Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija danas u 20.45 igra prijateljsku utakmicu s Tunisom u Varaždinu. Na jučerašnjoj press konferenciji za novinare izbornik Dalić najavio je da će svi dobiti priliku odigrati pokoju minutu na terenu.
Priliku za dokazivanjem u A vrsti ponajviše čekaju Caktaš, Melnjak, Halilović, Pašalić i Petković, a pod posebnim povećalom bit će mladi stoper Filip Benković. Dalić je čak Benkovića proglasio Vidinim i Lovrenovim nasljednikom te je nahvalio njegov rad na pripremama. Benković je na treninzima pokazao da se na njega u budućnosti itekako može računati.
Najviše negativnih kritika dobila je obrambena linija i to postaje sve veći problem u igri Hrvatske. Stoperski par Vida i Lovren trebaju dodatnu konkurenciju, ali i Daliću je potrebna prava alternativa. Izgleda da je Benković taj.
At the age of 20, the young man from Zagreb made one of the most lucrative transfers in Dinamo’s history by moving to Leicester last summer. However, he did not immediately get the chance to play in the Premiership . The English sent him on loan to Celtic, and coach Brendan Rogers told him to appear at the club’s preparations for the next season. Benković is finally ready to play in the most elite English football club after healing all the injuries that accompanied him.
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Everything in his career is finally coming together, and Dalić’s words are just an additional motivation for him: “I am proud of the coach’s words. We trained for about ten days, it was phenomenal. I worked with the best players in the world, I absorbed what I could from each of them, but I am aware that ten days means nothing, I have a lot of work ahead of me,” said Benković.
Already tomorrow, he will play the last preparatory match with the young national team against Denmark before going to the European Championship, after which he will return to Leicester.
The match with Tunisia will serve the selector to find answers to the questions that are bothering him before the resumption of the qualification. Weaknesses in the game surfaced despite the win against Wales. However, Dalić believes that it is not time for criticism and that the rejuvenation of the team continues. The only thing that worries him after the game in Osijek is the panic in the game that was created in the last fifteen minutes, and they should avoid that. Dalić believes that they had to score another goal and thus settle the game.
Possible starting line-up for today’s match with Tunisia: L. Kalinić; Bartolec, Lovren, Vida, Melnjak; Modrić, Badelj, Kovačić; Brekalo, Petković, Perišić.
Dalić will lead the national team for the first time in his native Varaždin, where the Flames have already played seven times, achieving five wins and two draws, with a goal difference of 16:3.
Varaždin hosted the Flames for the first time on March 26, 1996. and a 2:0 victory over Israel in a friendly match. The last time the national team played there was in June 2015. and beat Gibraltar 4:0, also in a friendly match.
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