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The Croatians did indeed impress at the World Cup in Qatar. And with that comes huge spikes in player values. Two Croatian internationals in the middle of serious transfer news this week are Celtic's Josip Juranović and Rennes' Lovro Majer. Rumors across Europe are saying that Real Madrid are prepared to make a €60 million bid to Ligue 1 side Rennes for the 24 year-old … [Read more...] about Juranović, Majer Linked With Monster Transfers This Season

Merry Christmas -- Sretan Božić CroatianSports.com Nation; from our family to yours! It's been another amazing year with you all through sharing content, talking shop, and of course grilling each other in the "Comments" section. :) We love you all and look forward to running it back in 2023! Merry Christmas! … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas — Sretan Božić CroatianSports.com Nation!

There's really not much to say here. I mean, c'mon! If you're the Canadian medical staff, you can't let your guy go back out on the pitch like this! Get my man some scissors! @AtibaHutchinson (the Canadian player in this photo), thank you for offering the World Cup its funniest moment. This one will be tough to top. … [Read more...] about Funniest Moment Of The World Cup: OH, Canada

Croatia has had many superstar strikers in its history, namely Davor Šuker, Eduardo, and Mario Mandžukić, but today, this position is the Vatreni’s most prominent weakness. This World Cup demonstrated that quite clearly, as Croatia truly struggled to score in every one of their games, bar Canada. Imagine what a forward like Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, or even an Olivier … [Read more...] about Who Will Be Croatia’s Next #9?

Vida, Vida...who else but Domagoj Vida?! Vida looked more like a rock star than a football player when Bruno Petković’s shot hit the back of the net versus Brazil! What more can you ask from the 33 year-old Croatia veteran who didn't see the pitch for one second during the 2022 World Cup? There's something to be said to having an energy on the bench rooting on the team -- … [Read more...] about Best Celebration At The World Cup: Living La VIDA Loca!!!

A picture is worth 1,000 words. I never thought I would witness such a photo: 7 Croatian footballers in complete jubilation surrounding a fallen Brazilian at the end of his World Cup road. But it happened. Croatia came back from the dead in extra time to equalize in the 117th minute after keeping Brazil scoreless for 105 minutes in the World Cup quarterfinal. Livaković … [Read more...] about #1 Moment Of The World Cup: Knocking Out Brazil

We're close! We're very close. It's not easy to win a World Cup. You basically have to play perfect football for a month straight. Two bad games in group stage, you go home! One bad game in the knockout round, you go home! What Croatia has done in the past 4 1/2 years has been unquantifiable for a nation of 3.8 million. Absolutely unquantifiable! A 2nd and a 3rd place … [Read more...] about Croatia On The Right Path To 1st World Cup Title

Croatia will begin 2023 as the 7th ranked team in the world. During their 2022 World Cup run, they defeated #1 Brazil, #11 Morocco, #20 Japan; and drew #4 Belgium in the group stage finale. In the past four years, Croatia have finished 2nd and 3rd at the World Cup, made Round of 16 at EURO 2020, beat #3 France in Nations League…but are ranked #7.  What are we missing … [Read more...] about Croatia New #7 In Dumb FIFA Rankings

It was a quick start for the Vatreni in the 3rd place match Saturday evening in Doha. Following a set piece, Gvardiol was left open in the box to slam home a perfectly placed header just inside the left post inside 10 minutes. However, Morocco got the equalizer back moments later following a set piece themselves. The ball was deflected off a Croatian head and went sky high … [Read more...] about CROATIA TAKE 3RD PLACE AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP!!!