I’m not trying to be the “tin foil hat guy” here. But Jesus Christ, every damn tournament it’s the same old song.
Euro 2012. Ćorluka gets denied a clear penalty against Spain. Nothing happens.
World Cup 2014. Croatia scores first vs. Brazil and Referee Yuichi Nishimura gives Brazil a soft penalty. Nishimura is then immediately dismissed from the tournament.
Euro 2016. Rakitić gets absolutely battered all night long and stomped on against Portugal. No red card in sight.
World Cup 2018 Final. Antoine Griezmann wins the free kick that leads directly to France’s opening goal. He was never touched. And don’t forget about the Perišić VAR handball call that took FOREVER to action.
Euro 2024. Croatia gets eliminated against Italy after a chaotic ending and controversial 8 minutes of added time. Referee Danny Makkelie is then dismissed from the tournament.
And now, World Cup 2026. Croatia lose to Portugal because of a sensor in the ball! Give me a break! And Espen Eskås, the referee in charge of the Portugal match has verrrry quietly been relieved of main refereeing duties, being moved to 4th official. He will not referee another match at this World Cup.
That means Croatia has had 3 referees dismissed from games we lost in the past 7 tournaments. 3 referees!!! That is a crazy statistic!!!
All bad luck coincidences? I think not.
And if the scales truly are tipped against us, that only magnifies what we have done as a tiny footballing nation on the world stage. Three World Cup medals since the 90s. That is magical guys, seriously. DO NOT take it for granted.
I personally think we have a GIANT KILLER reputation. We took down Germany in 98. England in 2007. Germany again in group stage in 2008. Gave Spain a hell of a run in 2012. Almost ruined Brazil’s party to the start the tournament in 2014. Portugal won Euro 2016 after battering us and receiving card love from the referee. Ruined the party in 2018 for England. Definitely ruined the party for FIFA in 2022 preventing a Brazil vs. Argentina World Cup semifinal. 8 extra minutes against Italy at Euro 2024. And then Censor-gate for Portugal in 2026.
Look guys…it sucks. But Croatia is on everyone’s radar. No one wants to play us. We go toe-to-toe with the world’s best teams on the world stage. Consider it a badge of honor.
Finally
Truth hired a pimply analyst with a BRAIN – he only had to churn thru 50 to find one – terrible recruitment
Excellent point on Chelfi – his dad is Algerian and thus 99% Sunni
The only issue is all of our best talent play the same position ie left footed right inside forward
Jaga
Segecic
Chelfi
+ couple more names I forget
Maybe one of them can be converted into a left back like Pranjic (which btw was a BILIC masterclass ie putting him there)
Argentina ties it 2-2 in the 9th minute of injury time you heard it here first!
Yeah thanks to Var saving the pricks when Egypt running the length of the field and scoring joke.
Haha 2-0 !
Similar pattern to our game, just Messi isn’t capitalizing. Fuck FIFA!
Egypt 1 Argentina 0 they score again Egypt and they disallow it lol Messi also had a penalty saved.
Saw this reel on insta and found it interesting:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DafAZLnsKWK/?igsh=MXVjcm11M3lndnRkZA==
We are forgetting euro 1996 vs germany terrible ref.
Euro 2004 handball by france for 2 2
2006 that english wanker terrible officiating all around.
2012 Spain
2014 brazil.
Euro 2016 portugal
2018 final
2022 penalty for argentina if it was other way around hell no.
2024 gay ref v italy
2026 Portugal
What can we do nothing but play better i guess.
And also we have had 8 penalties called against us since 2002 most out of any team
This sport is set up to be too easily determined by referee bias or error. The balance of power needs to be re-set.
My suggestion: They should make the goals 4′ longer and 2′ taller so as to disadvantage the goalie, and advantage the attacker, so that the average score of a game is 10 + goals on a regular basis. 1-0, 1-2 should be an anomality rather than a ruled.
Also replace offsides definition to having your complete body past the defender.
A goal should not be an anomaly, but a regular normal occurrence every 10 minutes, for skilled players. No one officiating call is less likely to determine the outcome.
Additionally, less skilled bunkering teams beating better skilled teams on a regular basis, would be less common.
The current set up is like pickleball to tennis. There is not much difference between Janik Sinner and Joe Smith down the street, if it is determined over a game of pickle ball, rather than tennis and can be easily manipulated.
Stop blocking the carburetor, and let the oxygen in.
Soccer needs to be opened up to let the more skilled players shine, not the referees, whose salaries are paid by those who have the most financial capital.
After further thought, nix that idea. White people might become very rare in soccer, and be more like American basketball, where only Croatian, Serbian or Slovene dominate the entire scene, because it is based on skill.
