Croatians Around Europe

Marcelo Brozović had a near perfect game with a 9.1 FOTMOB rating and two fantastic goals; one of which was an injury time winner in a 3-2 Al Nassr victory over Al Akhdoud. Broz opened up the scoring in the 1st half with a wonderful curling shot from the top of the box just inside the right post. Then in injury time, Broz fired a rocket past the keeper as he was falling to the … [Read more...] about Brozovic MOTM With 2 Rocket Goals For Al Nassr

The European club finals are set! Luka Modrić and Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Final June 1st at Wembley. Real Madrid are -175 favorites in Vegas to lift the European crown once again. If they do, it would be Modrić's 6th Champions League title in 12 season with Real Madrid. An absolutely insane statistic! Although Modrić only played … [Read more...] about Modrić, Stanišić, Pašalić All To Play In European Finals

Andrej Kramarić scored an injury time equalizer Friday night to force a 1-1 draw vs. RB Leipzig. With the goal, Krama now has 12 goals and three assists in 28 Bundesliga matches this season. Not too shabby for the soon to be 33 year-old. (June 19th) More impressively, Kramarić will be going into Euro 2024 HOT, with four goals and two assists since April 7th. Luka Modrić … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 32: Kramarić Bags Equalizer At The Death; Modrić, Majer Both MOTM w/ Assists

Luka Modrić came on late for Real Madrid (75th minute) in their 2-2 1st leg Champions League semifinal draw against Bayern Munich Tuesday night. Upon coming onto the pitch, Modrić threaded a perfect down-field lob to Vini, who could have easily tied the match up after the quasi break away. Modrić still sending absolute dime passes to his teammates at 38 years old. The 2nd leg … [Read more...] about Modrić Ignites Instant Impact Off The Bench In 2-2 Bayern Draw

Andrej Kramarić scored Bundesliga goals #10 and #11 of the the season Friday night in a 3-2 loss to Bochum. With his Hoffenheim side down 2-0 in the 2nd half, Krama tried to help Hoffenheim claw back to a respectable result. In the 73', he would deflect a teammate's shot directly in front of the net for the goal. Unsure if it would have gone in otherwise. 11 minutes later, he … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 31: Kramarić Bags 2 Goals Friday Night, Gvardiol Heads Home Winner For City

Luka Ivanušec scored from the top of the box Thursday night and was given MOTM honors with an 8.7 FOTMOB rating in a 3-1 Feyenoord victory over Go Ahead Eagles. Ivanušec now has two goals, four assists in 21 Eredivise matches this season. Should Ivanušec be the starting left-winger at Euro 2024 over a 70% Ivan Perišić? … [Read more...] about Ivanušec Scores From 18 Yards Out!

Josip Stanišić headed home a 97th minute corner kick to keep Bayer Leverkusen's undefeated Bundesliga season alive in a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund. Stanišić flicked home the header from a tight angle to keep Leverkusen's 45-game unbeaten run alive as they inch towards an "Invincibles" season in the Bundesliga with four matches remaining, ESPN reports. Leverkusen are … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 30: Stanišić Keeps Leverkusen Undefeated With 97′ Header

What a weird week it has been for Croatians from the penalty spot. Modrić, Kovačić, Budimir all miss. What's the deal? On the bright side, Dominik Livaković saved 2/5 shots from the penalty spot for Fenerbahce Thursday night in a UEFA Conference League quarterfinals loss to Olympiakos. Not the result Fenerbahce were looking for but anytime your goalie can save 40% of the … [Read more...] about Livaković Blocks 2 Shots In Shootout, Fenerbahce Lose To Olympiakos

Joško Gvardiol played the full 120 minutes of Manchester City's 4-3 penalty shootout loss to Real Madrid Wednesday night, however, it was Modrić and Kovačić who made huge impacts on the match during their cameos; both missing their spot kicks in the shootout session. Modrić came on for Toni Kroos in the 79th minute of play and finished out the last 30 minutes of the match … [Read more...] about Modrić, Kovačić Both Miss In Penalty Kick Shootout As Real Madrid Survive City, Will Play Bayern Munich Next In CL Semis!