Nigeria Croatia | World Cup 2018 | Nigeria Live | WC 2018 Score | Live Commentary

PEEP! PEEP! PEEEEEEEP! That then is very much that as Croatia wrap up a 2-0 win over Nigeria.

The Croats were superb down the wings, superb in the middle, and utterly ruthless in front of goal. Nigeria were aesthetically pleasing, decent down the middle, and horrible in front of goal.

If Argentina don't up their game, they could well end up getting smacked by Croatia.

That's all from me! Anirudh Menon signing out.

Toodle-ooo

90' +3' Croatia are trying to keep it in the corner. Of course, they are

90' +2' OH KOVACIC! OH NO! The Madrid lad got fed in with a superb reverse from Pjaca. He bears down on goal,, eschews a completely free Perisic who's standing in front of an empty net and has a go himself. Would have been okay if he got a better connection to it - Francis Uzohu saves well from his weak shot

90' +1' Rakitic does brilliantly win a foul off Etebo, and that should eat up a few more seconds. Pjaca then does likewise further up the pitch. Superb from the Croats

90' Four minutes to be added on

89' Moses tries to cross it but the ball doesn't achieve much by the way of lift off. Vida and Strinic combine well to see off the Nigerians, for now

88' Nigeria throw on Nwankwo - essentially a massive fridge with limbs and a head - in the place of Mikel. No room for subtlety anymore

87' OH! NIGERIA! OH! OH! Musa did brilliantly to cut in inside Vrsaljko and play in Iheanacho (who takes it off the toe of a furious Jon Obi Mikel), he then lays it off to Moses, but the Chelsea man sees his shot superbly blocked by Strinic.

86' Nigeria ares till passing it around well - till they reach the edge of Croatia's box. Seeing this, Etebo looks to smack it in from around 45 yards. He really shouldn't have. Almost went out for a throw-in

85' WOOF! THIS CROATIAN SIDE! Marko Pjaca comes on for the brilliant, tireless, Mario Mandzukic

84' Croatia are looking to take the sting out of Nigeria's forward movement with some neat passing-it-about. Till Shehu climbs into Perisic and he takes the chance to have a little lie-down

82' OH! Balogun having strayed forward during the melee gets on the end of Moses' ball but the ball loops off the defender's big ol' noggin' and lands harmlessly into Subasic's gloves

81' OH! OH! OH! Etebo let Iheanacho loose at the Croat defence, he easily outpaced Vida and looked to tee up Musa; but Strinic threw himself at it and took both ball and player out. Both of them are out and need treatment.

80' Croatia win a freekick, Modric lines up the delivery -- and he sends it straight into the hands of Uzoho

79' OH! MY! Croatia move forward at pace, Vrsaljko swings in a lovely ball out to Perisic who almost plays in Kovacic, but Balogun is alive to the danger and hacks it clear

78' Musa swings a useless ball out of play. Sigh. Meanwhile Croatia turn on the ludicrously talented Mateo Kovacic to replace the brilliant Ante Rebic. The squad depth of this Croatia side is magnificent

77' EI! EI! EI! COME ON LAD! Mikel played a lovely ball into Iheanacho and went for the return, but the Leicester man opted to go for the shot from the tight angle and screwed it hopelessly wide

76' Rebic turns Shehu out this way, then that, then the other again. He's having fun now. Meanwhile during the goalkick, Iheanacho replaced Ighalo

75' OH! OH! Perisic floated in a hopeless ball into Uzoho's gloves, but the young man immediately gave it away with a horrible throw to the edge of the box. Moses and Idowu, though, did enough to see to it that Rebic and the ball was shepherded away for a goalkick

74' After all sorts of pinball inside the box, Nigeria hack it clear. Modric wins it back immediately and tees up Rakitic for the cross; but it's thumped clear by the impressive Balogun. Croatia still have the ball, though

73' Surely this game is beyond the Super Eagles. Surely this group is beyond their reach too? A Nigerian attack ends with Croatia steaming forward on the corner, Vrsaljko playing in Rebic with the most sublime backheel - and Rebic wins a corner

Modric sends Francis Uzohu the wrong way and passes it into the opposite corner. Lovely penalty. You watching, Leo?

71' GOOOOOOOOAAL! MODRIC! THIS HAS TO BE THE WINNER!

