The 20 18 World Cup surprised the teams all over the world and had obvious "big project sequelae". The retirement of many core players, as well as the physical and mental overdraft consumption, make them overwhelmed. In the qualifiers, the performance in Europe was sluggish, and the poor performance in the first two games of this cup has already explained their problems.
Under extremely unfavorable circumstances, this Croatian one last dance, which is completing its golden generation, is not gorgeous, but it is also gratifying enough.
We all use the "golden generation" to describe Croatian players such as modric, Manjukic and Srna, because their football IQ and comprehensive ability are so excellent. Because of the historical background of the country, the growth environment of these players is particularly difficult.
Looking at the results on the field, in the 2006 World Cup, Croatia was tied by Australia in the last battle, and the group was third out; In the 2008 European Cup, Turkey scored a goal in the first round of the knockout round 1 19 minutes, even though it beat Germany first, and lost the crucial penalty shootout. 10 World Cup in South Africa, the final did not touch the turf; Then, they lost in the European Cup 12 and the World Cup 14 group matches.
Like Croatia's golden generation, it is always disappointed and its talents are always not brought into play. It has always been the label of the "wronged" contest.
Fortunately, at the World Cup in Russia, they finished their blooming-
Coach Daliqi abandoned the gorgeous kicking method in the past and began to seek the tactical system of defensive counterattack to the extreme. Manjukic's fulcrum function, Pericic's critical point impact, modric's holding organization and Rakitic's large-scale running output all make them more practical and aggressive.
More importantly, they showed their determination to fight to the end. The knockout matches against Denmark, Russia and England all ran more than 130 km (all 120 minutes)! Especially in the case of absolute physical disadvantage, they eliminated England in overtime by running 143 km.
Croatia, which broke out with indulgence, touched the whole world. These players, who have won too many things by war and carried the hope of the country, have left a deep impression on world football and Croatian football history even though they lost in the final against France.
After the summer of 18, this Croatia is inevitably in turmoil.
Manjukic, Rakitic and other key players withdrew from the national team, which made them show obvious decline. Compared with the decline in strength, the greater impact is the "sequela of big projects"-
The second UEFA Group A match was devastated, and they only won two of the 10 matches. Six of the goals were humiliating losses to Spain and 1-2 to Tunisia. Even "scoring boys" like Azerbaijan and Armenia can get points from them.
In this European Cup, many people still have hope for this Croatia, but the reality is extremely cruel.
Daliqi, who has never found the existing method of pinching residue, can't make Croatia form an effective attack system at all. Today, with the prevalence of team restrictions, all national teams have reached a high level in confrontation and spiritual output. Croatia, which is extremely exhausted physically and mentally, has found it difficult to break through the shackles of its opponents as before.
Moreover, the tone of excessive exhalation can no longer be mentioned.
What we saw in the game was the old state of Croatia in the "bad tactics" confrontation with England, and the rapid impact that they could not form after completing their own steals in the restricted area against the Czech Republic.
Seven people watched modric catch the ball, and that's their status quo.
Like Scotland, Croatia needs three points to advance to the knockout stage.
Before the game, enough people were full of doubts about Croatia's future. Not only because of their sluggish performance, but also because their four-year level in the national team is an "irreversible" decline cycle.
France, 1998 World Cup champion, won the Korea-Japan group match in 2002. In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil, whose lineup is still luxurious, played in a gloomy mood and finally lost to Henry's wonderful blow. 10 World Cup in South Africa, defending champion Italy was dismally out of the group stage; 14 of Brazil, Spain lost the possibility of promotion in the first two games; /kloc-Russia in 0/8 years? We also saw the shame of the German team.
Compared with the 18 World Cup, although this Croatia has not reached the "threshold" of four years, they are weaker than the previous "model of giants".
In the first two games of the group stage, the confrontation data was 76-9 1 behind; In the explosion point assault, they made 24 attempts and only 10 succeeded; In terms of foul comparison, they are also inferior to their opponents with 16-23; Even if the attack is not smooth, they can only make monotonous crosses, but only 8 of their 32 crosses found teammates in the restricted area, with a success rate of 25%, which is the lowest among all teams.
Croatia, which needs redemption, completed a dance in the early hours of this morning.
In the face of Scotland, which is superior in confrontation, physique and height, they have gained an advantage (465, 438+0-36 lead in successful confrontation). In the high-altitude ball battle, they guaranteed the lower limit of attack and defense in the upper three ways with 18- 12. More importantly, they hit people 16 times and succeeded 1 1 time.
With the output of these basic confrontations, veterans such as modric and Pericic finally gave a decent explanation to the fans who supported them. The 35-year-old Magic Flute threw herself into her teammates' arms and cried.
But at the same time, what we should see more is the shortage of Croatian successors worth 376 million euros.
In the previous six games, at least 14 people in Croatia's squad came from the top five European leagues. What about this tournament? Only 10 people. And hejduk, Osijek and other international teams account for 8 people. For example, Fusarico (Atletico Madrid), Brdaric (Lille) and Boudimir (Osasuna) from five major leagues failed to get 20 starting opportunities in about 38 rounds.
The turmoil of the Croatian war has made a group of people, such as modric, get the opportunity to "grow in the cracks" in the more advanced youth training system abroad while being displaced. However, due to the destruction caused by the war and the recovery after the war, the next generation of players in Croatia did not get much training and resource inclination.
The shortage of talents has become a desperate problem facing Croatia.
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