One major concern for the Croatia-Iceland match in Reykjavik this Friday has been the weather. Iceland, which is just outside the Arctic circle, has never hosted a match this late in the year. The 15, 427 Laugardalsvöllur Stadium is not equipped with heating below the playing surface and only has a roof to cover part of the stands. Although the match could have been a disaster, mimicking the United States’ game against Costa Rica in the snow earlier in the year, conditions for the 2PM (ET) kickoff look promising.
A light snow will fall Wednesday and Thursday, however, a low of only 37 degrees Fahrenheit is expected Friday night. But with this also comes a good chance of rain in windy conditions. Severe weather could only aid the home side where goals could be hard to find. It would be a disaster if Iceland drew 0-0 at home, possibly only needing one goal at Maksimir four days later to clinch a spot at the World Cup.
Hopefully the weather remains manageable so we can watch some entertaining football and not a circus with rain, sleet and wind being the determining factor.
That is your CroatianSports.com weather report for the day…
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Depending on where you are I heard LA Croatian Hall or church not sure what its called is having the game live.
Man those were the good ole days
@ Marko
haha yea it would! 😉
Administrators, can I make a suggestion?
The whole world save for the great US of A operates on the metric system so it would be appreciated if you are going to quote the temperature in Iceland in your lead, perhaps throw those of us not in the US a bone and also include the temperature in celsius?
Thanks, doing a great job!
There is inbreeding in Croatian islands too.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2080446/
Sorry to get off topic, but does anyone have any links for the game?!!
Also, does anyone know if the game will be played on ESPN, or ESPN Deportes, Fox Soccer, etc.?
@Armada – my girlfriend is half southern Italian. If we have children, would that make them Istrianci??
Slavonac from croatia
Regarding the portuguese from the islands its so true. Currently dating a portuguese and her friend is from the island and married her cousin. When i found out i couldn’t believe it. You had to be at the wedding when they introduced them with the same last name. the best men made a joke how shes lucky that she doesn’t have to change last names. Anyways they claim there 6 th cousins but i don’t believe it. Quite gross,
@ante
man that was quite a while back. anywhere from 2007 to 2009
Gabriel and I still talk about it from time to time. Golden.
Vatrena,
You made my night. How long ago was this? I used to party hard and that sounds like something I would’ve done.
@gambino
Astoria
@ IvicA
Game of Thrones is an awesome show. Dubrovnik is a fitting location for King’s Landing.
And in Iceland, “The cold winds are rising…” “Winter is coming..” lol
@ante b
My best memory of you is at the extravaganza in Sacramento. You walk into the elevator piss drunk with a bbb scarf tied around your forehead and you say “look at me, I’m tupac shapurger”
man I was dying!!!!!!
Anybody hear about a documentary critical of the HNS shown on HRT this week? Suker kicked a reporter from the station off the team charter flight to Iceland.
Fans having fun in Iceland asking the police to arrest Luka Modric at the airport – armed and dangerous.
@Ivica:
Thanks for the facts.
Re NYC Italians:
1. Predominately from Sicily or southern mainland Italy.
2. Off the boat or 1st generation are usually pretty solid.
3. 3rd+ generation from outer suburbs are usually pretty decent.
4. 3rd+ generation from Bensonhurst, Bayridge, Staten Island etc. are pretty rough. Unfortunately they are all relocating to my part of NJ.
You have to wonder what Stimac feels deep inside. If he stupidly comes out and does give an interview here or there, of course he is gonna say the right things. Does he and his ego really pull for Hrvatska to make it to Brazil, or does he pull a bitch Ziva move and hope for the worst?
Another fun fact for you Game of Thrones fans…
The series is filmed in both Iceland and Croatia.
Croatia is King’s Landing, and Iceland is the land north of the Wall.
Where in NYC are you from Armada?
Artic winds
Please give it a break about these article winds. The following about iceland.
“Most of all, it’s down to the name,” said Heimir Hallgrimsson. “There’s ‘ice’ in it but there’s almost no ice in Iceland. But Greenland is covered with ice. We actually have similar weather to England, Sweden or Denmark.”
The weather will be fine. No storm predicted for Friday. Little rain, snow or wind will not scare Hrvati.
@ Halldor
Welcome to our website. We often find fans of nations we play against visiting. However, I find your scores highly unlikely.
There is a lot of trash talking from your players. Saying we have no morale, we are in disarray, hell awaits us in Iceland etc.
We will see what you guys are made of on Friday. When Fire meets Ice. We are the Vatreni! The Firey Ones!
My girlfriend is Portuguese – from the island of Pico in the Azores – and now lives in Gloucester, Ma. Funny, her first marriage was to a second cousin from Toronto who only used her to gain US citizenship.
