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It seems that the English clamor for his football team to win the World Cup has reached the ears of his opponents in the semifinal
"No, this is not just another match", said the former defender of Manchester City and Tottenham. Corluka. We have watched England in all their matches. They are confident and have a young team. But before they had no pressure.
"You just told them," Do what you can, "but now you hope it can" go home, "yeah? We have never won the World Cup and we can not say the same thing, is not it?
<img id = "i-525780b1dd9d429c" src = "https://i.dailymail.co.uk /i/newpix/2018/07/08/21/4E05E39D00000578-5931513-image-a-37_1531082585234.jpg "height =" 432 "width =" 634 "alt =" Luka Modric and his team from Croatia Luka Modric and his team-mates of Croatia are about to prevent England from bringing back the ball to football
Corluka – claiming the second goal of his country in Saturday's long win against Russia – includes the English football mentality as well as anybody in his team.He spent five years in the Premier League.More importantly, he also understands what a match against England in the World Cup semi-finals. mean for Croatia.
He was part of the team that defeated England at Wembley in 2007 to deny them qualification for the UEFA European Championship. the following summer. We still talk about the game.
If the English are overwhelmed by history, then Croatia feels it too.
There is still talk of this victory over Steve McClaren's team, for example, while the current team has only to watch Davor Suker turn around in Russia and Speaks to any journalist who wants his time as President of the Federation of Croatia to recall the team that has reached the last four World Cups in France 20 years ago this month.
"It's something we dreamed about," Corluka agreed. "Ten years ago, we had a famous generation and also 20 years ago. Now we are close to them because we are again in the semifinals. It's something special for us. The whole country celebrates and the whole team is very proud. We now want the same result as in 2007. "
Croatia were victorious in their hard-fought quarter-final with Russia to enter the last four.
Croatia could not beat France host In the heat of Sochi, on Saturday, in the heat of Sochi, they released Russia during a shootout at a party that did not see them as well as possible. dangerous opponents for Gareth Southgate's team in Moscow
They will be the first team that England has met in this tournament – apart from the second Belgian channel – who will be ready to bring them the game and to play on foot before. Fatigue will be the enemy of Croatia. Saturday's match was emotionally and physically undermined. They will also need to know how to fight against England's air power to set kicks.
Russia scored a goal – a late equalizer in overtime – of such a situation at Fisht Stadium and left good opportunities to score a couple more
But when they have the ball, Croatia can definitely play. Luka Modric – also once from Tottenham – is the heart of the team, their captain and their best player. Watch Real Madrid's point guard charge an attempted clearance in the 117th minute on Saturday, then chase desperately after the loose ball was indicative of extreme fitness and desire.
'England looks strong in a team, & # 39; Saturday night. "They are very strong on sets, they have scored a lot of goals this way and we will have to pay attention to these details because today we have conceded one that we should not allow. Is football but thanks to God, in the end, we are in the semifinals, we were a much better team than Russia, especially in the second half and overtime, but we can not do without drama, it seems
"Yes, England may have an advantage because we have fewer days than we do. before this game but I'm sure we will recover well. And it's a semifinal. We will find more motivation, more everything.
Croatia has twice been shot at to the goal in the competition. The competition to progress
After defeating Argentina 3-0 in the group, Croatia has not been so fluid. Against Denmark – which they also beat on penalties – Croatia was passive while against hosts this weekend, they were only sporadically at ease.
A problem is the modest form of striker Mario Mandzukic and midfielder Ivan Perisic. The latter interested Manchester United, but he was taken here after hitting the post with a chance he should have taken.
'England has a great team and it will be a really tough match but in some ways this game will fit' We like playing against teams like this because we have fast players and it will be a really open game, not like today or against Denmark.
"We will not defend, we are going to attack." Someone asked me if we were too small to be world champions. "I said we are not. countries are now hoping to win and everyone has equal opportunities.I hope it will be us. "
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