Croatia fell 2 spots down to #12 in the February 2008 FIFA World Rankings. Greece moved up to #10 and England took the 11th spot with their 2-1 win over the Swiss at Wembley earlier this month. The top nine remained the same from January. This means absolutely nothing for Croatia and only furthermore proves my point of how horrible the FIFA Ranking system is and why it needs to … [Read more...] about CROATIA FALLS TWO SPOTS IN RANKS
Archives for February 2008
CRO-COP IS LIVING THE ‘DREAM’
By 5 CommentsIt is now official! Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipović is heading back to Japan! Not to PRIDE and not to K-1; but he will be joining the new MMA league called 'DREAM'. His first fight will be on the upcoming March 15th card versus a yet-to-be-named fighter in Saitama, Japan. Here is the preliminary DREAM post. Was this a good career move or a 'cop-out' on Cro-Cop's part? You … [Read more...] about CRO-COP IS LIVING THE ‘DREAM’
CRO-COP HEADS TO JAPAN FOR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!
By 4 CommentsIn non-related soccer news but very important Croatian sports news, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović announced earlier this week that he will be traveling to Japan to make a very important announcement regarding his future in fighting. In his personal blog 'Cro Cop' writes, "I’m off to Tokyo! A big announcement will come straight from Japan tomorrow (February 13).When the … [Read more...] about CRO-COP HEADS TO JAPAN FOR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!
**HELP BRING THE CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE UNITED STATES**
By 21 CommentsThis blog is setting an ambitious goal: To bring the Croatian National Soccer Team to play an exhibition game at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca- and hopefully three other locations in the United States and Canada (possibly San Jose, Columbus,New York and Toronto). We are working on the logistics of this project, but would like to ask you to reply to the … [Read more...] about **HELP BRING THE CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE UNITED STATES**
CROATIA — NETHERLANDS
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LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE BY CROATIANS LEADS TO 3-0 LOSS
By Leave a CommentSlaven Bilić and his team said that this result would show them where they stood in European ranks- and what I saw from this match is that they have a lot of work to do if they want to do any damage in this year's EuroCup. Croatia was playing at home with their 'A' team starting roster while Netherlands were without stars Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie and Arjen … [Read more...] about LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE BY CROATIANS LEADS TO 3-0 LOSS
RAKITIĆ POSTS 3 ASSISTS IN WIN OVER STUTTGART
By 1 CommentSwiss-born Croatian international, Ivan Rakitić, helped his German club team, FC Schalke 04, to a triumphant 4-1 win over visiting Stuttgart February 3rd as Bundesliga action started up again after the winter break. He assisted the first 3 goals for Schalke all off of set pieces. The 19 year-old Rakitić was born in Switzerland and even represented them in U-17, U-19 and … [Read more...] about RAKITIĆ POSTS 3 ASSISTS IN WIN OVER STUTTGART