Mental math is what
Croatia
had to do
during a good part of their duel against the
Czech Republic
, even if it was the second season of the championship. The world runner-up napped during the first half and in the second, after equalizing the score, she temporized. A defeat meant packing their bags back home, but one point allowed them one last bullet: to beat
Scotland
and trust
England to
defeat the Czechs. The milkmaid accounts to which Dalic's men are obliged for not measuring up.
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He did not push himself hard for victory at Hampden Park and hardly disturbed an opponent who was very comfortable in command, confident that
Schick would
hook a ball to work magic and continue to be the revelation of a tournament without too many surprises. Croatia was missing
Modric
and
Kovacic
, on the field but far from being the compass that the team needed, unable to string together play. The best chances were a bad clearance by Vaclik that hit
Rebic
and spit out spans of the goal and a center from the captain that
Perisic
could not hook
.
After half an hour, the road got steep for them.
Del Cerro Grande saw
blood on Schick's face
after a jump with Lovren, went to VAR and whistled a penalty.
Dripping blood, the scorer of this European Championship did not fail.
He has set himself to unseat
Milan Baros
as the top scorer in a European Championship and gets to two goals.
The Croats reacted after the break.
It was either that or set foot on the plane ladder heading for vacation.
Dalic moved the bench, but the tie was born from Kramaric's mischief when taking a free-kick and
Perisic's unchecking
, which culminated with a crossed right hand to beat Vaclik.
At that time, tacticism appeared.
The two teams were holding on to the point doing the math
.
The Czech Republic was stretched, but their attempts ended in distant shots like Soucek's or interned like Janko's, which forced goalkeeper Livakovic to get a saving foot.
Croatia responded again with the danger that Perisic generated, this time well assisted by Kovacic and Modric, who were ordered to break the Czech lines.
But there was too much to keep.
Undoing equality was a matter of a flash of talent, one or the other.
Petkovic
had it
and missed the shot.
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