1-2. Perisic signs the Croatian plenary session and Iceland
Jan 10, 2024 4:57:23 GMT -6
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The Croatian team reaches the round of 16 of Russia 2018 as the undisputed leader of group D after the 'second unit', thanks to a late goal from Ivan Perisic, signed the full against an Iceland that took a while to believe it and that put end in honor of his first World Cup participation. The Balkan team has earned enough credit to be considered one of the strong alternatives to the big favorites, although this will have to be confirmed from now on in the qualifiers.
And while Heimir Hallgrimsson relied on his usual block except for three changes, Zlatko Dalic opted for a massive rotation, so much so that from the starting team against Argentina Binance App Users Data he only kept his captain, Luka Modric, and Ivan Perisic.
With the ticket in his pocket and first place practically assured, Dalic thought about the afterlife of this match, about resting a good part of his spine without risking the slightest to face the round of 16 with the group fresh and with the involvement of the entire staff.
He didn't need much more to definitively sign the lead. He was even able to rest Modric himself, whom he replaced after 65 minutes. By then they were already dominating with a goal from Milan Badelj at the beginning of the second period, which punished Iceland's lack of initial ambition and their lack of punch when they had the chance to reach the round of 16.
Croatia acted as a team with a solid foundation , as a team capable of managing the codes of a match, of holding on when the occasion required it, of temporizing and taking advantage in moments of truth. From the start, the script of the match was as expected, although perhaps exaggerated in terms of possession of the ball by Croatia. After twenty minutes he had taken control of the ball 79% of the time (64% at half-time).
With Iceland well equipped at the back and too conservative, the match went off with little change under the control of Real Madrid's Modric and Mateo Kovacic and Milan Badelj. Heimer Hallgrimsson's men took a while to remove their restraints. His unconditional and spectacular fans, aware of Leo Messi's goal in Saint Petersburg, did not hesitate to discourage his troops.
The players stretched out and began to be that daring team that beat Croatia itself in Reykjavík in the World Cup qualifying phase and that dazzled in the last Euro Cup in France. His dream grew like foam, although it also seemed to disappear like foam. In the final stretch of the first period Alfred Finnbogason, Birkir Bjarnason and Aron Gunnarsson were around for the goal . They did not succeed and they paid dearly at the beginning of the second period in the second consecutive approach by Badelj, who beat Hannes Halldorsson from inside the area just after having sent a long-range shot to the crossbar.
And while Heimir Hallgrimsson relied on his usual block except for three changes, Zlatko Dalic opted for a massive rotation, so much so that from the starting team against Argentina Binance App Users Data he only kept his captain, Luka Modric, and Ivan Perisic.
With the ticket in his pocket and first place practically assured, Dalic thought about the afterlife of this match, about resting a good part of his spine without risking the slightest to face the round of 16 with the group fresh and with the involvement of the entire staff.
He didn't need much more to definitively sign the lead. He was even able to rest Modric himself, whom he replaced after 65 minutes. By then they were already dominating with a goal from Milan Badelj at the beginning of the second period, which punished Iceland's lack of initial ambition and their lack of punch when they had the chance to reach the round of 16.
Croatia acted as a team with a solid foundation , as a team capable of managing the codes of a match, of holding on when the occasion required it, of temporizing and taking advantage in moments of truth. From the start, the script of the match was as expected, although perhaps exaggerated in terms of possession of the ball by Croatia. After twenty minutes he had taken control of the ball 79% of the time (64% at half-time).
With Iceland well equipped at the back and too conservative, the match went off with little change under the control of Real Madrid's Modric and Mateo Kovacic and Milan Badelj. Heimer Hallgrimsson's men took a while to remove their restraints. His unconditional and spectacular fans, aware of Leo Messi's goal in Saint Petersburg, did not hesitate to discourage his troops.
The players stretched out and began to be that daring team that beat Croatia itself in Reykjavík in the World Cup qualifying phase and that dazzled in the last Euro Cup in France. His dream grew like foam, although it also seemed to disappear like foam. In the final stretch of the first period Alfred Finnbogason, Birkir Bjarnason and Aron Gunnarsson were around for the goal . They did not succeed and they paid dearly at the beginning of the second period in the second consecutive approach by Badelj, who beat Hannes Halldorsson from inside the area just after having sent a long-range shot to the crossbar.