The national team of Croatia will play an away match against the Czech Republic in the sixth round of qualifying for the World Cup 2026.

The piquancy of the competition is added by the fact that the offending teams are worth 12 points each, and in the “cards” per one game played with less.

Ahead of the game, Croatian captain Luka Modric commented on the upcoming battle.

“I don’t have a lot of specific wishes for our coach for his 100th match in this planting, I’m sure that you’ll remember him with warmth. We all want to earn this wonderful gift with great results.

If I guess correctly, my 100th match was against Finland. I hope that tomorrow we will be able to celebrate your birthday with fire. This is a phenomenal figure, especially for a coach, since football has so little patience at the moment. This is proof of the miraculous work that won all kings.

5:1 in the first match? The coach will tell us what we need to do. We need to take the positive moments from that match and repeat them. There will be another game - the leather match has its own history. The stench will be strong in the house, so we will have an important match against an aggressive team.

We will have to play to the best of our abilities, being aggressive and combative - we are fighting for a place at the World Championships,” said the Croatian Vikonite.

The match Czech Republic - Croatia will take place on Friday 9th, at 21:45.