Former A’s playersAtletico Madrid Mario Mandzukic and Sime Vrsaljko They will be part of the coaching staff of the Croatian team at Euro 2024, where they will join Spain, Italy and Albania in Group B.
Away from the playing fields, well Mandzukic He retired in 2021 at the age of 35 and Vrsaljko In 2023 with only 31, the role of both in the Croatian team has always been relevant enough for them to now continue to be involved in the dynamic.
They will do so in two positions within the coaching staff of the Croatian Football Federation which he heads Zlatko Dalic: Manzdzukic will be an assistant coach, with a key role in the locker room, while Vrsaljko He will be the key image of the team, occupying the position of Team Ambassador.
Both, who did not coincide in their time as colchoneros, were present in training this Wednesday in Neuruppin, a town near Berlin, located only 11 kilometers away, with a Mandzukic especially involved, talking to Dalic in the preparatory session with three days left before the premiere in the highest continental national team tournament.
This is certain in this first confrontation in Group B of this Euro Cup in Germany, which will be played this Saturday against Spain in Berlin, when Vrsaljko and Mandzukic meet again with the only player from the Spanish team who both met, the only representative of Atlético de Madrid in Luis de la Fuente’s list, Alvaro Morata.
With the Madrid striker, Vrsaljko coincided with the 2017-18 season with the rojiblanco team, while Mandzukic He shared a dressing room with Juventus in the 2015-16 season.
Source: La Verdad
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