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Sweden – Croatia 2: 1
Goals: Kuluszewski 36, Danielson 45 + 2 – Danielson 81 (own goal)
Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelef, Danielsson, Bengtsson, S. Larsson, Ekdal, Berg, Kulushevsky (Classon 74), Forsberg, Olsson
Croatia: Livakovic, Chaleta-Tsar, Uremovic (Juranovic 41), Barisic, Pongracic (Melnjak 77), Kovacic (Rog 77), Brekalo (Petkovic 77), Perisic, Modric, Vlasic, Budimir (Pasalic 63)
Warnings: Ekdal 85 – Chaleta-Car 35, Brekalo 58
The League of Nations is not for Croatia. In their first draw, the world runners-up didn’t fly just because of a format change. Earlier this year we got four goals from Portugal and France, they beat the Swedes at home only at the end. And in general they get lost a lot. In the last friendly match against Turkey, three times, and head coach Zlatko Dalic even said: “As soon as they crossed the center line, they scored.” Today, without Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko and the last midfielder Brozovic, failures were also expected. Therefore, it was necessary to tune in to the attack. But that didn’t work either. Dalich said that his team will not play for a draw, otherwise they will lose. She really owned the ball more often. At the same time, the Swedes looked much smarter and more organized, allowing the opponent just two shots before the break. Olsen clearly dealt with Perisic’s insidious blow. But Livakovich had to fend off a powerful blow from Kulushevski and Forsberg’s attempt. And he takes the ball out of the net twice. Not the first interesting combination from the hosts ended with a Lustig cross to Kulushevski, the “Juventus” star undoing three and rolling into the corner. Danielson heads to a Larsson center from a corner. In the second half, the guests started a siege. True, quite stupid, with banal awnings. The hosts in a rare counterattack were much closer to the goal: Ekdal missed from ten meters. Halfway through the middle, they also temporarily took the initiative. In general I feel very comfortable. And justifying the words of Emil Forsberg that they always do their thing in critical parties. Dalich also helped replace striker Budimir with a midfielder. They did get some sleep though and a Croatian canopy worked. With a rebound from Danielson. And Livakovich drew his answer with his head from under the crossbar. It was the Scandinavians who seemed the saddest after the final whistle. I still would. They deserve to win this match by two goals. This failure left them in last place, the starting place of Division A. If only because of the goals scored. They will have to expect to lose less in France than the Croats at home to Portugal.
