Croatia has come into this World Cup as one of the favourites. As runners-up of the tournament in 2018, many expect them to elevate their performance in this year’s event. However, the Europeans had some negatives in their first game against Morocco.
One of the reasons why Croatia have been one of the dark horses on the big international stage is their captain Luka Modric. The Real Madrid midfielder usually dictates play by playing as the advanced midfielder.
Usually, Modric tries to win the ball in the advanced areas and launch counterattacks. But, unfortunately, he doesn’t have pacy wingers in his international team to feed on as he has in his domestic club.
Secondly, Croatia doesn’t have a talisman up front. Considering the lack of chances the 2018 runner-ups had against Morocco, there was a feeling that they were missing someone like Mario Mandzukic on the side. The former Juventus man was instrumental in their 2018 World Cup campaign and wracked up important goals for the team.
As we have already seen upsets happening in the first week of the World Cup, Croatia would be positive that they didn’t lose and kept a clean sheet. However, they must improve their attacking department if they want to go to the final again.
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