Lets face it. Croatia lost.
This goal didn’t take away victory. It took away the chance to tie, which likely meant a 40 percent chance of victory.
On another note, I am heartened to see the contribution of Lovro Chelfi on the u19 team.
From what I understand, he is of Algerian descent. It also likely means he is Muslim.
Croatia finally emerges from the dark ages and is able to get some more multi cultural representation for Lijepa Nasa.
This has been done to great success all over Europe (France, england, portugal, spain, and even the scandi countries now)
It has been to great benefit of both the football teams and societies.
And you can see these players bleed for their countries in the same way.
Chelfi was going nuts singing moja domivina after the u19 victory and his teammates probably dont bat an eye at his non croat ethnicity.
Has life ever been “fair” ?
How about the 1934 WC ???
During the 1934 World Cup, held in Italy, Benito Mussolini personally intervened in the selection of the referees who officiated the matches of the Italian national team. According to the chronicles of the time, the dictator would formally dine with them the night before the matches to make it clear what was expected of their performance.
In the quarterfinal match against Spain, the Belgian referee Louis Baert allowed a wildly rough game by the Italians, especially against Spain’s key figures. The goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora ended up with broken ribs. In the subsequent replay, the referee René Mercet disallowed two legitimate goals for Spain; his performance was so questioned that the Swiss Federation itself ended up suspending him for life.
In the semifinal against Austria, the referee Ivan Eklind validated an Italian goal in a play where several players pushed the Austrian goalkeeper into the net. Minutes later, the same referee headed away a pass that could have led to a clear Austrian counterattack. After that match, Mussolini again appointed Eklind to officiate the final against Czechoslovakia.
The most controversial play of the final occurred when Luis Monti brought down the Czech forward Oldřich Nejedlý inside the Italian penalty area. The foul seemed like an obvious penalty, but Eklind ignored it and let the game continue. Before the opening whistle, the referee positioned himself in front of the presidential box and performed the fascist salute directed at Benito Mussolini.
Italy won the match 4 to 2.
I don’t know why this series of facts about a topic that’s not mine, like sports, came to mind.
No World Cup before 1970 is legitimate
Hrv did not lose because of a conspiracy. We lost because of bad play. Livakovic gets a delay foul. instead of a goal kick Portugal has a corner. that cornver results in penalty on Vlasic. That corner should not have taken place but it did because Livakovic.
the second goal for portugal was a header thanks to bad defense by Gvardiol and Pongracic.
That is why we lost.
It was a bad back pass from Kovacic that went out for a corner. Hard to take you seriously when you get basic facts wrong.
The premise for your argument ignores Croatia’s overturned goal which is the prime example of favoritism towards Portugal over Croatia. It also ignores the disparity in fouls called against Croatia and for Portugal. You also chose to disregard that the penalty was something that is very rarely called. Every corner in the tournament has a 15 person wrestling match.
The only thing I’ll give you is that it was crap defense on Portugal’s second goal.
The delay foul is not an automatically applied refereeing decision, it is a choice that can be applied at random. Keep that in mind. This is across the board the most manipulated world cup ever, not just for Croatia but also for Croatia.
here is the truth Davor . Your right we did make mistakes and did have chances to win . We failed to capitalize on opportunities. as far as conspiracy goes. I don’t believe anyone sits at the table and votes to keep us down. We do a lot to ourselves. What i really think it comes down to is we are small, not respected and looked down upon. If an opportunity comes up for a call to go against us it will . They took two goals away from us that France and Argentina would of gotten. At the end of the day Mbappé and Messi cannot loose the cup to a country like us . 2018 50 people storm the field just as Ratakic is on break away was suspicious . Especially since that behavior never happens in Russia. People no better than to mess around there . to beat the fix you need to score outright . if they foul us and its clear the ref has to call it. If we foul and its soft it goes their way. That Euro vs Spain we should of had 2 Pk awarded . 2018 they gave France every call. I hear where your coming from . Your right about the loss. I don’t want to be a cry baby . I was pissed we lost and for me its over . I do understand where others are coming from . I honestly believe that the powers that be would not allow Croatia to win a Euro or World cup . We may have to come to the conclusion that we might not ever win a cup because we are to small , and not as fast, strong or technical as the other big countries and will never catch a break with the refs
@Donjo Zagon @Crnkovic
Why would Adidas or Nike sell more merch based on who wins the WC ?
People buy their jerseys BEFORE the tournament starts
It’s not like people wait for Brazil to win – and then the next day – a billion people go out and buy Brazil jerseys ?
