Croatia vs Scotland Player Ratings as Andrej Kramaic header secured victory against Scotland

Scotland started the game being cautious and let Croatia attack and waited for any small mistake made by Croatia and tried counterattacking right away. It was only 8 minutes into the game and Scotland Grant Hanley was shown a duly yellow card for a rash tackle. Ryan Christie showed his reflexes when the Croatia defender Josip Sutalo failed to clear the ball in the penalty box which resulted in an own goal. Croatia didn’t give up and continued their attack and Igor Matanovic made a strong finish from a good pass from Ivan Perisic. Croatian team continued to dominate the game and later on, Andrej Kramaic scored a close-range header to secure victory for his team. Che Adams almost leveled the score but was later ruled offside.

Let’s have a look at the Croatia vs Scotland player ratings.

Croatia National Football Team Player Ratings vs Scotland

Goalkeeper

Dominik Livakovic: 6.4/10- Had a decent game between the sticks as he couldn’t have done anything about the first goal but did well throughout the game.

Defenders

Josip Sutalo: 7.4/10- Had a good game on the field apart from his dreadful clearance in the first half of the game which resulted in a goal.

Duje Caleta-Car: 7.4/10- Had a good game, he couldn’t have done anything about his own goal but throughout the game, his defending was on point.

Josko Gvardiol: 7/10- Had a good game, fired a couple of shots from a distance, and did his defensive duties well.

Midfielders

Ivan Perisic: 7.7/10- Had a fair game, shown a yellow card for pulling back a Scotland player just outside the penalty area.

Luka Modric: 8.2/10- The Midfield maestro was busy creating spaces and dribbling past defenders. His passing, dribbling, and creating plays everything were on point today.

Mario Pasalic: 6.5/10- Had a poor game in midfield as he wasn’t able to show his skills or influence the game and was replaced in the second half.

Borna Sosa: 7.5/10- Had a good game, was playing a wing-back, and showed an impressive display in the attacking half. He fired an impressive shot in the second half.

Forward

Luka Sucic: 6.6/10- Had a decent game, couldn’t influence the game, and was subbed in the second half.

Igor Matanovic: 7.5/10- Had a good game, he was persistent in the offensive half and later on scored the equalizer for his team.

Andrej Kramaric: 7.8/10- Had a good game, did well to score from a close-range header, and sealed the game for his team.

Substitutes:

Petar Sucic: 6.9/10- Had a good game, fired some crosses from the flank into the box, and made some decent runs as well.

Martin Baturin: 6.1/10- Replaced Luka Sucic in 62nd minutes to provide some fresh legs to his team.

Bruno Petkovic: N/A

Kristijan Jakic: N/A

Manager

Zlatko Dalic: 7/10- Looked unhappy with his players and was shown a red card by the referee.

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Scotland National Football Team Player Ratings vs Croatia

Goalkeeper

Craig Gordon: 6.4/10- Had a poor outing between the sticks, and conceded two goals, one due to his own mistake.

Defenders

Andrew Robertson: 6.8/10- Had a fair game and could have made better crosses into the box but still did pretty well.

Grant Hanley: 6/10- Had a terrible game, conceded a yellow card, and was looking off since then.

John Souttar:6.5/10- Had a decent game started a bit shaky but looked better in the second half.

Anthony Ralston: 6.6/10- Had a good game but needs to improve his passing in the opponent’s half.

Midfielders

Kenny McLean: 6.5/10- Had a fair game, but could have done better with his passing.

Billy Gilmour: 6.9/10- Had a good game, and might be the best player for Scotland on the field today, his passing and control over the ball were good.

Scott McTominay: 6/10- Had a decent game, passing was great but lacked an attacking edge today.

Forwards

Ryan Christie: 6/10- Had a good game, Sutalo’s dreadful defending gifted him a simple chance to score and he did that without any mistake before the goal was given out as Duje Caleta-Car’s own goal.

Lyndon Dykes: 6/10- Had a decent game, he couldn’t do much in the attacking half and was subbed later on.

Ben Doak: 6.5/10- Had a good game considering how young and inexperienced he is. He made some good runs into the box and completed a couple of dribbles as well.

Substitutes

Ryan Gauld: 6.3/10- Provided much-needed fresh legs and energy for the team.

Che Adams: 6/10- Almost scored the equalizer just before

Manager

Steve Clarke: 6.4/10- He will be looking to improve his players’ possession game.

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