I will eat my words today. I was wrong, Dalić was right. But I will only eat them today.
Earlier in the week I said that Dalić should sit Kramarić and Kovačić after invisible performances against Morocco. Krama should never play the #9 in Croatia’s offense (it’s not his natural position) and Kova should not play the duel #8 role alongside Modrić. That has always been clear as day to me. However, Dalić tinkered with the lineup and moved Krama to the right wing behind Hajduk’s Marko Livaja versus Canada. It also appeared that Kova was granted less defensive responsibility as he played lights out in what looked more like a #10 role than anything else. However, this was against a CONCACAF side in Canada. Croatia should be beating sides like Canada and the USA with a B-squad. Let’s see what Dalić decides to do against Belgium on Thursday. No matter the competition, Krama should never be the lone striker. Kova OR Modrić should be able to roam more free as true #10s. It makes Croatia play faster out of the midfield and wings and suits the overall construct of the team better.
With the win over Canada, Croatia now only need a draw against Belgium on Thursday in their group stage finale to book a Round of 16 berth. Belgium look like a shell of themselves and have only scored one goal in 180 minutes of play this World Cup. A draw does nothing for Belgium so expect them to play open football, looking for the win versus Croatia.
Player ratings for Croatia Starting XI:
Livaković (7/10): Nothing he could do on the Davies goal. Was left completely dry but did well the rest of the game. Tipped a blazing shot over the bar that may have been on course to hit the back of the net. Has not made a mistake thus far in the World Cup.
Lovren (6/10): Pedestrian. Did what he had to do but nothing spectacular. Could have helped Juranović on the Davies header but not his responsibility at the end of the day. You could see Canada’s speed affected the aging Lovren. Picked up a yellow card in the 56′. One more booking would mean a 1-game suspension for Lovren.
Gvardiol (8/10): Absolute boss! Gvardiol is the goods and he’s only 20 years old. He did much better with the pacey Canadian offense than Lovren did and was well composed in the back all match. He broke up multiple short, quick passes in the box that could have led to trouble. The Croatian defense is in good hands for the net decade.
Juranović (4/10): At fault for the Davies goal inside of five minutes and an overall liability on defense. He ball watched the entire play. He looked shell shocked after the goal and uncomfortable the rest of the 1st half. Made up for it with an assist on Livaja’s game winner but does not look to have the confidence at RB to defend at the World Cup. Something to keep an eye on moving forward.
Sosa (6/10): Average. Okay on defense but we have yet to see any killer crosses that Sosa is usually slinging into the box every weekend during the Bundesliga season. Needs to do better against Belgium.
Brozović (6/10): You can tell the Inter Milan man is still not 100% back to normal playing ability after being sidelined the past two months with a thigh injury. Broz had light work to do in the Croatian defense vs. Canada but should have done better with a shot in the box in the 2nd half.
Modrić (7/10): Pulled the strings per usual in the Croatian midfield but not one of his better games in checkers. He picked up a silly yellow card in the 2nd half which could have been avoided. If he picks up another card in the match vs. Belgium and Croatia goes through to the Round of 16, Modrić would unfortunately have to sit Croatia’s first knockout round match of the World Cup.
Kovačić (9/10): One of his best games for Croatia! We saw Kova in all his glory vs. Canada. His defensive responsibilities were cut in half and he looked more like a pure #10 playmaker compared to a #8 box-to-box midfielder alongside Modrić. This is how I have always envisioned Kova with the Croatian national team alongside Modrić. We need to see more of this from Dalićs tactics.
Perišić (7/10): He has yet to have his break-out game this World Cup. He did supply both assists to Krama, however, was not his usual self in the attacking third when it came to crosses and his strikes on goal. Still solid against a mediocre Canadian defense but hopefully max Perišić RPMs are about be unboxed later this week vs. Belgium. Perišić didn’t start scoring for the Vatreni in 2018 until the later half of the tournament.
Livaja (8/10): In his first World Cup start (and a few months after his father tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident), Livaja scored the game winner for Croatia in a must-win game. He cooly slotted home a low shot inside the left post to put the Vatreni up 2-1. Not much more you can ask from the Hajduk Split striker.
Kramarić (9/10): Krama silenced all of his haters – including me – Sunday night in Qatar. The Hoffenheim man bagged two pivotal goals and could have easily scored another one for the hat trick. He was moved from the #9 role to the right side behind Livaja. Will this be his new home moving forward in the World Cup?
Does anyone know if the yellow cards carry over to the next game?
Good news for Croatia, not so good for Belgium. There was a fight between several of the Belgian players in the locker room after the 0-2 loss to Morocco.
