Every qualifying campaign, Croatia has their hiccup performance. It's like clockwork. Croatia is not Germany. Or Spain. Or England: perennial teams that cruise through qualifying without the blink of an eye. For Euro 2016 qualifying, Croatia drew Azerbaijan and lost to Norway in the same weekend. In World Cup 2014 qualifying, Croatia lost to Scotland … [Read more...] about The Blame Game
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Croatia Lose In Turkey After Subašić Gaffe
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Croatia Starting XI vs. Turkey: Subašić; Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Pivarić - Modrić, Badelj; Brozović, Kovačić, Perišić - Nikola Kalinić. We can blame the missed penalty call for Croatia in the first half or Subašić for not punching that ball away, but that Croatia team that has way too much potential but forgets how to play ball is back. Perišić is blasting balls from … [Read more...] about Croatia Lose In Turkey After Subašić Gaffe
Croatia Escape Watergate Weekend With Win
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That could have been a disaster folks! Imagine if Croatia didn't grab all three points against Kosovo at home. After Saturday night's match was suspended in the 20th minute due to pouring rain and a water logged pitch at Maksimir, to everyone's surprise waking up Sunday morning in North America, the game was back on Sunday afternoon in Zagreb; 2:30PM (local … [Read more...] about Croatia Escape Watergate Weekend With Win
Croatia, Kosovo Suspended Due To Flooded Pitch
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Croatia and Kosovo played for 20 minutes on a water logged pitch in Zagreb before captain Luka Modrić came over to the referee to complain about the conditions. The ball would not move. Players were sliding all over the place. It only created a dangerous playing situation. I'm surprised they even started this match how bad it was. More on when this game will be … [Read more...] about Croatia, Kosovo Suspended Due To Flooded Pitch
HNL Week 7: Dinamo on Top; Hajduk Vow to Catch Them
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Dinamo Zagreb remain on top of the table after a rough week in European play, but a shocking result for Osijek has found the surging team on a slight downslope in league play. Three goals from El Arbi Soudani was more than enough for the Modri to take care of NK Lokomotiva. Soudani scored his hattrick in the span of 40 minutes at Kranjčevićeva on Saturday evening, totally … [Read more...] about HNL Week 7: Dinamo on Top; Hajduk Vow to Catch Them
Croatians Around Europe *II*
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It was one of the slowest weekends for Croatians in quite sometime. However, we saw striker Nikola Kalinić make his debut for AC Milan since coming over from Fiorentina earlier in the week, coming off the bench in the 78th minute in a 2-1 win over Cagliari. It's good to see Kalinić get some minutes with the club immediately after the transfer. Other transfer talk … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *II*
Rijeka Get Favorbale Europa Draw, Will Head To Milan
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After getting the worst possible draw in the Champions League playoff round, being paired with Greek champions Olympiakos, Rijeka are now in business in the Europa League group stage. The Croatian champions are the only remaining Prva Liga club in Europe for the 2017/18 season and are guaranteed six group stage matches. They were drawn with Italian giants AC Milan, Austria Wien … [Read more...] about Rijeka Get Favorbale Europa Draw, Will Head To Milan
Croatian Clubs All Fall In Europa League
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Who joined Rijeka in the Europa League group stage? No one. On a day which did not see any one Croatian club lose, Dinamo, Hajduk and Osijek all bowed out of the competition one match short of the group stage. Hajduk played Premiership club Everton in front of a packed Poljud crowd needing multiple goals after a 2-0 defeat in Liverpool. Hajduk came out … [Read more...] about Croatian Clubs All Fall In Europa League
Croatia Public Enemy #1: Alive $ Well
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So Croatia's #1 public enemy was shot in the leg Tuesday outside of Tomislavgrad, Herzegovina in an apparent assassination attempt. At least that's what reports out of Croatia are saying. Zdravko Mamić was attending mass and visiting the gravesite of his late father on the anniversary of his death when two masked men approached the Mamić entourage, ultimately shooting him in … [Read more...] about Croatia Public Enemy #1: Alive $ Well
