Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić has named the Croatia squad for their Sept. 6 friendly versus Portugal and Sept. 11 UEFA Nations League opener versus Spain. Both matches will be played in Portugal and Spain, respectively.
With Danijel Subašić and Mario Mandžukić retiring from international duty and defender Ivan Strinić out with a heart condition, there will be a small shake up in the starting XI amongst seasoned veterans.
Lovre Kalinić, who is arguably more technically athletic than Subašić, will tend goal. Vida, Lovren (when he returns from injury), Vrsaljko and Pivarić are expected to make up the backline. But don’t count out Tin Jedvaj, who will be moving up the ranks. The usual suspects in the midfield are all still there: Modrić, Rakitić, Perišić, Brozović.
Kramarić and Rebić can be selected as strikers with a hot Santini right behind them. Marko Livaja, who has been known to have an outspoken personality in the locker room, has also been called up to the A-team.
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Dinamo is pressing and have a good chanc3 of making CL play. That is impressive considering the small payroll versus other teams. If they make it well done.
Only team we have to repres3nt Croatia is Dinamo.
Hajduk is downright awful and continues to be a joke. Rijeka is going no where 3xcept down a# well.
Yeah in your Fantasy World it is.
Actually, this is probably their best squad going into a European group stage
Goku Dinamo Zagreb will get no where with the current squad they have.
None of you Hajduk fanboys are talking about Dinamo’s good result today in the Champions League playoffs 😉
Reminder to Croatians in the Toronto area. August 25th is the 3rd annual Croatian heritage night at BMO field …Toronto FC will be playing Montreal Impact.
https://croat.ca/2018-croatian-heritage-night-august-25/
Ok, I’ll enter the Halilovic conversation!
As per right now, today…he’s behind almost everyone that plays on the wing. Halilovic has been the biggest disappointment I’ve seen in years and the majority of his issues are him and his retarded father thinking he’s a lot better than he is.
I honestly can’t even watch the guy! I wait for 90 minutes for him to produce one or two decent runs that usually end up nowhere….maybe fun to watch but really ineffective type of player for the past few years!
Whoever is banking on him, move on until he can string together at least one good season…which is far from how he’s played!
@ Ivo
Exactly.
@ Svima
Halilovic can ball.
He had bad break with that ankle last year.
Good that he plays regular top flight.
He plays with u21.
To soon to be calling him a bust.
Hope he has a great year.
Halilovic should have just stayed at Dinamo.
Leave at age 21-22 like the rest of our best players.
Everyone who has left before then, pretty much had their careers go sideways.
Only Kovacic, Brekalo and maaaybe Pasalic has had their careers keep moving foward after leaving so early.
the truth about “free market” economy is that it’s not “free” at all. It’s heavily rigged to protect the interests of the richest most powerful people/clubs/businesses….
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/51923-the-future-of-croatian-football-nikola-kalini
i’m not saying it’s a bad thing to have players at top clubs. it’s great. but the poor standard of the domestic league is a worry. how good would it be if the players like brodic muric and all the rest…halilovic were still able to earn a living in croatian football. we’d have a great league and in turn produce better footballers, better entertainment and an even stronger football culture …..
yeah definately the problem with halilovic. he has a very unique rhythm to his game and he clearly finds it very difficult to play to instructions. when he plays to the coaches instructions he just looks average because he doesn’t feel the joy in it. that’s one of the big big problems that the champions league era has created. clubs in the smaller countries. like croatia. have no chance of retaining their talented players. so the standard of the league goes into spiral. it wasn’t long ago you had PSV, steau bucharest, red star belgrade, marseille, porto winning europes premier trophy. nowadays they can’t compete. that means literally all our talented young players continue their development outside croatia in different football cultures, which may or may not suit them, their mentality and their style of play. that’s what big money does, drains resources (including football talent) away from smaller, outlying economies and sends it all to the monopoly holding centre. with varied consequences…
Where’s Schildenfeld and Dujmovic?
Good for alen halil-oh-what-a-bust-ic
He wasn’t going to sniff the field at milan. Better he plays. Although hes stuck in a rut where he’s not good enough to play for half way decent teams, but the terrible teams he plays on have such poor ability that it forces him to not play in a style that will eventually be needed to be in a winning team
Alen can’t catch a break
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sport-english.com/en/news/former-barca-midfielder-alen-halilovic-is-offered-to-girona-6998716
Halilovic/Coric Debate is sort of like Luck/RG3 who will be the bust who will be good. Halilovic has been getting injured alot.
