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March 21, National Training Center, Salegb, the capital of Croatia.

The Croatian national team is training in preparation for the game.

The scene was crowded with reporters from all over the world.

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

With these new generations of Croatian players active in the five major European leagues, the Croatian national team has also been given new vitality.

Since the retirement of Davor Suker and others, for a long time, the lame Eastern European Cavalry has almost become a second-rate team in Europe, and has even developed into a weak team.

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

Croatian journalists were also discussing the matter on the sidelines.

"It's so lively today!"

"It's definitely lively. Milan's leading shooter, Manchester United's midfield brain, Lyon's defensive backbone, Dortmund's battering ram, Inter Milan's main left back, etc. These guys have become the most powerful backbone in Europe. !”

When he said this, every Croatian reporter couldn't help but raise his chest, and everyone seemed proud.

Croatia is so poor that the only thing it can offer is football.

The appearance of Suker and others made Croatia fever spread throughout Europe.

Especially after Suker, Modric, Mandzukic, Vukojevic and others have established themselves in Europe and performed outstandingly.

Simic, Simunic and others have also received great attention and are moving towards wealthy teams.

After the end of this season, the players of Dinamo Zagreb 2.0 will soon land in the five major leagues.

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

It is said that the transfer for Rakitic has been finalized.

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

"Are you going to Schalke 04?"

Modric looked at Rakitic and smiled: "You and Mario are going to be rivals in the derby. Do you also want to watch the fireworks together?"

"Look at the fireworks. If they dare to watch them together, the fans will peel off their skins when the game is over!"

The Ruhr area derby between Schalke 04 and Dortmund was not as easy-going as the Milan derby. Conflicts broke out everywhere, and the atmosphere was more explosive.

"Actually, other teams have made offers to me, but I feel that Schalke 04 is the most suitable. They have promised me to start." After Rakitic finished speaking, he glanced at Mandzukic and continued. : "Also, I also think that the Bundesliga is the best for me, where I can get some exercise!"

Now Rakitic is no longer the little kid with his eyes above his head.

He knows his abilities very well and currently cannot match Suker and Modric.

Even if he is placed on the bench of a wealthy club, whether he can compete with those top players is a second question. Like Srna, he is likely to sit on the bench for a few years and then be sold.

But in this way, he wasted too much time.

Rakitic is anxious.

He wants to follow in the footsteps of top talents such as Suker and Modric. Although he also wants to join a wealthy club directly, he also knows that he must make steady progress step by step, and he cannot become fat by eating one bite.

"The Bundesliga is not bad, you two team up to defeat Bayern."

Srna said with a smile.

Suker complained; "Then he was spotted by Bayern and both poached him into the Allianz Arena?"

Bayern Munich can do this kind of thing, and they are very good at poaching players from other teams in the league.

Rakitic looked at Mandzukic again.

"I don't have this idea at the moment, I want to play every game well!"

"Then let me bless you first." Suk nodded and said casually.

Rakitic nodded and immediately looked at Mandzukic.

"Why the hell do you keep looking at me!"

Mandzukic couldn't bear it anymore.

Duimovich was holding back a laugh: "He wants to fuck you!"

puff!

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Mandzukic stared.

"Little brat, your leg was broken in the derby!"

Rakitic curled his lips, not timid at all.

“It’s not yet certain who will do who!”

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

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

Among them, the biggest change belongs to Duimovic.

During the training session, Duimovic shot a long shot through the goal guarded by Subasic.

"What the hell?"

Su Ke looked at this long shot from a distance of nearly 30 meters. This was definitely a world wave.

"Are you confused?" Mandzukic said sourly.

10 minutes later, Duimovich repeated this long shot again.

boom!

As if the ball was judged, it penetrated into the goal at a small angle. It was still a long shot of about 20 degrees. This time the ball did not touch the ground at all.

"Fuck!!"

Suk was a little shocked.

In such good condition?

Duimovic also looked proud, as if to say, the starting lineup is stable.

At the end of the training match, Duimovic made a stunning lob near the midfield and scored again, completing a hat trick.

"Fuck!!! Tommy! Awesome!!"

Suk couldn't help shouting.

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

Duimovic trained hard on long-range shooting, and finally saw the light through the clouds.

This guy slams a batch!

"get down!"

Duimovic was replaced by Van Steyak.

"Sit well and rest to ensure your condition."

Dujmovich's performance made Van Steyak elated.

In the next game, North Macedonia made it clear that they would set up a bus, and they were worried that they would not have the means to break out.

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

Duimovic could be a surprise player in the next game.

In conjunction with Suker's breakthrough and more set pieces and fouls, their probability of winning North Macedonia increased.

In the last few days of warm-up, the Croatian players went step by step.

Currently, their qualifying situation in the European Cup qualifiers is very good.

Of course, there are still challenges this year, but as long as there are no major injuries, this is not a problem.

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

On March 23, the day before the game, the national team coach Bilic conducted a TV interview.

In this interview, Bilic also expressed his attitude.

"Now, our qualifying situation is very good, but this is not a reason to be careless. We still need to play every game well, and then qualify for next year's European Cup at the end of this year!"

"Croatia has not achieved outstanding results in national competitions for a long time. This time, we are both trying and challenging!"

"As a head coach, I must have confidence, and of course this confidence also comes from the players on our team!"

Bilic's words made Croatian fans very happy.

Their performance in this European Cup qualifier is really outstanding.

The North Macedonia national team also arrived in Zagreb in advance for adaptive training.

The current morale in North Macedonia is high.

In the last three games, they have a record of 1-1-1.

They drew with England in the away game and defeated Andorra at home. Although they lost to Russia in the away game, they also caused a lot of trouble for Russia in that game.

If it weren't for Arshavin's lucky goal at the last moment, Russia might have fallen into the hands of North Macedonia.

So far in the competition, for North Macedonia, their performance has greatly exceeded expectations, and it is not certain that they may even qualify for the European Cup.

They just need to play this game well and they can shorten the points gap with Russia.

Of course, they have no desire to win, just a draw.

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

Although England is also in the same group, after so many rounds of games, Croatia has become the favorite to top the group.

Facing Croatia, North Macedonia will also use its iron barrel formation.

They will further shrink their defense and make it difficult for Croatia, while using their counterattack ability to try to score goals.

After several consecutive excellent games, North Macedonia's morale is extremely high.

Even if his opponents are Croatia's new generation of talents, he has the courage to fight and try to win.

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