March 21, National Training Center, Salgeb, Croatia.

The Croatian national team is training for the pre-match preparation.

The scene was filled with journalists from all over the world.

Not only local Croatian journalists, but also many well-known sports media from the UK, Italy, Germany and other places.

With these new generations of Croatian players active in Europe's top five leagues, the Croatian national team has also been given a new vitality.

Since Davao. After Su Ke and others retired, for a long time, the lame Eastern European Iron Cavalry almost became a second-rate team in Europe, and even developed towards fish belly.

If it weren't for the strong rise of Suker, Modric and others, Croatia might have really sunk.

Croatian journalists were also buzzing on the sidelines.

"It's a lively day!"

"It's definitely lively, Milan's leading goalscorer, Manchester United's midfield brain, Lyon's defensive guard, Borussia Dortmund's ramming, Inter Milan's left-back mainstay and so on. These guys have become the strongest stalwarts in Europe! ”

When he said this, one by one Croatian reporters couldn't help but raise their chests, and this person looked proud.

Croatia is poor and white, and the only thing they can do is football.

And the appearance of Suker and others made Croatian fever begin to prevail throughout Europe.

Especially with Suker, Modric, Mandzukic, Vukojevic and others after establishing themselves in Europe and performing outstandingly.

Even with Simic, Simunic and others have received great attention and transferred to the giants.

At the end of the season, Dinamo Zagreb 2.0 players will also be on the road to the top five leagues.

These young players, led by Rakitic, will also rush to a new arena.

I heard that the transfer for Rakitic has been finalized.

At the end of the season, Rakitic will join German powerhouse Schalke 04.

"You're going to Schalke 04?"

Modric looked at Rakitic and smiled; "You're going to be derby rivals with Mario, are you going to watch the fireworks together?"

"Watching fart fireworks, they dare to watch them together, the game is over, and the fans have peeled off their skin!"

Schalke 04's Ruhr derby with Borussia Dortmund was not as easy-going as the Milan derby, with clashes breaking out everywhere and a bit more gunpowder.

'Actually, there are other teams who have offered me this one, but I feel Schalke 04 is the best fit and they made a starting commitment to me. After Rakitic finished speaking, he looked at Mandzukic and continued: "Moreover, I also think that the Bundesliga is the best for me, and there, I can get exercise!" ”

Rakitic is no longer the little kid he once had with his eyes above the top.

He is well aware of his abilities and is currently unable to match Suker and Modric.

Even if he is placed on the bench of the giants, whether he can compete with those top players is a second word, and it is likely to sit on the cold bench for a few years like Srner, and then be sold.

But in this way, he wasted too much time.

Rakitic was in a hurry.

He wants to follow in the footsteps of top talents such as Suker and Modric, although he also wants to join the giants directly, but he also knows that he must make steady progress step by step, and he will not become a fat man in one bite.

"The Bundesliga is not bad, the two of you join forces to do Bayern."

Srna said with a smile.

Suke complained; "And then they were favored by Bayern and poached into the Allianz Arena?"

Bayern Munich can do that, and they're very good at poaching players from other teams in the league.

Rakitic looked at Mandzukic again.

"I don't have that idea at the moment, I'm going to play every game!"

"Then bless you first." Suke nodded and said casually.

Rakitic nodded, then looked at Mandzukic again.

"What the are you looking at me!"

Mandzukic couldn't help himself.

Duimovich on the side held back a smile: "He wants to you!" ”

Burst!

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Mandzukic glared.

"Kid, derby, your leg is broken!"

Rakitic pouted, not at all cowardly.

"It's not certain who does it!"

Rakitic is still the same Rakitic, a bit tsundere, but also confident.

In the past half season, this group of Croatian players has also changed a lot.

The biggest change is Duimovich.

In a training match, Dujmovic fired a long-range shot past the goal of the Sumic goal.

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Suker looked at this long-range shot from a distance of almost 30 meters, it was definitely a world wave.

"Meng, huh?" Mandzukic said sourly.

Ten minutes later, Dujmovic repeated the long-range shot.

Bang!

The ball was like a judgment, and it drilled into the goal at a small angle, and it was still a long-range shot of about 20, and this time the ball did not touch the ground at all.

"it!!"

Suke was a little startled.

Is it in such good condition?

Dujmovic also looked angry, as if to say that the starting line was stable.

At the end of the training match, Dujmovic scored a hat-trick with a stunning lob near the midfield and scored again.

"Damn!!! Tommy! Awesome!! ”

Suke couldn't help but scream.

Once it was good luck, twice it was an accident, and three times it can't be explained in this way.

Dujmovic worked hard to shoot from distance and finally cleared the clouds.

This guy jerks a batch!

"You come down!"

Vansteak replaces Dujmovic.

"Sit and rest and stay in shape."

Dujmovic's performance made Vansteyak's heart flutter.

In the next game, North Macedonia made it clear that it was going to put the bus, and he was worried that there was no means to break through.

No, as soon as I took a nap, someone gave me a pillow.

Dujmovic could be a surprise player in the next game.

With Suker's breakthrough, more set-pieces and fouls, the probability of them winning North Macedonia has increased.

In the last few days of warm-ups, the Croatian players went on as planned.

At the moment, they are in good shape to qualify for the European Championships.

Of course, there will be challenges this year, but as long as there are no major injury issues, it is not a problem.

Moreover, the players of the Croatian national team are getting better and better.

On March 23, the day before the match, the head coach of the national team, Bilic, conducted a television interview.

In this interview, Bilic also made his attitude clear.

'At the moment, we are in a good position to qualify, but that's not a reason to be careless, we still need to play every game well and then qualify for next year's European Championship at the end of this year!'

"It's been a long time since Croatia had a great result in a national competition, and this time, we are both trying and challenging!"

'As a manager, I have to have some confidence and of course that confidence comes from the players in our team!'

Bilic's words were echoed by Croatian fans.

Their performance in this European Championship qualifier was really good.

The North Macedonian national team also arrived in Zagreb ahead of schedule for acclimatization training.

The current morale in North Macedonia is strong.

In their last three matches, they have won 1-1-1.

They drew with England away and won at home to Andorra, and although they lost away to Russia, they also caused a lot of problems for Russia in that game.

If it weren't for Arshavin's last-minute goal, which was mixed with luck, Russia might have had to be planted in the hands of North Macedonia.

So far in the game, for North Macedonia, their performance has exceeded expectations and it is not even possible to qualify for the European Championship.

They just need to play this game well and they will be able to shorten the points against Russia.

Of course, they didn't aspire to win either, just a draw.

After all, the current Croatian team in Group E of the European Championship qualifiers is definitely the most difficult team to play.

Although England are also in the same group, Croatia have become the biggest favorites to top the group through these rounds of matches.

Against Croatia, North Macedonia will also play their own bucket formation.

They will further shrink their defence and make it uncomfortable for Croatia to play, while using their counter-attacking ability to try and score goals.

After a few excellent matches, North Macedonia's morale is extremely high.

Even against the talents of Croatia's new generation, he fought and tried to win.

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