Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic is confident his side will handle the atmosphere when they face hosts Russia in their World Cup quarter-final on Saturday evening.
Dalic’s side will come up against a partisan Russian crowd in their last-eight tie in Sochi but he remained upbeat on their chances of progressing to face either England or Sweden in the semi-finals in Moscow.
“We cannot choose our opponents, hosts or otherwise,” said Dalic. “We are facing a huge game in the quarter-finals and it doesn’t matter who the opponents are.