Croatia tops Morocco 2-1 to clinch third spot at World Cup CDNDigital
Croatia’s Luka Modric and teammates celebrate with their medals as they finish in third place in the FIFA World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. 2-1 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to leave Qatar on a high after again surpassing expectations following their run to the final in 2018.
“This is bronze with a golden glow. We won a tough game,” said Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic, who also led the nation of four million people to runners-up in Russia four years ago. A cross floated into the box found Ivan Perisic who expertly headed the ball into the mix where the masked Gvardiol bravely dived in for the header to silence the Moroccan contingent, albeit briefly.
Croatia duly punished them in the 42nd minute when an interception in the final third found Orsic, whose curling shot arced beautifully from a tight angle past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou before going in off the post. “Physically it was difficult, our players got tired, it was intense,” Morocco coach Walid Regragui said.Croatia also felt hard done by when Gvardiol looked to have been tripped in the box by Sofyan Amrabat – now playing in defence with their centre backs injured – but the referee refused to award a penalty.
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