Gvardiol’s Croatia complete comeback win over Scotland | OneFootball

Josko Gvardiol featured for the entirety of Croatia’s 2-1 comeback win over Scotland on Saturday evening.

City’s Gvardiol was deployed as a left-sided centre-back in a back three.

Despite Croatia dominating possession in the opening half-hour, it was Scotland who took the lead. Ryan Christie fired his nation ahead on 33 minutes.

But the hosts were quick to retaliate. It took Croatia three minutes to equalise.

Igor Matanovic found the back of the net with a composed strike after being played through by Ivan Perisic.

The score remained level at half-time and it was Croatia who started the second half the strongest, looking intent on extending their winning form.

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After prodding and poking at the Scotland goal, Andrej Kramaric finally fired Croatia ahead in the 70th minute. He was the quickest to react to the rebound after Borna Sosa saw his initial effort saved.

Christie had a chance to level the score just over 10 minutes before full-time but his shot flew high over the crossbar.

Gvardiol helped Croatia manage the game in the closing minutes – a strong defensive outing which saw Scotland fail to register a shot on target in the second half.

Drama in the closing seconds saw Scotland equalise through Che Adams but the goal was disallowed by VAR for offside in the build-up.

The win means Croatia sit second in their group with six points from three games.

They next face Poland on October 15, with kick-off scheduled for 19:45 (UK).