Croatia's knockout stage starts now - Dalic
Head coach Zlatko Dalic said Croatia's Euros match against Italy on Monday is a must-win, or else they're out
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00:00We were at the top of our game in Qatar in the last match, we were at the top of our game in the last EURO, so we had a lot of situations like that.
00:12In my opinion, we went through the group and the knockout phase is starting for us, we will understand that.
00:20We went through the group and now we are playing the knockout phase, whether we fall or not.
00:24We will understand that. The knockout phase means everything to us, the win keeps us going.
00:30The knockout phase means everything to us, the win keeps us going.
00:34What is important, as I said to the players, we have to keep a positive atmosphere, we have to believe in what we are doing.
00:41We have to accept our mistakes and correct them.
00:46In Russia, in the knockout phase, we conceded one goal, not one, in Qatar only one, and now five.
00:56I can't say that the goals are too easy, we concede them slowly and we get them, and every dangerous attack ends up in the net.
01:03So that's the problem. We don't function properly in that area.
01:07We had Portugal 10 days ago, we all talked about it, the media, the public, that's it.
01:14We were compact, we were all in defense, it was hard for us to concede a goal.
01:19There was no chance against a team like Portugal.
01:22We have to change that, and in that way, that approach.
01:28We are aware of this game, this knockout phase is for us, and we are going to get through it.
01:35We can do it.