Having finally shaken off their World Cup hangover, finalists Croatia are aiming for their first Nations League victory when they face Spain on Thursday, the side who inflicted a 6-0 drubbing in September.
The 19-year-old made the cut for the FIFA FIFPro World XI 2018 on Monday.
The 49-year-old Frenchman on Monday succeeds countryman Zinedine Zidane.
No Mohamed Salah or Antoine Griezmann in the XI, despite excelling for club and country for the past year.
Croatian footballer Luka Modric was named the world’s best male player at the Best Fifa Football Awards here. The Real…
Sampaoli's squad was eliminated in the round of 16 by France, which rolled to a 4-2 win on Sunday over Croatia in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, reported EFE news agency.
Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic feels his team played the best match of the FIFA World Cup despite losing 4-2 to France in the final here on Sunday.
France clinched their second World Cup after 1998 by beating maiden finalists Croatia 4-2 in a dramatic final at the Luzhniki Stadium here.
Kylian Mbappe's performance in the final and his award for the young player of the tournament, only served to confirm that far from being a promise, he is already a reality as a footballer.
It's not everyday you see the President of a country dabbing with footballers, do you?
