Croatia

A picture is worth 1,000 words. I never thought I would witness such a photo: 7 Croatian footballers in complete jubilation surrounding a fallen Brazilian at the end of his World Cup road. But it happened. Croatia came back from the dead in extra time to equalize in the 117th minute after keeping Brazil scoreless for 105 minutes in the World Cup quarterfinal. Livaković … [Read more...] about #1 Moment Of The World Cup: Knocking Out Brazil

We're close! We're very close. It's not easy to win a World Cup. You basically have to play perfect football for a month straight. Two bad games in group stage, you go home! One bad game in the knockout round, you go home! What Croatia has done in the past 4 1/2 years has been unquantifiable for a nation of 3.8 million. Absolutely unquantifiable! A 2nd and a 3rd place … [Read more...] about Croatia On The Right Path To 1st World Cup Title

Croatia will begin 2023 as the 7th ranked team in the world. During their 2022 World Cup run, they defeated #1 Brazil, #11 Morocco, #20 Japan; and drew #4 Belgium in the group stage finale. In the past four years, Croatia have finished 2nd and 3rd at the World Cup, made Round of 16 at EURO 2020, beat #3 France in Nations League…but are ranked #7.  What are we missing … [Read more...] about Croatia New #7 In Dumb FIFA Rankings

It was a quick start for the Vatreni in the 3rd place match Saturday evening in Doha. Following a set piece, Gvardiol was left open in the box to slam home a perfectly placed header just inside the left post inside 10 minutes. However, Morocco got the equalizer back moments later following a set piece themselves. The ball was deflected off a Croatian head and went sky high … [Read more...] about CROATIA TAKE 3RD PLACE AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP!!!

Look, I'm no detective in my everyday life...buuuut if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck...it's probably a duck. This will be my last post talking about Argentina and our semifinal match against them. However, all you need to know is that it's not just Croatians bitching about the calls Argentina received in the semifinal. The entire world has been … [Read more...] about #rigged Was Trending After The Croatia-Argentina Match

Why do we Croatians turn so cynical when it comes to big calls in big games at the World Cup? Because big calls in big games ALWAYS go against us. It's a regular occurrence and we naturally build up a defense mechanism against them...the same thing the body does when being attacked by a virus. Build up immunity. But how long will it take Croatia to heal from this most recent … [Read more...] about Croatia Get Hosed At The World Cup: VOLUME 3

Written by Marco Gaćina Croatian midfielder Luka Modrić is widely considered the greatest Croatian soccer player of all time, but his glimmering trophy case lacks the single most important piece of football hardware: a World Cup trophy. In what may well have been the 37 year-old Modrić’s final international competition, Croatia had one last chance to deliver its generational … [Read more...] about Reflecting On Croatia’s Miraculous World Cup Run, And How They Did It Twice

Croatia faces two-time champions Argentina tomorrow at 2pm EST at Lusail Iconic Stadium. This will be the second meeting between the two LM10’s in a World Cup, this one being at a far more important stage than in 2018, when the Albicelestes suffered a 3-0 thumping.  Argentina’s Marcos Acuna (starting left-back) and Gonzalo Montiel (back-up right-back) will miss the … [Read more...] about The World Cup Dream Ends: Argentina Defeat Croatia 3-0

Croatia have only led for 46 minutes this entire World Cup and they will be playing in the semifinals against Argentina on Tuesday. Wrap your head around that statistic. It was only in the 2nd half against Canada in group stage that the Vatreni pulled away and kept a lead. Since then, it's been hectic and chaotic 2nd halves and extra times, with both knockout round games going … [Read more...] about 46 Minutes