Morocco vs Croatia

Al Jazeera's AI robot Kashef has crunched the numbers and has some predictions for today's game.

The two sides have faced each other on two occasions with both matches ending in a draw after 90 minutes. The Croatians, led by Luka Modric, were beaten 3-0 by Argentina in the first semifinal. Prediction: Morocco’s dreams of reaching the World Cup final were dashed after a 2-0 loss to France in the semifinal.

Croatia and Morocco battle today for the second time at this World Cup to determine the winner of the third-place play-off.

If any side has the experience to deal with that, it is surely Croatia. Croatia vs Morocco prediction Where to watch Croatia vs Morocco

The final weekend is upon us, with Croatia playing Morocco before Sunday's final. Join John Brewin for the latest news.

News is keenly awaited from the French camp as to the health of their players amid that unfortunate flu outbreak, with Raphaël Varane, Ibrahim Konaté and Kingsley Coman in the sick bay. Should they do that, then they would follow the likes of Turkey in 2002 and Bulgaria in 1994 as being surprise packages who get a nice reward for a near-golden month at the World Cup. It’s MD-1, as they call these things, and the buildup continues to the final. Poland’s Tomasz Kwiatkowski will be in his ear as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) while American Ismail Elfath - a two-times Major League Soccer Referee of the Year - will be the fourth official. “Argentina is the land of Messi and Che Guevara. He will follow in the tradition of bald World Cup final referees, broken up only by Nicola Rizzoli in 2014 since Pierluigi Collina. Neither company returned a request for comment on the nature of their work in the country. [World Cup](https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football) final referee, Szymon Marciniak, from Poland, per Reuters. Journalists who have dealt with him say he has adopted a hands-off approach, acting as an informal conduit and enabling conversations by inviting critics of the World Cup and prominent newspaper journalists to off-the-record meetings with senior Qatari officials at London hotels. The match referee, who was left covered in ash from the bucket, had no choice but to pull the players off the pitch and suspend play, before it was later abandoned. Tom Jenkins has been out in Qatar for the duration, and captured the passion of Argentina’s fans. But I know that the Argentinians, and maybe some French people too, would like to see Messi win the title.

Croatia and Morocco missed out on a place in the World Cup final but are out to finish the tournament on a high.Zlatko Dalic's side were beaten 3-0 by a ...

However, we started to dream about the trophy," Croatia midfielder Lovro Majer said. We must remember that before the tournament in Qatar, no African nation had reached the semi-final stages of the World Cup before. But that could still be a while yet. But there were still only two of them in the knockouts. "But I told my players this is our seventh World Cup game. •3h ago "I understand it's important to finish third rather than fourth, but my takeaway is we didn't reach the final... He was a Ballon d'Or winner and I completely understand why." "There was a lot of hesitation for the first game... "Hats off to Modric. "We knew Croatia were going to be one of the best teams in the competition. Croatia got stick for not beating 'underdogs' Morocco but both teams reached the semi-final.