Perisic in search of new starting place at the World Cup, equaling Maldini and Maradona
Ivan Perisic, PSV's 37-year-old striker, is one step away from breaking a World Cup record by starting his 20th game for Croatia, moving him closer to Maldini and Maradona.
Ivan Perisic is chasing an individual World Cup record. The 37-year-old PSV striker will start his 20th game as a starter in a world tournament in Croatia's clash with Ghana. With this, he approaches Paolo Maldini and Diego Maradona.
Perisic has already played 157 matches for the Croatian national team, and of those, 20 were in World Cups, always starting as a starter. In the history of the World Cup, only three outfield players have more starts. The leader is Maldini, with 23 starts for Italy, while Maradona and German Uwe Seeler share second place with 21 matches.
If Croatia advances to the knockout stage, Perisic could equal or even surpass Maldini, depending on how the Croatian team performs in the quarter-finals or semi-finals, a feat the team achieved in the last two editions of the tournament.
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