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title: "Rangers: Borna Barisic struggles with Croatia"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-gers-ibrox-gerrard-borna-barisic-croatia/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2020-11-15T12:45:13Z"
modified: "2020-11-15T12:45:13Z"
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# Rangers: Borna Barisic struggles with Croatia

**Glasgow Rangers defender Borna Barisic struggled for Croatia in their UEFA Nations League game against Sweden on Saturday.**

### **Barisic not on top form**

The 2018 World Cup finalists were away in Stockholm for their League A, Group 3 clash. Despite the visitors arguably being the favourites, though, it was Sweden who prevailed 2-1. With [13](https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/standings/) goals conceded, Croatia now have the leakiest defence in the Nations League this season.

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Barisic’s performance against Sweden was very disappointing. He managed to win just [37.5%](https://www.sofascore.com/croatia-sweden/NTbspUb) of his duels, and lost possession on 23 occasions. In fact, his SofaScore rating of 6.2 was worse than any of the other 21 players to start the match.

### **Hopefully a blip**

This is not what Steven Gerrard will be wanting to see from his first-choice left-back. The UEFA Nations League allows players to compete in competitive games at the highest level, with Croatia playing against some of the best teams in Europe – he should be doing better than this.

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For the Ibrox outfit this season, he has been in fantastic form, scoring [once](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/borna-barisic/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/39125) and providing seven assists in 18 matches in all competitions. He has also been important at the other end of the pitch, with the 54-time Scottish champions shipping just six times with him on the pitch. Gerrard will be hoping that this latest display is just a blip from the [£3.6m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/borna-barisic/marktwertverlauf/spieler/39125) 28-year-old (Transfermarkt).

***In other news, [Rangers fans rage at this Scotland Euro 2020 news.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-euro-2020-sfa-auchenhowie-ibrox-gerrard/)***