Croatia, ranked 12th in the world, is in the
UEFA A League
In the 3rd round, they hosted Scotland who is ranked 52nd in the world. Croatia won 1, drew 1 and lost 1 of their 3 matches before the match, while Scotland lost 3 matches in a row, so obviously Croatia is in better shape. The last time the two sides met, Croatia won, so more than 80% of the fans before the match believe that Croatia can beat Scotland again. Before the match, the Croatian team accumulated 3 points to finish 3rd in the group, while the Scottish team accumulated 0 points to finish at the bottom of the group.
Scotland took the lead in the 32nd minute of the first half after a mistake by Sučić led to a low shot from the left side of the box by Christie, and three minutes later, 35-year-old Inter veteran Perisic sent an inverted pass to Matanović on the right side of the box for the Croatian equalizer.
In the ninth minute of the second half, the 39-year-old Modric went close with a shot from outside the box. At the end of the match, Kramaric scored a header from close range to help Croatia seal the win. In the end, the Croatian team 2 - 1 reversed the Scottish team.
