Crammed with Modrichem penalty and an own goal of the nominal guests made the Croats the leader of the group D after the first round (2: 0).
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Croatia - Nigeria 2: 0 Goals: Etebo (own goal), 32, Modric (pen. ), 72.
Croatia: Subasic - Vrsalco, Vida, Lovren, Strinic - Rakitic, Modric - Rebic (Kovacic, 78), Kramaric (Brozovich, 60), Perisic - Manjukic (Piazza, 85).
Nigeria: Uzoho - Abdullahi, Balogun, Troost-Ekong, Idowo - Ndidi, Etobe - Moses, Mikel (Nwankwo, 88), Iwobi (Musa, 62) - Igalo (Iheanacho 73).
Warning: Rakitic, Brozovic - Troost-Ekong.