One Man City has recently put on a steller performance for his country. He helped his team to take a strong lead in the first leg of Nations League quarter finals.
The international break is currently ongoing with Nations League quarter finals being played. Croatia, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Italy and Denmark will all compete to win the 4th edition of Nations League. The first leg of quarter finals ended last night.
Netherlands against Spain was the only game that ended in draw. Other than that, all games had clear winners. Germany completed superb comeback against Italy whereas Denmark stunned Portugal. Lastly, Croatia proved too strong for France at their home.
Croatia won the game 2-0 and are heading to France with advantage. Budimir and Perisic scored the goals but it was their goalkeeper – Livakovic who was the highest rated player. Other than that, one Man City star also had a worth watching performance.
Man City star shines bright for Croatia against France
The star in question is world-record transfer fee holding defender Josko Gvardiol. He started the game as left back and played whole match to assure his country secures clean sheet. Gvardiol proved too strong for the in-form attacking side of France.
Firstly, the 23 year old completed 25 passes with 89% accuracy. He had 1 shot with 100% accuracy. Gvardiol had 54 touches out of which 1 came in opposition third. Along with 1/1 successful dribble, he had 4 passes in final third and 2 accurate long balls with 50% success rate.
When it came to defending, Gvardiol played a huge role for his nation. Firstly, he won 3/4 tackles and made 1 block, 3 clearances, 1 interception and amazing amount of 8 recoveries. Lastly, he was able to win 6/10 ground duels and 1/2 ariel duels. All stats are as per FOTMOB.
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