England's World Cup hopes in July.
By beating Spain 3-2 at home on Thursday, the Croatians have given Gareth Southgate's Three Lions a chance to advance to the finals of the inaugural UEFA Nations League.
Tin Jedvaj scored a goal three minutes into stoppage time to earn Croatia victory and a first win in a competitive match since beating England in the semi-finals in Russia.
Spain remained top of League A, Group 4 with six points. England and Croatia have four points each before their clash at Wembley on Sunday.
A win for either England or Croatia will send them to the Final Four in June along with the other three group winners. Spain would go through if England and Croatia draw. The bottom team will be relegated to League B.
"We wanted to win this and to have the last match at Wembley to decide the group winner," Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said.
"Let's go and enjoy our football now. We are very motivated for that one."
Spain, after two consecutive defeats, will now have to await their fate.
"This shows it was a very, very difficult group and that we didn't expect these two defeats (the other to England)," coach Luis Enrique said.
"But until the end we'll have a chance (of qualifying)."
World Cup finalists Croatia led twice through goals from Andrej Kramaric and Jedvaj with Spain equalising, first through Dani Ceballos and then via a Sergio Ramos penalty.
Luis Enrique's lineup was pressing for a late goal when Croatia produced one last push that paid off with Jedvaj's second of the night.
"Croatia got that little bit of fortune when both teams were desperately trying to win this match right at the end," Enrique said.
Michy Batshuayi, replacing the injured Romelu Lukaku in attack, scored twice as Belgium beat the already-relegated Iceland 2-0 in League A Group 2.
A draw against Switzerland on Sunday would be enough for Belgium, three points ahead of the Swiss, to reach the finals.
Elsewhere, Bosnia and Herzegovina drew 0-0 at Austriaa to ensure they will join the top 12 teams on the continent for the next Nations League after topping League B Group 3, with Northern Ireland relegated.
Finland won promotion to the second tier despite a 1-0 loss in Greece in their League C Group 2 match.
Estonia was relegated from the same group after losing 2-0 at Hungary.
In League D, already-promoted Georgia drew 1-1 at Andorra, Latvia drew 1-1 at Kazakhstan, Belarus won 2-0 at Luxembourg and Moldova won 1-0 at San Marino.
