Wrote: Endrit Berisha
Through a Facebook post, it has been claimed that the coach of the Croatian national football team, Zlatko Dalić, has given the reasons why Albania should have passed the group stage of the European Championship "Euro 2024".
The publication was made on Saturday (June 29) by the “Ntv Televizione” Facebook page. In the published image, above the photo of Daliq, it is written: “DALIQ SPEAKS ABOUT THE EUROPEAN, SHOWS WHY ALBANIA SHOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FROM THE GROUP STAGE”.
What's wrong with this post?
The Facebook post leads to an article by the Albanian-language portal "ntv.al." "Zlatko Dalic's analysis after the European Championship: Albania should have scored another goal, Modric and Kovacic made mistakes that..." is the title of the article in question.
There is no part of the content in this article in which Dalić said that Albania deserved to advance from the group or gave reasons why Albania deserved to advance, as claimed in the Facebook post.
Facebook post published by the "Ntv Televizione" page:
While the article, which opens after clicking on the comment on the “Ntv Televizione” Facebook post, was based on a statement by Dalić given to the “HRT” medium in Croatia. There, he spoke about his future as Croatia's coach and analyzed the performances of the Croatian national team in the three matches in Group B of “Euro 2024”. Albania and Croatia were eliminated from the group stage. Spain and Italy advanced further. In the match between themselves, Albania and Croatia drew 2:2. Regarding the match with Albania, Dalić said that there were a series of mistakes one after the other. He complained about mistakes, especially in Albania's second goal, which came in extra time.
Excerpt from the "ntv.al" article about Daliq's statements regarding the match against Albania:
“The match with Albania? We played against Albania who had energy and motivation. You have to put the best players you have on the field. The plan was to pass everything through these three players in midfield, that was the tactic. The defenders were supposed to be on the wings and up front. We put Petkovic in front so he can hold the ball and Majer on the right and Kramaric on the left. We asked these players and the defenders to go deep. But then you concede a goal in the 11th minute and everything starts to fall apart. That goal… Guardiola chases Perisic and then sees the space between the two stoppers. It’s impossible to create like that. None of the four players blocks the cross, no one chases the player coming in from the second line. It’s a series of mistakes linked together, just like the third goal against Spain. But we should have conceded another goal in the first half.”
Link to the "ntv.al" article:
So, Dalić is not quoted in this article as saying that Albania deserved to advance from the group or as giving reasons why Albania deserved to advance from the group.
What Daliqi said, according to "HRT":
The latest article found on the website "sport.hrt.hr" is dated June 27. According to the title, Dalić said that he is not a person who leaves after the first failure. In this article, Dalić is quoted as having given the reasons for Croatia's elimination in the group stage. Nor is he quoted as having said that Albania deserved to qualify, as claimed by the "Ntv Televizione" Facebook post.
Analyze:
The claim that Croatia's national football team coach, Zlatko Dalic, has given reasons why Albania should have passed the group stage at "Euro 2024", is not correct.
The publication was made by the "Ntv Televizione" page on Facebook. While in the article to which the post leads, not only is the title different, the content does not match the title of the publication on the social network at all.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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