69' OH! PENALTY! CROATIA! The ref adjudges Troost-Ekong to have wrestled Mandzukic to ground. And he's right! Yellow too for the Nigerian

68' Croatia move menacingly forward and Perisic wins a corner off Shehu with a superb run. He's been good this game, has Ivan Perisic

67' Nigeria are passing it around the middle of the park - Croatia perfectly happy to let them do so and wait for a mistake. Rebic pounces on one, but the Croats struggle to piece together a move forward

66' OOOOOOO! MOSES AND STRINIC CLASH INSIDE THE BOX! MOSES GOES DOWN.... and the ref asks him to get on with it. Correctly

65' Modric and Rebic look to combine to cut through the Nigerian backline, but Etebo is having none of it - he intercepts and runs forward powerfully, only to be brought down by Brozovic

64' Perisic hustles away from Ndidi by dint of sheer pereverance and Croatia move forward. The ball gets shifted out to Rakitic who almost finds Perisic again with a peach of a ball but Shehu's alive to the danger

63' Troost-Ekong does superbly to get to it ahead of his foe Mandzukic, corner though for Croatia. From which Mandzukic loops a harmless ball well wide.

62' Ahmed Musa comes on for Alex Iwobi as Gernot Rohr looks to change things up for the Super Eagles. His first job will be to help defend a Luka Modric setpiece

61' Croatia have now moved Luka Modric up forward, and this can only spell more danger for the Nigerian defence.

60' Kramaric, who's run himself into the ground, gets hooked for the brilliantly named Marcelo Brozovic

59' Nigeria sweep forward with intent again and Bryan Idowu sends in a decent looking ball that's headed meekly into Subasic's hands by Ighalo. Still. counts as a shot on target. Their first of the night! And it's come an hour into the game

58' Moses, who's run his socks off all day, slips from Strinic's attentions with a quick shimmy - before curling a useless ball into Subasic's hands. Ighalo looks disgusted

55' OH! CROATIA! REBIC SMASHES THE BALL OUT HIGH FROM EIGHT YARDS OUT! It all started with Modric stealing the ball from a loose Shehu pass. After being stopped by Troost-Ekong, Rakitic won the ball back and slipped in Perisic with a lovely ball. The Inter man found Rebic with a peach of a ball but he couldn't apply the finishing touches. Oh, wouldn't have mattered anyway, linesman had his flag up

54' Moses' delivery is way too deep, and Iwobi recovers on the opposite flank. His delivery in-turn is well headed out by Lovren.

53' Croatia have hardly seen any of the ball in this half. Considering the quality they have out there on the field, that's criminal. Moses presses forward and wins a throw-in near the corner flag - from which Ndidi wins a proper corner

51' OOOO! IWOBI! The Arsenal lad's shown flashes of promise all day; he and Ndidi combine to almost break through into the six yard box, but undeterred by his failed attempt he regains composure and tries to pick out Ighalo in the middle; who ends up fouling Strinic on his way to the ball

50' Etebo drives forward powerfully - and Mandzukic is forced to bundle him over before he enters any areas of real danger. Moses will once again look to reat something out of this

49' Nigeria have looked calm and confident on the ball - till they've reached the final third - and as if to prove my point, Nigeria pass their way to the Croatian box beautifully till Moses cuts back inside and smacks it wide of Subasic's near post

48' The second one is defended well by Perisic who heads it out the other way, forcing Nigeria to build from the back again

47' Nigeria win a corner as Strinic heads away Mikel's ball from reaching Moses. OH!!!!!!!! BALOGUN RUNS ONTO A LOVELY MOSES BALL BUT IS JUST BEATEN TO IT BY MANDZUKIC. AND AGAIN! Two corners in a row now

46' Moses does well to close Strinic down and win a throw in off Vida near the Croatian corner flag. Ndidi Delaps it into the box, but Vida wins it ahead of Ighalo

PEEP! WE ARE OFF AGAIN!

PEEP! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! HALFTIME!

The Croats go into the break with a deserved lead. See you in fifteen.

45' +1' of two. Moses absolutely larrumps one out of play into row Z, where an amiable looking Croat doesn't want to part with the ball. Hah. Scenes.

45' OOOOOO! Moses lifted it up to Troost-Ekong, who manages to cushion back into the area. Iwobi steamed onto it and absolutely leathered one at goal that Mandzukic did superbly to get his considerable frame in front of

44' Moses gets fouled at the edge of the box, out on the right flank, and he himself lines up the freekick

43' Troost-Ekong pings a lovely surface-to-air scud missile out to Idowu and as Nigeria turn on the style with a Moses backheel amongst some slick one-touch passing, they move forward with real purpose.

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