Nike pays Brazil $100m a year for jersey deal (biggest jersey deal in the World) – why doesn’t Brazil get pushed to the final every time – per your logic ? Instead of crashing out in R32/16/QF ?
Why would FIFA care about Beer Sales in France vs. Croatia ? Do they own an economic interest in Beer company in France vs. Croatia (or any company whatsoever in France vs. Croatia) ?
Firstly, 10% of France is Muslim and don’t drink – second, the elite part of every country’s population doesn’t drink at all full stop period (we need our clear minds 24/7 – someone has to run the World)
Look up the top 10-20 GDP countries in the World (and then look up a separately the top BEER markets by VALUE (not volume) in the World)
By your logic USA and its $30 tr economy should been handed the WC this year – bc more beer and jerseys would have been sold (!!!)
China and India don’t even qualify for the WC – nevermind win it
England hasn’t won since 1966 – and they are massive GDP and beer consumption markets
Germany rarely wins it (and gets kicked out early most years) – Brazil gets kicked out the last 26 years
Sorry – but your assessement lacks merit and defies any logic – otherwise US, China or India would win every WC
If anything, the WC games are a DISTRACTION on local economies and HURT GDP – the hoi polloi spend weeks drinking beer, getting wasted 24/7, missing work, spend weeks consumed by watching football instead of hamerring nails, etc etc etc – as example look at all the MORONS who went to Croatia House or in Dallas or Philly and SPENT 2 days celebrating, playing with a big flag, and getting wasted before every match before it every started – billions of “sick days” of people calling in/missing work – hence why hamerring nails basically stops during the WC period
Meanwhile, white/caucasian represent 13% of the Global population – do you realize how ARROGANT it is for 13% of the population to opine how the 87% of the World feels about an all-white team winning the global sport (which is MAJORITY played by non-whites) – it’s like BEYOND arrogant
Here’s the complaint made by LICRA – a French anti-racist NGO in 2018 – right before the 2018 final complaining that the Croatia team is “all white” (ironically France has had a lot of issues over the years with its own racism – see how they treated the black/muslim players when Annelka went home early from a WC bc the coach made up a story that Annelka told him off during training (which never happened) – the entire French pressed turned on many of the black/muslim players saying they have bad attitudes and only feel French when they win – at one point the French Football Federation had a master plan to implement LIMITS of how many blacks could join the football academies bc white kids weren’t good enough – until it was leaked publicly and uproar over the racism of the white powers that be at FFF – similarly, to everyone picking on Djed Spence now bc he is the first black/muslim player)
https://www.sott.net/article/391609-French-anti-racist-organisation-calls-out-Croatian-football-team-for-being-too-white
Racism exists – the way to combat being called a racist (which Croatia NT has been FINED a million times before btw) is to get on board as surely a coloured played would NEVER join a Croatia NT if it is in fact racist – so get Belinho, Mattheus (Eduardo’s son), or one of the 1/2 Croat 1/2 Africans Kante, Ayodele Thomas, etc – to join the Croatia NT
HNS to introduce VAR in the HNL this year !!!
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MORON MORON MORON low IQ Croats !!!!!!!!!!
Portugal VAR bad
One day later
VAR for HNL Good
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Ok..dosta .i didnt edit my last rant..lots of bad grammar..All i can say is fuck you fifa.god will bring karma to you you souleess godless pos so called representatives..as i drink my last.pivo..im right . Knowing garbage rules us ..stach es badovo da sikerat.yebiga fifa ..
There is some cro davors i know ..cro..but could be chet. Nik..neznam..but storyline goes ..our cro vatreni are geting fucked left right and center by money hungry total pos fifa loser pawns ..yes men loosly. Cuck curac govno ..thag are fucking with the ho really deserve to go ..to the last game in this farce worldcup of diahrea govno..its worthless….now..garbage..enjoy your fake cup fag messi..garbage.
We got fkd against Portugal. Could’ve beat this soft Spanish team. Trump Lives rent free in poor Canadians heads. And Davor is a jugo or srbin
Let’s be real Trump and Infantino/FIFA are 2 peas in a pod, both corrupt POSs.
Sad if you can’t see that.
Very sad indeed. You can’t speak sense to some on this board. Idiocracy isn’t just a movie, it’s real life now. If you are a red hat person, you need to be on medication.
