International Friendlies: Croatia vs Bulgaria Player Ratings as the Vatreni win 2 – 1

International Friendlies: Croatia vs Bulgaria Player Ratings as the Vatreni win 2 – 1

Croatia vs Bulgaria: Croatia squared off against Bulgaria at Educational City Stadium on 29th March in the Friendlies match-up.

In this International Friendly encounter, these two teams battled it out to the finish. The score was 0-0 at halftime, but the second half was full of drama, with Duje aleta-Car receiving a red card on 63 minutes and Kiril Despodov scoring Bulgaria’s first goal just six minutes later. After scoring the opening goal, Kiril Despodov was sent off for fouling and that to in the penalty box, allowing Croatia to tie the score. Luka Modric scored a magnificent penalty, which was followed by Andrej Kramaric scoring in the 80th minute, giving Croatia the lead and a win in this friendly encounter.

Let’s take a look at the player ratings for Croatia vs Bulgaria match:-

Croatia vs Bulgaria Player Ratings

Croatia (3-1-4-2)

Ivica Ivušić (GK) (6/10) – Croatia goalkeeper not much he could do about the goals. Great distribution once again.

Domagoj Vida (6.2/10) – Calm and collected on and off the ball.

Mile Škorić (5.3/10) – Couple of loose touches and dribbles out of play under little pressure.

Duje Ćaleta-Car (6.5/10) – Held his own but wasn’t able to show off his passing range.

Nikola Moro (7/10) – Tried picking the lock and was eventually successful.

Mislav Oršić (8.1/10) – Made his physicality count in the middle of the park up against a rather daunting duo.

Borna Barišić (8.6/10) – Was brilliant with passes and touches.  Made a good communication with the forward.

Lovro Majer (6/10) – Lost his runners but at least put in a good shift at both ends.

Mario Pašalić (7.1/10) – Made a good run. Was brilliant with the crossing.

Marko Livaja (7/10) – Always looked lively even if his trickery didn’t pay off.

Nikola Vlašić (6.8/10) – Started the game brightly, faded away in second half

Substitutes:

Ivan Perišić- N/A

Marin Pongračić- N/A

Mateo Kovačić- N/A

Andrej Kramarić- N/A

Luka Modrić- N/A

Ante Budimir- N/A

Bulgaria (4-4-2)

Svetoslav Vutsov (GK) (5.9/10) – Bulgaria goalkeeper made a few decent saves but you felt he could have done something more

Edisson Jordanov (6.6/10) – Passing was good. Could have done better in defence.

Andrea Hristov (7/10) – Made couple of interception. Was good with fround tackles. Made a good impression in this game.

Petko Hristov (6.9/10) – Blocked couple of passes. Made a good run with the midfield. Passes was on point.

Ivan Turitsov (5/10) – Had a decent outing. Was slow in defence but made good aerial tackles.

Radoslav Kirilov (5.2/10) – Was unable to make his physical superiority count.

Kristiyan Malinov (5.3/10) – Very quiet before being brought off with concussion.

Ivaylo Chochev (6.7/10) – Looked capable of creating danger whenever he was on the ball

Todor Nedelev (6.4/10) – Far more assured in possession. Made some good key passes. Through passes was good.

Kiril Despodov (7.5/10) – Linked with mid-fielder quite brilliantly. Scored one brilliant but was sent was immediately after one minutes with handing red card.

Martin Minchev (6.2/10) – Wasn’t much on point in this match. Made a good runs but control was an issue.

Substitutes:

Miki Orachev– N/A

Georgi Kostadinov– N/A

Dominik Yankov– N/A

Georgi Yomov– N/A

Atanas Iliev– N/A

Borislav Tsonev- N/A

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