Croatia vs Nigeria 2018

group stage · 2018 FIFA World Cup

Croatia

2–0

Nigeria

📅 June 16, 2018 🟨 Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

⚽ Goals

Peter Etebo OG

32'

Luka Modrić P

71'

🎽 Lineups

Croatia

Mgr: Dalić

Šime Vrsaljko RB

Ivan Strinić LB

Ivan Perišić LW

Dejan Lovren CB

Ivan Rakitić CM

Andrej Kramarić AM

Luka Modrić CM

Mario Mandžukić CF

Ante Rebić RW

Domagoj Vida CB

Danijel Subašić GK

Substitutes

Mateo Kovačić

Marcelo Brozović

Marko Pjaca

Nigeria

Mgr: Rohr

Brian Idowu LB

Wilfred Ndidi CM

William Troost-Ekong CB

Leon Balogun CB

Peter Etebo CM

Odion Ighalo CF

John Obi Mikel AM

Victor Moses RW

Shehu Abdullahi RB

Alex Iwobi LW

Francis Uzoho GK

Substitutes

Ahmed Musa

Simeon Nwankwo

14 Kelechi Iheanacho

🟨 Bookings

Ivan Rakitić 30'

William Troost-Ekong 70'

Marcelo Brozović 89'

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Croatia vs Nigeria 2018

⚽ Goals

🎽 Lineups

Croatia

Nigeria

🟨 Bookings

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