The defender of the Czech Republic Ondrej Celustka recalled the potential of the Croatian national team, with which they will face on Friday in Glasgow, and enhanced the figure of Luka Modric whom he described as the brain of the Balkan team.
“Modric is the brain of Croatia, the engine. He will receive a lot of balls and will try to disconnect from our players. But Croatia also have other offensive players. Everyone is at a great level and we will have to control everyone, make the field as small as possible and defend concentrated and orderly. If we take advantage of the dynamics against Scotland we will have a chance to beat Croatia“evaluated the Sparta Prague defender.
The Czech defender ventures a high-tempo match from the beginning due to the needs of Croatia, which lost the first match against England.
“Croatia will want to speed up the pace of the match from the start. Even more so after having lost the first one. We have to assume that and face it, “Celustka said.
The Czech Republic already has three points thanks to the victory over Scotland. “Against Croatia it will be different. They are bigger players with a more technical base. That is the difference with Scotland. I don't think they play as many long balls and they will play their game more from behind. We have to take that into account, “said the defender.
The Czech team has in its hand the classification for the round of 16 after counting already with three points. “We are satisfied with the game we played against Scotland especially defensively. That is always important for the whole team. It is a recognition of the work of everyone, including Tomas Vaclik who did everything well and I think we will continue to do so. “
“Against Scotland we improved compared to previous matches. We gain in confidence too. We have to stick with what we did well against the Scots and improve some things to qualify, “added the Sparta Prague player.