Welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE weblog of the FIFA World Cup recreation between Croatia and Morocco.
26’
Hakimi sprints to maintain the ball in play following an extended ball. But he can’t put a cross in. En-Nesyri will get the ball inside and controls it effectively, however Lovren is on the proper place to stop a shot from the Moroccan ahead.
22’
Modric concedes a freekick after fouling his former teammate Hakimi. It is from a scoreable vary, however Ziyech smashes it straight into the wall. Croatia brings the ball ahead instantly and wins a nook. Modric with the nook, however he can’t clear the primary man.
18’
Perisic grabs a unfastened ball from midfield, takes a step ahead and tries to smash it in from lengthy vary. But it misses the submit, not by a lot. First actual shot for Croatia.
15’
Hakimi is entering into the sport. He tries to spiral a cross into the field from the appropriate, but it surely takes a deflection off a defender and Livakovic will get maintain of it.
12’
Croatia loses possession underneath stress, however Morocco can’t make it depend. Ziyech loses possession cheaply down the appropriate and Croatia settles down on the ball once more.
9’
Morocco will get its first assault of the sport. Selim Amallah couldn’t get the shot away after dropping his footing.
6’
Croatia assaults down the left, however Saiss is fast to snuff out the assault. Croatia wins a nook and a melee ensues within the field, Morocco clears its traces.
3’
Croatia in command of the sport because it holds on to the possession for the opening stretch of the sport.
KICKOFF
Modric’s Croatia begins its World Cup marketing campaign with a conflict towards Morocco in a sunny day in Qatar and the sport kicks off.
Playing 11
Morocco: Bono; Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal
Croatia: Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Vlasic, Kramaric, Perisic
Form information
Morocco: W-W-D-W-D-W
Croatia: D-W-W-W-W-L
PREVIEW
Croatia has gained its final 5 matches and misplaced as soon as in 16 months, however the 2018 runners-up, led by midfield magican Luka Modric, will start its World Cup marketing campaign towards Morocco on Wednesday with little fanfare and few predicting glory.
STATS
This is the primary FIFA World Cup recreation between the 2 sides.
Croatia and Morocco have performed towards one another solely as soon as. It was in 1996 and Croatia gained in penalties after a 2-2 attract regular time.
Morocco has gained solely certainly one of its final 10 FIFA World Cup video games. The win coming in 1998 towards Scotland.
Luka Modric will develop into the primary participant ever to seem in each FIFA World Cup and European Championships in three completely different a long time.
Ivan Perisic is Croatia’s prime aim contributors in main tournaments with 14 targets plus assists.
So unfancied is Zlatko Dalic’s facet, which went all the best way earlier than succumbing to France within the closing 4 years in the past, that bookmakers are providing 50-1 towards it lifting the trophy this time round.
That is longer odds than Denmark and in the identical ball park as Serbia, which might be how they prefer it.
“It is going to be hard. But also it is good that we maybe don’t have so much pressure because we did amazing things in Russia. But we still wish and we still want to achieve more,” ahead Andrej Kramaric mentioned.
With the stress of expectation lifted off their shoulders, Dalic’s facet can go about its business out of the limelight the place it’ll hope to proceed a wave of momentum main into the match.
It gained its qualifying group conceding solely 4 targets with only one defeat and that got here of their opening recreation away to Slovenia in March 2021.
It additionally topped its Nations League group forward of World Cup holders France, Denmark and Austria, and head into the match on the again of a successful streak that culminated in a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia of their closing warm-up pleasant.
While it could have misplaced a few of the main names from its 2018 run, equivalent to striker Mario Mandzukic and midfielder Ivan Rakitic, there isn’t a scarcity of expertise in its ranks, particularly in midfield.
Modric, the participant of the match in 2018, has one final shot at glory on the age of 37, and can line up towards Morocco in all probability a part of a powerful midfield trio alongside Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea.
Brozovic has shaken off a muscle tear and performed 70 minutes towards the Saudis, allaying fears about his involvement on the match.
It will kick off its Group F marketing campaign at Al Bayt Stadium towards a Morocco facet whose build-up was overshadowed amid controversy over their coach after they sacked Vahid Halilhodzic in August following a dispute about participant choice and changed him with Walid Regragui.
One of the gamers on the centre of that dispute, Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech, was excluded by Halilhodzic for disciplinary causes however recalled by Regragui regardless of solely beginning twice for his membership this season.
Morocco, who has appeared in 5 earlier World Cups, additionally suffered an harm blow when ahead Amine Harit was dominated out with a knee harm.
Croatia vs Morocco – Kick off, telecast and reside Streaming data
Where will the Croatia vs Morocco World Cup opening match kick-off?
Croatia vs Morocco match will kick-off on the Al Janoub Stadium.
When will Croatia vs Morocco World Cup opening match kick-off?
Croatia vs Morocco match will kick-off at 3:30pm IST on November 23, 2022.
Where are you able to watch Croatia vs Morocco match in India?
Croatia vs Morocco World Cup opening match will probably be telecasted reside on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and effectively as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will probably be reside streamed on JioCinema.