Dejan Lovren, a centre back who has rejoined Lyon in France, on Friday denied he sang fascist songs after Croatian victories in the World Cup or made homophobic tweets

Morocco took the game to a Croatia side featuring four players who started the 2018 final but struggled to create genuine chances against a defence marshalled by the experienced Dejan Lovren

Croatia have now played the equivalent of a whole match more than Didier Deschamps' team ahead of Sunday's final.

A win will take Spurs or Madrid to the knockout stage.

Dejan Lovren acknowledged that Jurgen Klopp had every right to vent his anger following the West Ham game, the Croatian centre-back saying: "We are disappointed. It wasn't the best performance from us and we need to be angry with ourselves."