The Croats use a 4-2-3-1 formation like the French
This was the lineup against Nigeria
Sllght tweak for the Argentina game. It's unusual to see defenders swap positions, none of the other teams tweaked their defense lineup for important games. Kramaric goes out. Modric goes up and Brozovic is brought in. Whatever they did they won 3 - 0 so its good
Croatia have already qualified so its team B with Iceland. Modric moves down and right. Kramaric returns. The rest are all different but they keep the same formation
For the Denmark game they were back to the same lineup they used against Argentina. Instead of a thumping win it ended up as a 1 -1 likely due to Schmeichel's excellent saves. The game went on to penalties and here its the Croat goalkeeper that kept three out which allowed Croatia to progress
Since the Denmark game didn't yield any fireworks, the Croat coach reverted back to the original formation he started with only the two defenders Vida & Lovren swapping positions
And what was the result ? another draw which went to penalties and again the Croat goalkeeper bailed them out. What stood out in the Russia game was how Modric didn't get the shooting chances he had like with Argentina.
It seems like Croatia is tapped out, they can't do better than get draws with Denmark & Russia. There was nothing to separate them after 120 minutes with Russia. Same with Denmark. I think England can win against Croatia. That is provided Croatia doesn't drag it to penalties and knowing their luck Croatia win a third shootout and set an all time record for penalties in the tournament
Semis:With England its back to the Argentina formation again. This is good. Minimal tweaking is best at this late stage
This was the lineup against Nigeria
Sllght tweak for the Argentina game. It's unusual to see defenders swap positions, none of the other teams tweaked their defense lineup for important games. Kramaric goes out. Modric goes up and Brozovic is brought in. Whatever they did they won 3 - 0 so its good
Croatia have already qualified so its team B with Iceland. Modric moves down and right. Kramaric returns. The rest are all different but they keep the same formation
For the Denmark game they were back to the same lineup they used against Argentina. Instead of a thumping win it ended up as a 1 -1 likely due to Schmeichel's excellent saves. The game went on to penalties and here its the Croat goalkeeper that kept three out which allowed Croatia to progress
Since the Denmark game didn't yield any fireworks, the Croat coach reverted back to the original formation he started with only the two defenders Vida & Lovren swapping positions
And what was the result ? another draw which went to penalties and again the Croat goalkeeper bailed them out. What stood out in the Russia game was how Modric didn't get the shooting chances he had like with Argentina.
It seems like Croatia is tapped out, they can't do better than get draws with Denmark & Russia. There was nothing to separate them after 120 minutes with Russia. Same with Denmark. I think England can win against Croatia. That is provided Croatia doesn't drag it to penalties and knowing their luck Croatia win a third shootout and set an all time record for penalties in the tournament
Semis:With England its back to the Argentina formation again. This is good. Minimal tweaking is best at this late stage
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