CROATIA Beats MORROCO BY 2-1 Score in the Fifa World Cup 2022 Third Place Playoffs : FWC 2022 Third Position Holder Announced!
Today was the match for Third Place Playoff : Croatia Vs. Morroco in the 2022 Fifa World Cup and Croatia gets the third place for itself
Croatia Vs Morroco FWC Match Report :
The match was played between Croatia and the first time semi-finals qualifying AFRICAN Nation Morroco, both of teams lose in their semi-finals matches in the Fifa World Cup 2022, and hence to decide the third place/position holder, there was this match between this to well playing nations. Croatia were the runners up in 2018 Fifa World Cup FYI.
First Let's Have a Look at the CROTIAN Lineups For The Match :
Let's also look at Morroco's Lineup :
But Morroco were playing today with lack of defense i.e without their main defenders like Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd and Noussair Mazraoui and they began uncertainly before Josko Gvardiol converted a smartly worked set piece in the seventh minute of the game's start. Achraf Dari also immediately striked back one.
The match started at 8:30PM IST and the in the first half itself there were 3 GOALS! In the 7th minute of the game there was a GOAL by Croatia's J. Gvardiol which made the score 1-0 but who knew, it was just for 2minutes, right after the goal in 1min 52secs or you can say 112 seconds, Morroco scored an Equalizer goal making the score 1-1, it was scored by A. Dari in the 9th Minute of the Game's First Half. This shocked the audience as well, as it was so fast and furious. But the thriller didn't stop here!
Just 3 minutes before the end of the first half i.e on the 42 minutes there was another tie breaker goal by Croatia, by M. Orsic another sensational player! It gave CROATIA the lead by 2-1 Score till now. It looked that another goal was waiting in the way till now as the possesion was with Morroco and continuously ball was taken near the goal post too.
Croatia Vs Morroco : 2nd Half Results
On the start of the 2nd Half, the lead was with Croatia by 2-1, it looked that the match is in their hands but Morroco nevertheless didn't want to give up, they tried and tried way too hard to have a score up but possession also skipped this time. They had a well accuracy in passes but as soon as they got near the goal the lost confidence and concentration and hence loosed the ball manier times at the last moment. They could have scored in this chances. They made total of 12 Shots, out of which 9 Shots were Shot On Target, and total of 489 Passes, having 49% possession in their hands and giving 51% possession to Croatia, overall possession on ball was a tough game between both the teams. Morroco also had a pass accuracy of 84% and taking about mistakes, Morroco made a total of 13Fouls, whereas Croatia made some 11 fouls. Croatia also had a comparable pass accuracy of 85% with 469 total passes, which is less than that of Morroco, with 9 Shots and 2 Shots On Target and both of them were 2 GOALS that they scored. That means they converted chances into goals.
There were total of 4 Offsides in the game, 2 Offsides by Croatia and 2 Offsides By Morroco
CROATIA Vs MORROCO Previous Match Stats, Results and Head to Heads Score :
For your information, just some weeks before in the same 2022 FWC, there was a match between Morroco and Croatia in the League/Group stages because both the teams were in the same group along with Belgium. On 23rd November, 2022 there was Morroco Vs. Croatia match and to their astonishment Morroco had well defended the match and got it to a draw/tie. With 0-0 score, no goals by both the teams and got 1 point each in the group stages. This head to head match draw between Morroco and Croatia got Morroco some confidence to play today and some strategy to work upon. Only in the third place playoff this head to head tie broke even.
But still, managing all this and playing all well, Morroco couldn't manage to surpass Croatia's lead of 2-1 and the 90th minute struck, a more 6minutes of extra time were given but this also got a zero change and Croatia had well defended their scores with their strong defenders and hence making them the winners of the third position/place being the last world cup's. (2018 FWC) runner's up. They were 1rank down now. And Morroco got it to the 4th Position.
One of the main reasons of Croatia's win and credits goes to their Goalkeeper, Excellent Goalkeeper D. Livakovic, who all throughout the season saved a lot of goals and even penalties, it was because of him that Croatia could qualify for this stage. His performance was sensational. The way he saved so many goals, both in today's and previous matches were amazing. He was the one for whom Brazil got defeated in the Quarter Finals in the hands of Croaita. Thanks to him, he saved all possible chances last night. Hats off to D. Livakovic
Croatia won by 2-1 score against Morroco in the Third Place Playoff of the Fifa World Cup 2022 (FWC 2022)
Match Stats :
Goal Scorers :
Croatia -
J. Gvardiol 7'
M. Orsic 42'Morroco -
A. Dari 9'
Croatia 2 - Morroco 1
Croatia won, defeated Morroco. This Croatia the 2nd Position Holder last time in 2018, became the Third Position Holders in 2022. They seized it!
Finally, Morroco the First AFRICAN NATION to Qualify for the Semi-Finals loses in the Third Place Playoff and the Semi-Finals too, against Croatia.
Well played to both the teams !