zlatko dalicCroatia coach, has just passed through the press room of the stadium of the feyenoord to analyze the final of the third edition of the Nations League, the one that faces his selection with Spain. The Croats are looking for the first title in their history.
team environment: “We have trained normally after a game as tough as the semifinal was. Everyone is fine. We must adapt some things. Will it be enough to win? We hope so. It will be a great final against a very difficult opponent”.
physical and mental situation: “We know the intensity that the game is going to demand of us, but we have shown many times that we are prepared for 90 or 120 minutes. Of seven overtimes we have won six, that shows the strength of this team. We are prepared for everything”.
The Nations: “It is a tournament that is growing and it is very valuable to be here. It is a great challenge and we give it that importance”.
The new Spain: “We have studied it in the three games it has played. Not much has changed. They handle the ball with speed, we know what we are up against. Spain is a great team with a great capacity for improvisation. Their individual quality is very high, but the ours too.”
Croatian invasion: “It is very valuable that 25,000 Croats are going to be in Rotterdam. That explains the team we are and what we have achieved.”
From Qatar to today: “We had a great World Cup, playing as a team. We have adjusted some things, of course we miss Gvardiol. He is one of our best players. I feel that we are a great power as a team and that our generation is growing”.
Favorites: “We are 50 to 50. This is another game different from the semifinal, bigger. We are not going to put the pressure on ourselves to be favourites”.
Modric: “He commits himself in each training session, as with the other veterans. He is exemplary in each session. They are the ones who carry this group forward. Winning would crown the successes of this generation. Luka is something extraordinary, fantastic.”