@ Soul Champ
Our guys don’t play for the gold. They play for the blood.
@ the truth
Damn .. there is some “truth” to that Mamić comment.
Reminds of Pablo Escobar and Columbia back in the day.
That ruthless capitalism does produce excellence.
There is how ever a third alternative to the captalism/communism polarity.
There is collective power to the Croatian people that can be unleashed. The World Cup run gave insight into what it could be for Croatia.
@ BZ
I agree that we have other quality wings (Rebic and Pjaca…Brekalo/poppa don’t preach Halilovic) but neither Rebic or Pjaca have played 1 min yet while Kova killed it last weekend. Not to mention Kramaric hasn’t played yet either. Besides Perisic, I’m not sure who is ready to start in the 3 attacking positions. Hopefully this changes in time for the Spain game.
Ajmo Dinamo!!!… Livaja and Pivaric should start today as well
These upcoming games for Croatia will likely be bad
It’s a stitched together team with motivations running super low
Even the young guys like rebic, pjaca, vrsalkjo, kovacic who would’ve been dying to prove themselves will feel like there work has been done
Mamic being in bosnia asylum is one of the biggest risks to Croatias future football success. People have cried over mamic for years, but in his pursuit of making a buck he has developed one of the best youth assembly lines. He may be evil, corrupt… Whatever you want to say…. But rocking that boat undoubtedly comes with risk…. No other way to see it… Would be quite a knock to the future national team if dinamo turns into hajduk
Kovačić can absolutely play on the wing for us.
Rakitic contract situation at Barca bothers me.
PSG ready to double his wages as they know if you want to win CL then you need the requisite Croatian field general.
Barca don’t value Ivan enough to give him a bumper deal but Busquets gets one?
Rakitic should make the move to PSG, double his wages and build his brand in Paris.
Be a King NOT a peasant.
Barca ready to land Rabiot.
Make the move.
Play a more offensive role for PSG.
Take it easy with Ligue Une and be fresh for CL and Croatia.
Can’t stand when clubs do not respect our footballers.
@ Slavonac
I was frustrated TWICE when Kramaric didn’t lay off to Perisic.
Perisic strained his hamstring jumping in frustration.
For once I join you in your skepticism in regards to Kramaric.
I cringe when I hear people, including Croats, say that Kovacic is going to be the next Modric.
Their styles could not be more opposite.
The only young player I see who has similar field vision and style of play as Luka is Andrija Balic.
Let’s hope he develops properly.
Nova TV has taken over the rights to televise Croatian national team games away from HRT.
@Maminjo – oh shit good call on the Turkey miss, completely forgot that. He was a kid then and has definitely matured. I think it’s between the two of them. I do agree Kramaric is good but maybe I’m biased because I’ve seen him miss for club but then again he hasn’t taken many for the NT. It should be interesting to see who they go with or if they choose to stick with Modric.
You’re 100 percent right about not going through Mamic as well. People can say what they want but it usually pans out better for these guys in the long run regarding playing for a better club and their career trajectory. Fortunately for Kramaric he was talented enough to turn his career around after turning down the Mamic deal.
Aside from him how many guys have turned down the Mamic deal and still done well after? I could be wrong.
PS – Didn’t we only have 1 PK scorer vs Turkey? Glad we got that monkey off our back this year.
Muric should have taken the Mamic deal. 😉
The kid thought he could do it on his own, and now he’s on some B team in Portugal. Brodic is even worse, all the way in Indonesia (wtf?).
Say what you want about Mamic, but he knows how to surround himself with people who know what they are doing, and he lets them do their jobs. Both those kids would have been put into a position to succeed. The mighty Ajax and Brugges couldn’t do shit for them.
Mamic is a bully, and got angry when Muric cancelled his youth contract to bail on Dinamo and join Ajax…but the kid should have just stayed at Dinamo and continued to play and develop as he was. He didn’t have one of those fabled 30% contracts with Mamic either. Muric screwed up his career for taking off early under his own accord.
@Croatianperson85
Rakitic was one of the guys who missed his penalty in the Euro2008 Turkey game.
