The coach removes semi-final pressure from Croatians: We'll have fun with England.

This is Zlatko Dalic, 51, who in 2008 led Dinamo's team in Albania.

When Croatian Federation President Davor Suker called him to replace the Kacic coach on the eve of a very important match against Ukraine, it seemed as if the choice would be temporary, as Dalic was viewed as an emergency solution.

But then the victories began to come, and Dalic led the entire team of players to top the star Luka Modric, making the possibility of choosing a new coach completely disfellowshipped.

At the “World Cup, Russsi-1818x1>, the Croatian coach has also shown a strong character by sending Milan's attacker Kalinic home.

Dalic can already make the transition from a stranger to a finalist coach to the most important world football event.

On the eve of the semifinal challenge against England, Dalic appears strongly convinced in his team's forces and puts it this way: “we have players playing in Europe's best teams, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona or Juventus. For years we've received smaller results in relation to our options. This generation of football players has been underestimated for a long time and are now demonstrating their quality”.

Dalic then speaks with the superlateva for team star Luka Modric, which follows to say: “When he sees a player like Modric making a long welcome to recover the ball, it is a miracle. The soul sacrifice this champion has is equal to the technical quality that we all know. This could be the final World Cup for him and demonstrate his best football.

We should not suffer the pressure to participate in the four best teams, but rather we should enjoy this moment and have fun”, Dalic says.