Mateo Kovačić and Chelsea are Champions League winners after beating Manchester City 1-0 Saturday night in Porto!
Kovačić came off the bench in the 80th minute to help secure Chelsea’s second European title. More importantly from the Croatian side, a Croatian international now has won the Champions League NINE STRAIGHT YEARS! Starting with Mandžukić in 2013, Modrić, Rakitić, Lovren, and Perišić have all lifted the trophy in the past decade. Although Kovačić did lift it three times with Real Madrid, he was never a pivotal part of that team alongside Luka Modrić. This Chelsea victory will make it that much sweeter for him.
@LAknat neither Biscan or Dalic called him up after what happened with the Germans…he’ll be playing in the future for sure
where is Borna Sosa +
just tell me – any chance? |
Biuk was worth the whole tournament.
Direct running was a revelation.
Dare I say like Alen Bokšić style.
There is a different movement when you have the explosive speed to go by defenders.
It’s less fancy and more direct.
Earned the penalty to make things interesting.
Moro and Majer were mediocre.
Lots of interesting pieces on this U21 team.
Moro, Majer, Ivanušec, Špikić are already known for their technical skills.
Biuk is looking more and more legit every single game.
I think the HDZ needs to pass a motion to ensure that Hajduk can no longer have his contract rights. He’s a National asset now.
It’s crazy to think that both him and Gvardiol are actually like four years younger than everyone else on the field.
Gvardiol, Bradarić, Vušković, Šutalo are all talented defenders… But not without some mistakes.
But the quality is definitely there. It will be interesting to follow their development… along with players like Pongračić, Ćaleta-Car and Kaiser Sosa.
what happened to Sosa?>
he was not even right there |l
gvardiol, bradaric, majer, ivanusec are solid. biuk looks great. vuskovic pulled a lovren.
I missed extra time (work🤬) so I don’t know how the 2nd Spain goal was scored, but Gvardiol looks ready to start for the big boys. Bradaric as well. Vuskovic and Sutalo need work but show promise. Moro was awful. Ivanusec will be a useful depth player. Majer seems stuck. Musa was terrible. Hajduk has a gem in Biuk. Hopefully they don’t fuck it up.
2nd goal was worthy of a winner. Puedo again. Faked out our goalie and a player with a couple of shot fakes, cut across and roofed it.
We had a good team. Credit to Biscan too.
On a lighter note France got bounced with a 93rd min winner from the Dutch.
I wonder if you had Sosa for u21 at LB you could have played Bradaric as more of an attacker?
We lacked weapons up front.
We lacked depth down the stretch.
The boys competed well.
Ivanusec is a stud.
We should have started Biuk
Impressed with our back line and there composure on the ball. Worried that at times they try to get too cute with the passing, but they’ve played themselves out of dicey situations pretty nicely.
Holy fuck what an ending! There wasn’t much contact but time for extra time. Let’s go!
Our U21 backline is so much better than our Senior NT backline.
It’s so nice seeing them run forward with the ball, and make clean quick comfortable passes between each other.
U21 QTR Final vs Spain at 9am!
Lineup looks great.
UEFA.TV is showing the U21 game tomorrow. It’s a really good stream and free, at least in Canada.
how do you stream – if use a VPN
what VPN do you use for it?> free
In Canada I don’t need a VPN. When I do use one, I use Windscribe. It’s free.
The free version limits the amount of places though. I can’t access anything in Croatia unfortunately.
In the middle of the park he’s fantastic. World class. The other 2/3 of the park, not so much.
Of course he deserves recognition. He actually played in this finally and helped lock down the 1-nil lead. 4 titles at his age he could have the most alltime before all is said and done
Everyone saying he didn’t do anything to deserve the title is decided. Winning the CL isn’t all about the last game but also the ones leading up to it. He’s been fantastic for 2 seasons now at Chelsea and without him, Chelsea probably wouldn’t even be near where they’re at. He didn’t start because of injury and his last game (where he performed pretty badly) as well as the fact that Kanté has been unreal and Jorginho is in form.
Deluded*
You guys are on hard drugs if you think Kovacic has contributed to any of his champions league silverware from start to finish. Yes club wise for Chelsea he’s preformed and deserves recognition but that’s it. Modric and Mandzukic are warriors in champions league games.
Like someone said on site….
Kovačić is a good passenger on a top team.
Guys, Winning the champions league is not only about playing the last game , but also all the games that got the team to the final. Mateo started almost all the games before getting injured. He 100% deserves recognition for this title.
Kovacic has won four champions leagues. He’s never started a game and played under 30 minutes as a sub. Let’s just be honest, Lovren, Perisic, Kovacic never contributed nothing to get to a title. Modric and Mandzukic are the only players deserving of the title. I guess Rakitic too.
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Kovacic didnt contribute much from hrvati point of view – held his own for last 10 mins but didnt earn nearly enough to have the solo flag in pic representing like Cro players had a hand in the title…that’s reserved for occasions with Luka/Madrid
@mixed grill – lol totally agreed…and in addition, we didn’t even have a starting cro in the lineup so why is our flag in there tryin to get camera time like a jap or chinq tryin to get a picture with a useless caucasian like there a GoD because they’re white and not yellow
Not sure what our flag is doing there. It’s champions league after all. I think it looks silly.
National pride?
I totally agree with our flag being there…time and place and neither apply here I’m semi ashamed.
Agreed. When you’re out there with your club team, about to get the UCL trophy, put the flag down. Whether its ours or someone elses flag. Save it for post match fesitivities.
Atta boy Kova!
But has there ever been a player with 4 CL titles thats done less?
I get the 3 for Real but although he didn’t play in the game today, you can’t take that credit away from him. He was fantastic last season and this year under Tuchel as well for Chelsea. He played a massive part in bringing this team to the final.
Very identical to threaded ball luka played against the Danes
@ante – correct brate… my mistake
Looks like Kova will miss another final. That body check on De Bruyne could have been a red card.
Through ball in for the goal very Reminiscent of modric to rebic against russia at the end of game – timed perfectly
You mean Denmark?
Quality of football in this final by the English is summed up best by BOb regarding both these teams ….
https://youtu.be/RprMPis226k
2-1 Chelsea with an extra time Kova banger 🤯 yeah I know that’s bold