Croatia Defeat Morocco 2-1 To Finish Third

By defeating Morcco 2-1, Croatia reached third place at the FIFA World Cup 2022 . Croatia's Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic and Morocco's Achraf Dari each scored once in the first half of the third-place play-off. In place of Marcelo Brozovic in the midfield, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic made five changes from the lineup that lost to Argentina 3-0 in the semifinals. Morocco is led by Hakim Ziyech, and Romain Saiss is one of the substitutes after an injury caused him to leave the 2-0 semifinal loss to France early.