Argentina vs croatia 2018

Croatia are through to the last 16 of the World Cup after a stunning 3-0 victory in Nizhny Novgorod which leaves Argentina in serious danger of exiting at the group stage. Ante Rebic made the most of a Willy Caballero howler to open the scoring in the 53rd minute before Luka Modric curled in a sensational second (81) and Ivan Rakitic stroked in an injury-time third to secure his side's passage to the knockout stages. Player ratings Argentina: Caballero (4), Mercado (6), Tagliafico (6), Otamendi (6), Salvio (6), Acuna (7), Meza (7), Mascherano (5), Perez (6), Messi (5), Aguero (5) Subs: Higuain (6), Pavon (6), Dybala (6) Croatia: Subasic (6), Vrsaljko (7), Strinic (6), Lovren (7), Vida (7), Perisic (6), Rakitic (9), Modric (9), Brozovic (8), Rebic (7), Mandzukic (6) Subs: Kramaric (7), Kovacic (6), Corluka (n/a) Man of the match: Ivan Rakitic First, Enzo Perez missed a near-open goal for Argentina on 30 minutes when the ball deflected off the boot of Domagoj Vida into his path, but he struck wide from 12 yards with goalkeeper Danijel Subasic stranded. Trending • Transfer Centre: Rice, Gundogan, Mount latest • Papers: Man City in advanced talks for Gvardiol • US Open: Fowler pulls ahead after McIlroy finishes strongly LIVE! • Arsenal remain in talks for Rice, Havertz | Keeping an eye on Caicedo • Hamilton leads Russell as Merc claim 1-2 in Canada practice; Max sixth • Canadian GP: Mercedes 1-2, Verstappen sixth in Practice Two LIVE! • Root scores sublime century in absorbing...

Teams Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of qualification Date of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance October 2017 June 2018 D1 1 10 October 2017 17th Winners ( 4 5 D2 3 9 October 2017 1st – – 21 22 D3 2 12 November 2017 5th Third place ( 18 20 D4 4 7 October 2017 6th Round of 16 ( 41 48 Notes The two teams had never met before. Despite stamping their authority on the game's opening stages, Argentina struggled to find space against the Icelandic defence. Argentina then scored in the 19th minute, Argentina failed to win their opening match at a World Cup tournament for the first time since losing to Cameroon in Iceland GK 23 RB 18 CB 17 CB 16 LB 3 CM 14 CM 5 54 ' RW 13 84 ' AM 10 LW 11 75 ' CF 19 Substitutions: MF 7 54 ' MF 22 75 ' FW 9 84 ' Manager: GK 1 RB 2 CB 14 CB 6 LB 18 DM 10 CM 17 76 ' CM 20 RW 7 63 ' LW 8 CF 11 89 ' Substitutions: MF 19 63 ' DF 23 76 ' FW 9 89 ' Manager: Man of the Match: Paweł Sokolnicki ( Tomasz Listkiewicz ( Alexander Guzmán ( Croatia vs Nigeria The two teams had never met before. Croatia have won their opening game of a World Cup for the first time since their debut in the competition in 1998 ( Nigeria GK 23 RB 2 CB 21 CB 6 LB 3 CM 7 30 ' CM 10 RW 18 78 ' AM 9 60 ' LW 4 CF 17 86 ' Substitutions: MF 11 89 ' 60 ' MF 8 78 ' FW 20 86 ' Manager: GK 23 RB 12 CB 6 CB 5 70 ' LB 2 CM 4 CM 8 RW 11 AM 10 88 ' LW 18 62 ' CF 9 72 ' Substitutions: FW 7 62 ' FW 14 72 ' FW 13 88 ' Manager: Man of the Match: Emerso...