News > 2022 World Cup stats: Perisic only second to Messi, Croatia's 2 out 14
2022 World Cup stats: Perisic only second to Messi, Croatia's 2 out 14
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ESPN | 18/12/2022 11:12 AM | Click to read full article
Another exciting match at the FIFA World Cup 2022 with Croatia finishing third in the tournament after beating Morocco 2-1. The first-half goals made the difference with Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic scoring for Croatia. Achraf Dari netted a goal for Morocco but despite pushing hard, they couldn't find the equaliser. Perisic has been directly involved in 11 FIFA World Cup goals across the last 3 tournaments - 6 goals and 5 assists.