Croatia ace Kovacic ready to face Chelsea teammate Mount | OneFootball

Croatia ace Mateo Kovacic believes the midfield battle will be key during their clash against England on Sunday.

The Chelsea midfielder knows his battle with clubmate Mason Mount could be key.

He said: “I see the midfield as the main topic here. England are very good in terms of attacking, as are we, so it's two pretty big teams and it's gonna be a tough team in terms of the midfield.

“They have an excellent midfield. [Mason] Mount is in excellent form. [Declan] Rice as well in West Ham, and [Jordan] Henderson. They have a lot of quality there but so have we – we have excellence there.

“So it's going to be a tough match, a lot of fights in the midfield, but we're ready for that. We all know what kind of match we have ahead of us.

“We're preparing and we are for every match and we're going to do our best and give our all."