Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic was praised for his standout display in the first half of Croatia's match against Canada.
Zlatko Dalic's side came from behind to lead John Herdman's team 2-1 at the break and Kovacic was the man pulling the strings as Canada put their focus towards stopping Luka Modric.
The two midfielders both played together at Real Madrid and front one of the best trios at the tournament with Inter Milan's Marcelo Brozovic making up the third prong of an often dominant set-up. In the aim of breaking this up, Herdman's men marked Modric closely but allowed Kovacic the room to display his huge talents.