They do stick to their own when it comes to social gatherings, but, the newer generations are now ending that tradition.
Sweetest, kindest and most loyal woman I have ever met. They put their men first and take care of them, a thing we are having a fun time with because I was always the type of person who needed little in life and love to give.
Growing up poor had a bit to do with that, but, now I’m grateful for the experience because it helped shape who I am.
Portugese people are good people. I traveled the nation for 2 weeks and had a blast. But the southern Italian Diaspora, 2nd and 3rd generation in NY, can be annoying.
@ Ante
Thanks for the weather update. My concern is the Arctic winds which are expected to pick up to approx 15 mph. This will create a wind chill or “real feel” temperature factor in the 20s. Plus the likely rain won’t help. And weather can change on a dime up there, quickly turning for the worse.
Interestingly enough, there will only be 6.5 hours of daylight on Friday–which makes for one long cold, rainy, windy night.
Pp = Cico. Same shit.
@Halldor
“What do say about that?”
I say you lose Euros about that!
Save your money and buy a flight to the Adriatic. you won’t be disappointed! 🙂
AnteB you dated before you got married ? What was his name ? Halldor speak me you english . Have day nice . Your scores suck you tomen help .
I am going to bet on Iceland-Croatia 2-3 and Croatia-Iceland 1-3. What do say about that….
ok, I’m glad you didnt take things wrong…now lets get back to soccer…what nation haw the most promiscuous women?
I’m joking Slavonac!
@Armada:
u nailed it regarding nyc portugeuse & italians.
no offense taken by any of this Portugese talk haha
@Tone from Pula no less!
Croatia U21 play Swiss on Thursday… Nice warm up viewing!
Inbreeding is extremely common.
The ones from the azores are insane!
Portuguese women are crazy!
hahahaha…you’re pretty funny Armada!
I mean from my mom’s island in the Kvarner, there are only 3-4 last names on the entire island and people busted my balls on how my grandparents had the same last name … but had no blood relation. But marrying a 2nd cousin is fuckin disgusting. No two ways about it. Never met a Portugese person like that though… and the Providence area has a lot of Cape Verdeans and Azoreans…
I wasnt hating dude…come on!!!!!
So much HAET on this site… 🙁
yes…thats why and what I’m telling you. I swear to God I’m not making this up…I think its far more prevalent on the Islands in Portugal…not on the mainland.
Armada…dont take offense to the Portuguese comments, i like them as well but that family marriage thing killed me.
Southern Italians…well…I first grew up right behind commercial dr here in Vancouver and over 40 years ago that was Guidoville…I know what you mean by Italians but I think the difference between NY and here is most Italians here speak Italian…I think over there they are 3rd and 4th generation and couldnt find Italy on a map!
@ Slavonac
isn’t that illegal in the Catholic Church? marrying a 2nd cousin?
I know man…I didnt even want to admit to this but I once dated a very nice girl…with an amazing ass…her sister kinda had a lazy eye and then one day…BAMMMMM…she told me her mom and dad were second cousins…that lazy eye made me immediately think oh shit…inbreds….I couldnt get it up anymore…it was over, lights out…hasta la vista…had to give her the walking papers.
what’s wrong with Portugese people? my fiance is part portugese and her folks live in the Providence, RI area… TONS of them are over there. Good people in my book. Great food, passionate about nogomet.
One group I really dislike… southern Italians. Especially the thousands of first generation ones here in NYC. Ziva cracks on our diaspora here…. 1st or 2nd generation southern italians have us beat hahaha the worst nogomet fans… all claim to be experts on culture, meanwhile all they know is italian american food, 90% can’t speak the language, bad tempers, treat their wives, gf’s like dog shit…
and the cherry on top? Some 2nd generation Sicilian trying to tell me Istra belongs to Italy… ajme meni…
@Slavonac
True that!
There was a Portuguese kid at my high school that got bugged mercilessly because his parents were cousins.
Evo ti ga !
Youtube live stream in english . No pizdaria proper quality
http://www.youtube.com/qualifiers2014
VIVA New Zealand! Never expected any sort of result from them, but know a few of those players. Good guys, and would like to see them do well.
FUCK YEAH
Thanks for telling me Mex vs NZ is on..
i am streaming it now just as a test run for Saturday (game is 4.45am Saturday morning for me).. and it works fine ! From my phone as a wi-fi hotspot to my PC.. FUCK YEAH GOOD SHIT i will be watching both games !
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!! (^__^)
I’m gonna say something about Portuguese that I hope doesn’t offend anyone….a few Hrvati here that I know have married Portuguese.
They are awesome people but the strangest thing about them is many of them…especially from the Islands…marry their own family members…ie cousins…this is a true fact and kinda grosse if you ask me!