Speaking of Canadians , Did you or anyone hear anything about some protest Justice for Croatia ? over the loss. The Canada Croats are behind it . My aunt told me about it , but i did not pay any attention to it because i think its stupid
And that greisman flop..he should be ashamed for life as a fraud fake flopper non athlete loser..thinks hes great along with the ref and var who will live in infamy for that fake drop crime they accepted..i hope he doesnt sleep now..video will always be on youtube..these types of players are pure govno..i would swim in a septic tank..rather than be lier greaseman govno flopper..was it worth it fo him..i hope not..that is what our good ole true catholic cro vatreni footballers would never do..so they can sleep at night.bog
Davor you sound like a javol which is devil in cro.Our country our players in cro or diaspora cro have nothing but heart and play honest football.for hrvatska..You need a soul check..our vatreni are geting screwed over.year after year..theie is no argument..ante posted the video proof..sram te bilo..
please stop with the conspiracy talk. we have also benefited from some calls that have gone in our favor.
I know people mad now because of the manner we lost. We didn’t deserve to advance. The goal from Portugal was a header with three defenders marking one player. That was enough for us to lose.
what are we moving now to Nations League and Euro 2028. I think we will be a team that should qulaify for Euros, but will struggle to advance out of group stage. We still lack any forwards who can score at this level. Perisic is our only reliable winger and our backline is very overated.
Btw
anonymous has told how u how to increase the odds in 2028, 2030nand beyond
Croatia need a DEI eg Belinho, or one of the half Croatian half African kids in the squad
Trust Anonymous – it’s a pre-requisite – that’s how the World works – FIFA etc will hold all white against Croatia
Doesn’t mean Croatia won’t get screwed – it means it becomes more palatable to FIFA etc as could make for better PR with DEI in the media and pics
If nothing else – it won’t hurt 🇭🇷
Needs to happen
It’s got nothing to do with that anonymous. How many beers get sold if France win the World Cup? Compare that to how many osjusko get sold if Croatia win. It’s simple. It’s called capitalism. Zero relevance to skin colour
Partial correct.. Follow the sponsor money. Two biggest sponsors are Adidas and Nike. Who will sell more merch, thats who will get a push to advance. Croatia in 2018, 2022 was a fluke. Small market team going that far means loss of revenue. Its a nice story and they might let it happen now and then but they wont make a habit of it.
Scary how Lovren looks like Ronaldo in the picture, lol
The worst was the World Cup 2018 final. Griezmann should have received a yellow card for faking and Cro gets a free kick. The Perisic handball was absolute crap unlike the Portuguese one in stoppage time that wasn’t even looked at. The Portugal loss the other day is the second most egregious that should have gone to extra time but as usual with VAR it’s always used to screw us over because the problem is that there are always two rule books.
Don’t forget about Graham Pool and the Australian game .
The biggest argument we have for 2018 is around Pogba dopping ban
It’s not like he started juicing 2 years later
Of course today’s HNS how primitive and unsophisticated their approach is – and after 4 days – if they sent it to Anonymous for review would have ripped the whole thing apart in 5 seconds
Probably 50 MORONS from HNS worked on it including lawyers and Anonymous can rip it all apart in 5 seconds
So no way they could figure out how to approach Pogba 2018 to overturn the result
All 11 French starters could have tested positive for 100 drugs and they wouldn’t have done anything. They are not stripping France of a World Cup. Cheating is how they win in the first place.
This is where sophistication and creative thinking comes into play – you have to think of precedents from other sports and try to apply it eg Lance Armstrong stripped of all 7 Tour d France titles, etc
The better and more sophisticated the minds applied to it the better the potential outcome – you contact the top doping lawyers globally and discuss
But doing nothing and staying quiet and not even trying ? That Cuck
Last Euro Majer manhandled in Spanish box. Also another Euro Corluka spun 360 degrees in front of Spanish goal with ball heading to him for a header.
Wait till Mr t figures out Balogan is an anchor baby and actually a Brit 🤭
FIFA is so corrupt. You have epstein’s buddy trump reversing the red card for Balogun in the Bosnia game. Such a fucking disgrace. I hope Belgium wins now.
With Portugal and the US losing today at least some justice was served
Belgium won in style. Lukaku scoring with almost no time left just to put salt on the wound.
They did 4-1, and everyone in the world is happy except the Americans. That reversal was BS.
Croatia U18 Waterpolo World Champions – for now – until Mr T calls the president of the Waterpolo federation to take away a couple points
Every tournament we’ve be wronged at you mentioned, a few of the teams we played have gone and won it all. Excluding Brazil who got executed in their own backyard and that was such a treat to witness.
Put it this way, as a country that has only competed for 26 years. We have made tremendous strides. We’ve made as many/more final fours than Italy, Brazil, Netherlands, etc. That’s a statement itself. We do get the short end of the stick it seems every tournament. The big teams aren’t scary anymore and walk over anyone. That’s the positive take from this World Cup. You have Cape Verde almost bringing Argentina to penalties, Paraguay beating Germany, England almost blowing the lead against Mexico. Small teams can compete and getting stronger. We won’t get any calls in our favour. That’s the reality and we must accept it. I’m sure other teams have repeated what we have said. The question is how we address it? Boycott each tournament?