Rakitic definitely made amends for that game with his two critical penalties against Denmark and Russia…however, Rakitic has missed a few penalties at club level (at Sevilla). He’s good, but he’s not Kramaric good.
Kramaric doesn’t guess. He does the slowdown and waits until the goalkeeper guesses, then pops it into the opposite corner. He’s a master at it.
Funny enough, Modric is our worst penalty kick taker. He took four in this World Cup, and all four were bad to VERY bad penalties, lol.
Dalic subbed Modric out of the England game in extra time (just in case England tied it up) to ensure Luka doesn’t get another shot at missing a penalty, lol.
@Soul and Andrej- we have too many quality wings that can actually score. I love Kova, but he is not a finisher by any stretch of the imagination. I would love to see him with Rakitic and Modric taking over Brozovic’s cdm role, with a constant rotation between him and Rakitic playing cdm.
@ CroatianPerson85
Forgot about Brodic too. Muric is coming off the bench for Braga B; what a joke. Just too many guys leaving early and not developing. I loving the emergence of Osijek and now Gorica killed it last weekend too. Too bad that Istra project never really panned out.
@ Soul Champ
I agree about Kovacic. We need to find a way to put him on the pitch. I think someone early suggested on the wing. Him on LW and Perisic on RW could really go at defenders.
@ Maminjo – so true on Kramaric’s penalty. I think Rakitic should be our go to penalty taker though IMHO. Don’t think he’s missed for us yet but he hasn’t taken many for us with the exception of this WC. I have seen Kramaric miss a few penalties although he has taken more than Rakitic for club but his slow down is brillaint. Balotelli was the best PK taker at one time with the same style.
I said frustrate twice in the same sentence…damn! 😉
I like Krama but I need to see him a bit more. During this World Cup I felt he often didn’t make the simple and correct play, only to try and do too much. That can frustrate your teammates and create frustration.
I value Mandzukic’s game more than Kramaric’s, however we can be successful Kramaric too.
I envision a drop off in our usually dominant time of possession (hence opportunities), but a gain in attack quality at the top of the box. Here is to hoping the latter can outweigh the former.
Kramaric is a quality finisher, who looked a bit off his game in Russia. I attribute that to not having experience in big games like our Champions League warriors that play for Barca, Real, Juve, Liverpool, and Atletico. (he still scored a great goal off a great assist by Mandzukic.)
If utilized properly, Kramarić would be lethal.
We can press with our wingers, and just have Krama play the cherry picker role who constantly tries to beat the offside trap. I loved how Šuker used to do it. He’d almost always get himself into a one on one with the keeper.
Krama has excellent technical and finishing abilities. He’s selfish, but he should be the one finishing anyway.
His penalty at the World Cup was pure class. Best taken penalty in this entire tournament.
@ Soul & BZ
Agree. If Kramaric is fit he will start up top for us. His game
is very different than Mandza’s. I wonder if Dalic changes up the formation a bit. Krama would fit better in a 4-4-2 and isn’t a classic striker but technically is much better thanks Mandza.
That being said I loved Mandza’s game as he was always very underrated.
Either way I feel we pick up where we left off and continue to play well.
I’d like to see Kramaric against Portugal.
He is crafty and has an eye for goal.
But he is physically weak and lacks explosive speed.
Where Mandžukić lacked explosive speed but was a BEAST.
Rebić is both fast and physical and is improving his final product. Kind of reminds me of how Olić learned to finish later into his 20’s.
Kovačić needs to get on the ptich.
He is too quick to leave on the bench.
Dalić needs to fine tune his system.
Keep evolving.
@Andrej L – and Fran Brodic fell off also. I think Muric is with Braga B in Portugal and Brodic is in Indonesia. Hopefully they can turn it around. 22 and 21 years old.
In all seriousness, it was fun to talk about Rebic pressing at striker, but the reality is that Kramaric is going to be our striker.
Barring injuries, Spain will be up against…
—Kramaric—
Perisic—Rebic—
—-Modric-Rakitic–
—Brozo—-
Piva—Vida–Lovren or Mitrovic–Vrsaljko
–Kalinic—
There will be no big surprises unless injuries surface.
Didn’t realize that junior Santini aka Stipe Perica was even on Frosinone. At least his getting the start. Anyone know what the deal is with Balic since he still seems to be at Udinese.
