After gaining a 3-0 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 at their home ground, Croatia now host their rivals in the second leg of their EURO 2012 playoff. Both the teams will look to win this tie in question but Croatia’s three goal advantage over
their opponents makes them favourites to qualify through to the tournament which is scheduled to take place next summer in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 approach the match as the noises coming out of the home team’s camp have
been bullish but cautionary.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luka-Modric-c22857 who pulled the strings in the middle of the park for Croatia against Turkey on their away travels in the first leg has been the key to Croatia’s qualification campaign and one can be sure that the Tottenham midfielder
will be important for Croatia come the final tournament as well but right now the creative playmaker has called on his team mates to remain focused at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 on hand.
Slaven Bilic’s side played in a 4-4-2 formation against Turkey’s 4-3-3 but created much more goal scoring chances than their opponents in the first leg and thus scored three away goals. Luka Modric said in his recent interview,
"We've only done half our job. We really need to rest a bit in the next few days and prepare well for the second match. The most important thing is that we stay focused now. We can't relax, even a little bit. It could be very dangerous.”
Slaven Bilic himself has been cautionary ahead of the second leg as the Croatian national team manager said, "Don't be fooled: it won't be just a friendly match”. Bilic is expected to use the 4-4-2 formation which worked for Croatia
in the first leg but Guus Hiddink is expected to make some tactical changes to the Turkish national team’s setup due to their failure to cope with Croatia’s rampant offence in the first leg. Turkey must win by a margin of four goals if they are to qualify
for the European Championships of 2012, a feat that will be extremely difficult to undertake given the fact that they will be playing in Croatia against a team in form.
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