Lovren, who made his first game for Belgium in about a year, scored the third goal, as Croatia topped Group A in the first level with 13 points, one point ahead of second-placed Denmark..
Austria fell to the second level after finishing last in the group with four points, one point behind world champion France, which lost 2-0 in Denmark..
Luka Modric gave the Croatian national team the lead, which is nicknamed “The Firemen”, scoring his 23rd goal with the national team after a pass from Nikola Vlačić..
But this advantage lasted only three minutes, as Austria equalized when Christoph Baumgartner headed Marcel Zabitzer’s pass into the goal..
Croatia regained its supremacy by scoring two goals within three minutes in the middle of the second half, as Marco Livaia scored the second goal with a header after Ivan Perisic’s cross, before Lovren added the third goal after a cross from Lovro Mayer.
Marko Arnautovic became the most participating with the Austrian national team, ahead of Andreas Herzog, as he played his 104th match..
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