(sabasports report) In the European qualifier, Croatia lost 1-0 at home to Turkey, finishing second in the group with one game in hand. Luka Modric, who started the match, said after the game that he was a little surprised by the defeat.
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Modric: “We didn’t expect to lose and it definitely shocked us a little bit. Turkey deserved to win, they played better and we haven’t played such a bad game for a long time, especially in the first half. But we are still in control and we have to pick ourselves up, recover and play the next game.”
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“We know that Turkey are a very high level team, we can feel that in their first game at home, we didn’t show our true self today, that’s the main reason. In the second half we cleaned ourselves up, played better, created some chances, but everything was not organised, it was chaotic, but there is no need to dramatise it. We lost, we should accept that they were better than us and we need to get a positive result against Wales next time to try to win.”