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Chapter 79 Chapter [039] Croatian National Youth
2007年10月13日，意大利U21国家队将和克罗地亚U21国家队进行一场2009瑞典U21欧洲国家杯预选赛，这场比赛将在意大利罗马的奥林匹克体育场进行。虽然这是以场青年队的比赛，但是到场的球迷也不少，也有1万多人。

Everyone is familiar with the Croatian national team, because they often appear on the stage of the World Cup and are well known.

The Croatian team is an important force in the football of the former Yugoslavia. They have created a miracle in the history of football by relying on their unique talent and diligence.After its independence, the country's football team has achieved remarkable results in the World Cup and European Championships. When Croatia played in the European Cup in 1996, it had already shown certain strength. Suker scored two wonderful goals in the qualifier against Italy, helping the team beat Italy and enter the final stage.After qualifying in the group stage, Croatia lost 2-1 to Germany in the quarter-finals and was eliminated, but they had already shocked the world at that time. The victory over Germany in the 2 World Cup can be regarded as revenge for that year. In 98, the Croatian team won the third place in the World Cup for the first time, and Suk also became the top scorer.

Most of the Croatian national team players come from foreign leagues, including Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and other traditional European giants.There have been superstars such as Boban and Su Ke.And in the past 2006 World Cup, the Croatian team led by Bilic also performed very well. They are a force that cannot be ignored in Europe today.

In recent years, many young talents have emerged in Croatian football, such as Olić who is currently playing for the Bundesliga powerhouse Hamburg, Modric who is playing for the local giants, Krasmic who is playing for the Bundesliga giants Werder Bremen, Joel Luka who is currently playing for Manchester City in the Premier League, and Ivan Rakitic who is playing for Schalke 04.

Among these people, Modric, Joel Luka and Ivan Rakitic are the most.And besides Modric, both of them are players of the right age for the 2009 Swedish European Youth Championship.They are also the leaders of this Croatian U21 national team. These two have been selected for the national team long ago and participated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The 193-foot-tall Joel Luka was well known in the World Cup.

Compared with the Croatian national team, the Croatian U21 national team is much more mysterious, because not many people know about him.However, the joining of Joel Luka and Rakitic has brought more attention to this Croatian youth team, and the world is also very optimistic about the performance of this Croatian youth team in this European Youth Championship.

早在2007年10月10号的时候，德拉赞·拉迪奇就率队来到了意大利罗马，并在10月12日进行了场地适应性训练。

At 7 o'clock this evening, the match between the Italian U21 national team and the Croatian U21 national team will officially begin.

Today Italy's U21 national coach Casiraghi arranged a 4-4-2 formation, the goalkeeper is Fiorillo, and the back four are Criscito, Ranocchia, Andreoli and Thornton.The two defensive midfielders are Marchisio and Candreva, the right midfielder Xu Zhou, and the left midfielder Giovinco.The double forwards are Balotelli and Roberto Acquafresca.

The head coach of the Croatian U21 national team, Drazen Radić, also formed a 4-4-2 formation, with Milo Valvodic as the goalkeeper, Joel Luka, Dejan Tovren, and Ursarik among the defenders. The famous midfielders are Ivan Rakitic and Mato Yayalo, and the famous forward is Nikola Kalinic!

In terms of personnel, this Croatian U21 national team must not be underestimated.Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Italy put on their traditional defensive counterattack.The Crotia U21 national team put on an attacking posture as soon as they came up. It seems that they don't want to lose in the away game, they want to go home with three points.

Not long after the game started, the Croatian U21 national team created a very good opportunity.Ivan Rakitic in the middle received a pass from the defense Joel Luka and flicked past Italian midfielder Candreva.Then there was a very penetrating direct pass, and the ball went directly through the entire Italian defense.

Croatia U21 national team striker Nikola Kalinic went forward the moment Ivan Rakitic passed the ball, crossed the Italian defense line which was not very concentrated, chased the ball, single-handedly! !
It has to be said that the defense line of the Italian U21 national team has a big problem when defending through balls. During the team training game, their problem was exposed.However, so many days have passed, and the main defense line has also changed many combinations. This shortcoming still seems to have not been alleviated.

Seeing the striker of the Croatian U21 national team Nikolai Kalinic go forward, the Italy U21 national team defenders, who are crazy about chasing, raised their hands collectively, indicating that the referee Nikolai Kalinic was offside.However, neither the linesman nor the referee said anything.

The Italian fans at the scene were all dumbfounded, the game had just begun.And there are still quite a few fans who have just entered the stadium and have not found a position before they find that the striker of the Croatian U21 country is single-handed.

This made the fans on the sidelines panic, and everyone didn't know what to do.Questions even appeared in their minds: Is this our national youth team?This team seems to be unable to defend, will it be our national team?
After crossing the entire defense line of the Italian U21 national team, Nikola Kalinic looked back at the positions of the Italian national youth team defenders behind him.He slowed down and pressed his pace. He had already noticed that Fiorillo, the goalkeeper of the Italian U21 national team, had already attacked quickly.

Fiorillo didn't expect that his defense line would be pierced so easily by the opponent for a long time. Fiorillo didn't even have time to complain at this time, and he only had Nikola Kalinic who came quickly in his eyes.

Seeing the opponent's goalkeeper attack, the goal was vacated.Nikola Kalinic, who was plugging in at high speed, swung his legs violently, and picked up the ball with a light tap of his toes.

The ball flew up quickly, and Fiorillo, who had fallen to the ground, waved his hands with his teeth and claws, as if he wanted to win the ball.However, this ball Nikola Kalinic played too unexpectedly.The ball flew quickly over Fiorillo's head and towards the goal behind him.

Nikola Kalinic, who shot the goal, saw the ball fly past the goalkeeper of the Italian U21 national team and flew towards the goal. He quickly opened his hands and ran to the corner flag area, turning his head while running, looking at the ball flying towards the goal.

"Clang!" The rapidly falling ball hit the crossbar hard, and then quickly bounced off the baseline!

Nun Lai Kalinich stopped in amazement and stood there, unable to believe it was true!

(End of this chapter)