Croatia grabbed all three points against Poland at home at Opus Arena in the Group A clash of the UEFA Nations League match week 2nd. A dominant display of powers by the hosts, as Poland struggled to prevent Croatia from scoring following the wave of attacking chances bombarded the Polish defence. Real Madrid’s midfield maestro Luka Modric’s beautiful free-kick goal of the match in the second half, stood as the factor to differentiate the teams on 1-0 scoreline on Croatian soil.
Croatia National Football Team Player Ratings vs Poland
Goalkeeper
Dominik Livaković – 7.5/10: Safe pair of hands, made vital saves, and kept a clean sheet.
Defenders
Josip Šutalo – 7.5/10: Exceptional passing range along with solid defending.
Duje Ćaleta-Car – 7.0/10: A solid performance at the heart of the defence.
Joško Gvardiol – 7.5/10: Played his natural game as the right centre back.
Midfielders
Marko Pjaca – 7/10: A fair performance from the player, picked a yellow card
Petar Sučić – 6.5/10: Needs to improve his quality of play, especially duels.
Luka Modric – 9/10: A commanding role from the veteran, he was all over the pitch and scored the winner.
Mateo Kovacic – 7.8/10: Another standout player along with Modric for the hosts.
Borna Sosa – 7/10: Brilliant on wide channels contributing to attacks through flanks.
Forwards
Igor Matanović – 7.5/10: Posed serious threats to the Polish defence with 7 shots on target.
Bruno Petković – 6.5/10: He played his part well on the left side of the attack.
Substitutes
Luka Sucic – 6.5/10
Andrej Kramaric – 6.8/10
Ante Budimir – 6.4/10
Mario Pasalic – 6.2/10
Poland National Football Team Player Ratings vs Croatia
Goalkeeper
Łukasz Skorupski – 7.5/10: Stood like a wall in front of the Croatian attack, though conceded a single goal.
Defenders
Jakub Kamiński – 6.2/10: the right wing-back struggled against the Croatian attack.
Sebastian Walukiewicz – 6.5/10: Made a few crucial blocks and interceptions.
Jan Bednarek – 6.6/10: Played well alongside Walukiewicz in the back line.
Paweł Dawidowicz – 7/10: A rock-solid display of defensive capability in a three-man set-up.
Nicola Zalewski – 6.5/10: tried to play his natural game but Croatians were simply dominating.
Midfielders
Sebastian Szymański – 6.4/10: His operations in the middle was restricted by opposition.
Kacper Urbanski – 6/10: Poor in the midfield outclasses by the opposition’s midfielders
Piotr Zieliński – 6.8/10: showed some glimpse of brilliance but couldn’t have much impact.
Forwards
Robert Lewandowski – 6.8/10: Did not receive much of survive and had only 4 shots in the game.
Mateusz Bogusz – 6.5/10: the Los Angeles attacker didn’t have much to do upfront
Substitutes
Bartosz Slisz – 6/10
8Jakub Moder – 6.2/10
Karol Swiderski – 6.4/10
Przemyslaw Frankowsk – 5.8/10
Jakub Piotrowski – N/A