Since 2014 every giant we played got a penalty against us at the World Cup.
-Brazil 2014
-France 2018
-Argentina 2022
-England/Portugal 2026
Other mentions
-Spain 2016
-Iceland 2018 (not complaining just mentioning)
-Czech Republic 2021
I think since 2014 Croatia has received 3 penalties against Nigeria, Denmark and Spain. 8-3 in favour of opposing teams and majority of the teams are all popular. Coincidence? I don’t believe so.
I dont think we’re being targeted specifically, FIFA is just favouring its commercial interests. And with Ronaldo this world cup that’s been clear. Remember Ronaldo got a red card for violent conduct (elbowing an Irish dude in the head) and banned for the first 2 games of this world cup.
Then he goes to visit Trump with his Saudi prince mate and Infantino and oh look at that, that red card is suspended – same as with Balogun now. So the corruption in this world cup, given Trump’s interventions, was always going to be more than usual. As i say it’s just standard favouring of the big names/commercial interests and i think they can get away with it against us cos we’re a tiny country.
100% iggy
VIVA ESPANA !!!!
I feel like fifa is a backward ancient chain of command donkeys like planet of the apes ..scene from legendary 1970s where apes .low brow.. control better people like us cros..we cant win in the end without the help of other soccer countrys ..to join a unified protest against extreme sadist fifa officials imo..money rules.. thats their motto..Heres a famous scene. Get your hands off me ..you dam dirty ape..lol..i wasnt even born during this movie series from los angeles but similar how us cros keep getting persecuted..which makes us tougher.
https://youtu.be/3AZDUXxNBFs?si=cLegQmhI5uUQuVwk
This Portugal coach is a major idiot. He doesn’t take Ronaldo off. Of course, the only effing game he took him off was against us, and that’s why they scored. As soon as I saw Ronaldo being subbed off against us, we should have been upset. Playing him 90 minutes is absolutely moronic, so nice to see them going home.
We could have gone on to have beat Portugal, and taken Spain unfortunately. We will never know.
We had another dominant run and through a difficult path. Yet, there was a narrow path, way though, but at the least, nevertheless run to quarters, semi’s- We definitely could’ve beaten Spain. Whata, coulda, shoulda-at this point I suppose! Well, never know, What we know is we have the talent to match up with any team Toe to toe on our best day and even on our worst grind it out.
What Croats dont do Is act like classless players, fixing and going down like they got shot!
l revise the tattoo f@ck f@ce, outtamendi or his cb partner in crime (can’t Remember which one) Kick the ball at Rakitic face when he was down, 18’ 3-0 group win, then Ivan rang the bar from Like a 30yd free kick)they dive around like Mendes and Bruno Fernandes and Ronaldo.
Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese so maybe that’s something they just adapted together as floppers whenever they get touched they go down like they got shot by a semi automatic. It’s pathetic it makes the game look pathetic.
We’ve been nicknamed the European technical skill wise of Brazilians, tho that means nothing anymore, as Brazil are going through a major rebuilding with the guardian posting an article from Brazilian reporters, calling them a bunch of losers, as only a few of them have won Copa América and no titles between the rest of them.
Well, you know what they say. Karma is a Bit;h!
Portugal didn’t deserve to win that game against us just like in euro 2016. We were the better team but sometimes the better team doesn’t always win.
I have great friends that are Portuguese that admitted we were the better team and should’ve won, Ante, in this article summed it up.
VAR- Has cost us big-time as well as the biasy by the ref’s. The Fred flop of 14 lives long in the memory.
Furthermore, Portugal with all their Mighty talk of a PSG midfield and best production of players ever, Like a Belgium golden generation will never string it together because they don’t have the heart and I’ll give it to Belgium…They Don’t roll around the ground like getting shot by an AK-47 after barely being touched like the Italians, the Portuguese, the Brazilians and many other nations I could say.
Karma justice prevailed today!
Bog Hrvati
Couple of things. I think Modric was the one stomped in 2016. And I will add a few more. Euro 2020 (2021). Ref gives a penalty to the Czechs after VAR review (same Italian VAR asshole who was a VAR official for the 2018 final, how convenient). No way was that a penalty. And even in 2022, in the 3rd place game, Gvardiol gets tripped in the box, a clear penalty, and VAR didn’t even look at it. So it happens every tournament. I was prepared for it again, but it still pisses you off.