Portugese are some weird dudes.
I’ve always had Portuguese friends growing up.
One of my best friends now is Portuguese too.
Really solid guys but their dads we’re always wife and child beaters.
@allen
Where in Astoria are you watching? Is there a place that will air the game?
A jebi ga stari kad imas 22 jebes sve kaj hoda
@ Armada I must’ve missed where I said almost :-p
@ Ante B how are you date a women of color nisi pravi hrvat! LOL kidding,
Poglavnik,
I dated a Portuguese girl before I married Croatian. Nice girl, very into soccer but wasn’t Croatian at the end of the day. Good Catholics so I’ll be pulling for them as well.
Did Srna give a stupid izjava weird under Stimac he was all over the papers with his bolji smo nema sto kriti? Di si Kapetane
@ Laku Noc who ever goes goes, dont care
Also noticed that a serb is reffing the greece romania game wonder who hell pull for his fellow pravoslavni or his fellow cigani!
Ziva – CR7…really…you use that type of acronym? you want a photo with him?
hahahaha…kidding dude!
@poglavnik……..i feel for you living close to Portugese.
@Laku Noc
As a team I’d rather see Portugal, but as one individual Id rather see Ibra.
I know a lot of Portu’s here so I’ll be pulling for them.
I rather see Ibrahimovic only because I hate the Portugese. I kind of wish the draw would have been fixed. Tough to imagine the WC will not have either Ibra or CR7. You want to see the best at the WC.
@ armada hahahah funny.
1998 semi final
2002 favorable group didnt get it done
2006-favorable group didnt get it done
2010-didnt go
2014?
@ nepoznat
you know where ‘almost’ counts?
horseshoes – not nogomot
😉
Who would you guys rather see in the World Cup… Cristiano or Ibrahimovic?
@ nepoznat 2006 3 card trick remember that v aussies and im not talking euros im talking WC.
@19Miro50 well 2008 we went to Quarter Finals and should’ve been in the Semis. I know Euros don’t have Round of 16 but 2008 should count. Hell 2006 we were in Round of 16 except for the offside goal by Australia that was allowed
@ Ziva smisno, Stimac has no shame so he would do it to him in his head i see it this way
1 if Kovac gets them to Brzil its his fault
2 If Kovac fails then he will say the players suck and that he is a good strucnjak.
No, I don’t think Stimac has contracted with HRT. I’d actually love to see him back as an analyst just to hear the ackwardness it would create on air when discussing the team.
Hell, if i was Index or one of the newspapers or tv stations in Cro, I would hire Strucnjak Stimac as an analyst. I would love for him to be at the press coferences and then ask questions of the players and coaches.
@ Ziva you are right Mexico alway go to rounf of 16 at tournaments something we never do but 1998.
The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, currently operates 97 stores in Mexico[34] and has become one of the largest retailers in Mexico since it entered the market in 2001. The Home Depot increased its presence in Mexico in 2004, with the acquisition of Home Mart, the second largest Mexican home improvement retailer.
The Home Depot Mexico employs more than 10,000 associates throughout the country and has an annual growth rate of 10 percent
I’ll say this about mexico….I have no idea why they played so poorly during qualifying, but if they figure it out that is one team I wouldn’t want to play at the WC.
Will Stimac commentate friday and critisis Kovac and team tactics hahahahah idemo nasi i vasi!
Completely forgot it’s Movember.
@mishko………….do you think Home Depot is only in the US? That is like laughing at the Nike ads for a Cro home game.
@Ante B…….I think he is doing that November stache thing to raise awareness for whatever illness/sickness/disease they are trying to raise awareness for. I kind of want Mexico to make it only because having Mexico in the WC adds media coverage and attnetion to the WC here in the US with the Spanish-language outlets.
@Allen………I’m glad I can help with my feedback and critique. Rule of thumb: always keep it short and interesting.
Mishko that was hillarious. Vatrena, did you see Lalas’s red stache? Bet it made you excited sala
AnteB ,who cares about the Mexico game? Well I Do . You really are full of yourself .
The Irony of the Mexico New Zealand, it’s being played in beaner town and all the advertisements are for HOME DEPOT. GTFO putos.
VJEROJATNI SASTAV ZA ISLAND:
Pletikosa, Srna, Ćorluka, Lovren, Šimunić, Rakitić, Modrić, Iličević, Kovačić, Perišić, Mandžukić.
From telexext!
Mishko – I almost never recall many heated debates over there…here…OMG! People there complain about the government or what type of criminal a certain politician is but here we fight about stupid things which nobody there does!
@Slavonac, I remember a full blown “I’m going to kill you” argument last time I was back home. I had just arrived maybe 6 hours earlier and was dealing with jet lag, and it was funny as shit because I interjected in english, “What the fuck?”, the response was classic, “Pa me razgovaramo”. And we all died of laughter.
