The third-place match at any World Cup feels a little bit like a letdown.
feels a little bit like a letdown.
Although they won’t admit it, this has to be a tough match for Croatia to get up for. The runners up in 2018, the Checkered Ones came painfully close to getting to a second straight final. And while just getting this far is a huge success for a country of just four million people, it’s unlikely the Croatian National Team will look at it that way right now.
The core of this team, which is headlined by Luka Modric in midfield, knows that this was their last opportunity at winning a major trophy. A bronze medal is nice and all, but for a veteran team that finished second four years ago and came within 90 minutes of getting back to the final, you can see a letdown coming.
On the other hand, this is a monumental match for Morocco. They can become the first African and first Arab nation ever to win a medal at a World Cup. The Atlas Lions will be heartbroken not to be playing for the trophy, but the stakes are still quite high for a team that came into this tournament as a triple-digit longshot.
And even if you don’t buy into the motivational narrative, Morocco has quite simply been better than Croatia in Qatar.
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