Turkey Croatia notes

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-Both teams with packed midfields, and to my eye neither side looked especially breathtaking. Modric and Rakitic tried to dominate possession and did weave together some nice moves and combinations, though Croatia saw more joy on the break and down the sides of the Turkish block than through the middle.

-Both sides not only packed the middle of the park, but also pressed pretty relentlessly, refusing to give the opposition's midfielders time on the ball. This meant that neither side managed to control the game with the ball on the floor. In particular, Turkey struggled to get out of their own half without punting it forward - begs the question, why on earth wasn't el Nuri playing?

-In contrast to the fucking shite and typically hyperbolic commentators on ITV, I actually enjoyed watching Turkey. As a unit they ran and fought hard, and when they did manage to progress into the opposition half, made good use of the width of the pitch. Created a couple of decent chances and on another day, could have come away with the draw.

-Individually Croatia looked good, but didn't play with the fluency I expected of that midfield. Perisic looks a player.

-Fucking Modric, technique on that

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