After the first show between France and Belgium that we watched last night, tonight follows the second dish with the duel between Croatia and England in Luznicki, where we will learn what the second team will be ... accompany France to the big an appointment of the coming Sunday.
As far as Croatia is concerned, the discussions and parallel comparisons with 1998's golden generation with Sucer, Bobaan, Prosenets and many others (mentioned in our initial tribute) had begun well before the start of this event and not unjustly since the today's "batch" is generally acknowledged as the best thing to show Croatia ever since. For some, the comparison was up to sacrilegious, however, Monrits, Rackic, Mantucki ... and the other children not only seemed worthy but equaled the best performance of the national team ever with their participation for the second time in semi-finals World Cup, first with 1998. The road was not easy, and it took two extensions and two snapshots to "16" and "8" to get here but tonight states this one and shows ready for one step above compared to the previous time found in position.
On the other side, even the most fanatical friends of England dared to talk about the final and possible conquest, with the group essentially in transition. And yet, the little club, a little favor then, where she avoided inter alia the meeting with Brazil at 8, opened her way wide, arriving tonight to claim for the third time in her history (as favorite) the second position in the grand final of Sunday. 1966 won the 2-1 in Portugal for the first time and then ... picked up and the second time (1990) was blocked in the penalty shoot-out of the then West Germany.
As far as some statistics are concerned, or other youngsters who want to report, it is worthwhile to note that Croatia has been defeated in only one of the six knockout matches at the World Cup, France from 1998 , with the defeat being the only one that has so far been a European team (five wins, two draws on the rest). On the other hand, England has been defeated in the last three semi-finals of a major event, and last time it managed to make two victories against European teams in the World Cup, it was the distant 1982 when it prevailed in Czechoslovakia and France. However, if there is anything that can be said against 22, it is 30 wins in the last XNUMX games, which has suffered just two defeats.
Closing the numbers, the two teams' prehistory is in favor of the English with four wins against two Croats in a total of seven races. This will not be the second time the two teams will meet in a top event, with the only previous one in the 2004 Euro when England was the 4-2 score for the group stage.
Moving to the purely playing field, Southwatch has virtually all of their players ready for battle, and Dalitic is forced into a forced change since the usual baseball player is out of combat due to injury. If there is a delight, it is that Schubasic will normally take his place under the beams. In general, however, no major surprises are expected from the two coaches.
Assessment: Terrible difficult to predict game, with both in our eyes having almost equal chances of winning / qualifying. Normally, we expect a tactical game with a lot of patience and probably some "wood" in the sense of many hard duels, especially in the center of the center. We also know that both enjoy a game of possession and movement of the ball, so it will be interesting here which of the two will take the reins. We, for our part, bearing in mind the above, and given the fact that none of the two are going to take any particular risk, we will risk choosing the Half Half / X Final, which in goalbet we find at 4,33. Especially Croatia has made it ... bread and cheese (we saw it with Denmark, we saw it again with Russia) while a similar fate befell, we remind, Colombia - England.
From then on, in a similar approach to yesterday where we were entitled to the selection of Kande's card at 4,50 and we "touched" twice the goal of the Felaini, today we will go with him Vida of Croatia as a possible ... perpetrator to accept a card at 3,25 of bet365. Apart from the fact that he is prone anyway, according to the reports today, he is expected to fill the gap of Vrsalikos on the right. If this happens, the chances of him accepting a card are considered to be increased.
Next thought of having an endeavor at home Dele Ali at 2,10 of bet365. In our humble opinion, this is a particularly remarkable performance if we consider Ali's frequent promotions, how many times he can find himself as a "hidden" hunter, how often he generally steps on the opponent's area and his ability in the air from set phases.
Our suggestions are:
Croatia - England Χ / Χ Η / Τ @ 4,33 (goalbet)
Accept a card in the match: Domagoi Vida @ 3,25 (bet365)
Del Ali over 0,5 home runs @ 2,10 (bet365)
