Croatian who refused sub role was sent home after 1st WC match
Croatia, who are one win away from being winners of the World Cup 2018, had sent home Nikola KaliniÄ after their first WC 2018 match as he refused to play as a substitute. Croatia's coach claimed that KaliniÄ had refused to come in as a substitute in a warm-up match also. Croatia were denied a replacement player at that stage.