I feel sorry for Belgium, they’re a friendly and cultured footballing nation and I had hoped they would advance from the group stages together with Croatia. I highly doubt the players will be able to make up and give a solid performance as a team in just a few days after a physical encounter in the locker room, though.
https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/video-l-equipe-belgijske-zvijezde-potukle-se-u-svlacionici-nikad-gora-atmosfera-u-reprezentaciji-1637599
https://www.maxportal.hr/vijesti/bosko-borjan-je-1993-u-kninu-bio-uhicen-zbog-pljacke-pljackao-je-hrvate-i-srbe/
Old man was a thief
He was a Chetnik in the 75th motorized brigade in Krajina:
Boško Borjan bio je pripadnik 75. motorizirane brigade tzv. “Vojske Srpske Krajine”.
He was ALSO a thief, besides being a Chetnik. But I guess we can safely say that most of the Chetniks were thiefs, robbers, murderers and generally unpleasant types roaming around killing Croatians and other non-serbs, looting and burning Croatian property and churches.
https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/its-not-for-nothing-that-csls-bosko-borjan-visited-el-salvador/
At least his old man says he played in Croatia and not Dalmatia.
Bosko Borjan was a Chetnik and member of the 75th motorized brigade in Krajina: Boško Borjan bio je pripadnik 75. motorizirane brigade tzv. “Vojske Srpske Krajine”.
His son Milan claims he was born in “Dalmatia, which is PART OF SERBIA”.
Once a Chetnik, always a Chetnik, just like their disgusting president Vucic.
I don’t understand these attempts at twisting historical facts around and being apologetic towards these fascists who raped Croatia for five years. I personally believe that you would only be willing to do it if nobody in your family was affected during the war, and even then you end up being a useful idiot for these “reformed” Chetniks.
2 weeks ago you are saying Kramaric should be kicked off the squad and pregame you are calling for Kovacic to dropped.
Yikes
We’re still in a precarious position cos if we lose to belgians and morocco get anything we will be going home : /
SCARY !
Don’t be scared Iggy. We goona be just fine. It will all work out.
Player ratings:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11474991/PLAYER-RATINGS-Croatia-ends-Canadas-knockout-stage-hopes-dominant-come-4-1-win.html
Anyone know where to watch the Belgium game in NY (queens) this Thursday???
Quays in Astoria.
OK….so now the Chetniks start with trash talk about Croatians because they played two shitty games themselves so far… Seriously, if any newspaper in Croatia had such a headline, our president would be facing criminal charges in the Hague…
https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/srpski-alo-ustase-se-slade-ovom-utakmicom-mitrovic-gorak-okus-moram-ovo-pogledati-ponovno-1637429
Yeah, Maga does it all the time. Where you been bro?
I know that they do it all the time, cuz. I just wanted to put the link here for others to read.
Hope Switzerland wins 2-0 and eliminates serbia from this World Cup.
All out vs Belgium.
Winning the group is a big deal.
Plus who can play for a draw?
We play solid by nature so I am not worrying about being too open.
We need fresh legs to compete on Thursday as well as pacing our core for the knockout rounds.
Stanisic
Oršić
Majer
Vlašić
Sučić
Budimir
Be smart to integrate some of these fresh legs.
Kovačić explosive runs through the lines will be key again.
Majer goal was meaningful in the sense that a quality player like him saw his ball go through the net at the World Cup. He is a game changer and needs more minutes.
Please monitor Modrić minutes.
We need him to start the money matches. No need for him to go the full 90.
I know we can secure the win against Belgium. I’m assuming Lukaku will be starting despite not being 100% fit. Josko can take him on, he’s been an absolute unit. I’m very impressed by our defence and the formation change by Dalic. When Kramaric has support, he does better. I recall the Russia game when he worked well with Mandzukic and scored the equalizer. Alone at forward, he can’t do much. Belgium will also be missing Onana from another yellow card. Attack the left side of Belgiums defence and we’ll break through. Alderweireld is the weak link. Just gotta contain Batshuyai. Hazard is shit and useless. The 3-4-3 gives them constant pressure. De Bruyne will play deeper. We gotta get the first goal. Play like we did against Canada and we will win. Belgiums d we’re exposed by Canada. They’re old and rusty. We will win 2-1. Kramaric to score again and Perisic on the left foot.
Kramaric’s, the third goal of the game, seemed improbable. He trapped it on the ground, and in one instantaneously motion, send it to the corner post, all the while putting it through the defender’s legs with his left foot. Najljepša.
Yeah Kromiza that was pretty.
