The Croats, finalists of the last edition, suffered against a valiant Russian team, before winning and ensuring their qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
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Croatia won its ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Sunday 14 November by beating Russia (1-0) in Split, which allows it to finish at the top of Group H in qualifying for the Europe zone. The hapless finalists of 2018 will play their sixth World Cup. Russia, for its part, will take goes to the dams at the end of March to try to participate for the fifth time in its history at the World Cup.
⭐️ One of the sport’s biggest stars is set to play on its biggest stage again! @ lukamodric10, the adidas Golden Ball winner at the last #WorldCup, has helped Croatia qualify for Qatar 2022 @HNS_CFF | #WCQ pic.twitter.com/4ug51zfRBd
– FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 14, 2021
TO Home, the selection led by Zlatko Dalic, second with two points behind Russia at kick-off, largely dominated the match played in a rain that grew stronger as the match progressed. The players evolved on a soggy lawn in the second half, which did not facilitate the passing game of Luka Modric and his teammates.
The deliverance for Croatia, which was imperative to win, came when the left side Kudriachov, surprised in the quagmire of the Russian penalty area, involuntarily deflected the knee into the net of his team a cross from the left. Croatia finished at the top of Group H with one point ahead of the Russians, whom they eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup on penalties, in Sochi.