Croatia manager, Zlatko Dalic has reported the group to begin the match against the Super Eagles at Kaliningrad on Saturday. According to reports, Dalic told columnists the correct way the group will line up against Super Eagles with Mario Mandzukic set to lead the line for Croatia. Kramaric, who began as the focal striker in Croatia’s 2-0 misfortune to Brazil, will play behind Mario Mandzukic. Mandzukic last scored for the Balkans in their World Cup qualifier against Finland in June 2017.
Dalic has reestablished Captain Luka Modric back to the core of the midfield nearby Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic dumping anchorman Milan Badelj. Modric was conveyed amid Croatia’s pre-World Cup friendlies in the attacking midfield role behind the fundamental striker but will be returned to play in the double pivot behind Hoffenheim’s Andrej Kramaric. Kramaric noted after Croatia’s win against Senegal, in which he scored a goal, that the ‘Nigeria encounter in Russia will not be easy’. Kramaric, who began as the focal striker in Croatia’s 2-0 misfortune to Brazil, will play behind Mario Mandzukic. Mandzukic last scored for the Balkans in their World Cup qualifier against Finland in June 2017.
In the revealed team, Dalic supplanted former Tottenham defender Vedran Corluka with Domagoj Vida. Vida will pair Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren at centre defence while Ivan Strinic and Sime Vrsaljko fill out the full-back slots. Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic will not start the fixture against the Super Eagles.