Croatia leaned heavily on striker Andrej Kramaric as they ended Canada's chances of progressing with a 4-1 win in an enigmatic performance, and a showdown with a similarly stuttering Belgium now awaits with a place in the last 16 at stake.
Needing a draw to progress, Croatian fans will be wondering which side is going to turn up against the Belgians - the sloppy one of the first half hour at the Khalifa Stadium on Sunday, or the one that scored four goals over the last 60 minutes.
Even that was not enough to spur Croatia into action, and much of the first half-hour was a repeat of their turgid 0-0 draw with Morocco, blighted by misplaced passes and breakdowns in communication. Inevitably it was Kramaric who got the equaliser, and suddenly, the air went out of the Canadian bubble.
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 himself a second with a wonderful first touch before firing home in the 70th minute. Ivan Perisic had a similar game, assisting for both of Kramaric's goals but otherwise inconsistent in a game against the kind of opposition that he regularly dominates.
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