Croatia - Anglia

Croatia - England, the second semifinals of the World Championship, is announcing a thrilling battle. Both bands are face to face with history.

The spirit of the Croatian fighters can lead in the last act to the great revelation of the World Cup. Croats dream of the first final in history before the match with England in the semifinals. On the other side, 28 years await England a new chance at the World Cup; now, only Luka Modric and Croatia are still in the way of the British.

The official FIFA website has analyzed the two bands, and balance seems to be the most appropriate word to characterize Wednesday's confrontation.

Croatia: Middle middle talent
Considering how he qualified from one of the most difficult groups in the CM, and judging from how he subsequently survived, in the elimination stages, Croatia is undoubtedly one of the teams of the final tournament. The biggest asset of Zlatko Dalic is undoubtedly the middle, perhaps the best in the world. Players feel great, play together for a long time and work together perfectly, organizing excellent attack action.

Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic are key players in this mechanism. And things are even more impressive as you do not see very often Real and Barcelona players combining so precisely and devastatingly for opponents like the two. Modric is Croatian's heart and engine, while Rakitic often performs bottom work, recovering many balloons and participating equally in both phases of the game. But they are far from being alone. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) or Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) complete a dream way for a beautiful generation of Croatia.

England: Variety
If we were to define England's great advantage in one word, it would be extremely difficult, with Southgate's team still surprising with each match. England is easily finding the way to victory, and we are all impressed how a young team is trusted. Southgate's modern system and teamwork make England a ready-made band to adapt to many situations.

England won this first tournament in the first round of defeat in its history at CM (n.r. in optimi, against Columbia). And that happened before the specialists began to examine in detail each England star: from heroic goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to the tournament scorer, Harry Kane (both of whom are only 24 years old).

This may be England's most complete team since 1990 so far, since then, "Three Lions" has not made it to the semifinals of the World. But Southgate's team, who is proposing a game so modern, is less interested in what happened 28 years ago: it's here to write history.