Russia 2018 | Zlatko Dalić: "If we could stop Messi, with Kane we can do it too"



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The Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic acknowledged that the presence of his team in the semifinals of the World Cup Russia 2018 is a "surprise" although He points out that at this point they want to stay in Moscow "until the end", which would mean disputing the title on July 15 in Luzhniki

"It's awesome to be in semifinal, as in 1998. So few people in the world knew where I was Croatia Now it's still a big promotion for us, we want so stay in Moscow until the end, "he said Dalic at a press conference held in a field attached to the final stage and his semifinal, in front the England team.

Faced with this next challenge against the "Three Lions", the Croatian coach advanced in his presentation to the international media who will be confronted "with great respect, but without fear" and with "great ex pectativas", despite the potential of their opponents.

"They play live football and have very fast players, which makes them dangerous in counter-attack.They are also dangerous in strategic games, because they are big and strong."

Asked by striker Tottenham Harry Kane the tournament's top scorer with six goals, the coach of Croatia said that "It will not be easy to stop him", although he is confident in the capacity of his centers. "Dejan Lovren (Liverpool defender) knows him very well," he stressed before recalling that in the group stage and the eighth to annul the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Danish Christian Eriksen. "If we could with them, I also think with Kane ."

The big concern of the coach is fatigue. matches of 120 minutes (they suffered penalties against the selections of Denmark and host Russia). It will not be easy, but we will try to recover energy before the game. Being in the semifinals is a pretty important reason to give everything we have, "he said.

EFE

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