Croatians Around Europe

Ivan Perišić and Bayern Munich are headed to the Champions League Final! The German champions easily defeated Lyon 3-0 Wednesday night in the semifinal and will now face Neymar and PSG Sunday. Both Bayern Munich and PSG cleaned up all trophies domestically between league and cup play. Bayern will be the heavy favorite to life the Champions League trophy. Ivan Perišić … [Read more...] about Perišić, Bayern Munich Punch Their Ticket To The Champions League FINAL!

Marcelo Brozović and Inter Milan are headed to the Europa League Final to face Sevilla on Friday. The Serie A runners-up thumped Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 in the semifinal Monday. Brozović got credit for an assist on the second goal, delivering a corner kick which was headed home by Danilo d'Ambrosio. Inter Milan have been a juggernaut since the COVID … [Read more...] about Brozović & Inter Milan Headed To Europa League Final To Face Sevilla

Ivan Rakitić and Barcelona face Ivan Perišić and Bayern Munich Friday night (3PM Eastern) in the Champions League quarterfinals. A Croatian has won the Champions League title seven years in a row and these two Ivan's are our last hope to make it eight and keep the streak going. One Ivan will be in the semifinals. Which one will it be? Perišić Goal Bayern … [Read more...] about Perišić Scores Early As Bayern Embarrass Barcelona 8-2

Mario Pašalić scored a wonderful left-footed curler in the 27th minute Wednesday night to open up Atalanta's Champions League quarterfinal clash against PSG. And it should have been enough as the game entered injury time with Atalanta still up 1-0. However, PSG's perseverance caught Atalanta off guard defensively as the French champions would score twice to end Atalanta's dream … [Read more...] about Pašalić Goal Erased By Injury Time Collapse, PSG Score Twice To Advance

Marcelo Brozović played the full 90 minutes in Inter Milan's 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen Monday night in the Europa League quarterfinals. The win means Inter will now face the winner of Shakhtar Donetsk/Basel next Monday in the semifinal round. Inter are two wins away from the Europa League crown and an automatic Pot 1 placement in next season's Champions League group … [Read more...] about Brozović, Inter Milan Headed To Europa Semis After 2-1 Win Over Bayer Leverkusen

The Champions League quarterfinals are set! The blockbuster match of the round will take place Friday night when Ivan Rakitić and Ivan Perišić meet as Barcelona take on Bayern Munich in a 1-leg quarterfinal in Portugal. The winner of this game will likely play Manchester City in the semifinals as the rest of the tournament will be played in Lisbon in 1-leg ties; the … [Read more...] about Rakitić, Perišić To Meet Friday Night In CL Quarterfinal

The wait is over. Champions League is officially back! And what better way to restart the tournament than to have two heavyweights go toe-to-toe in such a huge match. We're going to see this year's La Liga champions - Real Madrid - travel to England to take on the high octane machine of Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash - … [Read more...] about Modrić, Real Madrid Exit Champions League In 2-1 Defeat To City

As expected, Josip Brekalo, Marin Pongrančić, and Wolfsburg couldn't get the job done against Shakhtar Donetsk Wednesday night in Ukraine. Already trailing 2-1 from their first leg defeat in Germany months ago, Wolfsburg knew they needed a minimum of two away goals to get anything accomplished. However, the game went scoreless for 89 minutes before Shakhtar banged in three … [Read more...] about Brekalo, Wolfsburg Bow Out Of Europa While Brozović Through To Quarters

Mateo Kovačić was sent off in the FA Cup Final Saturday after an extremely soft second yellow card booking in the 73rd minute. Already being booked in the first half, Kovačić made contact with Arsenal's Granit Xhaka and was wrongfully booked. You can clearly see that Kovačić plants his right foot first and Xhaka actually steps on him. Arsenal was up 2-1 at that time and held on … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXXIII*