Center backs, now's your time to shine.
Two center backs got their respective nations on the board -- both through headers -- in the Croatia-Morocco third-place game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Saturday.
Croatia got the scoring started in the seventh minute via Josko Gvardiol, the 20-year-old breakout star who has made headlines for his stellar play in the backline.
This time, though, he made headlines for a flying header on a well-worked set piece free kick that saw Gvardiol turn the headed pass from Ivan Perisic past Yassine Bounou into the left side of the net.
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But the celebrations quickly flipped to the Moroccans, as the Atlas Lions responded with a free kick of their own.
Hakim Ziyech sent in the cross, but Croatian midfielder Lovro Majer failed to head it away properly, putting the ball into a dangerous area that saw Achraf Dari get on the end of a free header in the ninth minute.
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It marked the 23-year-old Dari's first ever international goal, as he's had to play a bigger role than usual in Qatar after injuries to starting center backs Nayef Aguerd and Romain Saiss.
