Ante Kvartuč

Marcelo Brozović played the full 90 minutes in Inter Milan's 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen Monday night in the Europa League quarterfinals. The win means Inter will now face the winner of Shakhtar Donetsk/Basel next Monday in the semifinal round. Inter are two wins away from the Europa League crown and an automatic Pot 1 placement in next season's Champions League group … [Read more...] about Brozović, Inter Milan Headed To Europa Semis After 2-1 Win Over Bayer Leverkusen

The Champions League quarterfinals are set! The blockbuster match of the round will take place Friday night when Ivan Rakitić and Ivan Perišić meet as Barcelona take on Bayern Munich in a 1-leg quarterfinal in Portugal. The winner of this game will likely play Manchester City in the semifinals as the rest of the tournament will be played in Lisbon in 1-leg ties; the … [Read more...] about Rakitić, Perišić To Meet Friday Night In CL Quarterfinal

The wait is over. Champions League is officially back! And what better way to restart the tournament than to have two heavyweights go toe-to-toe in such a huge match. We're going to see this year's La Liga champions - Real Madrid - travel to England to take on the high octane machine of Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash - … [Read more...] about Modrić, Real Madrid Exit Champions League In 2-1 Defeat To City

As expected, Josip Brekalo, Marin Pongrančić, and Wolfsburg couldn't get the job done against Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday night in Ukraine. Already trailing 2-1 from their first leg defeat in Germany months ago, Wolfsburg knew they needed a minimum of two away goals to get anything accomplished. However, the game went scoreless for 89 minutes before Shakhtar banged in three … [Read more...] about Brekalo, Wolfsburg Bow Out Of Europa While Brozović Through To Quarters

Mateo Kovačić was sent off in the FA Cup Final Saturday after an extremely soft second yellow card booking in the 73rd minute. Already being booked in the first half, Kovačić made contact with Arsenal's Granit Xhaka and was wrongfully booked. You can clearly see that Kovačić plants his right foot first and Xhaka actually steps on him. Arsenal was up 2-1 at that time and held on … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXXIII*

Ante Rebić has helped AC Milan recover this year from the dumpster fire they were in 2019. Rebić came over on loan last summer from Eintracht Frankfurt and was supposed to be an instant injection of speed, grit, and attitude. However, Rebić rarely saw the pitch in 2019, manager Marco Giampaolo was sacked in October, and Chief Football Officer Zvonimir Boban was let go in March. … [Read more...] about Rebić Assists Zlatan In 4-1 AC Milan Win