Chapter Thirty-Eight: Mandzukic's Shocking Blow
My first task as a substitute for Croatia is to cheer for my teammates on the pitch. Pen ~ fun ~ Cabinet www.biquge.info coach Bilic is very popular, and the Croatian team is star-studded, but it is not like the Dutch or French teams, where there is often infighting. Croats know how to be grateful, because this country has always been full of disasters, and the war has divided the original multi-ethnic country, and no one knows when the powder keg of the Balkans will be ignited again. Since the independence of Croatia, all the Croats in this country have been very united, they have actively participated in economic construction, they have worked hard to live, and they have tried to build a good economic foundation and military defense force before the war comes again. For more than ten years, the Croats have done all this, and today Croatia is the richest and most developed region in the former Yugoslavia. All of this comes from unity......
That's right, under Bilic's leadership, our Croatian national team is also very united!
As a substitute, even if I am guarding the water cooler, I will dedicate the biggest shout to my teammates!
"Come on, Modric! Come on, Mandzukic! Captain Srna, come on, come on, come on! ”
Croatia's superstars are on the pitch!
Pleticosa! A famous goalkeeper who has been guarding the Croatian goal for many years! His save is a guarantee for the Rostov team to survive in the Russian Super League! In the past, he even made a high save against Tottenham Hotspur, a traditional powerhouse in the English Premier League, and established a supreme feat on the world-class stage of the Premier League!
Joel Luca! Great defender of the Croatian team! He can not only play as a central defender, but also as a winger, and he can also play as a midfielder! At 1.93 meters, he is the core of Tottenham Hotspur's defense and the defensive guarantee of the Croatian national team!
Lovren! A famous defender for Southampton in the Premier League! He is in the Southampton team, and he is a fixed sea god-like existence! For him, many fans changed their Twitter name to "Lovren", the strongest man! This is a formidable defender who gives Croatia hope!
And our captain, Srna! He has long had the ability to establish himself in any of the biggest clubs in Europe! However, it was only because he loved that he always stayed in Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian League! Because of him, Shakhtar are invincible in the Europa League! For several years in a row, they have faced off against another great Europa League team, Spain's Sevilla! That's a great series of showdowns! The architect of this great showdown is our captain, Srna!
Then, our number one star, the great midfielder, who is my roommate Modric in the national team! He wears the red and white grid number 10 of our national team! In Tottenham Hotspur, he is the absolute heart of the midfield! His combination with Wales superstar Gareth Bale is key to Tottenham's threat to the traditional semi-finals in the Premier League! In addition, we all know that after the European Championship, the world's number one team, Spain's Real Madrid, will bring Modric to the Bernabeu! It was another historic achievement for the Croatian players!
And Rakitic from Seville! As mentioned earlier, Sevilla FC and Shakhtar Donetsk have a great confrontation in the Europa League! One of the architects of that great confrontation was the great captain Srna, and the other was our striker Rakitic! I heard that Barcelona, another supergiant team in La Liga, is interested in him, so can Luka Modric and Rakitic, the Croatian twin stars, meet in the La Liga national derby - Star Wars between Real Madrid and Barcelona?
Finally, there's the striker, Mandzukic!
He is the main striker of Bayern Munich! A super striker who scored more than 20 goals in one season at Bayern, the great Croatian header king! He is the hope of the Croatian team, and he is also the object of my admiration and learning!
What's more, our coach Bilic just asked me to be his replacement......
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Our opponents are Ireland, a muscular team in green jerseys. They no longer have the strength of Keane and Keane, and now only Keane is left in the midfield, plus Chelsea winger Duff is attacking on the wing. Anything else, it's just a muscular man of a small team, Yu Yong Kejia.
We're going to win!
The race is on!
This is my first time experiencing a European Cup!
Although I didn't make it to the field, it was extremely rare to sit on the sidelines and watch these stars play! I have stars like Eduardo and Pranic cheering on the sidelines around me!
The Croatian team is advancing fast! With my good roommate Luka Modric in charge, our midfield control is really several notches higher than Ireland's! Of course, they have Keane in the midfield, but Keane is old, and his technical strength is not as good as Modric, he relies on the combination of skill and strength, especially his domineering to snatch control of the midfield! However, with the passage of time, he is in his thirties, and he is no longer what he used to be! Flying on the field at this moment are Modric, Rakitic and other young players!
The Croatian team's attacking posture from the beginning frightened the Irish! They barely managed to get Modric's shot out of bounds in a panic! Corner kick! Just one minute into the game, we got a corner!
Our captain Srna, although he is only a full-back, his footwork is top-notch! He almost always took our set-pieces! He has a high rate of free-kick goals and his corners are also very good! This time, though, the Irish disrupted our corner and the ball was kicked back to Srna's side.
As long as the ball is at our feet, we will never give up attacking!
Srna crosses again!
The ball made a beautiful arc and came to the goal!
Irish! If you have the ability, you will snatch our header! We are not afraid! We've got the Edge! His name is Mandzukic!
I cheered! Our number nine! Mandzukic, our number one striker, smashed the captain's pass viciously into the Irishman's net!
We got off to a perfect start to the European Championship!
I can't believe how excited our country is at this time, full of grief, and our great fans who are waiting for us to make history......
We brought them joy in the 157th second of the European Championship!