Football is back! Kind of. The German Bundesliga resumed play Saturday with six matches and zero fans. With only nine match days remaining in the season, Tin Jedvaj and Augsburg hosted Josip Brekalo and Wolfsburg. Jedvaj played the full 90 and scored the equalizer in the 54th minute while Brekalo was subbed off in the 61st minute. Jedvaj headed home from the goal … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Deutschland
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A Tribute To Mile Gotovac
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With great sadness, we announce the passing of Miljenko Gotovac, the president of San Pedro Croat and one of the original founders. Miljenko passed away due to complications from Covid-19. He was a pioneer in the Croatian community and left it stronger after decades of dedicated work. --------------- Miljenko “Mike” “Dida” Gotovac’s generous heart … [Read more...] about A Tribute To Mile Gotovac
30 Years: Boban’s Kick Heard Around The Balkans
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May 13th, 2020 marks the 30-year anniversary of the Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Riot and Zvonimir Boban's "Kick Heard Around The Balkans" at Maksimir in Zagreb. With political tensions already high at the time with a majority of Croatian parties voting for independence from Yugoslavia; what ensued at Maksimir that day was seen as the 'symbolic' start to the war to many in … [Read more...] about 30 Years: Boban’s Kick Heard Around The Balkans
Future Star: Antonio Marin
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Today’s future star for Croatian soccer: Antonio Marin. Marin is arguably the most talented young Croatian player. The tall winger has a wide variety of skills in his bag and is a great finisher and creator. The 19 year-old plays for Dinamo Zagreb and has made a few appearances for the first team this season; as well as five total appearances for the Croatia U-21 side. His … [Read more...] about Future Star: Antonio Marin
Worst World Cup Call Against Croatia Goes To…
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These days, we're obviously taking long strolls down memory lane with no sports being played. Today's topic: What has been the worst World Cup call against Croatia? Four moments come to mind right off the bat. Unfortunately, two of them occurred in the 2018 World Cup Final against France. 4 Worst Calls Against Croatia At The World Cup Your nominees … [Read more...] about Worst World Cup Call Against Croatia Goes To…
Josip Šimunić The Freight Train
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Croatia had never lost to Serbia in three previous meetings leading up to their 2014 World Cup qualifying match in Belgrade September 6th, 2013. And Josip Šimunić kept it that way. With the match tied 1-1 in the 80th minute, a Croatian corner kick was quickly cleared putting only Šimunić between Suljemani and a wide open break-away. Šimunić made sure the Serb was … [Read more...] about Josip Šimunić The Freight Train
The Harry Kane Miss That Changed Everything
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In the game of life, when you're winning - even if you do make mistakes along the way - you simply brush those mistakes aside and keep on marching towards your ultimate goal; whatever it may be. But if you lose, you hold onto that mistake and mull over 'what could have been' in your time of defeat. Sometimes things go your way in life. Sometimes, they … [Read more...] about The Harry Kane Miss That Changed Everything
Future Star: Ivan Šaranić
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Today’s future star for Croatian soccer: Ivan Šaranić. The 16 year-old attacking midfielder has already drawn plenty of attention from European giants and has been said to have the potential to be one of the greatest Croatian soccer players of all time. He plays in the youth ranks for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia U-17 squad. There's not many quality videos of … [Read more...] about Future Star: Ivan Šaranić
CroatianSports.com’s All-Time Croatia Starting XI
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The Croatian national team has been around for nearly 30 years. But who are the best of the best? And who deserves to be mentioned in the All-Time Starting XI? The CroatianSports.com team - consisting of Ante Zorić, Matt Lebo, Peter Novaković, and myself - went back and forth dozens of times to name the ALL-CROATIA team from the past three decades. We used a 3-5-2 … [Read more...] about CroatianSports.com’s All-Time Croatia Starting XI
