Dalic into Croatian hot seat after Cacic sacked

Zagreb: Zlatko Dalic was named the new Croatia coach on Saturday after Ante Cacic was sacked following the team’s 1-1 draw with Finland in a World Cup qualifier. Friday’s draw left Croatia second in Group I of European qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Russia, on 17 points alongside Ukraine, with Iceland in pole on 19. Dalic, who arrives back in Croatia from the Al Ain Club in the UAE, takes immediate charge, and faces a baptism of fire with a crucial game away to Ukraine on Monday with a place in the qualification play-offs still a possibility.