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#4 Ivan Strinic
Ivan Strinic has been a major component of Croatia's perfect record in the group stage matches. Not many would have thought he would be among Croatia's top performers, a team that features the likes of Modric, Rakitic and Perisic. But as it turned out, Strinic features in the Associated Press' best eleven after the group stage. The Croatian has been a rock in the heart of their defence and made vital interventions to hand them two clean sheets. As a result, he has already secured a move to AC Milan which also saw a doubling in his release clause. SkySports reports that the move to AC Milan has been completed.
Strinic featured in the first two matches of Croatia and spent 180 minutes on the pitch. He helped the team to keep a clean sheet in both the matches with some very important challenges and blocks. From not even featuring in the team 2 years back, Strinic has deservingly achieved a place in the global football arena by showing his worth.
