Croatia crowned with bronze medal in World Cup Qatar, Morocco ends campaign in fourth place

Croatia won the bronze medal for the current edition of the FIFA  World Cup Qatar 2022 against  its Moroccan counterpart  2-1 at Khalifa International Stadium for third place in the World Cup.

The winning goals for the Croatian came by Jusko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic, in the 7th and 42nd minutes of the match.

Ashraf Dari scored the only goal for  Morocco against the Croats in the ninth minute of the start of the match.

Morocco became the third African team to reach the 20th goal in the World Cup, after Nigeria, which scored 23 goals, and Cameroon,  scored 22 goals. Moroccan national team lineup as follows:

Goalkeeper: Yassine Bounou

Defenders: Ashraf Hakimi and Jawad Al-Yamiq, Ashraf Dari, Haya Atiyatallah

Midfielders: Sufyan Amrabat, Abdel Hamid Sabiri, Bilal Al-Qanous

Forwards: Youssef Al-Nusairi, Hakim Ziyech, Sufyan Boufal.

While  Croatia  played  with the following squad:

Goalkeeper: Dominik Levakovic

Defences: Josko Guardiol, Josip Sotalo, Josip Stanisic

Midfielders: Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric, Lovro Mager, Andrea Kramaric

Forwards: Marco Levia, Mislav Orsic, Ivan Perisic

 Morocco lost the semi-final match against the French national team, the defending champion of the last edition 2-1  while the Croatia fell to Argentina in the same round 3-0.

 


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