I saw that Lovren is back at training (not with the ball). All our concerns about not having some of the better younger guys available are valid especially since a lot of the regulars are not in form. Hopefully, they all get back in form in time for the Spain game.
Dinamo play Champions League tomorrow and I’m curious to see how Mislav Orsic does. Dude was a prospect before he fell off Robert Muric style.
Pretty much any lineup from this squad will perform well. We saw that against Senegal, against Iceland, and against Spain in 2016. Jedvaj, Rog, Pjaca, Kramaric, Kalinic, and even Pivaric are going to apply themselves with a winning attitude when they get the chance to play.
I didn’t realize Livaja was still only 25. I’ve been surprised to see his return to relevance, but it makes sense.
Santini will be like Giovanni Rosso below average.
^ ^
All world class beasts!
Never did put on the checkers at the senior level though. The Croatian Michael Owen as he was dubbed in the late 90’s he was not.
What about the Leko’s, Vranjes,Seric,Babic,Balaban,Deranja,Carevic.
Mikic had a wonderful career in Japan. He did pan out based on his playing characteristics and physique.
@Slavonac
Rebic as striker or wing? IDK, let Delic worry about that. I’m just going to enjoy the show. Success in 98 set a high mark. Maybe many saw it as a fluke. Unlike people here who believed. Croatia is no longer the underdog (@Toronto). Club 13 how sweet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9gIXqi1gs&t=16s
education, opportunity, economic prosperity, peace and security to all my brothers.
@pog. Mikic that’s funny! Forgot all about that dude!
Im still waiting for Mihael Mikic to pan out..
Pjaca sounds Italian its all hypotheticals how he will turn out look at Marko Marin for example he only played two years for the German national side now he plays in Greece. Everyone also had high hopes for Gavranovic he was at Schalke but didnt do much.
IMHO I believe that Croatia always had talented players and always will, but maybe we did not take into account differential rates of mental / psychological maturity of talented individuals. Happiness is low expectation (Janica Kostelic). Typically, over 25 for European men, of course there are outliners. Simply, adaptational differences between groups of people by region exists and our guys mature later. So lets not discourage them or let them be discouraged (Halilovic) because they’re not stars at 19 (Mbappe).
Pjaca was well on his way to being a consistent player that can change the outcome of a game. Since his injury, he hasn’t yet returned to that form!
One guy none of you mentioned is Marko Pjaca.
I think he will come good for Croatia-his time is now.
This is how I would play it.
Rebic
Perisic Pjaca
Modric
Rakitic Brozovic
Privaric Vida Lovren Vrsaljko
Kalinic
Filip & Soul Champ, I agree Rebic can provide pressing at an intense level but what happens to the outside? Are you guys suggesting Rebic plays striker? Who would play on the outside. I thought that Perisic, Mandzukic and Rebic all did a good job during this tournament but once Mandzo was gone, so was the plan!
@ Goku
Exactly!
There is enough talent in the pool of players to compete on both fronts.
There are some talented teenagers that will push for a spot on that Olympic team as well.
Realizing now that Modrić and Rakitic should really stay on through at least Euro 2020.
Hope these u21 boys see the opportunity and take care of business against Belarus and Greece.
Be great to have a big crowd for that U21 home match v Greece.
@Soul Champ
Making the Olympics would be incredible. The Olympic squad would be a u23 team + any 3 players above the age of 23. Imagine Modric at the Olympics 😉 (probably wouldn’t happen because of the euro2020 and retiring) but maybe Mandzukic can return for the Olympics 😉 (also prolly wouldn’t happen) but hey it would be a great team nonetheless
Mr Black.
Croatia is at the tail end of their U21 euro qualifiers as they end in October. They have the chance to qualify for the 2019 U21 Euros that will take place in June. For them to participate in that i think is pretty important for them and the HNS. Besides, after October they will be available going forward for the november games vs spain and england plus euro qualifiers that start in march.
@ Andrej
Wow !!
Thanks for the link and heads up.
U21 – team is fighting for Euro ‘19. They have to beat Belarus and Greece.
Then at the U21-Euro it is an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics.
We have never been deep enough to compete in the Olympics and Senior Euros.
This could be an opportunity for dozens of young players to develop on a world stage.
