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#2 Winning the midfield battle
England are playing 2 attacking midfielders in their central midfield (Dele Alli and Jesse Lingaard) and they would have a natural tendency of moving forward. Croatia should exploit that and put pressure of Jordan Henderson, England’s holding midfielder. Modric should exploit the space with his surging runs and incisive passes to the forwards. Rebic should also fall back to increase numbers in the midfield when Croatia lose possession.
Croatia cannot afford to allow England to dictate terms in the midfield and would have to control the tempo of the game. And right now, there is none better than Luka Modric in doing that. He should inspire Croatia again in their most crucial match by winning the midfield battle.
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