On Saturday, December 17, Croatia and Morocco met at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha in the match for third place in the 2022 World Cup..

Croatia won 2-1. All the goals in the match were scored in the first half - at first the teams exchanged accurate shots after the free throws (the goals were scored by Guardiol and Dari), and at the end of the first half of the meeting, the bronze medals were brought to the Croatians by a magnificent dribble shot by Orsic.

In the second half, the Croats played by the score, and the Moroccans missed two real chances to equalize the result - En-Nesiri at first did not outplay Livakovic, and already in stoppage time struck higher with his head from a lethal position.

Croatia Morocco - 2:1.

Goals: Guardiol 7, Orsic 42 – Dari 9.

Croatia: Livakovic, Sutalo, Guardiol, Stanisic, Perisic, Modric, Kovacic, Mayer (Pasalic 66), Orsic (Jakic 90+5), Livaya (Petkovic 66), Kramaric (Vlasic 61).

Morocco:

Bunu, Attiyat-Allah, El Yamik (Amalla, 67), Dari (Banoun, 64), Hakimi, Amrabat, El-Khannus (Unakhi, 55), Sabiri (Chair, 46), Bufal (Zaruri, 64),.

Warnings: Unakhi, Amallah.

Thus, Croatia for the third time in its history rose to the podium of the World Cup.. In 1998, the Croats also won bronze, and at the 2018 World Cup, Dalic's wards came second.

Morocco could become the first African team to win bronze at the World Championships.

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Earlier it was reported that another national team coach left the team after the 2022 World Cup.