I will say this, and this was 3 or 4 years ago, no one, and I mean NO ONE smiled in Zagreb.
.
@ante
not that I care but I think mexico goes through since new zealand is new zealand.
for the most part, my generation of guys were fantastic and we were pretty tight…although there were some retards that always seemed to think they were better and eventually became outcasts…nobody respects an asshole!
Much like this website! 🙂
All we need is a good sporting event or a war to unite us!
Poglavnik – I know exactly whay you mean, and I’ve seen many arguements and even fights the men have had at the dom while playing cards and talking politics…every single one of them thinks they know best and each calling the other wrong or ignorant…hahaha…all them them great Hrvati but for some reason they couldnt agree with the politics!
Icelanders have good sense of humor!
http://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/nogomet/reprezentacije/zanimljiva-igra-navijaca-i-policije-island-u-strahu-od-modrica—311106.html
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… I remember telling my mom there was a Croatia Mondetta sweatshirt at the mall. I was so excited and wanted it so bad! But when she took me to the store to look at it she told me there’s no way I could wear that new Grb! She’s definitely more lenient now but back then my parents were not havin’ it!
@Allen thanks for the update, I’m glad I didn’t fire bomb Ziva Pisdas mother’s basement.
Allen outraged . Don’t let that jerk Ziva get to you you pajama wearing monkey .
Used to go to the picnics.
Never really played for Croatian teams though.
My Stari moved back to Hercegovina in the early 90’s to help fight. The rest of us kind of fell out of touch with a lot of the community. He was the type of Veliki Hrvat that would call out any of those “class of ’91ers.” Didn’t really like most of the community unless they were old NDH supporters.
Anyone remember Mondetta sweatshirts from the early 90’s?
If Simunic plays left back, I’m sure he will have someone with speed like Olic playing left wing. Nothing is for sure yet. Lets just wait and see before we start getting crazy over a lineup that doesn’t exist yet.
Whoooooaaaaa what is that thing on Lalas’s face? A red haired stache?! Ziva that has to be on some banned list.
i have a hard time believing simunic will play left back just cant see the 35 year old who has lost not one but three steps play that position
Mexico New Zealand on ESPN. Who goes on? Who even cares?
hmmm…I cant say I like that too much but then again, I’m not sure how Kovac intends to set up the strategy…Joe will most likely need a player doubling up on him…he is too slow outside but maybe we just dont know all the details yet?
@ slavonac
nije bitno posted the link before allegedly confirming simunic at left back . not sure if its true, but heard this going around now a few times. here’s the excerpt
“Za sada su sigurni samo Modrić, Rakitić, Mandžukić i Šimunić, koje je potvrdio da će igrati lijevog beka.”
Ziva, if I ever meet u I will do my best to wear a named jersey, sticky tape autobiographies of athletes on.me person, wear a tapout cap all while playing a Nintendo ds and ordering a drink in poor Croatian, just because I.know how much these.things.annoy u ya JERK ! 😉
DOKTOR PRLE & Ziva Istina in Iceland at the same time. Shit is gonna be interesting…
Poglavnik…do you play for Croatia in Vancouver…ever go to the summer picnic grounds?
^ ^
Attaboy Allen!
@Slavonac
Absolutely agree.
Just saying, if I have options…
Shit, I used to watch porn on cable channels i didnt get that came in all distorted and colourless 🙂
jm – is this report confirmed or speculation?
Ziva doesn’t hurt my feelings at all. He’s a smart dude, just a bit delusional which is fair since he’s an old man. Most people don’t know much about Iceland as a team. They are a small country that haven’t qualified for recent tournaments.
Video will be worked on soon. Just got to shorten it so Denis & Ante promote it.
I’ll be in Astoria for the games. I have glasses and will be either wearing a Modric or Corluka jersey. Two of my favorites, probably lot of people wear Modric’s jersey because they respect the guy so much and aren’t delusional old men that believe in something called jock sniffing. Never heard that phrase in my life and probably never will hear it again if I wasn’t on the site.
Mishko and others
The reason why I deleted the video was because Ante didn’t want it to be that long. He only wants it around 3 minutes, so there will be a new Allen Outraged video up by tonight or tomorrow.
by the way, i’m surprised no one is jumping on the buzz of simuniuc playing left back. with the injury to strinic, i can understand simunic moving back into the back four. against my expecations he’s been very solid (and saved us from world cup elimination with his red card takeout). but i have a lot of worries about him on the left cause of speed. i’d prefer to see corluka or lovren fill in there
Poglavnik – I agree with you but if you have to be at work, sometimes just seeing the game is better than missing it!
