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kompletter artikel hier[h=1]Croatia 2-0 Serbia: brave decision to use Kovacic in midfield helps Croatia dominate the game[/h] March 24, 2013
The starting line-ups
Croatia’s two strikers – Ivica Olic and Mario Mandzukic – scored a goal apiece before half-time, to win an incredibly hotly-anticipated derby.
Igor Stimac’s major decision was the surprise selection of 18-year-old Mateo Kovacic for his international debut in the centre of midfield.
Sinisa Mihajlovic used Ivan Radovanovic as a holder, and Alen Stevanovic rather than Dusan Tadic on the left. Marko Scepovic played upfront, although he lasted less than ten minutes.
Why Croatia v Serbia? Well, for both political and football reasons, this was an absolutely huge fixture – especially the meeting between fierce rivals Stimac and Mihajlovic. For the incredible background to the story, read this excellent summary – with that in mind, the main feature of the match was its surprisingly sporting nature.
Croatia midfield dominance
On paper, it seemed Croatia might have encountered a problem in the centre of midfield – the typical 4-4-2 against 4-2-3-1 issue. Instead, they actually ended up dominating that zone. Croatia weren’t, of course, using a pure 4-4-2. This was partly the 4-1-3-2 they’d often used over the past half-decade, a formation particularly helpful to a side possessing multiple playmakers – with one solid holder, the other three have license to roam further forward.
But they didn’t attack in a chaotic way – both Niko Kranjcar and Ivan Rakitic moved inside to the centre of the pitch, helping Croatia to overload the two Serbian defensive midfielders. With Kovacic watching Filip Duricic, the other two Serbian midfielders weren’t entirely sure how to close down Luka Modric, Kranjcar and Rakiatic, which meant Croatia simply passed around them.
The downside of Croatia’s strategy was a lack of natural width, but they’ve become accustomed to taking advantage of Darijo Srna’s galloping runs down the right anyway. On the opposite side, Ivan Strinic was much more conservative – he was dispossessed by Zoran Tosic early on, and rarely ventured forward after that.
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scheiße gibts ned auf deutsdch ``? was steht da so über mittelfeld
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pa nije valjda da ne znas engleski hahahaha
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Doch aber gibt manche Wörter wo ich ned kenn .
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glaub keiner würde Kroatien spotten wenn die Unten wären