Soccer-Croatia's Dalic mixes youth and experience in bid for World Cup success

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(Reuters) - Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic named a 26-man squad with a blend of new and experienced players for this month's World Cup in Qatar, pairing the expertise of veterans like Luka Modric and Domagoj Vida with younger talent like Josko Gvardiol.

Croatia finished top of their Nations League group ahead of world champions France and Denmark, and the 2018 runners-up will be riding a wave of momentum heading into the tournament.

"The Nations League gave us the right to have high expectations, we played top matches and we are rightly optimistic," Dalic said."However, there are other national teams that have such ambitions, the most important is the first match with Morocco. "However, I believe in them. Luck is that young players have older players alongside them to mature... I believe these players can do a lot."Defenders: Domagoj Vida , Dejan Lovren , Borna Barisic , Josip Juranovic , Josko Gvardiol , Borna Sosa , Josip Stanisic , Martin Erlic , Josip Sutalo

 

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