Croatia against Denmark, Rakitic recalls Golden Generation Era 1998

NIZHNY NOVGOROD – Croatian national midfielder Ivan Rakitic admits he wants to reiterate the triumph of his country, as was the case at the 1998 World Cup in Russia

. At the time, the Croatian team was considered a golden generation as it reinforced Slaven Bilic, Igor Tudor, Zvonimir Boban, Mario Stanic and top scorer in Croatia. , Davor Suker

After 1998, the display of Croatia collapsed in the three World Cups that followed. Croatia has never escaped the group stage at the World Cups 2002, 2006 and 2014.

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Now at the 2018 World Cup, the Croatian national team's chance to repeat the glory of the country led 20 years ago. Many consider the Croatian team as very capable of going far into the 2018 World Cup.

Responding to this, Rakitic admits that Croatia is now deeply inspired by the achievements of his country in 1998. [19659002] "We know that the 1998 team is the best They are all our idols, and they show how to play for this country.", "Said Rakitic, quoted on the BBC Sport website Sunday (1 / 7/2018).

"But we can not cling to this story, we can write our own story now, I hope we can achieve the same result. even more. "" Said the player from Barcelona

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Now, Ivan Rakitic and others were expected in the last 16 by the representative European Denmark. The last time the two teams met, it was at a friendly party in 2004.

At that time, Croatia managed to win by a score of 2-1. The match between Croatia and Demark will take place at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Sunday (1/7/2018) or early Monday morning and broadcast live by Trans TV at 13:00