Luka Modric led Croatia to third place in the World Cup, which is likely to be his final appearance in the tournament.
In the third-place match on Saturday, the runners-up from four years ago beat Morocco by a score of 1-2.
If this is Modric's final World Cup match, Mislav Orsic scored the decisive goal shortly before halftime to make sure he finished on a winning note.
Even if he leads his country at the European Championship at the age of 37, it's likely.
Croatia took the lead in the seventh minute, but the score was tied in the ninth.
In the past, Croatia has taken third place. In the 1998 World Cup, the team achieved that feat as well.
After becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals, they lost their next two games. Arabs will remember the team's achievements for their pride.
The World Cup final will take place at Lusail Stadium.
Some people think the third-place match is meaningless. In the build up, Walid Regragui described it as a joke. Both teams were motivated in a game between two countries that few expected to win.
A number of players needed to be taken out of the game because of injury in the second half of the match.
The teams had played out a draw in the group stage and made it to the semifinals on the back of strong defense. This time, goals were not a problem.
Maybe that was because of the relative freedom of playing a game. The absence of three key defenders, Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd and Noussair Mazraoui, was one of the factors that affected the game.
When Croatia took the lead off Gvardiol's dive, the impact was felt. Ivan Perisic's free kick was headed into the center of the penalty box by the center back.
Two minutes later, Dari headed in to even the score after Lovro Majer accidentally helped on the free kick.
Croatia was in front before the break.
The ball was picked up by Orsic on the left side of the box. The ball was pushed onto the post by the goalkeeper of Morocco.
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