England boss, Fabio Capello, visited his home country of Italy this week to scout David Beckham in Milan's match against Genoa at the San Siro Stadium. Ivan Jurić and company held Milan to a 1-1 draw; but that's not the whole story. While Capello was in Italy, he was invited to be a guest on a nighttime talk show. Little did he know, but the talk show had a guest of … [Read more...] about BREAKING NEWS! FABIO CAPELLO SMILES!
CROATIANS AROUND EUROPE
By 24 CommentsGermany Ivica Olić's 'eye-gouging' incident will cost him games against future club, Bayern Munich, as well as Karlsruhe when the BundesLiga returns from winter break on January 30th. Olić has also been suspended for three future friendlies. Robert Kovač waits out a possible transfer from Borussia Dortmund. Where to exactly? Try Dinamo Zagreb. Initial reports … [Read more...] about CROATIANS AROUND EUROPE
CSR CHOOSES SRNA AS NEW CAPTAIN
By 14 CommentsSlaven Bilić has not yet made up his mind and we will all find out soon enough who Niko Kovač's predecessor as captain of Croatia will be; but for now, the fans have spoken and chosen Darijo Srna to lead the 'Vatreni' into the 2010 World Cup and beyond. In a unanimous decision, 61% of you voted for Srna, while Modrić, Šimunić and Robert Kovač equally shared the remainder of … [Read more...] about CSR CHOOSES SRNA AS NEW CAPTAIN
OLIĆ GETS FIRED UP IN FRIENDLY
By 27 CommentsIvica Olić looks to be peaking just at the right time- with his skills and his state of mind. As you'll see in this clip, Olić isn't taking crap from anyone; not even in a friendly. Hamburg and Hoffenheim played a club friendly on Wednesday, January 18th as the BundesLiga remained on winter break. Hamburg ultimately won the match 2-0, but not before Olić 'punked' M.C. … [Read more...] about OLIĆ GETS FIRED UP IN FRIENDLY
FIFA SAYS NO TO CVITANICH
By 53 CommentsAs most of you on CSR are now creating your own individual 'mock squads' for the Romania friendly, it looks like Dario Cvitanich will remain absent from everyone's list- as well as all future Croatian squads all together. INDEX.hr has confirmed that FIFA has banned Argentina-born and current Ajax striker, Dario Cvitanich, from playing for the Croatian national side. FIFA … [Read more...] about FIFA SAYS NO TO CVITANICH
CSR "PLAYER OF THE YEAR" GOES TO…
By 11 CommentsNone other than Luka Modrić! The CroatianSoccerReport.com readers have spoken and Luka Modrić is your 2008 Croatian Player of the Year! During our most popular poll to date, 124 loyal readers voted over 2 weeks to reach the unanimous decision that Luka Modrić deserved the POY award with 41% of the votes. Congratulations Luka on this prestigious award. (Yes of … [Read more...] about CSR "PLAYER OF THE YEAR" GOES TO…
CAPTAIN KOVAČ CALLS IT QUITS
By 7 CommentsEarlier today, Croatian captain, Niko Kovač, officially retired from the Croatian national team and international football all together. The 37 year-old, who currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg said: “The decision has been made. I will never play for Croatia again. It wasn’t easy to decide this, because I have achieved a lot with the national team, as a person and as a … [Read more...] about CAPTAIN KOVAČ CALLS IT QUITS
OFFICIAL: OLIĆ TO BAYERN MUNICH
By 10 CommentsIt has been confirmed by Bayern Munich general manager, Uli Hoeness, that Ivica Olić will join the Bavarian side at the end of the current season. So don't worry, him and Petrić still have another 5 months together at Hamburger SV to finish out an incredible season. The only thing missing from this deal is Olić's signature- but I'm confident he will sign. READ COMPLETE … [Read more...] about OFFICIAL: OLIĆ TO BAYERN MUNICH
MODRIĆ SCORES FUNNY GOAL
By 2 CommentsIn Tottenham's 3-1 win over Wigan in FA Cup action on Friday, Luka Modrić scored one of the funniest and most unorthodox goals I have seen in awhile. You can judge the video for yourself, but Modrić jumped over the shot before he tripped. Can you say "Right place at the right time?" Luka now has 3 goals in the past 5 games. Check it out and enjoy! … [Read more...] about MODRIĆ SCORES FUNNY GOAL