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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Croatia 2-1 Morocco: Luka Modric leaves World Cup stage on high as great overachievers seal third place

World Cup farewell: Luka Modric made what will surely be his final appearance on football’s biggest stage

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Luka Modric bowed out on a high as Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the third-place play-off in what was surely the 37-year-old's final appearance at a World Cup.

Modric's side found the cutting edge which was so sorely missing from their semi-final defeat by Argentina, with goals from Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic either side of Achraf Dari's equaliser for Morocco.

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