Mateo Kovacic put on a passing clinic at the Khalifa International Stadium on Sunday in Qatar as Croatia got their first World Cup win in Group F as they beat Canada 4-1.
Canada took a shock lead within 90 seconds through a thunderous Alphonso Davies header to net the fastest goal in the World Cup so far. But the highly experienced Croatia lineup soon asserted their control and quality as the ball, leading before half-time thanks to goals through Andrej Kramaric and Marko Livaja.
Kramaric added the third after the interval to settle the game and send Canada out of the tournament with one game to spare.
