Croatia

(In the United States, the match can be streamed on FUBO with a Free Trial) Croatia open up their EURO 2024 qualifying campaign at Poljud Saturday against a Gareth Bale-less Wales side, who retired in January. The Vatreni lost defender Dejan Lovren to retirement themselves after the World Cup and still have more questions than answers at the striker position. So how … [Read more...] about Croatia 0 Wales 0 — 345PM (ET) Kickoff — EURO 2024 Qualifying

HRT Sport has reported that Dinamo Zagreb striker, Bruno Petković, may not be available for Croatia's opening two EURO 2024 qualifiers against Wales (March 25th) and Turkey (March 28th). Petković picked up a knock on the knee against Rijeka on the weekend and was subbed off in the 20'. Petković still travelled to Split with the team but is uncertain to be match-ready for Wales … [Read more...] about EURO 2024 Qualifying: Striker Pecking Order — Will Petković Be Available?

The first two Croatian matches of 2023 will take place at the end of this month when the Vatreni open up their EURO 2024 qualifying campaign against Wales in Split on the 25th and against Turkey in Bursa three days later. On Monday afternoon, manager Zlatko Dalić named his 25-man squad for these matches. There wasn't much change from the World Cup squad in Qatar outside … [Read more...] about Dalić Names Squad For EURO 2024 Qualifiers vs. Wales/Turkey

Lionel Messi wins this year's Best Men's Player in Paris yesterday as Luka Modrić takes the fourth position at 37 years of age! He was also included in the World's Best XI. There is just nothing left to say about Luka Modrić's greatness. Croatian NT manager Zlatko Dalić had some very interesting thoughts about the award as he outlines why he refused to cast his vote for this … [Read more...] about Zlatko Dalić Refuses To Participate In The Vote For The Best Award

Dejan Lovren is calling it quits. After 78 matches for Croatia, which includes five goals and a 2nd & 3rd place finish at consecutive World Cups, the 33 year-old Lyon defender is hanging up his red and white checkers for good.  Lovren was instrumental for Croatia in 2018 and defied every critic (including me) in 2022. He will go down as a Croatian quasi-legend with a … [Read more...] about Lovren Retires From Croatian National Team

In a rematch of last year's Champions League Final, Real Madrid travelled to Anfield to face Liverpool in their Champions League Round of 16 1st leg Tuesday night. In one of the most memorable first legs in recent knockout round history, Liverpool went up 2-0 inside 15 minutes. However, Real Madrid stayed as cool as the other side of the pillow to score five unanswered goals to … [Read more...] about Modrić With 1.5 Assists As Real Madrid Come Back To Embarrass Liverpool 5-2

“Trener svih trenera” has passed away at the age of 87 years old. Ćiro was one of the most animated and outspoken Croatian personalities of all time.  His quotes will be echoed for generations and will most notably be remembered for coaching Croatia in their first World Cup in 1998 — where the Vatreni ultimately won 3rd place. Ćiro was a personality to say the least and … [Read more...] about Ćiro Blažević 1935-2023