Showing the vision that has defined his career, he threaded a perfectly weighted pass into the box for Andrej Kramaric to finish, an assist few would have seen, let alone executed.

Croatia's Andrej Kramaric, center, scores the opening goal during a World Cup 2026 group L qualifying soccer match between Croatia and Czech Republic at the Opus Arena in Osijek, Croatia.

Andrej Kramaric beat Borjan with a low drive, but the flag had gone up because Marko Livaja was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up and no goal was given.

Andrej Kramaric headed Croatia into a 41st-minute lead before Tomas Soucek restored parity just before the hour with a towering header at the back post.

The 2018 World Cup runners-up opened the scoring in the 42nd minute through Andrej Kramaric. Tomas Soucek equalized for Czechia in the second half from a corner situation but it only took Croatia ...

After Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol saw his early goal from a free-kick ruled out for offside, Andrej Kramaric broke the deadlock three minutes before half-time.

Elsewhere, sacked Italy manager Luciano Spalletti bowed out with a victory after his side laboured to an uninspired 2-0 home win over Moldova.

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Andrej Kramaric headed Croatia into a 41st-minute lead before Tomas Soucek restored parity just before the hour with a towering header at the back post.