Inevitably it was Kramaric who got the equaliser, and suddenly, the air went out of the Canadian bubble.
Gaps started to appear, and there is nothing the Croatians like more than weaving through space with short passes and quick, intelligent dribbling.
With the clock ticking up towards halftime, Josip Juranovic played a one-two as he set off infield, poking the ball between the legs of a defender for Marko Livaja to control before rifling it into the net.
With the rest of his team either unable or unwilling to match his work rate at times, Kramaric put the game beyond doubt by grabbing…
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