Nikola Vlasic won his second Croatia cap on Thursday night, as Zlatko Dalic's team planted one foot in next year's World Cup finals with a crushing 4-1 victory over Greece.
Everton attacker Vlasic played the final seven minutes in Zagreb, having won a full international call after making an impressive start to his Goodison Park career following a summer move from Hajduk Split.
Croatia were pitted into the play-off clash with Greece after finishing behind Iceland in European qualifying Group I.
And they made the best possible start to the first leg on home turf when Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric slotted a 13th-minute penalty past Orestis Karnezis –
the goalkeeper who made his Watford debut as a substitute in Everton's thrill-a-minute win over the Hornets on Sunday.