Croatia cruised to a comfy 2-0 victory over Nigeria on Saturday night and leapt to the highest of Group D in the method.

Nigeria's Super Eagle's have been extremely disappointing on the night time and supplied little or no in the best way of a problem for Croatia. It wasn't a classic show from Croatia both, however they have been in a position to grind out a end result, courtesy of an personal objective from Oghenekaro Etebo and a Luka Modric penalty.

Here are the participant scores for each side...

1. Croatia: Goalkeeper & Defenders

Danijel Subasic 6/10 - Possibly the quietest night time of his skilled profession.

Sime Vrsaljko 6/10 - Got ahead nicely and confirmed loads of promise on the correct flank however his remaining ball typically left a lot to be desired.

Dejan Lovren 7/10 - Continued his first rate membership kind by placing in a composed efficiency and put his physique on the road on a variety of events.

Domagoj Vida 7/10 - Looked strong alongside Lovren and equally chucked his physique in the best way of quite a few photographs in the primary half.

Ivan Strinic 7/10 - Very good attacking intent and a lot of Croatia's got here after he overlapped Perisic on the left.

2. Croatia: Midfielders

Ivan Rakitic 7/10 - Grew into the sport and began to dictate play from a deep mendacity midfield place. Range of passing was notably wonderful.

Luca Modric 7/10 - Typically dependable for Croatia are hardly ever missed a beat all through. Scored an ice-cold penalty to cap off his efficiency.

Ivan Perisic 6/10 - Didn't do sufficient to help Mandzukic however was in any other case very regular.

Andrej Kramaric 6/10 - Looked full of life in the primary half however was changed after an hour after failing to make an impression in the second half.

Ante Rebic 5/10 - Flicked on a good header from a nook to contribute to Croatia's first objective, then went on to overlook an absolute sitter in the second half.

3. Croatia: Forward

Mario Mandzukic 6/10 - Was left very remoted all through, however he made good on any likelihood he was given to affect the result of the match. His diving header pressured the personal objective mid-way via the primary half and we received a penalty on the second.

4. Croatia: Substitutes

Marcel Brozovic 6/10 - Steady efficiency after approaching however did not do something spectacular.

Mateo Kovacic 6/10 - Slotted into the midfield properly however missed a guilt edged likelihood to make it three for Croatia proper on the demise.

Marko Pjacca N/A - Came on with 5 minutes to go.

5. Nigeria: Goalkeeper & Defenders

Francis Uzoho 6/10 - Stood no likelihood with both objective however in any other case seemed pretty safe.

Bryan Idowu 6/10 - The higher of the 2 full-backs and he acquired ahead nicely, even offering greater than Iwobi on the left.

William Ekong 5/10 - Dealt nicely with a variety of crosses that he was confronted till he inexplicably wrapped his arms round Mandzukic to provide away a penalty.

Leon Balogun 6/10 - Put in a very first rate shift on the coronary heart of the defence.

Abdullahi Shehu 5/10 - Offered little or no going ahead however was affordable defensively.

6. Nigeria: Midfielders

Wilfred Ndidi 5/10 - Looked off the tempo after his first recreation again after harm.

Oghenekaro Etebo 6/10 - Incredibly unfortunate to attributed with an personal objective. Despite this. he seemed to be Nigeria's brightest participant

John Obi Mikel 5/10 - Didn't bridge the hole between midfield and assault nicely sufficient and left Ighalo remoted too typically.

Victor Moses 6/10 - Showed attacking impetus however hardly ever acquired in behind the Croatia defence. When he did, he could not discover anybody with the crosses he looped into the field.

Alex Iwobi four/10 - Had little to no affect on proceedings all through the match and was unsurprisingly changed by Ahmed Musa.

7. Nigeria: Forward

Odion Ighalo 5/10 - Was left remoted all through the match and obtained little or no in the best way of service from his wingers.Did have one glimmer of an alternative mid-way via the second half however he was unable to generate sufficient energy to bother Subasic.

eight. Nigeria: Substitutes

Ahmed Musa 6/10 - Played higher than the person he changed however that wasn't too tough a activity.

Kelechi Iheanacho 5/10 - Similarly to Musa, he supplied greater than Ighalo when approaching however did not look too threatening.

Simeon Nwankwo N/A - Came on with three minutes to go.