Euro 2024, Croatia warns Spain: message from Zlatko Dalic

One of the most anticipated challenges of the kermis does not scare the ct.

Croatia is looking forward to Spain with confidence. This is clearly understood from the words of Zlatko Dalic, coach of the Slavic selection, who before his national team’s debut at Euro 2024 lingered with the press, emphasizing the difficulties of the round (which also includes Italy and Albania). But also the confidence the team has in its own possibilities, in view of the tour de force in the coming days.

"Our grouping è the most difficult one possible,” Dalic stressed, as gathered by 'AS' -This is precisely why I believe it is crucial to get off to a good start. Remember that at the last World Cup we started by drawing with Morocco, and now we would like at least not to lose to Spain. However, we will take the field with a different goal than just not losing".

"We respect all our opponents,” Dalic specified, in fact referring to Italy itself as well, “but we are not afraid of any of them. Doing well against everyone will be difficult, that è for sure. But I firmly believe in this Croatia. Spain, then, did better than us both at Euro 2021 and in the Nations League. We però played it on a level playing field, and now we aim to beat them. We are not looking for revenge, we simply want to win".

Last line about one of the opposing players, Dani Olmo. " I am really glad that he talked about us. The fact among other things that he played for five years in Croatia and now he is in Spain and not in our national team è a real shame", concluded Dalic.