Croatia

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!

Slaven 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

As 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

None 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…

Earlier 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

What we have all expected for the last year has finally been confirmed- straight from the horse's mouth. Croatian coach, Slaven Bilić, has said that he will quit his post after the 2010 World Cup as he is fully confident that Croatia will qualify. This should come with no surprise as Bilić has hinted that 4 years is enough for him; as national coache's already have a short … [Read more...] about BILIĆ TO QUIT IN 2010

Croatia takes on Andorra later today in what should be an easy 3 points for the 'Vatreni'. It will be the last World Cup qualifier for 2008 as play resumes another 5 months from now due to a lengthy winter break. So what will the final result read at the last whistle and how do you think Bilić will mix up this Croatian side? I have Croatia in a 4-0 landslide victory with 2 … [Read more...] about CROATIA-ANDORRA PREDICTION TIME

Sure it was a disappointing game for Croatian fans to watch; but we must remember that Croatia got the all-important "1 point" they were looking for to remain in World Cup 2010 contention. Obviously, the full three points would have put Croatia back into the qualifying driver's seat for a berth, but the draw will do for now. Things would not have looked good should the Vatreni … [Read more...] about CONSERVATIVE CROATIA GRABS IMPORTANT POINT IN UKRAINE

Round 3 of Croatia's World Cup 2010 qualification game on CSR is back. With no one getting near the correct result in the England match, Joze and Denis #2 are the only ones on the board with correct results against Kazakhstan. Remember, whoever picks the most correct results gets something nice from us; probably a shirt but that could always change. So let's begin! I have … [Read more...] about CROATIA-UKRAINE PREDICTION TIME