Hajduk was in Gruda on Tuesday, a town 35 kilometers south of Dubrovnik, to train for their 1/8 finals HN Cup match with Treća Liga side Konavljanin on October 29th. Here’s a few exclusive pictures I got my hands on from Hajduk’s training session.
Young Hajduk players get stuck with returning a practice goal after a training session in Gruda. Notice that there is no net. The Prva Liga is sinking so quickly that not even Hajduk can get a proper training facility while on the road.
Hajduk players scrimmage with each other in preparation for what should be an easy win against Treća Liga Side, Konavljanin. Nikola Kalinić did not make the trip and will not play.
Hajduk goalie, Danijel Subašić, lies on his back after letting an easy ball get by him in practice.
Hajduk ends the practice session with a friendly game of handball (rukomet), which is also a very popular sport in Croatia.
Hajduk goalie, Danijel Subašić, climbs an old, rusty fence to get a ball that got jammed in it during the practice session. I can guarantee you that we would never see the likes of Edwin van der Sar or Gianluigi Buffon have to climb a rusty fence during practice. Where are the ball boys Hajduk? I’m sure 5 Kune an hour will do!
PHOTOS BY BRANIMIR KVARTUČ
Joze,
Ante and I met Cilic earlier this year at Indian wells, California. Great kid. Hopefully, he continues to develop and challenges Nadal and Dokovic one day.
Ivo Karlovic,
Your serving game is fabulous, besides that you got nothing. You should focus on bettering up your game, instead of auditioning for American Idol.
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The fights at the Aus Open last year were a bit exaggerated in the media but its in the past.
I think that the Australian Open is the best grand slam because of what you said, there is basically nothing going on in the sporting world at the time so you can just enjoy watching it.
I think Cilic is looking in good shape to maybe make an impact next year..
lets hope he lives up to the hype because Ancic has been unlucky with injury and Ljubicic and Karlovic are a bit in-consistent.
Joze,
Funny that you happen to mention the Australian Open. i was gonna mention this tournament in my last comment, however, I didn’t want to go off topic and most importantly, I want to “stay professional.”
I’ve been to the world cup, the euro cup, french open, NBA finals game 6 Lakers lift trophy, Hajduk-Dinamo, Hajduk in Malta, 10 or so NBA Playoff games. I’m not trying to brag by saying all of this. I live for sport.
the next events on my list in order are:
1) Champions league
2) Wimbledon
3) Australian open
4) US Open(not golf)
5) UEFA Cup final
6) WC or Euro qualifier
7) Olympics
The Australian open got out of hand last year with all the Croats and Serbs going at it in Australia.
Too bad that Beckham left for Milan. He could have kicked a few Rugby balls in the stands after the Galaxy game in Sydney.
Last but not least,
The Australian open is shown in the 9pm-4am live on the west coast of the US, this means lots of beer, rakija, whiskey, etc… and watching Tennis…
The Australian Open is the best because nothing else is going on in the world at that time. The French Open and Wimbledon are during the world cup and euros every other year.
Summers the best time for Australia. Sydney has all you want for beaches but I definately reccommend going to Melbourne for the Australian Open. I went January 07′ and its lots of fun…and theres heaps of Croats too supporting Ancic and co so you wont be alone.
When is the best time to visit Australia?
Don’t worry about “take us in”, a friendly Australian-Croatian would be all we need. Hopefully, I can do the Australia, New Zealand, and a few nearby islands in one shot. I’m thinking anywhere from 2-5 weeks.
check this out:
No Beckham, no deal: Galaxy’s Australian game off
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-australia-beckham&prov=ap&type=lgns
Not enough room in my house to take you in sorry but we could hang out definately.
Sounds like the Mexicans here in LA…but thats neither here nor there. Australia’s next on my list Joze. If me and Denis flew into Sydney would you be able to hang out. Even take us in???
Ye a lot of people want to retire in Croatia. The biggest problem with going back earlier would be finding work.
I live in Sydney over here. I don’t mind Australia, nice people and good opportunities with education. But theres a lot of Asians coming here..they are taking over really bad.
Joze,
I don’t know if I can ever live in Croatia. Besides Zagreb, there’s no life for the 16-35 year old crowd. most people visit Croatia in the summer time when everything is poppin.
Living in America’s largest city and second in population, there is always something going on. Croatia had Iron Maiden and Alicia Keys to look forward to this year.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Australia.
For right now, I plan on retiring in Croatia.
Where are you in Australia? If I find a cheap flight I’m out of here.
I miss Croatia so much…look at that landscape behind them! does anyone else here have any plans to ever move back?
Bilic’s gameplans have been eerily similiar to what has been said on CSR pre-match. Hmmmm…
Slaven Bilic reads our blog every day. However, he doesn’t want to comment for obvious reasons.
what an honor…slaven bilic leaving a comment…if only it was really you…
this is the beauty of croatian soccer!
I kinda just want to be on hajduk to practice with them
looks like a heap of fun
They won today 2-0, expected of them, Funny picture I’d like to see Iker do that