Directly from the withdrawal of the Croatian national team, where he is preparing for the friendly match against Cyprus on Thursday, September 4, Mateo Kovacic returns to the World Cup experience in Brazil and also talked about Inter and the transfer market: “We will fight to qualify for the European Championship, we’ll play against Italy for the first place (November 16, ed.). The other competitors are below our quality. Unfortunately in Brazil it didn’t go as we all expected, we saw the video and we didn’t play well as a team. I’m not satisfied with how things went in the World Cup either. Against Brazil and against Mexico we lost after an hour, now it is up to us to work.”
The match against Italy will be played at San Siro: “For me it is a pleasant acquaintance, it’s nice to play in a stadium that you consider your own. Not only the result will be in important, but also the play Croatia will show in Milan.”
He then speaks of Italian football: “It took me a little time to adjust to Italian football, I’m happy for the first goal and I hope to maintain the same pace. Now I think I can also score his first goal for the national team. Cyprus and Malta are good opportunities for this, but it doesn’t matter who scores. What matters is winning.”
In the last hour of the transfer market there were rumors of an interest from Barcelona for the Croatian, but it falls from the clouds: “I don’t know anything about their interest, which is why it makes no sense to comment. During the period of the transfer market there are large financial movements, in Italy less than in other nations, and Inter was not involved. The club has reduced the budget and is oriented towards a policy dedicated to the young players.”
Source: fcinternews.it
