Croatian vs England Prediction: How Much Luka Modric Can Be Dammed ?
Will England lose again on penalties in the 2018 World Cup semi-final round against Croatia, as they experienced against West Germany in the semifinals of 1990?
That is one possible possibility. The reason, their opponent at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, on Thursday morning, July 12, Croatia, had two victories on penalties.
After playing for 120 minutes twice, Croatia beat Denmark in the last 16 and host Russia on penalties.
But, on the other hand, England also has a great chance to break the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966. Because, in the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup, they have been exposing their trauma for over a decade on the matter of punishment.
England beat Colombia with a good score on penalties, namely 4-3, in the last 16 in Russia after a 1-1 draw throughout 120 minutes.
It’s just a matter of a moment. As for Harry Kane and his friends and Luka Modric cs are currently at his best to win. The probability bet can be very thin and close to 50-50 percentage points.
Therefore, the situation that occurs when in the field is crucial. The history of flashbacks like those on penalties and their past meetings could be just a sampling.
The reason, the situation when England beat Croatia four times in the previous seven meetings can be very different from now.
Coach Gareth Southgate who rejuvenates the squad and the vision of the England team now only work two years on this Three Lions team. Similarly coach Zlatko Dalic on the Croatian team. He has just since 2017 after tackling Al-Ann’s club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Southgate created a new face from the England team with young players like Harry Kane, Dele Alli, John Stones, Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire, and friends.
While Dalic revitalized the Croatian squad, some of them are already very experienced at the World Cup, such as team captain and inspirator, Luka Modric.
The key in open game in this semifinal match is the extent to which Modric cs can ward off England’s flagship weapon from execution of dead ball.
The reason, of England’s 11 goals in this 2018 World Cup, only three goals coming from the open game that is running.
“We saw how good they were from the ball situation – when it was dead,” Luka Modric said. “We have to improve the way our defense anticipates a dead ball kick.”
Modric is a Real Madrid midfielder who knows the style of his colleagues in England. He’s been playing at Tottenham Hotspur for a long time.
Modric is a football distributor, playmaker aka game manager, and a good kicker. He reminded former Dutch star Wesley Sneijder.
England does not have players like Modric or even like Ivan Rakitic, Mateo Kovacic, and Marcelo Brozovic. They can all become Croatian playmakers.
But the defensive midfielder from Liverpool, Jordan Henderson, the “mediocre” could be very useful for Southgate to assemble his team’s collectivity network to stem the attack of Modric cs.
In addition, direct strikes of direct football style will allow players to come from behind and score goals like John Stones and Maguire do. Likewise from the lightning strikes on the wings that made Jesse Lingard and greeted with Dele Alli’s header in Panama’s goal.
England now have no players like Modric, Kevin De Bruyne, or Paul Pogba. However, the strength of their teamwork is very strong, making it possible to roll out Croatia. That will happen, if Modric cs not careful like Neymar cs from Brazil who jumawa when facing Belgium.
PLAYER PLAY ESTIMATION
England : Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Henderson, Alli, Lingard, Young, Sterling, Kane
Croatia: Subasic, Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic, Rakitic, Modric, Rebic, Kramaric, Perisic, Mandzukic
courtesy : tempo.co
photo : IndoSport
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