Croatia vs Morocco
FIFA World Cup
Date: 17 December 2022, Saturday
Kick-off at 15:00 UK / 16:00 CET
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium (Al-Rayyan).

Outside of the clash against Canada, Croatia scored only two goals in the other five games
All but one of Morocco’s six WC outings finished with fewer than three goals scored
Croatia have won each of their last four penalty-shootout series in the previous two World Cup editions
Modric and Perisic want a victorious World Cup farewell
Croatia will conclude another fairytale World Cup campaign with the clash against old foes Morocco in the battle for the podium finish on Saturday afternoon at Khalifa International Stadium.

“Vatreni” made it to their second successive semifinal at the World Cups which is an extraordinary achievement for this small country with the population of just over 4 million.

This will likely be the last World Cup game for some of the team’s biggest stars such as Luka Modric and Ivan Perisic and there are no doubts they will be highly motivated to earn a victorious farewell in Qatar.

Croatia have won only one match since the beginning of the tournament, the second round’s 4-1 comeback thumping of Canada in the group phase.

They did not really offer much offensively in the remaining five outings, especially in the tough semifinal loss to Argentina (0-3) on Tuesday night.

Head coach Zlatko Dalic will face a big challenge to lift his team against a very motivated Morocco side in this third-place playoffs tie, but if anyone can do it, it is this man.

We also have to mention that “Vatreni” will likely be without the two full-backs Borna Sosa and Josip Juranovic who have reportedly missed the last training.

The Atlas Lions will give their all in this third-place playoffs
Morocco have already written history by becoming the first African side to ever reach the World Cup semifinal.

France were too strong for them on Wednesday night although we must give words of praise for the effort the Atlas Lions have shown on Wednes



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克罗地亚vs摩洛哥
国际足联世界杯
日期:2022年12月17日，星期六
开球时间:英国15:00 /欧洲中部16:00
地点:哈利法国际体育场(Al-Rayyan)。

除了与加拿大的比赛，克罗地亚在其他五场比赛中只进了两球
摩洛哥六次出征世界杯，只有一次进球不到3球
克罗地亚在前两届世界杯的四场点球大战中都取得了胜利
莫德里奇和佩里西奇想要一个胜利的世界杯告别
克罗地亚将于周六下午在哈利法国际体育场与老对手摩洛哥争夺冠军，结束另一场童话般的世界杯之旅。

“瓦特雷尼”连续第二次闯入世界杯半决赛，这对于这个只有400多万人口的小国来说是一项非凡的成就。

这可能是莫德里奇和佩里西奇等足坛巨星在世界杯上的最后一场比赛，毫无疑问，他们将非常积极地在卡塔尔赢得胜利。

克罗地亚自比赛开始以来只赢了一场比赛，第二轮在小组赛阶段以4-1逆转击败加拿大。

在剩下的五场比赛中，他们并没有真正提供太多的进攻，特别是在周二晚上以0-3输给阿根廷的半决赛中。

主教练兹拉特科·达利奇将面临一个巨大的挑战，带领他的球队在季后赛第三名的比赛中对阵非常积极的摩洛哥队，但如果有人能做到这一点，那就是这个人。

我们还不得不提到，“瓦特里尼”可能会失去两名边后卫博尔纳·索萨和约瑟夫·尤拉诺维奇，据报道他们错过了最后一次训练。

阿特拉斯雄狮队将在季军的季后赛中全力以赴
摩洛哥已经书写了历史，成为第一支进入世界杯半决赛的非洲球队。

尽管我们必须赞扬阿特拉斯狮子队在周三的努力，但法国在周三晚上的表现对他们来说太强大了