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Ivan Perisic scored late to help Croatia finish the group stage on nine points and end Iceland’s hopes of advancing in their first World Cup.
World Cup: Milan Badelj (53′) Iceland 0-1 Croatia
World Cup: Gylfi Sigurdsson (76′) Iceland 1-1 Croatia
World Cup: Ivan Perisic (90′) Iceland 1-2 Croatia Milan Badelj and Ivan Perisic scored in the second half for Croatia, who secured their place in the knockout stages with a 2-1 victory over Iceland at the Rostov Arena.
Badelj scored in the 53rd minute and Perisic wrapped it up in the 90th for Croatia, who won all three of their Group D games and will face Denmark in the round of 16.
Also moving on were Argentina, who defeated Nigeria 2-1 in the other game. That meant it was the end of the road for Iceland, who were tipped to follow up on their surprising…
World Cup: Ivan Perisic (90′) Iceland 1-2 Croatia
World Cup: Gylfi Sigurdsson (76′) Iceland 1-1 Croatia
World Cup: Milan Badelj (53′) Iceland 0-1 Croatia
France and Denmark punched their tickets to the next round, Argentina advanced in dramatic fashion and Croatia finished out the group stage unbeaten. ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson admitted his ‘proud’ team’s ‘batteries’ were on empty following a 2-1 World Cup-ending loss to Croatia on Tuesday.
World Cup debutants Iceland proved they can compete against the top teams and will depart Russia with their heads held high even if they failed to win a single game, Hallgrimsson said after the match.
The smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the tournament, Iceland’s giant-killing performances in Euro 2016 sent…
Ivan Perisic scored late to help Croatia finish the group stage on nine points and end Iceland’s hopes of advancing in their first World Cup.