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Croatia Coach Slaven Bilic Happy With Euro 2012 Draw
The Croatian gaffer was pretty satisfied with the outcome of Sunday's draw...
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Feb 8, 2010 10:23:00 AM
By Stefan Coerts
Croatia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after England and Ukraine proved to be too strong in the qualifying campaign. Therefore, the Croatians can already focus on the upcoming Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, where they will meet Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia and Malta.
"We are happy with the draw. We could have had an easier group, but then again it could have been harder. These groups are the qualification groups for the European Championships, so you don't get easy ones," said Croatia gaffer Slaven Bilic to uefa.com.
"We have lots of respect for all the teams – for Greece, Israel and Latvia who showed in the last campaign that they were really close to qualifying for the World Cup. Plus those three teams were in the same group and it was very tight, with Switzerland also there.
"Then you add Georgia and Malta, where we played a few years ago and it finished 1-1. We have plenty of respect, but we are confident and we have a good chance of fighting for qualification."
"We are happy with the draw. We could have had an easier group, but then again it could have been harder. These groups are the qualification groups for the European Championships, so you don't get easy ones," said Croatia gaffer Slaven Bilic to uefa.com.
"We have lots of respect for all the teams – for Greece, Israel and Latvia who showed in the last campaign that they were really close to qualifying for the World Cup. Plus those three teams were in the same group and it was very tight, with Switzerland also there.
"Then you add Georgia and Malta, where we played a few years ago and it finished 1-1. We have plenty of respect, but we are confident and we have a good chance of fighting for qualification."
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