"Vatren" are no longer top-class, in order to go further they have to beat Scotland in Glasgow

Croatia was on the ropes, the savior was Ivan Perišić - in the second minute of the second half, the Inter winger hit the opposite corner of Sevilla's goalkeeper Vaclik with a fantastic shot from 15 meters from the left side and brought the "Fire" a point against the Czech Republic in Glasgow (1:1 ).

The Czechs led at halftime, with Patrik Šik's third goal at the Euros - the Leipzig striker won and converted a penalty in the 37th minute, which was saved by a careless elbow to the nose by the returner to the Croatian back line, stopper Dejan Lovren.

The Spanish referee Carlos del Serra Grande only looked at the video after the signal from the VAR room and pointed to the white spot, and despite many claims, even football greats (Gary Lineker, for example), that it was not a penalty, the elbow to the face was obvious .

Blood was still dripping from Sik's nose as he caught the rush for the penalty with which he came out on top of the scorers' list as the only player in the EP so far to score three goals.

After defeating Scotland in the first round, the Czech Republic came within a step of the round of XNUMX with a point, showing that they have the quality to do so.

The Croats, on the other hand, will have to beat Scotland in Glasgow in the last round to qualify - and that's an acceptable option, given that Zlatko Dalić's side were losing to the Czech Republic at half-time, heading for another defeat that could write them off. ...

Nevertheless, the fact that the world runner-up after the defeat against England failed to make any qualitative difference on the field against the Czech Republic, speaks of the fact that Luka Modrić and his friends, just three years after the world cup silver, are no longer top-class...

"There is a bitter taste because we didn't win. We entered the game quite unorganized, but we looked much better in the second half. We quickly equalized, we could have scored another goal. We didn't succeed, we have to focus on Scotland," Modrić said. .

Croatia could have won, Nikola Vlašić and Bruno Petković had chances in the second half, but according to the balance of forces on the field of "Hampden Park" - a draw is the most important, the Czechs did not deserve to lose...

Especially because of the first half, and even more so because of the first half hour, when they caused a stir in the Croatian defense...