Imagine you lead a tiny European nation to back-to-back FIFA World Cup semifinals only to witness your players being far from any appraisal or personal awards whatsoever. That’s the reason Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic decided to boycott the latest edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards. The dream of the sixth World Cup title is over – Croatia sends Brazil home!He says he is disappointed with FIFA’s choice, which is why he decided not to vote.”I am disappointed with FIFA’s attitude towards the Croatian national team because I believe that we deserve greater respect for the results we have achieved in recent years. We are the only national team among the top four in the World Cup last year and among the top four in the Nations League. We stunned the whole world with a victory against Brazil, we are the only ones with two medals from the last two World Cups, along with France. We managed to beat France in Paris, Denmark in Copenhagen, kicked Brazil and Belgium out of the World Cup, in 23 games after the Euros we lost only twice,” Dalic said in a statement published at the Croatian Football Association official website.It’s over when Luka says it’s overThe outburst of anger just followed and kept going… Dalic wonders how did FIFA miss the names of Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol, and Dominik Livakovic?”Look at the list of 14 candidates for the best player in the world – apart from Luka Modric, where are the Croats? I don’t want to mention any names because I really have great respect for every player and coach, but wasn’t there a place for Kovacic, who became the world club champion and played brilliantly in Qatar? There was no place for Gvardiol, who was among The Best 11 in the World Cup and the Bundesliga, according to many? Didn’t Livakovic deserve to be among the five nominees for the best goalkeeper after everything he did at the WC?”.In demand! Croatian defensive marvel wanted by Chelsea, Manchester clubs and Bayern – but he seeks EPL moveIt’s not just about the players, either. Dalic also asks: where am I?”Among the five proposed coaches that I highly value are also three national team managers, but none of them won the Nations League nor a World Cup medal. With great respect for the success of Morocco and their coach, Croatia has a draw and a victory in the bronze medal games.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7059775##Last but not least, Dalic believes it has to do with the size and importance of the counties themselves…”If English, Brazilian, Spanish, German or Italian players and coaches achieved results like us, they would be all over the place, nominated for every single award.”
