Luis Enrique does not expect Spain's 6-0 thrashing of Croatia in September to have any impact on Thursday's Nations League meeting in Zagreb.
Spain destroyed the World Cup finalists in Elche on September 11 and will reach the finals of the competition if they win the reverse match this week.
Croatia, though, need to beat both La Roja and England in order to go through, and Luis Enrique therefore predicts a difficult encounter.
"I think this game is totally different to the one we played in Elche," he told a news conference on Wednesday. "It's key for both, and decisive, because they still have chances to go through.