His called back goal was even more incredible
The Friday game between Switzerland and Serbia will be entertaining. Hopefully Swiss can haunt them even more with the double headed eagle cello. Brazil looks too perfect. The only South American team that’s legitimate as of now. Also only team that definitely won’t concede until the knockout stages. Going back to Herdman. Who gives a fuck what that limey does. A sore bitch who has to put his tail between his legs. He thought he was going to instil motivation in his team. Instead, they got humbled and silenced. What do you guys honestly expect from a coach that upholds no values and coached a woman’s national team for Canada prior to this? 3-1 win for Morocco Thursday.
Once again, Serbia can’t get a W against an African nation.
06 Lost to Ivory Coast
2010 Lost to Ghana
2022 Drew Cameroon
Ghana will advance and get revenge on Uruguay. Cameroon get spanked 4-0. Serbia lose 1-0
Lets focus on our yard not Serbia. We have to win against Belgium which will be a tough game. I don’t want our way to second round to stand on Canada having to win against Morocco. I wouldn’t be surprised that they don’t give it 100% in the hope that we slip and get elliminated.
I agree let’s focus on the game with Belgium what other teams do should not matter. We need to focus on getting through this group.
“I agree let’s focus on the game with Belgium what other teams do should not matter. We need to focus on getting through this group.”
I have never understood this sentiment, you realise we are not PLAYING the match dont you? Why would it matter one modicum of an iota to the Vatreni what we say on a message board here? We can freely talk about how good it is for Serbs to lose as well as hoping for us to win, we are not endangering out team lol.
I agree. It’s not like some bad karma is going to hit us in the face. The other side has so much catching up to do with bad karma, I feel we can wish them all the worst for the next 100 years without any repercussions.
The serbs themselves even have headlines (tabloids I know, but still) where they talk about all Croatians as Ustashas – just like their rhetoric before and during the war. It’s disgusting.
So wishing for anyone to eliminate those lowlifes from a World Cup is the least we can do. Ajd, bok!
No, Canada wants to win something
If they take out Morocco, not saying they ban but that’s taking out the team we could only tie and beat Belgium
I feel in their mind while being disappointed,winning this game would be huge and I feel they leave it out there
The Chetnik gonna stand on his head and say look at how good of a Serb I am to help my neighbours lolol
Who gives a fuck about the chetniks
Take care of your own first before you look elsewhere and that’s not where i would start
It’s not much in the news but Terdman not shaking hands with Dalic has been completely under played anywhere- I cannot recall another WC match where coaches haven’t shaken hands- it should have been immediate termination by Canada soccer- that guy made the game about himself and that cost Canada far more than they are willing to admit. That’s fine- justice is served and in a very spicy bowl by nasi mladi. Good job boys.
Herdman had been given too much free press including that Chetnik
Borjan will let in a late goal if it means Morocco leap frogs us in the standings. His international career is coming to an end, and Herdman would probably give him the green light.
The rest of Canada’s players are a good bunch.
They’ll be better off without Herdman and Borjan.
More reason why we need to go full metal against the Red Devils
There’s an agenda against us
That’s so outlandish that I completely agree. That Borjan and Herdman’ are total assholes
Since we have a couple of days off and my blood pressure normalized, I can watch games comfortably, but I really hope that Uruguay pounds the fuck out of Portugal both physically and on the scoreboard. Go 🇺🇾
I feel the exact same way.
That first Morocco game had me upset (and tired) for several days. The second game gave me a huge relief. We still need a result against Belgium, but we’re in a favored position to win the group (or progress) and we played well last game (with a couple of question marks in our lineup looking resolved)
Yup
Here in Zagorje we hated Petkovic coming on for Livaja. Other than that a great must win game.
Mishko, they needed to rest Livaja. Petko isn’t a bad player. Plus the triple substitution of Petko, Orsic and Majer makes sense given that they know how to play with eachother.
Watching Brazil vs Switzerland. Is that Fred the fat fuck the same guy who dove against us in 2014? Lovren got burned on that one.
That must be the same one, he’s ugly as a f*ck. Come to think of it, 80% of the Brazilian players look like they were born via their mom’s shupak.
Hahaha
Believe it or not I think this is a new Fred.
Oh really? I didn’t know and didn’t bother to look it up
Yea it’s Shakhtar Fred.
Shakhtar Fred.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fat Shakhtar Fred, love it! 😛
Love it
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11476579/amp/Milan-Borjan-born-parents-Serbian-ethnicity-reveals-number-leaked-Croatia-fans.html
fuck Milan Borjan but this is shitty behavior from our fans. i’m not saying they need to be nice to guy but this went a little too far imo.
