At that time, Croatia, which made its debut, stood out from the group stage, and won the third place through the hurdles, creating an amazing international football scene in the last World Cup in the 20th century.

1992 Croatian football independently entered the international football world. Unexpectedly, domestic fans showed Nazi slogans at home, causing the Croatian men's football team to be suspended. This led to Croatia's first World Cup appearance, postponing to 1998 French World Cup , twenty years ago. At that time, Croatia, which made its debut, stood out from the group stage, and won the third place through the hurdles, creating an amazing international football scene in the last World Cup in the 20th century. Coincidentally, after twenty years, the Croatian national team once again took the 2018 World Cup in Russia. From the top 16 to the semi-finals, they fought to the championship game and unfortunately lost to the French team, but they also wrote the best results of the Croatian national team in the history of the runner-up.

1. Croatia, which was repeatedly surprised by international competitions,

In 1991, Yugoslavia collapsed, and Croatia immediately declared independence. The Croatian Football Association was promoted to an independent member of the FIFA in 1992 and is under the European Football League (UEFA). The Croatian national team at the beginning of independence and founding the country, with former Yugoslavia stars such as Davor Šuker and Alen Bokšić. In 1996, he entered the quarterfinals and reached the quarterfinals. In 1998, he won the third place in the French World Cup. Just like the light and lively melody of "Croatian Rhapsody", Croatia, which was founded for less than ten years, had a bright and tough football style that left the whole world with its bright and tough football.

Croatia's traditional red and white plaid jersey is designed based on the national emblem and inherits the glory of Croatia's world football for more than 20 years. Especially in France's 1998 World Cup, Davao Suk, the winner of the Golden Boot Awards, has been the chairman of the Croatian Football Association since 2012 and has been a role model for Croatian football players to follow. Because as many as one-tenth of Croatian nationals are keen on football, foreign players such as Robert Kovač, Niko Kovač, Ivica Olić, and Luka Modrić have appeared in more than 20 years, and have performed well in professional leagues in other countries and world-renowned clubs.

Looking back at the European Cup, World Cup European Qualifiers and World Cup main competitions so far in 1996, Croatia has stood out from the group stage almost every time. When most of Croatia's foreign players returned to the team, they were led by Modric, the 2018 FIFA Golden Globe winner and the captain of the World Cup, who announced his last time in his personal career. The connection between the midfielders is quite close, which makes Croatia's calm and tough offense and defense in the field is the strong team of , Southeast European that cannot be ignored in European football since 2018. The head coach Zlatko Dalić, who has not been moved for several years, led Croatia, which has outstanding veterans and many rookies, has been placed on the high hopes of achieving another World Cup success by the national Croatians.

2. Croatia has performed stably recently

Croatia national team in the 2022 European League. In the group stage from June 3 to September 25, the six games of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss were judged from the group stage of the international arena. It is not difficult to stand out from the group stage of the F in this year's Cada World Cup. However, whether Croatia can advance as the first in Group F points, the tough battle between Group F and Belgium in the last round of Group F. On December 1 (Thursday), the most important thing is. To this end, coach Dalic announced the roster of 26 players in the World Cup since November 9, and then led the team to the center of the Arabian Peninsula and the capital of Leyard, Saudi Arabia, to play the last friendly match with Saudi Arabia, which also advanced to the top 32 on November 16.

Although Croatia's starting lineup was away from Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, compared with the 2018 Russia World Cup lineup, goalkeepers Dominik Livaković, Dejan Lovren, Marcelo Brozović, and Nikola Vlašić were maintained.However, Croatia's only friendly match before the Qatar World Cup was not broken until the second half. However, after Modric replaced Marcelo Brozovic in the 65th minute, the midfield strengthened the threat of contact and transmission, and Andrej Kramarić scored in the 82nd minute, which was also the only goal in the entire friendly match.

3. Changes and unchanged Croatia's lineup

After four years, Croatia, which was in the previous World Cup, has replaced more than half of the players in the Qatar World Cup. Only 9 players including Dominic Livakovic, Ivan Perišić, Dejan Lovren, Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, and Nikola Vlasic are the players who have participated in the previous session. Even the lineup from March to November 26 this year has a difference of up to 8 players, and most of them are rookies under the age of 25, foreign or domestic professional football, such as Josip Stanišić, Josip Šutalo, Luka Sučić, etc.

coach Dalic has such outstanding and numerous football players to choose from. It is because Croatia's youth training system is relatively complete, and it has cultivated a large number of outstanding football talents for a long time; and these top football talents are actively entering the football world of other countries and spreading the reflection of the experience of top professional leagues in Europe. This makes Croatia in the Qatar World Cup this year a process of changing generations from the experience of veterans combined with the fighting spirit of rookies.

coach Dalic will lead the team and plan to continue with Dominic Livakovic as the starting goalkeeper, connecting forward to the defenders such as No. 3 Borna Barišić, No. 6 Dejan Lovren, No. 19 Borna Sosa, No. 21 Domagoj Vida and other defenders. The midfielder is still centered on No. 10 Modric and No. 11 Marcelo Brozovic, maintaining the integrity of the front and back courts in the offense and defense process, and then pushing forward to No. 4 Ivan Perisic, headed by forwards, including No. 9 Andre Kramalic and No. 18 Mislav Oršić. The full physical fitness of all staff is characterized by maintaining offensive and defense balance and combining the diversity of offensive points.

Croatia will be in the first round of the Group F event at 18:00 on November 23, Beijing time, the first round of the match against North Africa strong team Morocco; then in the second round of the match against Canada on November 28, and finally in the last round of the match against Belgium on December 1. The intensity of the confrontation between these three Group F matches, together with the difficulty of the coach in scheduling players, Belgium, known as the world as " Red Devils " and the third place in the last 2018 Russia World Cup, is the most difficult match between the group F. In other words, Croatia's prospects in Group F are expected to enter the quarterfinals again.

Croatia's performance in this Qatar World Cup can rewrite the team's history record of winning the runner-up in the 2018 Russia World Cup? And before the captain Modric retires, we will work together to create more brilliant achievements in Croatian football. Let's wait and see!