Of course that Croatia managed to complicate it once again. There's not much I can blame them for though, we were much better than Slovakia throughout the game but they scored 2 goals from their only 2 shots on target
Since Russia won against Slovenia, that means we have secured extra qualifications but also means that we will have to beat Russia in the last game of the group stage to earn direct qualification.
We are a better team so I still believe we'll claim the 1st spot.
Since Russia won against Slovenia, that means we have secured extra qualifications but also means that we will have to beat Russia in the last game of the group stage to earn direct qualification.
We are a better team so I still believe we'll claim the 1st spot.
When I warned in my previous post that Slovakia is a very good team that undeservedly lost the game in Russia, and they unfortunately lost the game against Croatia at home, no one took me seriously.
At the beginning of the second half, Slovakia missed a great opportunity to score the third goal and solve the game, and Croatia was saved by Modric with his fantastic goal.
Only then did Croatia gain confidence and start playing at a higher level, but it was too late.
The first half was very bad for Croatia, very insecure defense and very bad attack without any idea and with just a few concrete chances.
The match with Russia will be more a matter of mental strength and psychology than quality, and Croatian players are now quite psychologically shaken.
Matches like this are always very difficult to play and very uncertain.
Once again I am convinced that when bookmakers heavily inflate the odds in non-obvious matches, they are misleading people!