Everybody give Josip Skoblar a round of applause!! Ziva couldn’t have said it better himself.
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/legendarni-golgeter-za-index-ako-ne-odemo-na-sp-suker-i-drustvo-moraju-otici-/711223.aspx
Iggy – Do some research and find a sports bar!
With all the Hrvati down under you’re bound to find a public place to watch it. and I don’t know about anyone else but I can’t stand watching a big game on a computer. Would rather go to a bar any day!
Iggy – there are 2 sites I regularly use that have several links, try to get to them before the game starts…the better of the two is ATDHE and the second is Sport Lemon. I guarantee you, if you go to the first sire at least 10 minutes before the game and find a link, it’ll work, just have to be patient while the ads pop up…every once in a while you have to wanit then click on the x to get rid of it. when the bet365 come’s on, sometimes you have to click on the ad for it to go away…good luck Iggy, I dont want you to miss the game!
@Iggy……..have you ever heard of – or used – google.
yeh i’d like the youtube link too.. my net is currently 3g shit phone quality but if it’s on youtube i might be able to reduce it to low quality perhaps and it might just stream idk..
actually when the game is beginning if anyone has links to really horseshit quality/low kb streams i would like them – thanks !
channel 54 for shaw people in vancouver… i think us in canada generally get more cro games on tv then the states… which seems weird but ill take it
guess i should have checked first before asking… its on sportsnet 360 for canadians
fair enough……..we agree to disagree.
Quickly to the MJ point………I can understand wearing a soccer jersey (with no name on the back) because they actualy fit and you can wear them around. But, I will never understand why people wear NBA jerseys and football jerseys. Especially, the football jerseys. Those thigs are so oversized.
Hockey jerseys are something else. All of Canada revolves around hockey. I think hockey jerseys to Canadains are what rocks are to hercegovci………one can’t live without the other.
please people make sure to put the link for the youtube stream(first i ever heard of youtube live streaming)
anyone in Canada know if its on any of the sportsnet channels?
@ziva
I’m just saying, you’re probably the only one in the world that sees something wrong with wearing your favorite athletes jersey.
You’re basically saying that the 30,000 fans that wore Michael Jordan’s jersey during his last game in the NBA are jock sniffers. You cant be for real.
And no, i will not stop someone for their autograph. I do not want to bother them for that. But you know where this is going. It goes back to and argument you and I had in September. I wont stop someone for a picture or an autograph but I find nothing wrong with going up to Jelavic and Vukojevic in the airport in Zagreb to congratulate them on their performance against Serbia the other night and then walking away. Or maybe staying and having a conversation with them after they initiate it like Jelavic did.
Ziva, you’re a smart man. Some of the things you say and predict are always on point and sometimes i catch myself saying, wow he knows his shit.
On the other hand, there are also times where I stop myself and ask, “what the fuck is he talking about?”.
Ziva – I’m 45, i couldn’t be bothered to have a photo with almost anybody thats famous, but I swear…even though Maradona is a reckless nut…I’d still want one with him…he was incredible in his day…he was really crazy and turned into a nutbag but I liked the guy a lot while he was playing at Napoli. Just because I may not want to wouldnt make me think my friend is a clown for wanting a photo with Guy LaFleur. Some guys really get awestruck…so what man, we see it everday with guys posing with Chuck Liddell or a famous hockey player/football player…I have one with Tompson while he was staying with my friend here in Vancouver several years back, does that make me a jock sniffer…I like Thompson, he was sitting at my friends table talking to us for a few hours when someone brought out a camera…should I walk away or leave the scene?
Jersey with player on back…I get it… a simple photo to say hey “I saw this guy or met him”…really no big deal!
@ nk hr
flying direct out of newark. only about 5yr trip. ticket cost was around 600 i believe. not sure where it was now. ticket cost for the game was 160 kn (30 bucks). not sure on their availablity anymore
Hvala Ziva!
Just covering my bases… 🙂
@Luka
Scandinavian chicks are the hottest!
Even their women’s national soccer teams are hot which is no easy accomplishment.
@Mishko………..why??? So you disagree with a statment I made on the internet (I’m not the only one) and you want to get violent and physcial with me. Don’t be THAT GUY. If you want violence may I suggest that you enroll in an organized afterschool fight club to get your agression out. Geez man….. If I ever met some of you boys I would be buying you drinks, but you want to “smash” my face…….not cool. I think mama Istina is right when she tells me to stay home.
WOW, Allen deleted his video. I thought it was cool. Ziva you’re cunt extraordinaire. I’m not a big guy at all but I’d love for you to come to Alpine Village with your attitude and have me smash your face in. Jubre.
@Slavonac…………I get what you are saying and have witnessed many of our athletes being very polite about photos/autographs. But, my question is why would someone want a photo or autograph. I don’t get it.
