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July 15 in the last match of the 2018 World Cup will meet the national teams of France and Croatia
Editors "24 channel" offers a brief overview of the Croatian national team: success and chess, the road to the finals, the team players. from the history of the European club.
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History and achievements of the Croatian national team
The team exists since 1990 and has been recognized by FIFA. and UEFA in the summer of 1992, a year after the independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia
The team held its first official matches in the qualifying round before the Championship of 39, Europe 1996, which allowed the team to participate for the first time in the international tournament. Intimate CONT.
The best in the history of the team was the current world championship in 2018, when the Croatian team reached the final. Before that, Croatia became the bronze medal of the 1998 World Cup and his player, Davor Shuker, became the tournament's top scorer
The Croatian team was recognized by the team of FIFA has made the greatest progress. It also took place from the 125th to the 3rd, which is the biggest difference between the places occupied in the FIFA rankings among all the teams. In the qualifying tournaments of the world championships in 2002 and 2006, the Croatians found themselves in the final without defeat in qualifying matches.
From the moment of the creation of the Croatian team, the elite of European and world football. Almost all the best tournaments take place with his participation, although not always "card" is the favorites of the competition.
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The way to the finals
The current generation of the Croatian team does not seem to be such a star, but for the black horses of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, she has been accurately counted. There remained only the group to pass the test of Argentina, and not get lost in the playoffs – the Croats do not always have enough.
Argentina itself has decided not to complicate the lives of Croats. . The win over Nigeria (2: 0) and Iceland (2: 1) seemed rather in use. In the third game, nothing decisive, Zlatko Dalich made a semifinal – sometimes he goes out laterally, but the coach seems to have guessed and managed to beat his players to the pace of loading.
went through three extra-time periods and two sets of shots on goal. In the match with Denmark were scored two quick record goals – in the first and fourth minutes, then the best on the field were the goalkeepers. Luke Modric did not earn penalty in overtime, and in a 11-meter run Daniel Subasich was slightly better than his visitor Casper Shmichhel and fired three hits against two (1: 1, 3: 2p.) .
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In the game with Russia, everything was developing even more spectacular: rivals exchanged goals and in the hour, and in a series of shooters penalty execution hosts (2: 2, 4: 3 fouls.)
Finally, against England, the Croatians played from the fifth minute and only on the 109th led the account itself after Mario Mandzhukich's strike – victorious goal (2: 1 BC)
Group 1: Group 1: 19459013 Croatia 2-1 Nigeria
] Group 2: Group 2 : Croatia – Argentina 3: 0
Group 3 D: Croatia – Iceland 2: 1
1/8 final: Croatia – Denmark 1: 1 ( 3: 2 p.)
1/4 finals: Croatia 2: 2 (4: 3 p.)
Croatia 1-1: Croatia – England 2: 1 [19659004] Composition of the national team Croatia
In the 2018 Croatia-England World Cup semifinal Zlatko Dalich did not make any substitutions until the 90th minute, fearing to disrupt team skeletons. Therefore, in the final of the World Cup, the head coach of the Croatian national team will leave the same composition.
Provisional composition of the Croatian National Team: Subashich – Strinich, Vida, Lovren, Vrsalko – Brokovich, Rikitich, Modric, Rebich – Mandzhukić.
Interesting Facts
- Ten years ago, during the qualifying tournament for the 2008 European Championship, the Croatian team coached the Russian team in the final. On the last round of a meaningful match for them, the Croatians beat English in their field with a score of 3: 2. Thus, they did not let the founders of football on the ### 39; Euro. Then the Russian team, which had already lost all hope, miraculously proved a member of the European Football Championship,
- in 1998, Croatia took third place, three times the group (2002, 2006, 2014) and once did not overcome the qualifying phase (2010). Now the "cardboard" team holds the best world championship in the last 20 years,
- in the Croatian national team, 22 players, and not 23 in all. The fact is that striker Nikolay Kalinich was expelled from the team directly during the championship. The striker "Milan" refused to replace the match against Nigeria. Kalinich refers to back pain. However, it did not happen the first time – the footballer has already refused to enter the field in friendly matches. And now the coach was not stuck – he put Nikolay Kalinich behind the door,
- currently only player playing in the national championship as part of the Croatian team. C & # 39; s is the goalkeeper Dominique Livanovic of Dynamo Zagreb. For other players, you can explore the map of Europe – England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France
- Now in Croatia, it is believed that the national team is forced to coach Zlatko Dalich for the 2018 World Cup. The former team mentor Ante Chachich was released during the round until the end of the qualification.
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