Croatia Earn a Famous Win against Lacklustre France

KEY POINTS

• In the history of Croatia, they have never beaten France, well, up until today. In the ten meetings between the nations, France win six of them with three draws and of course today's win goes to the Croatians this time.

• Le blues were dominant for major part of the game while amassing seventeen shots but none could get past the brilliant Ivusic.

• France have an insane depth of squad. With the likes of Griezman, Coman, Ben-Yedder and other European stars only able to make bench in this star studded team.

• Los Blancos new acquisition seems to be a real asset. Aurelian Tchouameni only came on in the forty-sixth minute and was an instant impact, with a sofa score rating of 7.1. His brilliant defensive block in the box to prevent the Croatians from getting a second was a real highlight.

• Modric is timeless. The thirty-six year old only seem to age like fine wine. Apart from the obvious, getting the wining goal from the spot, he spear-headed this resilient and disciplined Croatia midfield along side Brozovic and my boy, Mateo Kovacic. A real caotain, a leader.

• You'd expect a front three of Nkunku, Benzema and Mbappe to rip Croatia apart but it was not the case. They lacked the cutting edge to open up the rather compact defence. Mbappe got some decent opportunities while Nkunku and Benzema struggled to make any significant impact, the former, later subbed of mid way through the second half for a late Kingsley Coman cameo.