The Croats celebrated after winning a penalty shootout against Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar, whether inside or outside the stadium, but it was strange that one of the German football legends participated in their celebration, expressing his happiness at their victory over Samba.
Croatia beat Brazil 4-2 on penalties after the end of the regular and extra time, with a 1-1 draw, in a sad exit for the Brazilian Samba.
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I was a witness to the participation of German football legend Lothar Matthews, in the celebrations of the members of the Croatian Football Association, who gathered in the VIP hall minutes after the end of the penalty shoot-out and started singing and dancing, and Matthews joined them in a warm welcome and cheers for him.
And Matthews (61 years) is the former captain of the German national team, who is considered the most participant with the Manchafts in the World Cup, by appearing in 5 consecutive versions of the World Cup, from 1982 to 1998, during which he participated in 25 matches in the World Cup, and led his country to win its third title in the 1990 Italy version.
I took a picture with the former German captain and asked him about his opinion on Croatia's victory over Brazil, but he refused to comment, contenting himself with a smile that reflects his happiness with the surprising result, since Brazil is the first candidate to win the title, according to most experts in the game.
Cafu, the historic leader who crowned the World Cup with Brazil in the 1994 editions in America and 2002 in South Korea and Japan, also appeared in the hall, but he passed quickly without speaking to anyone towards the elevator, apparently to join his former colleague Ronaldo Nazario, who is on the top floor, and great sadness was visible on his face.
On the other hand, Fran Gurvić, agent of Ivan Perisic, the star of the Croatian national team and the English team Tottenham, told Al Jazeera Net that he was very happy with his country's victory and progress in the second consecutive edition of the World Cup (Croatia, the runner-up of the 2018 World Cup in Russia), because this will reflect positively on the market value of the players. , as he is the agent of three of them, most notably striker Perisic.
Gurvić, Perisic's agent, celebrates Croatia's victory over Brazil (Al Jazeera)
When I asked him about the possibility of better offers for his clients, he said that the Moroccan players are the ones who benefit most from the World Cup in terms of the expected increase in their market value, referring to their young age compared to his client Perisic, who is 33 years old, expressing his amazement at the performance of Moroccan players in the World Cup so far.