London: croatia coach Igor Stimac said he offered to step down following his side’s 0-2 defeat to scotland in their final 2014 World Cup soccer qualifying match.

The former croatia international weekday said he wished to shoulder a “moral responsibility” for the defeat, that place the team into a two-leg competition in november, reports Xinhua.

His resignation is yet to be accepted.

Stimac, 46, was a member of the croatia facet that reached the 1998 World Cup semifinals.