The Croatian national football team was defeated by Belgium 0:2 in Rijeka, and coach Zlatko Dalić admitted after the game that the game was not good.
Croatian national football team was defeated in Rijeka by of Belgium as a result 0:2 in the first preparatory game before going to the World Cup.
Scorers for Belgium were Youri Tielemans and Romelu Lukaku.
After meeting the menu Zlatko Dalić he did not hide his dissatisfaction with his team’s performance, but said that the defeat should not be dramatized, he writes HRT.
Dalić: The opponent was better in all segments
Dalić congratulated Belgium and pointed out that Croatia did not look as expected.
I must congratulate the opponent, they were better than us today in all segments. We didn’t look good, that was much better in training. A game from which we must draw lessons. We will not do drama, a friendly game, but an awkward defeat. It wasn’t good, we weren’t right, we didn’t have as much of a race as usualsaid Dalić.
He added that Belgium was better in duels and rebounding and that Croatia did not respect the agreement in the defense phase.
Every other ball or rebound was theirs. We did not duplicate Doku as we agreed. We said that we should have done much better in the defense phasesaid the selector.
Croatia must learn its lessons
Dalić also referred to situations in which Croatia lost concentration, which Belgium knew how to punish.
Things happen to us, a foul happens, we argue with the referee, they call a foul, we don’t get to the block and get a goal. Šutalo should have reacted better. It is difficult, it is a defeat, but we will not take this tragicallysaid Dalić.
He emphasized that the national team will have a new game in a few days and that the staff will analyze everything that happened against Belgium.
Let’s analyze all this together, we have a new game in a few days. We will work, work on everything, we hope it will be betterhe added.
Baturina among the best
He played for Croatia from the first minute Petar Musaand Dalić did not want to talk too much about individuals.
I will not talk much about individuals, I will give everyone a chance to play. It is important for us to bring back Luka, Guardiola and Kovacic, they lack minutes, they will get better from game to game. We have three strikers, we will try to use their qualitiessaid the selector.
He especially emphasized Martin Baturinwho was one of the most specific Croatian players.
He showed that he is in good form, he was perhaps our most concrete player in the attacking phaseDalić concluded.
Croatia defeated by Belgium in the first test before the World Cup
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