Nigeria sadly not wearing their nattty new strip due to a perceived clash of colours, too much white in both or something. They did sport a very smart all-greeen outfit though, Croatia in their famous checks.
Co-commentator was Ally McCoist, but why someone who was a complete and utter, abject failure as a manager can be considered an “expert”at the top level is a mystery. Like most of the others, his main contribution was to shout “he`s got to score, he’s go to score” over and over.
The game was quite a sedate affair with Croatia chipping away at the Nigerian defence until an own goal gave them the lead.
Nigeria had more of the game in the second half, but suffered one of those penalties - given without the aid of VAR - which was a foul but the type of foul which happens at every corner. The Nigerians unlucky that the ref had such a clear sight of it really. Modric tucked it away and the result wasn’t in any doubt from then on.
Straightforward win for Croatia, albeit from an og and a pen.
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