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Croatia started clearly better against Sweden at home at Zagreb’s Maksimir Stadium and deservedly took the lead through Nikola Vlasic. But in the second half, Sweden came out as a whole new team and dominated in a big way.
The chances of scoring approached and in the end it was released. Mikael Lustig found Emil Forsberg who in turn released Marcus Berg and the 1-1 was a done deal.
After the draw, Sweden had a bet on more, but were ultimately defeated after a late goal from Andrej Kramaric. Dejan Kulusevski believes the effort in the first half was weak but says the team didn’t deserve to lose after the effort in the second.
– We came out as a better team in the second half. We have to start like this from the beginning. We were very good in the second half. It was difficult to get hold of the Croats in the first half and they still have one of the best midfields in the world. It takes time to get them, it’s not as easy as you think, but it shouldn’t take 45 minutes. It’s too much, he says.
Before the game, C More expert and former national team player Kim Källström thought Janne Andersson was right to start with Kulusevski.
Dejan Kulusevski: “We were better”
At the same time, Källström believes that what comes into play is more than just sports.
“I don’t think he would be willing to wage the war he would have led if he hadn’t taken it out. For me, it is the correct choice from a sporting point of view and what to say, in the media a correct choice. If you ignore the media, I think you are doing the right thing. You want their sporting quality on the field. But there is a bit more depth to this topic, says Källström.
When asked how Kulusevski experiences all of Källström’s attention and statement, the Juventus midfielder responds as follows:
– Exaggeration and exaggeration. I don’t think there is exaggeration anywhere. Janne brings out the best team to win the game and you have to accept all the decisions. Sometimes you play, sometimes you don’t. What others are talking about doesn’t really matter to me.
Sweden have three consecutive defeats in the Nations League. Dejan Kulusevski believes the team deserves more.
– We have met France, Portugal and Croatia. It goes without saying that these are the top three national teams in the world. We do our best, if we don’t win, no problem, as long as we do our best. Sure we lose, but we don’t deserve to lose. I think we were better than Croatia throughout the second half, but we learned. But we are positive and we see what steps we are taking. Look at the football we play today.
