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You'd call this 'must get three points' because I doubt strongly that a draw would help either team qualify from third place.
Wow that is surprising. Would have expected them to cross paths at some point.Crazy but this is the first ever meeting between these two, one of the few if any left UEFA nations Croatia has never played before (looked it up: Albania, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Montenegro)
Didn't even age a minute.Albania look hungry. Lot's of energy, quick on the counter, pressing when they can.
10 minutes in and I'm doubtful they can keep this pace up.
Yeah this is pretty much it for them and their golden generation. Can’t see a way back now. They legitimately look like Argentina in 2018. Slow and lost.Croatia is so slow lol
I counted them out in 2022 so this I have them the benefit of the doubt and had them coming in second.... Looks like the spark is gone.Yeah this is pretty much it for them and their golden generation. Can’t see a way back now. They legitimately look like Argentina in 2018. Slow and lost.
At this rate I wouldn’t be shocked to see them last in the group.I counted them out in 2022 so this I have them the benefit of the doubt and had them coming in second.... Looks like the spark is gone.
Lots of game time left. Although they have showed us nothing inspiring.
Harsh on Portugal.Croatia reminds me of Portugal.
Slow build-up, lack of urgency, lack of intensity, lack of pace...
Harsh on Portugal.
The Czechs are a step up from Albania in my mind and Portugal did actually exert a fair amount of pressure on them throughout the match. I felt there was way more danger from their attackers - even Ronaldo - than I've seen so far at all from Croatia in this match.They got a bit lucky in their first fixture.
The main difference being Portugal has the personal to be a more upbeat, fast team. Plus they showed signs of that despite not looking great yesterday.Croatia reminds me of Portugal.
Slow build-up, lack of urgency, lack of intensity, lack of pace...