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Croatia national football team
World Cup | Qualifiers
Oct 16, 2012 at 7pm UK
 
Wales national football team

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Ashley Williams slams Croatia pitch

Williams slams Croatia pitch
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Ashley Williams says that he should have done better with his back pass that led to Croatia's opening goal.

Wales captain Ashley Williams has labelled the Osijek pitch as "ridiculously bad" following their defeat to Croatia.

Williams's poor back pass led to Mario Mandzukic opening the scoring for the Croats before Eduardo secured a 2-0 victory for the hosts.

However, Williams has admitted that he should have done better with the back pass to Lewis Price.

"The conditions played a part in the back pass, the pitch was ridiculously bad," said Williams. "But I probably should have hooked it out, knowing what it was like.

"How many times do you pass the ball back to the goalkeeper and it is fine?

"It got stuck in the mud a little bit and it went in after that."

Wales sit fifth in Group A.

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

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Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
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4 Serbia Serbia30121

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3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


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