After losing 3-0 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals, Croatia are preparing for their third-place match against Morocco.

While the team led by Luka Modric were soundly beaten by the Argentines on Tuesday, led by a charging Lionel Messi, the Croats will be hoping for a positive result on Saturday.

Luka Modric facing farewell

For the 37-year-old Modric, the match against Morocco is likely to be the last World Cup game of his career. Nevertheless, the Croatians do not expect a comfortable farewell. Asked if the match for third place was not more of a friendly, attacker Andrej Kramaric said: “As I said before, they will fight. They will fight like their lives are at stake, because you make yourself immortal in your home country when you win a medal at a World Cup. And we will fight too. “

Logically, the Moroccans also have a semi-final defeat to digest: Despite a very committed performance, they were beaten 0:2 by France after falling behind early on. Although they missed out on the final, they will probably give everything to crown their impressive tournament run with a 3rd place and continue to write football history. Already, the record for the best performance by an African team at a World Cup can no longer be taken away from them.

World Cup Final on Sunday

This Sunday, France and Argentina will face off to determine who gets to take home world football’s most prestigious trophy.