Interviewed by today’s edition of The 19th Centurythe former Torino coach Ivan Juric he spoke about Croatia, Italy’s opponent tomorrow: “I would tell him that in Croatia we have the talent gene. We are less than four million, we are always the best, or almost…If put at a crossroads, we are unlikely to fail. And, for we, in a few hours it’s a new crossroads: we just have to win.
Modric? Luka is our point of reference, if he struggles, the whole team struggles as happened in the first two matches of the European Championship. But now he’s getting serious. Do people love it? Yes. He loves Him and it couldn’t be otherwise: if you know him you take away the memory of a normal, humble boy, capable of communicating with everyone. His attitude wins you over: I was lucky enough to play with him once, if I’m not mistaken against Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier. The coach at the time Bilic spoke to me before the match. ‘Take the ball and give it to him’, that was enough for him to say to me.
The match against Italy? I didn’t expect Italy to be so unaggressive against Spain – concluded Juric -. I didn’t expect it because there were no signs in this sense: against Albania you did well.”