Could you imagine we take the Olympics and Euros in 2020!
Dalic did great in Russia but I’m somehow disappointed about his selection.
I get it, our U21 players will have to play for their qualification but since when is that important? It would be better for their development to give them a chance to play against Portugal or Spain.
I’m okay with Barisic as LB. The guy is only 26 and I saw him play for Osijek several times. He seems like a very decent player. A good defender, good crosses, technically skilled, pretty fast, smart. He’s only a few weeks in Glasgow and the fans already love him over there.
CB: should have been Nikola Katic from Glasgow Rangers. This is his first season for Glasgow Rangers and he already has his place in the starting 11. He does very well for them.
I’m pretty sure he’ll have a nicer career than Caleta-Car or Milic.
Midfield: Bradaric doesn’t even get to play for Cagliari, why didn’t Dalic give Bistrovic a chance? Bistrovic has cemented his place in the starting 11 for CSKA Moskow.
Halilovic is debatable. I don’t know how he will perform for AC Milan this season. I haven’t given up on him.
And of course there’s Brekalo. He did great last season, I think he’s our best young player. It would have been great to see him play against Spain.
@Andrej
Going to watch that Atalanta-Frosinone game on tape tomorrow to see how both Pasalic (Atalanta) and Stipe Perica (Frosinone) both played.
For those in the States, the Italian League games have moved largely away from BeIN sports (1 game a week) to ESPN plus (up to 9 games each weekend).
We’ve been talking about Halilovic for what seems like a lifetime and yet when you look at today’s U-21 roster, there he is – still eligible.
Makes you think we’ve been a little harsh, even though we all know the story. Don’t count him out yet. His father should have been more careful.
Earlier today;
Pasalic played RW and scored while making two key passes as well. Not really sure what this guy’s best position is on the field. Shitty he’s a Chelsea loanie for the last couple years. Can’t find a position on a consistent team.
Kalinic was an unused sub as Athletico drew with a strong Valencia side.
Is Lovren even healthy enough to train, let alone play? Although, Mitrovic always plays well for the repka. Hopefully, Modric, Vrsaljko, Perisic, and Rebic actually get some solid playing time to be ready. None have played more than a 45 min as of yet. Pjaca didn’t get a chance to play last weekend either. Maybe Santini gets his chance. Rebic got his before the WC and ran with it! Excited to see Barisic play; my Scottish friend loves him and Katic too.
As for Brekalo, Halilovic, Vlasic, Caleta-Car, and Benkovic; better they get playing time with the U21s than sitting on the bench like Kovacic and Jedvaj.
Full U21 squad; https://twitter.com/HNS_CFF/status/1031541943199776768/photo/1
Remember going forward …Croatia is no longer the underdog
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aJx9f4-x_HQ
so where is this guy…
Dalic still be in a catagory of not a bad coach but not an impresive one for me as He still keep Subasic with a lack of motivation!# also not smart enough to utilaze the player like Rebic that can trace back or marking Mbepee.
If Lovren injured, then we are rolling thin at CB. Mitrovic gets a chance to continue what he started during WC qualifiers. Hope he handles the pressure well.
Pasalic,Rog,Bradaric, Jedvaj? ho hum
As much as we are searching for a good LB, if Vrsaljko gets injured again, we will be without a top notch RB for the first time since Srna moved back there. I see no high quality replacement, unless one of our central mids can move back there.
Kramaric gonna feel the heat of the starting striker position. “Look at me” Livaja and “the average” Santini might try to swipe it away.
Rebic would be best at high press, but I like his trackback winger role too.
I can’t believe we lost
@Slavonac
Rebic is the new Mandzu. Kalinic is an improvement. In the end the tournament winners are chosen for obvious reasons. I’m sure if we let Croatia turn into a multicultural cesspool like france Croatia could win one too. http://thegoldwater.com/news/34109-Sweden-PM-Fears-Election-Result-As-Arson-Attacks-Continue-Video
In my previous post i had upgraded bustalo to brekalo.
I’ve long had him on the young guys to watch list because his youth advanced stats showed a lot of promise with successful take ons and expected goals created
His team will likely to be terrible again but he’s got a chance to start turning some heads
Where is or what happened to coric? He is not listed on the u21 roster.
