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Preview: Croatia and Morocco will look to sign off from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on a high, when the two teams face-off in the third place playoff match in Doha on Saturday. Both teams’ World Cup title dreams ended in the semi-finals. While Croatia lost to Argentina, Morocco went down fighting to defending champions France. Morocco and Croatia have already played each other at this year’s World Cup, a 0-0 draw in the group stage. “We know that Croatia got a lot of stick because they weren’t able to beat Morocco,” Regragui said. “Morocco was one of the underdogs and now we both reached the semifinals.” Injured Morocco center back Romain Saiss, the team’s captain, will miss the game after lasting only 21 minutes against France. Noussair Mazraoui, also substituted in that match, is a doubt. “We have really, really pushed our players to the limits, but they still want to go out tomorrow and play again," Regragui said. “But we are not going to be taking risks tomorrow for some of our players.” For 37-year-old Luka Modric, this could very well be his last FIFA World Cup, and he would want to sign off with a bronze medal, potentially helping Croatia beat Morocco on Saturday night. With inputs from AP
FIFA World Cup 2022, Croatia vs Morocco third place playoff, Highlights: Croatia secure third place with 2-1 win
Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup, Highlights: Full time! Croatia secure third place at FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with a 2-1 win over Morocco in the third-place playoff. Goals from Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic seal the deal for Zlatko Dalic’s men. Morocco finish in fourth place.
 "FIFA World Cup 2022, Croatia vs Morocco third place playoff, Highlights: Croatia secure third place with 2-1 win")
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Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Full time! Croatia secure third place at FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with a 2-1 win over Morocco in the third-place playoff. Goals from Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic seal the deal for Zlatko Dalic’s men. Morocco, who had become the first African team to reach a FIFA World Cup semi-finals, finish their campaign at fourth place.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Six minutes added in injury time, and almost two minutes of the same is over.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Josko Gvardiol of Croatia looks close to scoring another goal for his team, but is taken down by a rough tackle from the opposition. The referee is not interested in this and refuses to listen to this appeal from Croatia, and the game resumes.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Morocco’s Ounahi with a rough tackle while looking to take the ball away from the opposition. He is handed a yellow card for this foul. Just around 10 minutes left for Morocco to stay in the game.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Amrabat withdraws to the back four as Morocco’s goalscorer Dari and El Yamiq are off with injury. Morocco still searching for that one goal which will take them back in the game.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Andrej Kramaric is screaming in pain after picking up an injury, and he is replaced by Nikola Vlasic. Croatia maintains the lead and Morocco still looking for answers.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Chance for Croatia to score a third goal, but it does not result in a third. Orsic gets a good pass from Perisic but he hits a shot that ends up wide of the right post.
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
The second half is underway, with Morocco kicking off the proceedings. Can Croatia add another goal, or will Morocco respond strongly?
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
Croatia head to the half-time break with a crucial 2-1 lead, thanks to a Mislav Orsic goal just before the break. Can Morocco equalise once again in the second half?
Croatia 2-1 Morocco
GOAAL! Croatia with a goal, that takes them into the lead again! Mislav Orsic with an assist from Livaja to put Croataia ahead.
Croatia 1-1 Morocco
Achraf Hakimi beats the opposition defenders and provides a pass to En Nesyri. En Nesyri, however, fails to convert the shot into goal. Less than 10 minutes, plus injury time, to be played in this half.
24’ Croatia 1-1 Morocco
It’s been a very lively start to this game. Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou with a spectacular save to deal with the aggressive attack from Croatia. This is still anybody’s game. Croatia with a posession of 54 percent.
Croatia 1-1 Morocco
Josip Stanisic of Croatia gets a low cross and shoots it into the box, but his shot is well off target and the ball flies towards the spectators.
9’ Croatia 1-1 Morocco
Josko Gvardiol gives Croatia an early 1-0 lead, but that is cancelled out by Dari, who equalise for Morocco! Just 10 minutes in, and this game is well and truly alive!
1’ Croatia 0-0 Morocco
The match is underway with Croatia kicking off the proceedings at the Khalifa International Stadium. Mateo Kovacic gets the game underway for Croatia.
FIFA World Cup 2022 LIVE updates
Right. National anthems of beat teams are done. Time for LIVE action. Remember, Croatia and Morocco faced off in a group stage in the early days of this tournament and played out a 0-0 draw. Who will have the last laugh in this one?
Morocco road to third place playoff
Group stage
Drew with Croatia 0-0
Beat Belgium 2-0
Beat Canada 2-1
Knockout stage
Round of 16: Beat Spain 3-0 on penalties (0-0 after extra time)
Quarter-finals: Beat Portugal 1-0
Semi-finals: Lost to France 0-2
Croatia road to third place playoff
Group stage
Drew with Morocco 0-0
Beat Canada 4-1
Drew with Belgium 0-0
Knockout stage
Round of 16: Beat Japan 3-1 on penalties (1-1 after extra-time)
Quarter-finals: Beat Brazil 4-2 on penalties (1-1 after extra-time)
Semi-finals: Lost to Argentina 0-3
FIFA World Cup 2022 LIVE
Starting lineups
Croatia: Livakovic; Sutalo, Gvardiol, Stanisic, Perisic; Kovacic, Modric, Majer; Orsic, Livaja, Kramaric
Morocco: Bonou; Hakimi, Dari, El Yamiq, Attiyat-Allah; Amrabat, Sabiri, El Khannouss; Ziyech, Boufal, En-Nesyri
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