FIFA World Cup 2022, Croatia vs Morocco third place playoff LIVE Score: Modric starts; Saiss on bench
FIFA World Cup 2022, Croatia vs Morocco third place playoff LIVE Score: Modric starts; Saiss on bench
20:16 (IST)
Morocco road to third place playoff
Group stage
Drew with Croatia 0-0
Beat Belgium 2-0
Beat Canada 2-1
Knockout stage
Round of 16: Beat Spain 3-0 on penalties (0-0 after extra time)
Quarter-finals: Beat Portugal 1-0
Semi-finals: Lost to France 0-2
20:13 (IST)
Croatia road to third place playoff
Group stage
Drew with Morocco 0-0
Beat Canada 4-1
Drew with Belgium 0-0
Knockout stage
Round of 16: Beat Japan 3-1 on penalties (1-1 after extra-time)
Quarter-finals: Beat Brazil 4-2 on penalties (1-1 after extra-time)
Semi-finals: Lost to Argentina 0-3
19:40 (IST)
FIFA World Cup 2022 LIVE
Starting lineups
Croatia: Livakovic; Sutalo, Gvardiol, Stanisic, Perisic; Kovacic, Modric, Majer; Orsic, Livaja, Kramaric
Morocco: Bonou; Hakimi, Dari, El Yamiq, Attiyat-Allah; Amrabat, Sabiri, El Khannouss; Ziyech, Boufal, En-Nesyri
19:34 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the penultimate match of FIFA World Cup 2022, a third place playoff match between Croatia and Morocco, the two losing semi-finalists.
Preview: Croatia and Morocco will look to sign off from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on a high, when the two teams face-off in the third place playoff match in Doha on Saturday.
Both teams’ World Cup title dreams ended in the semi-finals. While Croatia lost to Argentina, Morocco went down fighting to defending champions France.
Morocco and Croatia have already played each other at this year’s World Cup, a 0-0 draw in the group stage.
“We know that Croatia got a lot of stick because they weren’t able to beat Morocco,” Regragui said. “Morocco was one of the underdogs and now we both reached the semifinals.”
Injured Morocco center back Romain Saiss, the team’s captain, will miss the game after lasting only 21 minutes against France. Noussair Mazraoui, also substituted in that match, is a doubt.
“We have really, really pushed our players to the limits, but they still want to go out tomorrow and play again,” Regragui said. “But we are not going to be taking risks tomorrow for some of our players.”
For 37-year-old Luka Modric, this could very well be his last FIFA World Cup, and he would want to sign off with a bronze medal, potentially helping Croatia beat Morocco on Saturday night.
With inputs from AP
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