Croatia - Turkey before Croatia-Germany!!!!

Friday, 20 June 08, 11:24 AM · Comments(1)

I love Croatia. I remember when Bilic was playing for the national team at the Euro 96, and also in the 98 WC. And now, he is trying to make it as a coach, and I think he is doing an amazing job.

First of all, Croatia has realized the perfect run so far: 3 games, 3 wins - specially the 2-1 win against the Mannschaft!!! And they are playing without Edouardo da Silva, their big star, who broke his leg 3 months ago! So maybe they don't score a lot of goals (1-0, 2-1 and 1-0), but the defense is really strong and compact.

On the other hand, Turkey came back twice in the group stage - against Switzerland and against Czech Republic (they were 2 goals down with only 15 minutes to play). Turkey's key player, Nihat, is amazing, but he will be alone today, on the pitch. Turkey has to deal with 2 suspended players and 4 injured. Rustu - the "new" Dino Zoff (only 'cause of his age....) is even coming back for the game. In spite of those problems, Terim is still confident and wants to "finish everything in 90 minutes or before that".

Both teams deserve to play the quarter-final, but Croatia has a big advantage - at least on paper! Again, it would be more interested to see a Croatia-Germany than a Turkey-Germany....

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