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Luka Modric and Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic would star for Croatia in their World Cup Qatar 2022 campaign.
Croatia have come to be known as one of the powerhouse in international football by means of sheer will and work ethic as the country of 4 million are not one of the traditional great football nations.
Croatia’s current side first impressed the footballing world in Euros 2016, before they went on to do the unthinkable, beating insurmountable odds, making the final of the World Cup in 2018. Their Euro 2022 performance leaves a lot to be desired, but Zlatko Dalic’s men would be looking to show the world they are still of the substance we have come to get used to them as.
How Croatia qualified for the World cup
Croatia qualified directly from Group H of the European qualification rounds, they occupied a group that had Russia, Slovakia, their fellow member of the old Yugoslavia republic Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus.
Croatia topped this group avoiding the unpredictability of the playoffs that knocked out a giant like Italy, they won the group with 23 points, one point more than next best Russia on 22 points.
Croatia at the 2018 World Cup
Croatia surprised the world in the 2018 instalment of the world cup by how they streaked into the final, playing a beautiful brand of football uncommon to overachieving underdogs, adding more plot spice to their story was the presence of their beautiful female president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, uncommon on such a stage at such capacity.
Croatia breezed past their group in the world cup with a brilliant performance from Modric, Rakitic and Perisic sinking Lionel Messi’s Argentina, after establishing their dominance against NIgeria in the first game of the group and making sure to allow nothing to the spirited Iceland in the final game of the group.
Croatia Squad for Qatar 2022
The side is not largely affected by the retirement of Ivan Rakitic and still shows a high level of midfield strength in individuals like Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic.
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You can find the full 26-man squad here
Croatia’s best players
The clear star man for the Croats is Luka Modric, the Real Madrid man was a star for Madrid in the most recent Champions league campaign and would be fully focused on powering his national team into the later stages of the world cup as he did in 2018, which earned him the World Cup golden ball.
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Ivan Perisic is also in good form for Tottenham and alongside fellow premier League star Mateo Kovacic who is fit again Luka Modric would have a capable support cast.
Croatia Manager
Zlatko Dalich has been in charge of Croatia through their recent successes and he knows the team like the back of his hands, the 55 year old has been given a contact till 2024 long after the world cup, showing how much he is trusted by the croatian football governing body to continue managing a team that is very much in his image.
Croatia Fixtures Qatar 2022
Morocco vs Croatia
Wednesday, November 23rd
11:00 AM(GMT+1)
Croatia vs Canada
Sunday, November 27rd
5:00 PM(GMT+1)
Croatia vs Belgium
Thursday, December 1st
4:00 PM(GMT+1)
Bet9ja odds for Croatia to win the World Cup @ 51.00 Odds
Bet9ja Booking Number: 33JQ22X
Croatia are 11th favourite to win the tournament outright according to the bookmakers, and you would be rewarded for picking this with 51 times your money plus bonuses should they come out champions.
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