DALIC: We have to be realistic, this was our maximum. And Modric and Kovacic were on the output of the forces
Croatian football team She dropped out of France in the quarterfinals League of Nations. The « Fire » celebrated 2-0 in Poljud, and the elected Didier Deschamps canceled that advantage at a return game on Sunday, the scorers were Olise and Dembele. The match went to the extensions, after which there were still no winners, so France came to the passage after as many as seven series of bursting.
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Gathering fans in Paris before the Croatia -France game
Menu Zlatko Dalic He admitted that France was a better rival.
– Congratulations to the French, they were better, but also to our guys who did their best and ran in 120 minutes. It was not easy in this game, we didn’t want to defend ourselves and be squeezed at 16 meters. But France has forced us to do so, has a huge quality. We were not lucky in penalties, we missed three penalties, Livakovic almost defended two … Maybe that had to be – he said after the match for Nova TV and continued …
– We wanted to head for their goal, we just couldn’t! The opponent was better, I did not resent anyone, we gave our maximum, we did replacements, had a chance to break, but we have to say that the French were very good today. This is our maximum, we have to be realistic. One game can be drawn against such an opponent, two very difficult …
Paris: The second match of the UEFA League quarterfinals between France and Croatia |
He commented on the replacements in the match.
– I wanted to take out Modric and Kovacic, they were on the output of forces. While waiting for the replacement, we received that second goal. They played the whole last game, they are really tired. We tried to rest, a lot of players were tired, looking for a replacement, so they endured. Josko had a problem with the injury, Petar Sucic needed the same outside …
Touched and a debut Franjo Ivanovic in the A national team in this cycle.
Paris: The second match of the UEFA League quarterfinals between France and Croatia |
– He made his debut, you can’t expect a boyfriend who just came to do something. We have a lot of players over 30, they have a hard time falling two games in three days. We played with a new team that no one expected, there. How did we choose the penalty shooters? The five immediately answered, it was their decision, they boldly took responsibility and that was the case.
Croatia is waiting for the World Cup qualifications.
– It was an option or Spain in the semifinals or Gibraltar in qualifying. Now we turn to this, the goal is to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. In the League of Nations, our goal was to stay in the elite group, we succeeded – the menu concluded.
