Croatia coach reveals his plan to stop Messi

The selection of Croatia prepares to confront to the combined of Argentina in the semifinals of the World-wide Glass of Qatar, The Balkan gave a 'hit' of authority in front of Brazil in the quarter-finals of the competition and 'colaron' between the best four teams of the for the second time consecutive world. In the previous of the duel in front of the 'albiceleste', Zlatko Dalic attended to the media and valued the crash that will face this Tuesday.

"We have arrived until here and it is necessary to highlight that be between the four better of the world is something incredible for a small country as it is Croatia, more twice consecutive. The pride that feel is incredible. Argentina is an equipazo, and has to Messi. They has more pressure. We have prepared the party and am optimistic, because these players have showed his quality and his potential", began saying the trainer of the Croatian square.

In this sense, the technician revealed which is his plan to detain to Lionel Messi. "We will devote him special attention to the question of how brake to Messi. The personal mark does not work, did not do it the last time and neither will do it now. We need to cover the passes to him and reduce him the spaces. He does not run a lot, neither runs backwards of the ball. Wait and receives with all the strength and energy. We need to be very attentive to this", confessed.

However, it took advantage of the opportunity to launch him 'flowers' to the rosarino. "Messi is the best player of the world of the last 10 years. It is a player with a quality tremenda. Have to prepare us very well to confront it. It does not be necessary to give him a lot of spaces because it is very motivated. This will be probably his last Glass of the World and maybe his last chance to win a World-wide with Argentina. Surely the last defeat in Russia also will have it motivated, by what expect to confront to a very good version of Argentina", manifested.

The controversy between Argentina and Low Countries

On the other hand, Dalic pronounced about the incidents that took place in the party between Argentina and Low Countries in the quarter-finals, where several footballers of both selections exchanged words, gestures and something more. "The emotions are on the surface and each one reacts of his way. The party of Argentina with Low Countries had behaviours that do not have at all that see with the sport, expect that it do not repeat . There are not grudges with the past", ensured.

Finally, it remembered the party that confronted to 'albicelestes' with Balkan in the World-wide of Russia in 2018, duel in which the Croats defeated to the sudamericanos by 0-3. "It is a very different party. That was of the phase of groups. We are a compact team, leathery and strong, and like this will be morning. But at all it has to see with the then. We do not go to escatimar effort, neither to especular", concluded.