Renard talks about Croatian national team friendly match at a press conference

2022-11-15
15:52:00

The coach of the national team, "Herve Renard", spoke at the press conference held this afternoon in preparations for Croatia national team friendly match in the fourth and final stage of the preparation program for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and he said: We have one last match in the preparations, and we have one week left before playing our first match in the World Cup 2022, which is the same for Croatia national team that came to Saudi Arabia recently for its preparations, so tomorrow's match will be a strong match, and we should not forget that the Croatian national team played the 2018 World Cup final.

On choosing the Croatian national team at the end of the friendly matches, he said: "Choosing to play against the Croatian national team is good for us at this stage of the preparatory program, and during my training career I played many friendly matches, but the most important thing in the first place is the tournament in which they participate".

About the impact of changing the stadium and the start date of the match, he replied: "We live football like life, we must adapt to all circumstances, and this is a characteristic that a person in his life must adapt to all circumstances".

Herve Renard spoke about the difference between the friendly matches and the qualifying matches, and he said: “The preparatory matches are not like the qualifiers, as their conditions are different and not the same, and this is a message to everyone, trust the players, because you know them well, but we must be patient because we are playing in a strong tournament, and our duty as players and technical and administrative staffs, we want to make everyone proud of the team”.

Herve Renard confirmed that the motivation will be different, and he said: “I expect the motivation will be different between tomorrow’s match and our first match in the World Cup, and I always repeat to the players that we are ready for the date of November 22, and of course they will do what they must, and regardless of tomorrow’s result, the most important thing is that we remain focused on our mission in the World Cup".

Regarding the impact of the exclusion of the player Fahad Al-Muwallad, he said: “The one who will be most affected by the exclusion is the player, due to the timing of his exclusion ".

About the impact of playing at one o'clock, he replied: "It is not easy to play at one o'clock, but we must be ready and play in all circumstances".