Naked Photos Of Hrvatska Players Spark World Cup Scandal, Media Boycott

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Croatia's coaches area unit urging their players to specialize in facing Cameroon at the planet Cup instead of wailful the publication of photos showing a number of them bathing nude at their coaching complex's pool in Brazil.

Since the paparazzi photos were printed by Croatian media over the weekend, players have refused to talk to the media.

"The players area unit talking that theme, however we wish them to target the match against Cameroon," assistant coach Henry M. Robert Kovac aforesaid on Tuesday. "If those photos weren't printed, they'd be puzzling over Cameroon. Like this, they're distracted by things outside the pitch."

However, Kovac aforesaid he understood the players' reasons for boycotting the media.

"That was a personal issue," he said. "They had daily off and that they relaxed a little. it absolutely was not applicable by photographers to abuse matters."

Meanwhile, the stakes are going to be high in Wednesday's A game at the podium prosecutor Amazonia in Manaus, as each side lost their gap match. Hrvatska was crushed 3-1 by Brazil, whereas Cameroon went down 1-0 to Mexico.

"I don't desire to manage that," Hrvatska coach Niko Kovac aforesaid late Tuesday in Manaus. "That's behind United States."

Robert Kovac aforesaid the match within the Brazilian forest may well be won by the team that copes higher with the recent and wet conditions.

"It are going to be robust in Manaus, wherever conditions area unit cold," Henry M. Robert Kovac aforesaid. "It is very important that we have a tendency to win ball possession, wait and build opportunities."