Always steel-to-steel match against Croatia: Iceland coach
Saturday - June 23, 2018 11:26 am ,
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Always steel-to-steel match against Croatia: Iceland coach
Kaliningrad (Russia) June 23 (IANS) Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said his team will give all out to beat Croatia and expects a tough match against their old foes in the last round of the World Cup Group D actions.
On Friday Iceland lost 0-2 to Nigeria while Croatia defeated Argentina in the second round of the group phase reports Xinhua news agency.
The last round will see Iceland versus Croatia and Nigeria against Argentina.
"We know the scenario when we play Croatia. I know the match will be very hard and normally it is steel to steel not a lot of chances but a lot of yellow cards and in three games out of four we have had a red card " Hallgrimsson said of their previous encounters.
Iceland finished above Croatia in their World Cup qualifying tournament and the two sides have met four times in the last four years.
"We are like a married couple that want a divorce but we always meet again " Hallgrimsson said with a smile.
"We know what kind of game it is going to be. Croatia have shown what they can beat strong teams.A They have had two really good performances. Their 3-0 victory against Argentina was a good example of how good Croatia is. However we also have confidence because we finished ahead of them in the qualifying tournament and we beat them once " the coach added.
Croatia now leads the group with six points and Nigeria is second with 3 points. Both Iceland and Argentina collected one point piece.
--IANS gau/ksk
On Friday Iceland lost 0-2 to Nigeria while Croatia defeated Argentina in the second round of the group phase reports Xinhua news agency.
The last round will see Iceland versus Croatia and Nigeria against Argentina.
"We know the scenario when we play Croatia. I know the match will be very hard and normally it is steel to steel not a lot of chances but a lot of yellow cards and in three games out of four we have had a red card " Hallgrimsson said of their previous encounters.
Iceland finished above Croatia in their World Cup qualifying tournament and the two sides have met four times in the last four years.
"We are like a married couple that want a divorce but we always meet again " Hallgrimsson said with a smile.
"We know what kind of game it is going to be. Croatia have shown what they can beat strong teams.A They have had two really good performances. Their 3-0 victory against Argentina was a good example of how good Croatia is. However we also have confidence because we finished ahead of them in the qualifying tournament and we beat them once " the coach added.
Croatia now leads the group with six points and Nigeria is second with 3 points. Both Iceland and Argentina collected one point piece.
--IANS gau/ksk
