Ivan Rakitić
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Luftstalag14
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Croatia defeated Malta in the Euro qualifier today 2:0, wondering how Rakitic and Halilovic did? Any Croatian Cules watched the game?
Solid game from both. Nothing special.
Halilovic had a few solid runs and one good shot as I remember, generally played well. He played about 60-70 minutes. But it`s obvious that he is still green and can`t impact the game much more than that at this level. Rakitic also played well, had a number of good passes and corners. He was involved in the action that led to second goal I think. Almost scored from a great chance, but his shot was blocked.
Halilovic had a few solid runs and one good shot as I remember, generally played well. He played about 60-70 minutes. But it`s obvious that he is still green and can`t impact the game much more than that at this level. Rakitic also played well, had a number of good passes and corners. He was involved in the action that led to second goal I think. Almost scored from a great chance, but his shot was blocked.
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instinct
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It's really hard to say anything relevant because Croatia plays bad football. Ball circulates slowly and players barely move.
We have Modric-Rakitic-Kovacic-Halilovic in midfield with Mandzukic upfront and still muster 1 shot on target vs. Malta in 1st half. It's pathetic.
Rakitic worked hard and Halilović was in his usual solo mode. That's about it.
We have Modric-Rakitic-Kovacic-Halilovic in midfield with Mandzukic upfront and still muster 1 shot on target vs. Malta in 1st half. It's pathetic.
Rakitic worked hard and Halilović was in his usual solo mode. That's about it.
They play bad football because Kovac has problems with picking the right players. Brozovic instead of Kovacic in the midfield trio and Kovacic totally useless on the wing etc. You can`t play football with practically 5 attacking midfielders. There has to be some balance with between creative midfielders and true wing players. Croatia was seriously lacking that today. And then the players struggle, get in the way of each other, because they move in the same channels.
CuleLife4Life
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Croatia have quality players esp the Modric-Rakitic midfield but their manager needs to understand everyone's strength and weaknesses before just putting players together.
dakt
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Mandzukic, far cry from Diego Costa for ATM. Kramaric should have played from the start. Boy is proving himself from game to game.
But yeah, team sucked. My biggest disappointment was Kovacic.
dakt
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Manager, Kovac should go. We need one quality coach, possibly from outside since I'm afraid we'll get another ex-player for internship in national team after Kovac.
Sad to see so many talents on the pitch playing like they're stuck in the 90s.
Stric
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Kovač is getting good treatment because he's new and has good history with the NT, but basically he's just a continuation of what had been happening after Bilić. He's another pawn of the Croatian football association and Zdravko Mamić, and that's not going to change. Until the association is deeply reformed, this is going to continue, with whichever coach.
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