@Luka…….Thanks. I won’t be in Iceland long. I’m flying into Sweden and then flying with a few friends from Stockholm into Iceland on the day of the game.
@Poglavnik……..bios are OK. Most bios are boring but for the rare few that are exciting, cool. No issue with bios. it’s not like you are going to tape the book to your shirt for people to see what you are reading. Wearing a jersey is nothing more than trying to bring attention to that person wearing the jersey, trying to show people they are a jock sniffer.
@Armada…….pro athletes and strippers who have a long history of jock sniffing. Very common. Best stripper story i can share here is when I was in Vegas at a strip joint (I forget the name, but the one across the street from the Hard Rock) where some Ukranian stripper gave a good blow job to an NBAer. NBAer walked in, sta down and told the girl to blow him. He did it like the experienced kurva that she was.
@Jm, where are you flying from, is it a direct flight. Looking for something last minute.
headed off tomorrow for iceland. i heard 600 cro fans are making the journey. i will have to do some detective work and uncover ziva’s secret identity. i’ll keep my ears open for any of his trademark sayings
WOW, Allen deleted his video. I thought it was cool. Ziva you’re cunt extraordinaire. I’m not a big guy at all but I’d love for you to come to Alpine Village with your attitude and have me smash your face in. Jubre.
@Poglavnik
I am surprised. I just figured with the extremely small population and isolation that would not be the case. See you learn something new everyday on CSR.
so this one time, me and Rijeka and NT legend Bosko Balaban were at this skeevy strip club in Rijeka and after a few 8 balls, Bosko signed this strippers breasts – is that jock sniffing too?
😀
Icelandic girls are super hot!
Hey Ziva, what about reading biographies of athletes, rock stars, politicians, great thinkers, etc. Jock-sniffing or not?
@Ziva
Sretan put.
You will have to let us know if the Icelandic ladies are an attractive bunch.
@Garden State
Good luck tomorrow night.
Ziva – you’re funny…and kinda over the top also. you may think you are cool because you wouldnt ask for a photo with someone…you’re most likely the coolest person your friends know…but i think you’re over the top with the photo comment. if your friend was a real pro and not some wannabe that was most likely a jerkoff in the first place, most pros are good enough people that understand someone values them for who they are and what theyve achieved…I’ve been in the presence of “Baka”, Mlinaric, Boban, Ciro and several others have always been polite and honored when someone asked them for a photo…you’re getting to be ridiculous, I highly doubt you’ve ever known what it feels like to be on that level and to respect those that consider you a somebody! if you think your buddy, the “former national team player” is normal by refusing…then he never was a professional and is most likely a loser! any player in any country knows its just part of being popular, you are totally wrong on this one dude…I get your jersey theory but this one is totally off!
Yes Adame youtube has a channel called Qualifiers 2014
They have the rights to alot of the games , they already have
Shown cro v belg , cro v srb; scot ect.
Its live and for free . If you got o.k internet shld be good viewn
Do you really think its showing support?????? So, wearing a jersye of XXXXX player to the mall is support????
No issue with wearing a jersey. Big issue with wearing a jersey that has the name of another person on the back. How pathetic is someone’s life if you are wearing the last name of another person on your back. It is a form of self-hate or having low self-esteem about yourself. You value someone you don’t even know more than your own name.
Let me be clear. It is OK for kids to wear the jersey of a player. Kids don’t know any better. But, then they hit adulthood and hopefully have a brain on their shoulders to realize they are too old to be wearing a jersey with someone’s name on it.
But, think about it. If you are a grown man, lets say you are 30-yrs old. How stupid does it look to wear the jersey of a Luka Modric (add in any player here), someone who is younger than you and someone you don’t even know.
Adame, you also sound like a guy who would stop an athelte for a photo or autograph. Am I wrong????
Rule of thumb when in doubt…….. Before you put on that Luka Modric jersey or any other player, ask yourself would that same athlete wear a jersey with your last name on it. if the answer is no, then you shouldn’t wear the jersey. Same of autographs and photos. If the athlete in question wouldn’t stop you to take a photo with you, why then would you go jock sniffing and stop them for a photo or autograph.
Which brings me to something that took place few years ago. I was a few friends on the coast and we were hanging out with a group of people and one of them was a former national team player. Some diaspora hrvat from the US came up to our table and asked for a photo with said player. The player shook his head, but was willing to take the photo. But, the player’s cousin got pissed and told the tourist to get lost. The tourist turns around and then calls the player “govno”…….think about this for a second. Some random dude comes up to the table and disturbs the conversation asking for a photo and then gets pissed of that someone would refuse to take a photo with a stranger……The lesson here: don’t be that annoying tourist.
does this mean we are getting an article from Ziva Istina since he’s going to the game??
