Dejan Lovren, defender of the Croatian national team, said that the team did not prepare in a special way to confront Messi.

Croatia in the second round defeated 3-0 Argentina, without giving anything to create the leader of the "albiselest" Leo Messi.

"Am I surprised that Messi held such a nondescript match?.

Of course, we respect him, because this is the greatest player in the world, but it can be stopped, "said Lovren.

"We defended the whole team and we did it. We had a game plan against Argentina, not against Messi ".

"We from the very beginning defended ourselves with all our strength, and to be honest, Argentina did not have any special moments".

After two rounds Croatia with 6 points leads the group D. In the third game she will meet with Iceland.