Argentina-Croatia, on Tuesday for the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar
“Honestly, we don’t have to be afraid of anyone. We don’t have a plan or individual solutions for Messi. We are not a team of individualities nor is the rival a single player. Argentina is a team that has many good players,” Juranovic considered at a press conference that he gave with his teammate Bruno Petkovic in Doha.
The footballer of Celtic Glasgow He stressed the position of concentrating on the collective qualities of the current runner-up in the world to take over the game next Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in Lusail. “We need to look at ourselves. Tomorrow we will see the analysis with the coach and we will decide how we will play”said.
With 26 caps for his team, the 27-year-old defender celebrated the level displayed in his first World Cup and valued his persistence throughout his career: “I always stuck to my conditions and never gave up, even when there was a lot of skepticism. Maybe he’s not a player worth 20 or 30 million euros, as they like to refer to the media today, but I always trusted myself”.
Then he praised his teammates. Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic, who make up “the best Croatian midfielder” in all of history. “When you give them the ball, it’s safer than your money in the bank. Everything is easier when you play with them, I’m lucky to share the field and dressing room with them.”
In his turn, Petkovic, author of the goal that forced the penalty shootout in the quarterfinal key against Brazil, considered that the team zlatko dalic “It’s getting better and better” as the World Cup stages go by.
“From the beginning, Croatia improved and I think we showed more and more against increasingly difficult opponents. As for my goal, in a match like this at a time like this, it gives me a lot of confidence,” he said.
The striker of Dynamo Zagreb He then highlighted the virtue of the team in the penalty shootout that eliminated one of the top candidates for Qatar 2022: “Many people who play professional football know how to take penalties, but the difference is made by the mental strength of the players because it is about of a stressful situation”.
“And it’s much easier when you have a goalkeeper like ours, with great character. Livi (Dominik Livakovic) He is a great professional, he analyzes each situation of each game, many times,” he pondered.
Croatia, undefeated in this World Cup, will face Argentina on Tuesday in search of their second consecutive final, after losing to France in the definition of Russia 2018.
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