The draw for the Russian World Cup put Croatia in the D key, which was nicknamed the ‘Death Group’. The intense contest for the second wave showed that the previous guesses were not wrong. However, in this scenario the Croatians received a ten note with praise. They won all three of their games, including a 3-0 win over Argentina.
They even had the luxury of preserving a few players in the third and final round of the group stage. Even without the full title they were able to beat Iceland 2-1 to secure the nine possible points in the opening round and reach their fourth consecutive win. The first success of this series was 2 to 1 marked in Senegal in preparatory friendly for the World-wide one.
Croatia’s squad for the 2018 World Cup was set with:
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco-FRA), Lovre Kalinic (Ghent-BEL) and Dominik Livakovic (Dynamo Zagreb-CRO);
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv from Moscow-RUS), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas-TUR), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria-ITA), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool-ING), Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Josip Pivaric of Kiev-UCR), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen-ALE), and Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg-AUT);
Real Madrid-ESP), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina-ITA), Marcelo Brozovic (Internazionale-ITA) and Filip Bradaric (Rijeka-CRO), Luka Modric (Real Madrid-ESP), Ivan Rakitic );
Attackers: Mario Mandzukic (ITA), Ivan Perisic (ITA), Nikola Kalinic (Milan-ITA), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim-ALE), Marko Pjaca (Schalke 04-ALE) and Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt-ALE ).
The series of undefeated Danes is a little longer than the Croatian. The team has not been beaten for seven games. However, if you gain in quantity, you lose in quality. It was four draws and three losses.
In the first round of the Russian World Cup, the team made the minimum necessary to get their place in the round of 16. It defeated the Peruvian selection, by 1 to 0, in the debut, and later accumulated equalities before Australia (1 to 1) and France (0 to 0).
Denmark’s squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia:
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester-ING), Frederik Ronnow (Brondby-DIN) and Jonas Lössl (Huddersfield-ING);
Defenders: Simon Kjaer (Sevilla-ESP), Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield-ING), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea-ING), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford-ING), Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese-ITA), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Mönchengladbach-ALE ) and Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town-ING);
Socks: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham-ING), Thomas Delaney (Werder Bremen-ALE), William Kvist (Copenhagen-DIN), Lasse Schöne (Ajax-HOL), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux-FRA) and Michael Krohn-Dehli -ESP);
Attackers: Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord-HOL), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig-ALE), Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta-ITA), Pione Sisto (Celta- ESP), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux- FRA), Viktor Fischer and Kasper Dolberg (Ajax-HOL).
The two selections present a similar tactical scheme. They like to populate the midfield and wait for the right moment to attack avoiding to the maximum that the defense is exposed.
Prediction Today: Croatia wins
Odds: 1.85
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