The severe blow he received Croatia with two Italy in the 98th minute, which made qualification for the round of 16 impossible, caused anger, despair and also anger.
Without going any further, the Croatian coach, Zlatko Dalicshowed his anger at the referee Danny McKellie for giving the game eight minutes of overtime.
“We are small, a small Federation. An eight-minute stoppage time cannot be granted. This influenced the result. I don’t know where the referee got those eight minutes. For five years I have been talking about how people behave. UEFA and the FIFA, but nobody listened to me. And so I looked ridiculous. There cannot be eight minutes of stoppage time. “How many fouls and interruptions are there to make up eight minutes?”
And he added that “it will not be an excuse. Against Albania Everything is in our hands and now. We had two penalties and we didn’t miss them. But I’m sorry and hurt that no one respects us. This is not our tournament. The fans showed up again, a hundred thousand Croatians came Germany. Thanks for that. We are proud. But the reason why we don’t go away is in us. “You can’t concede a goal in the 98th minute, you have to keep the ball if necessary.”
Source: La Verdad
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