Croatians Around Europe

Ante Budimir has now scored 10 goals in the La Liga season for Osasuna. He deflected home a hard shot from teammate David Garcia in the 55' Sunday night. The goal would equalize the match and force a 1-1 draw between Osasuna and Sevilla. Only five players in Spain have more goals than Budimir at this time: Bellingham, Dovbyk, Mayoral, Morata, Griezemann. Both Mateo … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 19: Budimir Scores La Liga Goal #10, City Progress In FA Cup

Salernitana left-back Domagoj Bradarić assisted on the game's opening goal Sunday in a painfully slow week across Europe for Croatia's national team players. Last place Salernitana would lose 2-1 to Genoa however despite the early lead. Although Bradarić has only been capped by the senior side four times, he could be a left-back option in the future if Sosa does not work out. … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 18: Bradarić Assists In Serie A Action, Stanišić & Leverkusen Stay Top Of Bundesliga

Mateo Kovačić and Joško Gvardiol both had subpar performances for Man City Saturday in an injury time "come from behind" 3-2 victory over Newcastle. Kevin de Bruyne stole the show making his Premiership return (injury), coming off the bench in the 69' to supply the 2-2 equalizer and the game-winning assist. Kova received a 5/10 from 90min.com as he "Couldn't keep up with the … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 17: Kovačić, Gvardiol Rated Poorly vs. Newcastle; Majer Earns MOTM With Assist

Luka Modrić might as well play for Real Madrid until he is 50. The 38-year-old midfield star recorded another assist for Los Blancos on Wednesday, this time against Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup semifinals. Real Madrid went on to win the match 5-3 in extra time, and will face either Barcelona or Ante Budimir's Osasuna in the final on January 14th. Down 1-0 in … [Read more...] about Modrić Assists Again, Real Beats Atletico 5-3 in Super Cup Semifinals

Nikola Vlašić scored his second goal of the Serie A season Sunday night in an impressive 3-0 win over last year's Italian champions: Napoli. With Torino already up 1-0 against 10-man Napoli in the 52nd minute, Vlašić ripped a low shot from 20 yards out just inside the left goal post. Torino was always the right club for Vlašić after West Ham; he simply "failed to launch" … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe 16: Vlašić, Musa Score; Kovačić Assists In FA Cup Action

This may be Modrić's last season in Madrid -- and if it is -- he's not going out quietly. Modrić captained Real Madrid and was given MOTM honors in a 8.4 match rating from FOTMOB. Goal.com gave Modrić a 8/10 rating as he was "Constantly involved, both in chance creation and ball movement. Assisted the winner, too. A class act." 90min.com said "His brain isn't slowing down even … [Read more...] about Modrić MOTM With Assist In 1-0 Real Madrid Win Over Mallorca

Josip Brekalo may be moving back to Dinamo Zagreb come this January transfer window. Per TransferMrkt and @IASucic, the 25 year-old winger could be rejoining his former club. Brekalo left Dinamo in 2016 to join Bundesliga club, Wolfsburg. Since then, he has been loaned out to Stuttgart and Torino before making a permanent move in Italy to Fiorentina this past summer. In only … [Read more...] about Josip Brekalo Back To Dinamo Zagreb???

Let thank sink in. Is Kovačić the most decorated club player in history who has done the least amount of work to get there? Quite possibly. I'm not trying to bash the guy so all you Kova lovers can settle down, but facts are facts. I'm happy for the guy but how many of these accolades has he helped achieve himself? Real Madrid: -2017 La Liga champions -3x … [Read more...] about Kovačić 1st Player In History To Win Club World Cup With 3 Different Teams