Left back – depending how sosa does in sttugart that could be where one of the young players play.
Cb ? If Benkovic and Caleta -car develop into great players Vida is expendable.
Brekalo to me is the real deal. I think he can make some noise.
Besides the guys mentioned above I can’t see any of the other young guys in the u-21 getting minutes with the repka.
@‘Slavonac
Ante Rebić gets my vote.
Plus he will need to make way for some of our young crafty quick wingers.
Let him run his 24 year old self into the ground and when he gets tired throw in Ivan “the Great” Santini.
Rebić has proven himself this World Cup that he is handful for any defenders.
The technique on the Argentina goal was class.
For those of you wondering about the younger kids Caleta-Car, Brekalo, Coric, Vlasic, Benkovic and Halilovic, Dalic specifically didn’t consider them because of the under 21 Euro qualifiers coming up. That being said you could argue none of them are quite ready yet but will be a big part of things once Euro 2020 is done.
I expect a little let down early on due to form, but this group has shown its quality and that’s it’s a top 5 team in the world.
We will Mandza and his high press game…..
One of our best assets was our pressing and forcing defensive errors. I’m not sure who’s gonna press at the striker position…it takes a tonne or energy to do that for 90 minutes.
I have come full circle on this.
Before when we had tired old scubs and green coaches, I was begging for every kid to get a shot.
But now we have world class players in their prime.
3 starters retired after decades of dedicated service under a circus HNS.
They have opened the door to the next generation.
Now that we are a legit top 5 world power.
Let the young ones take hold of their Vatreni destiny.
This crew can win Euro 2020.
UNL apparently is not the u23 movement I thought.
Dalić sees an opportunity to win this thing as a spring board to Euro 2020.
I’ll take UNL being meaningful rather than away to Estonia and Pjaca blowing out his knee.
Let’s see these kids beast at their clubs.
So where is the God of Halilovic…
This manager still not believe about the existency of God°
Let the young bulls push the old bulls out- thats the way it works- let the kids run wild in Portugal and Spain- who cares if we win or lose- it’s development time and I’m really interested in bench- I think we’ll see more of them in Euro than the experts on this site are saying/ good for us to have such depth- i hope Ronaldo plays and gets bulled by our kids- pusti decki
Da bidu
I’d like to see Brekalo take Rebic spot. And Rebic take over for Mandzo, keep that high fast pressing
Brekalo should have been called no reason not to be
@ Brozoo
I was thinking the same thing.
But let the young boys get s look during Portugal friendly and let’s kick Spain’s ass in Spain.
let the young boys plan. luka and rakitic need a rest on their legs. they shouldnt be playing. rog and pasalic time please.
LMFAO .. cynical Hrvati.
This is the strongest squad I have seen since .. oh wait .. since we made an historic World Cup run last month!!
Goal keeper upgrade.
LB upgrade.
Faster in attack.
Hungry 20’s players looking to become world class.
Dalić looking to secure big euro club move.
No home fan BS to worrry about.
Cynical Hrvati line your asses up.
We are the best in the world.
Dalić has just reloaded for the Iberian Smack Down – ISD.
If memory serves me right Kovac got
A bull shit red card in that first match and our cohesion
Broke. We also had significant injuries like
Modric who broke his leg remember and Olic
Had injury. Da Silva was just coming back. Also
England dropped their last game with Ukraine on purpose.
This last match with them made me very happy. I am a
Vengeful person to me their cry was just tears in the rain.
I think Croatia comes back to reality in these u of n games.
It well be reversion to the mean due to both quality and motivation
This reminds me a little bit of when Croatia knocked England from getting into euro 2008. Then everyone was excited for when England fell in their 2010 wc qualifying group. England proceeded to embarrass Croatia over two matches. Winning maybe collectively 9-2 if i recall correctly
Release the Kraken Kalinic!!
Lovren will be out? Liverpool pull the not fit before the international break. Don’t blame them really.
Jedvaj needs to get back to CB.
Pivaric has risen and his confidence is there these days. Like to see Barišić get a look v Portugal.
Kovačić on the right wing? Jebi ga .. he has the speed and when he cuts in Vrsaljko will over lap.
Dalić needs to keep winning .. full respect. Next coach can worry about World Cup. This crew is still prime to win Euro 2020.
That is a for the HOME READY crew.