Dejan Lovren: ‘I want Croatians to remember me, not Bilic and Stimac’

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The Liverpool defender is used to hearing about the history boys of 1998 but is confident Croatia’s current generation can go one better and reach the World Cup final

Dejan Lovren had a message for Slaven Bilic and Igor Stimac – the twin defensive pillars of Croatia’s fabled 1998 team – and it was surely designed to make them smile. “They have a record of reaching the World Cup semi-finals and I want to beat that and I also want to beat them,” the Liverpool centre-half said. “I want people to remember my name in the future, not theirs.”

Lovren has played under the management of Bilic and Stimac for Croatia and he knows how to push their buttons. Perhaps it takes one maverick central defender to know another two. It was put to Lovren that Bilic and Stimac were a little crazy. “Yeah but you need to be crazy in our country,” he replied. “Nobody is normal. I’m not normal.”

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/27/dejan-lovren-i-want-croatia-to-remember-me-not-stimac-bilic

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