The technical director of the Croatian national team, Zlatko Dalic, assured that an eventual victory in the semifinal of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 on Tuesday against Argentina would become the “most important of all time” for his team and maintained that it is about a “crucial match” because they face “one of the best teams in the world and in history”.
“It will be a crucial game but they (for Argentina) have more pressure than us and, in addition, they will have the support of many fans. That will be an obstacle for us because we will be less, but we should not think about it or complain because we will face one of the best teams in the world and in history”; Dalic stated at the press conference that he gave at the Doha Media Center together with the player Ivan Perisic.
In this context, he understood that repeating “such an achievement” of playing a World Cup final as in the last edition in Russia 2018 and an eventual victory in that instance would be the “most important of all time” for the selected team.
After beating Brazil, Dalić goes for a new tactical battle: neutralizing Messi.
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The Croatian DT also referred to the last record against “Albiceleste” on the second date of the group stage in Russia 2018, which ended in a 3-0 win against the team led by Jorge Sampaoli at the time, of whom he does not have a record. pleasant memory since he denied him the greeting after the game.
“Yes, that’s the way it is. But I’m not going to go back into that topic. People are not the same now and you don’t have to hold a grudge or get angry. Each one reacts in their own way,” he said.
Dalic was precisely consulted about the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, and the level of tension that had the definition of one of the quarterfinal matches: “It was a complicated and hot game but I saw behaviors that have nothing to do with football and I hope that this doesn’t happen tomorrow”, he remarked.
Croatia, current runner-up in the world, will face the Argentine team tomorrow in the first semifinal of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
The match will be played from 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail stadium and will be refereed by the Italian Daniele Orsato.
