On December 18, with the end of the third place match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Croatia defeated Morocco 2-1 and won the third place of this World Cup, the end of this match, which also marked the end of the Qatar World Cup. In this World Cup, 32 teams from all continents competed in Qatar for the Hercules Cup and brought dozens of exciting matches to fans.
In the third place, Croatia and Morocco played quite openly without the pressure of promotion and elimination, with two goals already scored in less than 10 minutes into the game. In the 7th minute of the match, Gvadior, who became the background board for Messi's assist in the semifinals, helped Croatia break the deadlock on the field. Just two minutes later, Darry scored to help Morocco equalise. Towards the end of the first half, Orsic scored and Croatia took the lead again; Neither side scored again in the second half, and Croatia won third place in the World Cup after beating their opponents 2-1 2-1 after 24 years.
It is worth noting that this is the 37-year-old Modric's last dance in the World Cup, and with the end of this third-place match, Modric also officially ended his World Cup journey, according to official data, Modric has played in 4 World Cups in his career, he played 19 games for the Plaid Army in these 4 World Cups, contributed 2 goals and 1 assist, and at the same time, in these 4 World Cup tours, He helped the team finish runner-up in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and third place in this World Cup in Qatar.
Only finished fourth, for Morocco, they still made history. After the match, Moroccan coach Regragi said in an interview with the media that although Morocco lost the third place match, in the next 15-20 years, there will be African teams to win the World Cup. He said Morocco had achieved better results than expected, but it was not enough, and hoped that this World Cup would set an example. "We have the goal of winning the World Cup in the future, we will be under more pressure and hopefully more African teams will follow in our footsteps."
The third place match is over, and the highlight of this World Cup is next, Argentina and France. According to a poll launched by the German media outlet Kicker, about 57% of fans believe that Argentina will finally win. At the same time, a number of football celebrities also said on social media that they hope that Messi can win, hoping that Messi can win the Hercules Cup and complete the last piece of the puzzle of his career.