Very probably. He was arguably the difference between the teams on the last two occasions they played.
My point is tho that before the game Bilic was suggesting that Croatia were "simply a better team", which is, at best, a very debateable contention &, at worst, hubris. If they are so superior the loss of one player (well, two really as Kranjcar was crocked too) wouldn't make that big a difference.
Saw the full highlights this morning after taping the free-to-air showing on Sultana last night, jeez Simunic is a thug, isn't he? Short of wearing a black cape & twirling his moustache he couldn't be more of a pantomime villan if he tried.
Australian too, isn't he?