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Croatian footballers achieved an important triumph over Slovenia 3-0 in the jubilee 50th match of coach Zlatek Dalič on the national team bench. The “Slovak” H-group of the World Cup 2022 qualifies for the score before Russia, which also gained seven points in the September three-match.
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Croatia defeated Slovenia and leads the “Slovak” group by the score
At the beginning of the association term, the leading teams drew 0-0 in the Moscow match, and the Russians then won 2: 0 in Cyprus and at home over Malta. The Croats succeeded in Slovakia 1: 0, but they significantly improved their score, especially in Split at the expense of the Balkan rival, to whom they paid off the March loss on Tuesday.
The home team was taken by Marko Livaja in the first half, after the change of sides Mario Pašalič prevailed and the goal of the substitute Nikola Vlašič in the set time can have a great value in the final billing. Only the winner of the group makes it to the final tournament in Qatar, with the first criterion being the score in the event of a tie.
“I can only congratulate the players for their excellent performances, they collected seven points in September. Tuesday’s performance was the best of them, we played aggressively and compactly, we invested a lot of energy. Each of these three duels cost us a lot of energy. We can be satisfied in all performances We handed over the maximum. After the European Championships, I admitted that we have to fix some things, and I also made a few mistakes. This is a step in the right direction. If we continue like this, it will be fine. ” told 54-year-old Dalič for the HRT portal, who brought “Vatrenov” to the finals at the 2018 World Cup. At the 2020 European Championships, their charges lost in the eight finals.
Both Croatia and Russia have thirteen points. They will not meet in Split until November, before that both teams will have an October double match. “We don’t want to fight against the Russians at home” on knives “. They play at home with Slovakia and Slovenia. We will introduce ourselves in Cyprus and welcome Slovakia, so we could score a little more points. It’s not just the final fight that decides.” stressed the Croatian coach, who can look forward to the return of the captain and key midfielder Luke Modrič after the injury in the next association term.
The goalkeeper Ivica Ivušič caused him pleasant worries. “He got the opportunity and used it one hundred percent. He caught confidently, played well and, above all in Bratislava, supported us with several important interventions. Dominik Livakovič has a lot of competition,” added Dalič.
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