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Marked by the conceded defeat in the final against France (4-2), Dejan Lovren was not soft with the Blues.
Defeated in the final of the World Cup by the Blues (4-2), Sunday in Moscow, the Croatian players were nonetheless entitled to a triumphal welcome on Monday in Zagreb where more than 300,000 people in red and white colors had gathered to celebrate their heroes. Because despite their defeat against France, the Vatreni are indeed the new heroes of the Croatian people, they who have done better than the 1998 generation.
What to erase some of the taste of bitterness after this conceded defeat despite 66 % possession or 12 shots against five for the Blues and marked by two contestable arbitration decisions. "It hurts to lose like that" regretted Ivan Rakitic at the end of the meeting. Asked by the BBC, Dejan Lovren was much more aggressive. "I am disappointed because we lost the match but we played much better than them", regretted the former Lyonnais, adding: "They had their tactics and we have to respect it, they have waited for their luck and have scored, sometimes the best team does not win, it is football, France has played the game that they have proposed throughout the competition, we have to accept it. .
Words that are reminiscent of those of some Belgian players at the end of the semifinal. "The frustration is there because we lose against a team that is not better than us, we lost against a team that plays nothing, defending" had particularly regretted Thibaut Courtois. " I prefer to lose with this Belgium that to win with this France" had added Eden Hazard.
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