Croatia vs Nigeria, World Cup 2018 - as it happened: Luka Modric and Co up and running in Russia
Nigeria have qualified for five of the last six World Cups, so they are no stranger to competition. However, going against Croatia with players who are playing their first ever World Cup might be tricky.
Despite Croatia squeezing through the playoffs, head coach Zlatko Dalic has some impressive players on his roster, including Real Madrid's Luca Modric.
But Nigeria's 4-0 victory over Cameroon gave them the boost they needed, and with that spirit and a squad counting Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho, the Super Eagles could surprise us all.
90+2 mins: In the second of two minutes injury time, Kovacic passes up the perfect opportunity for Croatia to bag a third...by not passing to Perisic. The unmarked Inter Milan midfielder is the obvious square ball when Kovac moves into the area from the left but, rather than playing in his teammate, he tamely shoots into the arms of Uzoho.
89 mins: Marcelo Brozovic is cautioned for dragging back Etebo as he threatened to escape his man in midfield. An unnecessary move from the substitute.
87 mins: Almost a clearcut chance for Nigeria, who work possession well down the left. A cross is pulled back into the centre of the area for Leicester's Kelechi Iheanacho, but the substitute gets the ball caught up under his feet. The striker manages to edge play right to Moses, but the winger is then unable to find the angle as he turns his shot into a defender.
84 mins: Nigeria right-back Abdullahi Shehu tries to inject some excitement into the game by laying out Ivan Perisic as the pair challenged for an aerial ball. Referee Sandro Ricci fails to get caught up in a rare moment of drama by simply awarding a free-kick.
Luka Modric makes no mistake, sending Francis Uzoho the wrong way as he places his right-footed spotkick into the bottom left corner. That's three Group D points in the bag for Croatia.
William Ekong has his arms all around Mario Mandzukic's neck as Luke Modric sent another corner into the area, and referee Sandro Ricci had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. It's a ridiculous piece of defending that sums up a ridiculous Nigeria performance.
66 mins: Moses goes down in the penalty area after being outmuscled by Ivan Strinic. It's clearly not a penalty and barely worthy of reporting, but I'm starting to worry that there will be nothing else to mention.
60 mins: A first substitution sees Andrej Kramaric removed from the action. The former Leicester City forward is replaced by Marcelo Brozovic.
On the subject of the Foxes, here's a statistic I've completely made up: 16% of players at these finals have represented Leicester at some point in their careers.
55 mins: What a miss from Ante Rebic! The Eintracht Frankfurt man has missed a sitter from six yards out after he was teed up beautifully by Perisic. Beautifully crisp passes from Modric and Rakitic worked the ball out left, from where the Inter Milan midfielder Perisic curled a cross into the area. Rebic did everything right in escaping from his marker and timing his run to the near post, only to inexplicably volley over from close range.
50 mins: The Africans are at least showing some attacking impetus since the half-time break. This time it's through Victor Moses, who shows flashes of his club form for Chelsea by darting down the right, cutting inside, and pulling a shot wide of the near post.
47 mins: A flurry of Nigeria corners at the start of the second half are defended. They weren't defended particularly well, but they definitely were defended all the same.
