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Croatia vs Poland Player Ratings; Luka Modric’s brilliance separates the two teams

Croatia grabbed all three points against Poland at home at Opus Arena in the Group A clash of the UEFA Nations League match week 2nd. A dominant display of powers by the hosts, as Poland struggled to prevent Croatia from scoring following the wave of attacking chances bombarded the Polish defence. Real Madrid’s midfield maestro Luka Modric’s beautiful free-kick goal of the match in the second half, stood as the factor to differentiate the teams on 1-0 scoreline on Croatian soil.

Croatia National Football Team Player Ratings vs Poland

Luka Modric
Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric reacts during the Croatia vs Poland game (Getty Images)

Goalkeeper

Dominik Livaković – 7.5/10: Safe pair of hands, made vital saves, and kept a clean sheet.

Defenders

Josip Šutalo – 7.5/10: Exceptional passing range along with solid defending.

Duje Ćaleta-Car – 7.0/10: A solid performance at the heart of the defence.

Joško Gvardiol – 7.5/10: Played his natural game as the right centre back.

Midfielders

Marko Pjaca – 7/10: A fair performance from the player, picked a yellow card

Petar Sučić – 6.5/10: Needs to improve his quality of play, especially duels.

Luka Modric – 9/10: A commanding role from the veteran, he was all over the pitch and scored the winner.

Mateo Kovacic – 7.8/10: Another standout player along with Modric for the hosts.

Borna Sosa – 7/10: Brilliant on wide channels contributing to attacks through flanks.

Forwards

Igor Matanović – 7.5/10: Posed serious threats to the Polish defence with 7 shots on target.

Bruno Petković – 6.5/10: He played his part well on the left side of the attack.

Substitutes

Luka Sucic – 6.5/10

Andrej Kramaric – 6.8/10

Ante Budimir – 6.4/10

Mario Pasalic – 6.2/10

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Poland National Football Team Player Ratings vs Croatia

Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski, Pawel Dawidowicz and Bruno Petkovic in action during the Croatia vs Poland game (Getty Images)

Goalkeeper

Łukasz Skorupski – 7.5/10: Stood like a wall in front of the Croatian attack, though conceded a single goal.

Defenders

Jakub Kamiński – 6.2/10: the right wing-back struggled against the Croatian attack.

Sebastian Walukiewicz – 6.5/10: Made a few crucial blocks and interceptions.

Jan Bednarek – 6.6/10: Played well alongside Walukiewicz in the back line.

Paweł Dawidowicz – 7/10: A rock-solid display of defensive capability in a three-man set-up.

Nicola Zalewski – 6.5/10: tried to play his natural game but Croatians were simply dominating.

Midfielders

Sebastian Szymański – 6.4/10: His operations in the middle was restricted by opposition.

Kacper Urbanski – 6/10: Poor in the midfield outclasses by the opposition’s midfielders

Piotr Zieliński – 6.8/10: showed some glimpse of brilliance but couldn’t have much impact.

Forwards

Robert Lewandowski – 6.8/10: Did not receive much of survive and had only 4 shots in the game.

Mateusz Bogusz – 6.5/10: the Los Angeles attacker didn’t have much to do upfront

Substitutes

Bartosz Slisz – 6/10

8Jakub Moder – 6.2/10

Karol Swiderski – 6.4/10

Przemyslaw Frankowsk – 5.8/10

Jakub Piotrowski – N/A