@Poglavnik – I feel the same when when I play in 100 degrees with 150 percent humidity. Guys bitching about heat gives me strength haha.
Ahh fuck Adame now you will get him started
everyone, brace for a one of Ziva’s patented lecturettes on jock-sniffing..
here we FUCKING go again…
@ziva
Whats so wrong about wearing an athletes jersey? If you’re a fan and think the guy is an amazing athlete, whats the problem with wearing the jersey to show support?
Love playing in the cold!
Been playing in the Vancouver rain my whole life.
When I see guys shivering or bitching it always gives me strength out there. I can always kick it into another gear when the weather sucks and I see people crying about it.
@Steve from st Albans
Thanks for the suggestion.
@ Allen
oh, I know you’re reading this post…
that’s some weak sauce dude, posting the video, getting some negative (and funny) feedback and then taking it down? you gotta stand by your work son, even if it’s a pile of
govno!
CRETIN!!!!
DOOOOOOFUST!!!
hvala bogu for this site – on days I feel homicidal at work … some of the stuff I read on here gives me a solid chuckle or two
You must have hurt Allen Outraged’s feelings Ziva he has now deleted his video.
Hope you feel better now you CRETIN ! : P
Thanks @slavonac :)…..yeah we are making some waves in local soccer…..No Politics No Bs..just soccer…We have new coach…He is Croat, former pro and semi pro soccer player and MMA Enthusiast….he got guys in shape:)…..he knows soccer and he is big dude so usuall Croatian style bitching does not fly…..he benched our best player becouse he came 5 minutes late LOL…..talking about attitude change:)
If I did a video, I would do one that is quality and not give you some drek that is a called a preview and then in the next line tell you that I have no clue about the team we are playing.
Effort is nice, but I prefer quality work or lame quantity.
Garden State Croatia – I like the fact you guys have dedicated your time and effort to make a Croatian organization and keep it going…awesome job dude! Nice facebook page as well…I got a kick outta some photos!
@Ziva then you should show us how it’s done. Put your money where your cock holster is. YOU make some videos and stop talking crap behind your computer.
YOU’RE UP SWEETIE. Are you a man or a mouse? It’s up to you dickhead.
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Uruguay laying down a beating on Jordan. Would be nice to se us do the same, but realistically I’ll be happy with 3 points in any shape or form.
I stopped watching that Allen Outraged video at the 1 minute mark. How can you preview a match when you say “I don’t know much about Iceland”………well thanks for wasting one minute of my life.
Don’t know what is worse………wearing a jersey with another man’s name on it or posting youtube videos from your bedroom in pajamas.
cold? what cold….we are playing Serbian White Eagles tommorow night 9.30 and according to weather app it will be 28 degrees F….so if bunch of guys can play in Newark then those highly paid superstars can play in Island.When you are pro weather should not be of concern. You die for the “grb” on the chest and not name on the back. https://www.facebook.com/GardenStateCroatiaFC
nuff said….:) Lets Go Vatreniiiiiii !!!!!!
Yeah, I think of been living in Florida too long. It’s 60 out and it feels like I’m on another planet. I’ve played games in well below freezing temperatures, and as a goalkeeper, that SUCKS. You moisten your gloves before the game, and they start to freeze after awhile. I don’t know how the pros do that on a regular basis. I’m sure the line their jerseys with their fat paychecks. Maybe that’s the secret to staying warm.
Ziva,
Sretan put brate! Uzivaj i navijaj. If you can make sure to write a comment or two if you have time. Don’t blame you if you can’t. Remember that drunk posts and updates from the source are always acceptable. Sretan put jos jednom! Za dom
Allen Outraged previews Croatia-Iceland
JUST POSTED AN HOUR AGO. I bet he wasn’t expecting me to find this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj80DS5IXHc
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This is an excuse about the weather. Artic circle, snow, wind, rain. Come on enough of our players have played in the cold, snow, sleet, wind and rain. Time to play.
@Ziva, not concerned about the field, just thought it would be cool to have someone there just giving reports to people like me who are in Los Angeles freezing our asses off. I mean it’s not even 8am and it’s only 65 degrees.
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@Slavonac great job translating. I forgot that a lot of brothers and sisters can’t speak Croatian, it’s not a diss, it’s just that way sometimes.
But back to the interview I have a feeling we’re going to pushing hard for goals from the blow of the whistle, I just hope we don’t get punished on a counter.
Exciting times, and nail biting times. There’s still 48 hours left and hopefully Niko is able to rally the troops and put a team on the field that we can all be proud of.
