2022 World Cup: Croatia Repeating 1998 Memory After Morocco's Currency In Third Position Competition

The Croatian national team defeated Morocco in the race for third place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. (Photo: Twitter/@FIFAWorldCup)

JAKARTA - The Croatian national team took third place in the 2022 World Cup after beating Morocco at the Khalifa International Stadium, Saturday, December 17. Vatreni won by a narrow score 2-1.

Croatia also repeated its memory at the 1998 World Cup where they also managed to occupy third place.

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Croatia had the initiative to attack from the start. They slowly dismantled the Morocco defense. As a result, Vatreni was already ahead in the 7th minute.

Starting from Luka Modric's free kick, the violin was then forwarded by Ivan Perisic to the center of the penalty box with a header.

Gradivol, who stood free, welcomed the ball with a header. The ball slid smoothly into the Morocco goal.

However, that advantage only lasted two minutes. The imperfect sweep of Croatian defenders was put to good use by Achraf Dari.

Freely, the Morocco defender broke into the goal of Dominik Livakovic with a header. The score was 1-1.

In the 24th minute, Yassine Bounou made a brilliant save. He blocked Modric's shot from outside the penalty box. He also managed to secure the throwing ball that the Croatian player tried to grab.

Croatia finally took the lead again in the 42nd minute. Mislav Orsic scored a beautiful goal with his right foot from inside the Morocco penalty box. The 2-1 score for Croatia lasted until the break.

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The match in the second half was more interesting. Both teams were more daring in going out to press the opponent's defense.

Both Morocco and Croatia create threats, although not so significant. Sengit and also rigorously deserve to describe the course of the game in the second half.

Entering the 74th minute, Morocco had a golden opportunity. However, the efforts of Youssef En-Nesyri were successfully suppressed by Livakovic.

Morocco continued to attack Croatian defense 10 minutes from the end of the match. However, the Atlas Lion still failed.

En-Nesyri had made Croatian supporters anxious with his header in the 90+5 minute. However, the ball still didn't go into Croatia's goal because it was thin over the crossbar. The final score remained unchanged, 2-1 for Croatian victory.

Line-up

Croatia (3-5-2): Dominik Livakovic; Josip Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Josko Gvardiol; Ivan Perisic, Lovro Majer, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric, Mislav Orsic; Andrej Kramaric, Marko Livaja

Morocco (4-3-3): Yassine Bounou; Achraf Hakimi, Jawad El Yamiq, Achraf Dari, Yahia Attiyat Allah; Bilal El Khannouss, Sofyan Amrabat, Abdelhamid Sadasi; Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En-Nesyri, Sofiane Boufal