The head coach of the Balkan nation came out in the open to talk about suggestions that his team will play for a 2-2 draw that will effectively knockout Italy from the European Championship.
Euro 2012 second round of group matches have increased the excitement for the coming fixtures. With Republic of Ireland and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 face a similar future.
The Azzurri are third in the Group C, trailing Spain and Croatia by two points. With the group leaders meeting each other in the final round of matches, fate of all three teams hangs in balance.
However, it is the precarious situation of the Italian side that has caught the attention of football fans, which stand on the same stage they were in 8 years ago in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984.
The Azzurri fans were heartbroken as their national team was knocked out of the competition as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 and Sweden played for a 2-2 draw.
A similar result in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987.
With the conspiracy theories gaining weight in newspapers worldwide, Slaven Bilic came out in the open to discuss the matter.
The Croatian coach dismissed suggestions that his team will play for a draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s La Furia Roja and claimed that they have not even considered the possibility of such a scenario.
“I can guarantee you I’m a sportsman, and they (the team) are sportsmen,” Bilic said.
“No way that we would, even if we have a chance to do it, we wouldn’t even consider it. I can tell the whole of Italy that no way. You can’t believe in God and do it that way, and expect something good to happen in your life.”
Bilic also took out time to talk about Croatia’s 1-1 draw against Italy, stating his contentment at the manner his players played after the interval.
“For me it was very good that we changed the system at halftime, but it was not only because we changed the system, the metamorphosis came more because we changed the style of the play. We pressured them high,” Bilic said.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 meet Spain on June 18 in Gdansk.
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