Za Dom
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the field is the same for both teams…this is the life of a soccer player in which they learn to deal with from a very young age. I was initially worried that their may be snow, ice and that the ball would have to be florescent orange but its not the case and we cant use the weather as an excuse.
i wish slovenia would have made it so we can pay them back for all the bullshit they talked last worldcup
@Colin……….anything below 50????? you sound a bit soft. I’d say a third of the games I have played in my life were under 50. Heck, some of the more memorable games as a kid were in bad weather. I enjoyed playing in the cold, except when you got hit in the foot..
@mishko…….sure. But, not sure why people are so worried about the conditions. Field is in great shape from what I have heard and rain is expected. Field has a good drainage system, so it shouldn’t really be an issue.
Mishko – thanks for the link…great interview.
This morning I’ve had the chance to read some comments from Iceland and Croatia…my favorite response is from Mandzukic. The Iceland centre back was asked if he knew who mandzukic was…the guy responded “I don’t know Mandzukic, is he the guy from Bayern”?
Mandzukic’s response was “we’ll talk Friday, on the field”….and then Rakitic chimed in and said “he’ll get introduced to Mandzukic, we’ll make sure he remembers not only Mandzukic, but all of us!”
Kovac was asked about Rakitic and the interviewer mentioned that Rakitic is one of the best in La Liga but doesnt give that to the National team…Kovac responded that Rakitic’s understanding/knowledge isnt in question…and that with his club he gets more success and therefore circumstances are different, the National Team was getting poor results and its more difficult, Kovac said he thinks the guys need to play in a position where it is more natural to them…although its not always possible and it would be the best if they all did play their natural positions….he went on to talk about Rakitic’s qualitiy and that he wouldnt necessarily agree that he wasnt “that guy”…refering to the fact that Rakitic wasn’t a “failure” and then kinda changed the topic to and made it about the team rather than Rakitic.
Kovac said they will look for goals…1 or 2 and doesnt think a 0-0 tie would be a decent result.
I’m getting really pumped for this game and hope we come out flying…I know our recent results have been terrible but I do believe we have the team to definitely dominate and hurt Iceland!
Yeah but aren’t you from Florida?
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I don’t know, guys. 37 degrees and rain is still miserably cold. I have trouble playing in anything below 50! Sure it could be way worse, but I sure as hell wouldn’t want to play in that.
@Ziva do you have a smart phone? It would be great if you could do a pre-match highlight of the conditions etc and post them to youtube. Would you be willing to do that, and can you?
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im all for us getting there and will be happy nonetheless however its fucking iceland.
Looks like Simunic will be playing left back
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/hrvatska-krenula-po-sp-simunic-otkrio-sastav-odigrat-cu-lijevog-beka-onako-kako-znam-/711249.aspx
@Mishko……..yep, departing tonight
@vatrena cast………dude, what are you smoking? As long as we get there, you cares what the score is. We may end up winning comfortably, but not based on what we have watched in the last 6-plus months with these guys.
Dunno if this has been posted yet, but a really good interview also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO6sKKmGNDY
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Just 4 hours old.
Croatia v Iceland Play off Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a442FivLbYg
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if this isnt a blow out we dont deserve to go to the world cup.
@ Steve from st Albans
I can watch the match on youtube? are you sure?
Looks like a bit of $$$ is coming in on Croatia. They are at -110 now. They are still -600 to qualify.
@Ziva you still going to game in Iceland?
I wouldn’t call a 0-0 draw in Iceland as a disaster. Yes, it puts Iceland in good position for the ZG game, but not a disaster on our end.
Now, the longer this tie goes 0-0 into the second leg the more our guys will go into mental midget status.
Its too bad there is no HD screen at maksimir. I would love for them to be able to show video and capture video of Mamic at the game just to hear the crowd boo the hell out of him.
Both games live on youtube . Type in Qualifiers 2014
If we cant beat iceland then we dont deserve w.c spot
1-2 win for us away
4-0 win for us at home
Za Dom !
Hey anonymous, y don’t u go & get fucked u cigan loving moron! Croatians around the world are proud to call ourselves Croats and not embarrassed to let the world know who we are! Clearly u are cos u don’t have the balls to use yr name! One last word from me if u can read ” idi u pizdu materinu”.
@anonymous,
Why are you attacking Croats?? Has a Croat done something to you? You have nothing better to do but insult us? Don’t come back to this site, no negativity allowed!
Here’s a thought ajde ti lipo u kurac or if you don’t understand fuck off.
Actually now that he brings it up being Croatian is the greatest thing on earth. When we are born we get a family name and a nationality these are two things we carry for a lifetime (i guess former jugos don’t count) and I think all of us agree being croatian is great, in the end we leave as croats along with that name we carry with pride, the rest is what we make it.
Tudi covik nikad nece znati sto to veze….