Slaven Bilic is taking the next two games very
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Slaven Bilic is "not expecting any favours" as
Croatia look to maintain top spot in Group E after their upcoming qualifiers
against Estonia and Andorra.
Competitive section
The coach, who turns 40 on Tuesday, has guided his side to the top of
an extremely competitive section featuring Israel, Russia and England
and was certainly hoping for positive results in Saturday's home game
against Estonia and the trip to Andorra four days later, with the bottom
two sides in Group E having picked up just three points between them so
far.
No favours
"Everyone is counting on us to get six points and two victories and
we will do everything we can to make this happen, but don't think we will
underestimate them," Bilic said. "It's not just empty words
when I say that we are preparing for Estonia just like we did for England.
I expect a reallly tough match against Estonia. We are not expecting any
favours - we have had none up to now."
Nasty surprise
The fact that Croatia, who are without the injured Parma FC striker Igor
Budan, are such overwhelming favourites for both games is almost a concern
for Bilic. "Football can be unpredictable," said the former
defender. "Sometimes the wrong things happen even if you have done
everything right. Still, we have such quality that anything other than
a win would be a huge surprise."
Class act
Estonia will be looking for a second successive qualifying victory under
their new coach Viggo Jensen as they travel to the Maksimir Stadium in
Zagreb, but Croatia defender Josip Simunic is determined that they will
not get it. "Estonia play agressively but we have class on our side,"
he said. "If we play a smart, serious and careful game, there is
no doubt that we will win."
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7 September 2007
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