The Czech team could win the Croats with one change in the line-up
Sport.cz, UEFA
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After the winning matches, the line-up does not change, at least that’s what the old football wisdom claims. After the victory over Scotland, you should not have a reason for corrections in the composition of the team, nevertheless the information jumped up that you are planning changes.
We’re really talking about one lineup change. But we’ll leave it for Friday so that the players can find out about it first.
Is it related to health status? Even the information that three players are injured jumped out of the bubble.
All three trained on Thursday and completed the training. We talked to them and their condition is not serious enough that they cannot compete against the Croats.
Hampden Park belonged to coaching Croats on Thursday night. And on Friday …?
gv, Sport.cz
And the names?
Of course I won’t say that.
Before the opening championship duel against the Scots, you emphasized the importance of standard situations and it turned out that you were right. You really benefited from one and after it was played you scored the leading goal. Have you prepared something similar for Croatia?
The standards in today’s football determine matches. Especially when the team has players in its center who play them well and vigorously and can assert themselves in them. In addition, a team may not be dominant in a match if it is able to decide the match from the standards. That is why we are able to surprise Croatians from standard situations on Friday as well.
EURO 2021
The European Football Championship, which was originally scheduled to be played a year ago, it starts on June 11 and ends on July 11. EURO is hosted by eleven countries, the Czech national football team is in group D together with England, Croatia and Scotland. The championship finale is played at the legendary Wembley.
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And give them the first goal? In the game that awaits you in Hampden Park, it will probably be very important which of the teams will take the lead.
Of course, the team that scores the first goal is and will be at an advantage. But in qualifying matches – and there weren’t many of them – it happened that we got the first goal and yet we were able to turn them around. For example, against Bulgaria or England. Of course, we would like to take the lead against the Croats.
You definitely have confidence after winning Scotland. Isn’t it so much that you have to tame the player?
Somewhere upstairs, none of us are floating. Especially when our rivals such as Croatia and then England are waiting for us. We want to give a good performance, because without it it is not possible to succeed against such strong opponents.
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Euphoria! The Czech national team member Patrik Schick celebrates a wonderful goal in the Scottish net in the EURO match.
Petr David Josek, ČTK / AP
But self-confidence is important for success. For example, Patrik Schick proved him against the Scots and not only he but the whole team benefited from it.
Against the Scots, we gave a great team performance in the first place, in which each player had a role to play. Patrik Schick and Tomáš Vaclík fulfilled their role more than one hundred percent, and this resulted in the result we achieved. Therefore, I wish they would keep their form.
So what do you say to the Croats?
We come across a team other than Scotland. Croatia plays on the ground, combines. trying to combine up to sixteen, which we have to be careful about. We have to defend responsibly and in a concentrated way, to cover spaces in the middle of the field, to be emphatic in personal fights. We are capable of that.
We must not go crazy, we will not defend Schick personally, advises Čorluk
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And further?
Of course, not only to defend, but to attack the opponent at certain stages higher from our gate, to force him to make mistakes and to extract something from the mistakes of the Croats.
At least a point?
We want to move out of the group and we are offered the first step. Under certain circumstances, even four points may be enough.
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Fans of Croatia mourned the defeat of footballers with England at EURO.
Antonio Bronic, Reuters
You may also notice that Croatia is not in such a dazzling form at the championship as when it became world vice-champion three years ago at the world championships in Russia.
They still have a great team with great individuals playing in top clubs. Especially in the offensive, they are strong, and when they have a day, then they are unsustainable. Nevertheless, we are able to keep up with them and look after them.
Even Modriče, who was greatly criticized after Croatia’s initial match with England and would probably want to answer it?
For me, he is still an excellent football player. Holder of the Golden Ball, one of the best and greatest players in the world. We will have to watch out for him, defend him very tightly and not give him space, because he can get the most out of the minimum.
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