Croatia: a brutal awakening … at the worst time for Belgium
Moribund against Morocco (0-0), Croatia returned Canada (4-1) on Sunday. A success in style for the vice-world champion that could put an end to the aging generation of the Belgian national team.
Modric and Croatia have recovered.
Sunday, 5:02 p.m., many football fans had the same thought: what if Croatia, vice-world champion, won the door in the first round? Following the express goal of Alphonso Davies, just minutes after Morocco’s surprise victory over Belgium (2-0), the idea of seeing the two favorites of group F being knocked out prematurely against all odds through many minds. But those sweet dreams were quickly brought back to reality.
The day and the night
At 6:50 p.m., Croatia put things back in order by taking the lead in their group following their wide and beautiful victory against Canada (4-1). Some will consider that this success is not exceptional given the difference in level between the two teams. But after the initial draw against Morocco (0-0) and the exciting short defeat of the Canucks in front of Belgium (0-1), there was reason to doubt. Doubts quickly raised.
Indeed, the men of Zlatko Dalic did not hesitate to take advantage of the turnip of the North American formation, which had not disputed the tournament since 1986, to do very badly. Serious tactics, more fluid play, midfield much more comfortable and less harassed than against the Atlas Lions, more hard-hitting attackers, we found Vatreni as flamboyant as on their recent performances in the League of Nations against France, in Denmark and Austria.
Much more confidence
After the game, the tongues were much more pending than the exit of the match against Morocco. Doha double scorer Andrej Kramaric flexed his muscles after Canada coach John Herdman said he believed the victory. These are words that have motivated all of Croatia. I want to thank Canada’s coach for this motivation. He could have chosen better words. He could have phrased them a little differently. in the end, Croatia showed who fucked who a shot the Hoffenheim striker.
His manager has already warned his next opponent, Belgium. We are not playing for nothing. We must not allow ourselves to be invaded by the euphoria of this victory. We are in the World Cup, there are no easy matches. Belgium must win but we want to win too. We must recover and offer the same quality football , supported the Croatian manager, aware that success requires his team to finish at the top of the group … while throwing a serious outsider. Two birds with one stone ?
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