Zlatko Dalić steps down as Croatia's coach after World Cup exit‎

Zlatko Dalić is out as Croatia's coach after a spell that included leading the team to two consecutive top-three finishes at World Cups. “I leave with a fulfilled heart, proud of my contribution to the greatest successes of Croatian soccer in history, and I wish my successor, the national team and Croatian soccer many new successes,” Dalić said in a statement posted by the national soccer federation on Instagram on Wednesday. The announcement came less than a week after Croatia lost 2-1 to Portugal in the round of 32 at the World Cup.