The teams of Morocco and Croatia will face each other at the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar on Saturday to win the third position in the Football World Cup. During a press conference on Thursday, 31-year-old Croatian footballer Andrej Krameric said that the match for third place in the World Cup will not be meaningless at all. I think you should ask this question to the Moroccan players and I don’t think they will think this match is meaningless,” Andre Kramerich added. According to Croatian striker Andrej Kramerich, the ‘immortality’ of both teams will be at stake in this match.
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Third place in the FIFA World Cup 2022
Addressing the Moroccan players, he said that they are fighting for their lives to win because if you win a medal in the World Cup, you become an immortal hero for your country. According to the Croatian footballer, he also wants to become an ‘immortal’ hero for his country and his team will try their best to win the match against Morocco.
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Note that the Moroccan team is the first Arab-African team to reach the semi-finals of any World Cup and they were defeated by France 0-2 in the semi-finals. On the other hand, the Croatian team, which played the final of the World Cup in Russia in 2018, lost to Argentina 0-3 in the semi-finals of the World Cup this time. The final of the World Cup will be played between defending champions France and Lionel Messi’s team Argentina on Sunday, December 18.
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