Croatia won the Bronze Medal of the 2022 World Cup

Duc Anh (Synthesis)• December 18, 2022 06:22

(Baonghean.vn) - In his last World Cup, Modric helped Croatia win the Bronze Medal after defeating Morocco 2-1 in the Third Place match.

Modric's brilliance at this tournament contributed to Croatia winning the Bronze Medal at the 2022 World Cup.

Come to the periodWorld Cup 2022This year, Modric and his team are once again not highly rated. The squad that coach Zlatko Dalic brought to Qatar does not have many big names, mostly young, unproven names along with old guards like Perisic, Lovren...

However, with a disciplined and experienced style of play, Modric and his teammates quietly passed the group stage. In the knockout stage, the European representative played bravely to beat both Japan and Brazil. Unfortunately, facing a very strong Argentina with Lionel Messi in the squad, Croatia could not repeat the feat of reaching the final.

Entering the third place match, both Croatia and Morocco started the game very openly. Within the first 10 minutes, the match had 2 goals, both from set pieces.

In the 7th minute, Croatia opened the scoring thanks to a header from midfielder Josko Gvardiol after a perfect free kick. But just 2 minutes later, midfielder Lovro Majer's indecisive clearance allowed Achraf Dari to equalize 1-1 for Morocco.

In the first half of the match, Morocco impressed with many dangerous attacks. However, Croatia's experience caused Morocco to concede another goal. In the 42nd minute, Orsic made a beautiful curling shot into the far corner, hitting the post before going into the Moroccan net. The score of 2-1 in favor of Croatia remained until the end of the first half.

The third place match took place in an open atmosphere, bringing excitement to the audience.

After the break, both teams were no longer as excited and focused as in the first 45 minutes. In particular, both sides made quite dangerous mistakes, but neither team was able to take advantage of the opportunity to score.

Unable to find an equalizer, Morocco had to accept defeat with a final score of 1-2. This result helped Croatia's "golden generation" with Modric and Perisic say goodbye to the 2022 World Cup with a Bronze Medal.