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23. Croatia

Croatia needs a new keeper. Their defense completed 100 percent of their clearances but their goalie, Stipe Pletikosa, only had five saves all tournament. That’s the best record vs the worst. Croatia has a wonderful midfield pair with Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric, and having Mario Mandzukic up top instantly makes the offense dangerous. Besides those three players there isn’t much talent to work with.

Croatia needs to build up their youngsters and then they can definitely make an impact in their next international cup.

Goals Scored: 6 (9th)

Goals Conceded: 6 (19th)

Completed Passes: 74% (22nd)

Attacks: 123 (25th)

Shot on goal per total shots: 56% (20th)

Possession: 49.3% (17th)

Completed Clearances: 100% (1st)

Saves: 5 (32nd)

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Alec Kleyer
Alec Kleyer is a second year student at Macaulay Honors College. He's played, watched, analyzed soccer/futbol most of his life. Visit his blog at knlsoccer.com for soccer news outside of the World Cup!