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The Real Madrid midfielder failed 12 yards with a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of play in Nizhny Novgorod, but he went from his head to the second time asking goalkeeper Danijel Subasic to save three goals. Danish penalties to lay the foundation for a 3-2 win
Speaking at his post-match press conference, Dalic said: "He took responsibility as a as real captain He scored and he says a lot about Luka
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"He said that he wanted to take one in the penalty shoot-out – can you imagine what would have happened had he had not marked? This shows the qualities of a great player and Luka is a great player. "
If it was Ivan Rakitic from Barcelona who finally sent Croatia with fifth shot on his side, it was Subasic who was the hero after saving from Christian Eriksen, Lbade Schone and Nicolai Jorgensen for book a quarterfinal confrontation with the hosts of Russia
Dalic said: "He was our hero tonight. He saved three penalty shots – you do not see him every day. He ripped us when we needed it the most. "
The opening of the first minute of Mathias Jorgensen gave the Danes a perfect start, but in advance only lasted three minutes when Mario Mandzukic equalized.
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However, despite initial promises, the game failed, with Denmark having boosted Croatian canons for long periods, although Modric should have The winner after Mathias Jorgensen shot Ante Rebic inside the area in the 116th minute
but Modric saw his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel, much to the delight of his father Peter, who was watching in the crowd.
Dalic admitted that his team was far from his best, but praised the fighting spirit of his players and warned them that he will have to be just as resilient against the Russians.
He said, "This is going to be a huge game, we can not relax, we have to be even stronger and more stable because we are going to play a very tough opponent, a big opponent."
"We Let's not let our guard down, there can be no arrogance. We are happy with what we have accomplished, but we know we need to do more. "
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The Danish Age Hareide boss reflects on what could have been , and admits that he felt particularly sorry for Schmeichel, because his heroism in saving two other penalties counted for nothing.
He said: "We could have progressed if those who took the penalties had done better, but it's like that.
"Lbade Schone, he normally does it for Ajax, Nicolai Jorgensen, he does it normally for Feyenoord and Christian Eriksen normally scores for the national team, but that did not work out today.
"Research shows that your adrenaline and stress levels are as high as when you are in a war zone when you suffer a penalty."
"We had a wonderful guard at Kasper Schmeichel but that did not help. "
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