“He’s not normal”: all of Croatia hails HSV jewel Vuskovic! | OneFootball

Luka Vuskovic is no longer causing huge excitement only at HSV, but now also in his home country of Croatia.

In Croatia’s 2:1 friendly win over Colombia, the 19-year-old HSV defensive talent scored his first goal for the national team shirt and was then celebrated frenetically.

Vuskovic made an early statement in the 6th minute. After a bold dribble, he unleashed a shot from around 25 meters out, the ball took a slight deflection and flew unstoppably into the net. The equalizer for 1:1 sparked the comeback and catapulted the youngster into the spotlight. At the end, he was rightly named “Man of the Match.”

The Croatian media were full of praise. The major newspaper Sportske Novosti hailed him as the “best player.” Slobodna Dalmacija was even more emphatic, simply writing: “Vuskovic is not normal.” With this performance at the latest, the center-back seems to have convinced even the last doubters. It went on to say: “By now, every skeptic has seen that he is very close to a place in the World Cup starting eleven.”

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Vuskovic himself, however, remained characteristically modest. “It was really lucky. I tried to shoot from distance with my left foot, the ball went in and helped the team win,” he explained after the match. Such a moment of success in the national team shirt was “a great feeling.” His goal is historic as well, as he is now the second-youngest goalscorer in Croatian national team history.

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Beyond that, Vuskovic also impressed as a central part of the back three in defense. That is exactly the role he also fills at HSV. Before the match, coach Zlatko Dalic had said he wanted to test the teenager as a center-back in a back four. Perhaps that will happen in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday against Brazil.

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