{"id":442891,"date":"2017-12-01T22:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/2018-fifa-wc-croatia-manager-zlatko-dalic-wary-of-nigeria-threat\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T22:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:30:29","slug":"2018-fifa-wc-croatia-manager-zlatko-dalic-wary-of-nigeria-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/2018-fifa-wc-croatia-manager-zlatko-dalic-wary-of-nigeria-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FIFA WC: Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic wary of Nigeria threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday,  1 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/97356541.295.jpg\" alt=\"Obi Mikel\" title=\"Obi Mikel\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mikel Obi is the captain of the Super Eagles<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512167429_392_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Croatia national team coach Zlatko Dali? has cautioned his side to be wary of the threat Nigeria will pose to them in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia has been placed alongside Nigeria, Argentina and debutants Iceland in Group D in next year&#8217;s Mundial.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia has qualified for the World Cup on five occasions 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018, and finished third in France 1998 after losing only two matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;After the draw can always be better or worse. I think we can be happy, we can get out of the group, but it will be difficult,&#8221; Dali? told HTV, according to net.hr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Nigeria is a young team that was the first in its African qualifying group. They have fast players. We have to be careful, we will have plenty of time to study this team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the strongest team in Group D Argentina, Dalic said: &#8220;I wanted to avoid Argentina, namely the two, three strong teams. But here, we got the Messiah. 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