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Croatia vs Jordan Prediction & Betting tips
World Cup finalist Croatia plays a friendly international match against Jordan on Monday evening in Rijeka. Croatia wants to put its talents to work, while Jordan prepares for the Asian Cup of upcoming winter.
Croatia:
Croatia was of course the revelation of the past World Cup. Under the leadership of Luka Modric, the redweeds were only ninety minutes away from eternal fame, but in the final, France was still 4-2 too strong for the team of national coach Zlatko Dalic.
Croatia has a slight post-World Cup dip, because since the World Cup the Balkan country did not win any more international nations. Especially the 6-0 defeat against Spain last month in the Nations League was painful. Last Friday night, Croatia got lucky again some color on the cheeks with a goalless draw against England. That match had to be played without an audience, because of a swastika on the pitch in the European Championship qualifier against Italy. That was perhaps also good, because a lot of action did not result in this repetition of the semi-finals at the World Championships.
The practice match against Jordan is no more than a simple snack for Croatia. Dalic has already announced that he will kick off his young talents and has already released vedettes such as Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic. Perhaps the ‘Belgians’ Ivan Santini, Antonio Milic (both Anderlecht), Karlo Letica and Matej Mitrovic (both Club Brugge) will therefore be able to show what they have to offer the national team on Monday-evening.
Jordan:
I honestly do not know much about Jordan. The country from the Middle East is in the 110th place of the FIFA world ranking, just below North Korea and just above the Central African Republic. So it seems that we do not have to have a high cap for this country, although it did manage to keep Albania on a goalless draw last week and knew to beat Denmark 3-2 at the beginning of this year (although Denmark played well with a B-team).
Almost all players are still active in their own country, a competition that I do not follow closely. Biggest talent is midfielder Moussa Al Tamari, who plays with the Cypriot APOEL together with Boy Waterman and Reza Ghoochannejhad among others. Furthermore, the veteran goalkeeper Amer Shafi is well on his feet, as he goes through life in his own country as The Whale of Asia. I assume that this is meant as a compliment, otherwise you will not meet 139 international matches. However, the most famous name is on the bank, because no one less than the Belgian Vital Borkelmans has been allowed to call himself Jordan’s national coach for a while. With him at the helm, the country hopes to be able to throw big eyes at the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates early next year. In the opening game on January 6, he immediately takes on Jordan with title candidate Australia. “I think we’re making a good chance,” says Borkelmans. ‘The most important thing is that the organization is in good shape. In that respect, the friendly international match against Croatia is a good test for us. ‘