The Croatian national football team qualified for the World Cup after a 3:1 victory over the Faroe Islands in Rijeka, and the Croatian national team members shared their impressions after confirming this great success.
Marco Pasalicthe wing of Orlando, after the game pointed out that the key was a quick reaction after the initial lead of the Faroe Islands.
It happened to us unlucky goalbut then we came back. The most important thing was to find a way. They are an organized team, and we knew we had the quality and it was just a matter of when we would score the first and second goalshe said.
He singled out the second half in particular, in which he Croatia patiently built attacks and looked for cracks in the opponent’s defense:
I think we did a good job the whole half. They are entered the block and it was not easy. It was not a problem for me personally, I had enough space for one-on-one play and for crosses. We tried combinations to reach the goal, we didn’t always succeed, but it is important that we created many chancesPašalić concluded.
Croatia confirmed its place at the World Cup with a triumph over the Faroe Islands
Proud and happy to everything I achieved with the national teamthe number sounds really unrealhe said Luka Modric after placing tenth in the big competition with Croatia. which tied him with Lotthar Matthaus on the eternal list of national team players with the most appearances in major competitions.
I think so performance at the WC is a big thing that we need to valorizesometimes we forget how big a deal it is considering the successes we have achieved and take it for granted. However, this is anything but normalModric said
Now we can proudly say that we qualified for the World Championshipthe defender said excitedly Josko Guardiol after the victory.
Guardiol was the scorer for 1-1 and his goal started the turnaround to victory on the way to the World Cup.
The goal has been achieved and we did it before the end of the game. Until now, we have always done the qualification work at the last minute, and now we can go to Montenegro in peace.
Of course, there we also walk away with three points each because every match is a preparation for the World Cup. We can’t wait for the championship. I’m happy for the goal, of course, it brought us back into the game. But I’m a defensive player. I would always rather not concede a goal than me to be the scorerGuardiol commented after the meeting.
Vušković: The feeling is incredible
He scored the goal for 2-1 at Rujevica Petar Musareturning after two years in the national team.
We are overjoyed because we qualified for the World Championship. It is wonderful to win in front of our fans and in such an important gamesaid Musa and added:
It’s almost unreal which all happened to me in the last few days. I returned to the national team, now I started from the first minute, and I thank the coach, as well as the staff. It was indescribable with the goal, but it is far more important overall victory and celebrating the placement. I can say that I feel much better than two years ago. Now I have more minutes in the club, a more important role and a lot more self-confidence, were the words of the Dallas forward after the meeting.
The young stopper of Tottenham on loan at HSV, Luka Vuškovićwill make his WC debut with Croatia at only 19 years old:
It’s an amazing feelinglast qualification I collected balls at Poljud. Guardiol and Šutalo are incredible players, it’s a pleasure to play with themsaid Vušković.
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