Interesting Croatian footballers' conversation about penalty shooting

Interesting Croatian footballers' conversation about penalty shooting

One of the most deserving footballers that Croatia qualified in the semifinals of the World Cup is Besiktasis' defender, Domagj Vida. Last night, he had the 63rd performance with the Croatian national, but no doubt the best so far. He played very well over 120 minutes, scored in the 101st minute for the 2:1st advantage. [...]

Last night, he had the 63rd performance with the Croatian national, but no doubt the best so far. He played very well over 120 minutes, scored in the 101st minute for the 2nd degree and eventually scored in the penal series.

“Is the game of life? I'm waiting for him”, said Vida laughing and then added: “It's good to win. Well done, the team, we fought a lot of 120 minutes, didn't even stop after my goal”, while next to it, Corluka, telling “You scored!”

“does not matter who scored, or whether Suba (subassisc porter) defended it or not. The only thing that will be written is that we're in the semifinals. Let the whole of Croatia celebrate, while we will immediately return to work for the match with England”, Vida has expressed himself.

It's interesting that Vida wasn't on the Dalic selection list for the penalty shot. However, he won this opportunity by offering himself, as Josip Pivaric did not feel ready.

Pivaric vs Denmark failed to penalise and it was natural to feel bad. In the match with Denmark, Dalic was in the same situation, having assigned four footballers to hunt, but he had trouble with the fifth.

It turned out as it did in the last fight. I assigned football players to hunt, but I had trouble appointing the fifth. Pivaric did not feel ready, but Vida was notified. Shef, I'm going to shoot, he told me while I was thinking, "x1," Dalic cleared up about that difficult moment, but he was finally successful.

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