Croatia send dauntless Iceland home

Croatia kick Iceland 2-1 in Rostov-on-Don in an sparkling compare in that a Icelanders also had one eye on events in Saint Petersburg, where Argentina and Nigeria were also battling to validate from Group D. Yet in compiling their third true win, Croatia cursed their opponents to an early exit from a 2018 FIFA World Cup Russiaâ„¢.

Iceland done them work for a points, though. Overrun by a Croatians in a early stages, they began to pull brazen on training that Argentina had taken a lead in their game, formulating 4 good chances in a shutting 10 mins of a initial half. Alfred Finnbogasson upheld adult one of them, while Croatia screw Lovre Kalinic did his bit to keep a diversion goalless.

Milan Badelj put Zlatko Dalic’s side forward with a right-footed strike 8 mins after a restart. Sverrir Ingason afterwards thumped a header opposite a bar before Birkir Bjarnason constructed to skip a gilt-edged chance.

Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled a northerners turn from a mark to send their fans wild, and when Argentina scored their late winner, Iceland found themselves only a idea divided from going through. Yet their dreams were cracked in a final mins when Ivan Perisic scampered transparent to secure a points for Croatia.

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