Zagreb (dpa / lsw) - Borna Sosa from the Bundesliga soccer team VfB Stuttgart will represent Croatia at the World Cup. The left-back, who prepared the corner for the 2-1 winner against Hertha BSC on Tuesday, was nominated by national coach Zlatko Dalic as one of five Bundesliga players.
For the 26-strong squad, he called up Josip Stanisic from German record champions FC Bayern Munich and Josko Gvardiol from cup winners RB Leipzig in addition to Sosa for defense. In midfield, Kristijan Jakic from Eintracht Frankfurt will be there, in attack the Croatians are once again relying on the goalscoring qualities of Andrej Kramaric from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The runners-up, who meet Canada, Belgium and Morocco in the preliminary round, are led by Real Madrid playmaker Luka Modric, 37.
