Fifa World Cup, 3rd place play-off CRO vs MAR: Croatia win, take third spot

Fifa World Cup, Croatia vs Morocco, third place play-off highlights: Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orisic scored as Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar

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Croatia vs Morocco Highlights; Third place play-off, Fifa World Cup

Croatia have won the third place play-off and are now the owners of a silver and a bronze medal. They beat Morocco 2-1 in the third-place play-off at Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar.

The Preview

The third-place play-off between Croatia and Morocco will be one between two very defensive teams which like to play on the counterattack. While Morocco have still been able to attack continuously against the likes of Spain and Portugal and even against France, Croatia have found it hard to score against quality opposition.

Defensively too, Morocco have been a better side as they have conceded only in a game against Canada and then against France in the semifinal in regulation time. Rest in all the matches, no team has been able to score against them.

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In the previous meeting between these two sides, Morocco also held Croatia to a 0-0 draw. This time around the likes of Hakimi, Boufal, En Nassiri and Ziyech would look to keep the attack up and make pressure on the Croatian defence and midfield.

The Vatreni on the other hand would look to make the most of the opportunity at hand against a relatively weaker opposition than they have recently faced and try and go home with a win in their bag.

Croatia Starting 11

Dominik Livakovic, Josip Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Josko Gvardiol, Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Andrej Kramaric, Lovro Majer, Mislav Orsic, Marko Livaja

Morocco Starting 11

Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Achraf Dari, Jawad El Yamiq, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Bilal El Khannous, Sofyan Amrabat, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En-Nesyri, Sofiane Boufal

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Croatia beat Morocco, win third place

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Great save from Livakovic

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: The match stands here

Stats

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Luka Modric, the man the myth, the legend

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: The second half begins

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: It’s half-time here

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Orisic scores a stunner, Croatia ahead

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Mislav Orisic has scored a stunner as Croatia get ahead 2-1. Orisic got the ball after Lovro Majer lost the ball, but Modric assisted that to Orisic and he curved that so well that it beat Bounou who was almost flying off his boots.

CRO 2-1 MAR

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Chance goes begging for Morocco

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There came a chance for Morocco to get ahead as winger Hakimi came from around the right side and hit a cross, which just went over Boufal who was placed just in front of the goal

CRO 1-1 MAR

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Croatia on top

Stats

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Kramaric on target

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It was almost another goal for Croatia as Kramaric hit a great header,m but Moroccan goalkeeper Bonnou was placed to take it as an easy catch. The scoreline remains 1-1 still

CRO 1-1 MAR

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Achraf Dari scores and Morocco are level

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Gvardiol scores for Croatia

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: Almost a self-goal by Moroccan goalkeeper

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Bounou, the dynamic Moroccan goalkeeper almost hit a self-goal while passing the ball to his defender, The ball almost hit the far end post and went for a corner.

CRO 0-0 MAR

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Croatia vs Morocco Live Score, third-place play-off: The Croatian star is here

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First Published: Dec 17 2022 | 7:28 PM IST