Agreed @ drustvo
Agreed. It is ugly and embarrassing from our fans.
I don’t know…it looks photoshopped to me.
He essentially celebrates a separtist entity founded on killing innocent civilians to increase their own demographic numbers and justify annexation.
It’s also likely his family fled because they took part in killings (something that’s rarely ever talked about when mentioning these fleeing serb ‘civilians’).
My guess is, with his extreme and outdated views that don’t even align with most Serbs, is that it’s pretty likely his close family actually took part in murders.
Poor serb Borjan, his father was part of the insurgent fascist Chetnik forces in Krajina during 1991-95 and that’s why they left Croatia when they saw the end coming during operation Storm. Borjan also never lets the opportunity slip whenever he’s interviewed – he always claims that he was born in “Dalmatia, which is part of Serbia”. Information regarding these constant provocations from the Chetnik is somehow not included in this Daily Mail article. I personally cannot force myself to feel sorry for a self-declared Chetnik, knowing all the shit that happened to my family during the war.
Agreed, Chetnik types should never be allowed to enjoy a nights sleep.
As I said, fuck that guy, but I’m strongly opposed to doxxing. The crooked FIFA fines and court of public opinion are a concern to me but that guy is an instigating bigot trying to play the COPO. I’m glad we crushed him and exposed his middling goalkeeping. Hopefully, people don’t fall for his bullshit and recognize that his comments are actually harmful as well.
Unfortunately there are still a lot of people out there who have some sort of misguided sympathy for the serbs as a nation. Fewer than before, sure, as hordes of people come to Croatia as tourists and see for themselves that we are not bloodthirsty Ustashas. But people in general are slow to change their opinions once they have made up their mind. And the serb propaganda machine has been working non-stop for the past 100 years.
I agree with what Tudjman said, our athletes are Croatia’s best ambassadors. We’ve gained huge respect through our athletes and their accomplishments, and that respect trickles down on Croatians in general. I’ve met lots of Englishmen who went from “who the f*ck is Croatia” (total disrespect) to “you don’t f*ck with these lads” (the English way of showing respect). Also met a bunch of Japanese who visit Croatia because CroCop was the grand old man in K-1, so they wanted to see for themselves the country of his origin. They said they have great respect for such an honorable, strong (I think they met athletic) and cultured nation as Croatia. We ended up a bunch watching Croatia play some Euro matches, and those Japanese guys were almost bigger fans than us Croatians. I also said, no no, put away that Ozujsko, we need to drink Karlovacko. 😛
Those are only a couple of examples, I’ve got loads more. The point is, I think that lots of our athletes are superb ambassadors, and I believe that at least a portion of the serb atheletes are not so great ambassadors for their country. I’m thinking of Chetnik propaganda (historic revisionism), burning or stomping on the Croatian flag, tattoos of Drazha Mihajlovic, playing the role of victim while accusing the opposition of being the guilty party (Borjan, anyone?).
Enough ranting from me today.
Z*D*S
Breaking news…Zdravko Mamić responds to Croatia win over Canada in brand new interview! https://youtu.be/FL4EPXkrLY8
Iggy you watching those Serb cunts having a vegemite sandwich?
Borna Sosa was absolutely brilliant. Almost perfect. He hit 4 or 5 perfect crosses into the box that the strikers couldnt finish and defensively he was rock solid. Sometimes I wonder whether people actually watch the game or just the goals
Just the goals, thank you very much
Canada were excellent. The way they work and cover the pitch and constantly threaten with their pace. It was a tough match. The boys were absolutely brilliant. Yes juranovic made a couple of mistakes early but after that he was excellent. Lovren was amazing. Some of his passing was superb and his positional play was perfect. The performance by the whole team was immense.
Canada were excellent? You can score a goal and win the odd game but you’ll never win a tournament with that style of play. They have a lot of work and maturing ahead of them. Will be interesting to see how Thursday’s results pan out as the biggest story in Group F may be just how far Belgium has fallen (hoping that’s the case but not taking anything for granted).
You are making the same mistake that a lot of pundits are ie: massively underestimating the quality in this group. I watch the games, you cant judge a team’s level from a result. Canada were incredibly slick with everything they did. Yes it’s a high risk way of playing, but the fact is Croatia dealt with it bravely and gained control of the game through taking risks of our own. It was very high quality football from both teams.
Again, people thought 0-0 against morocco means both teams are not good. Because lots of people who dont understand football, make their opinions by assuming certain teams are shit and then saying oh this team couldnt beat that team so it means they are also shit. Dont pre judge the quality of a team by its world ranking, or by the confederation it belongs to, or the club teams its players play for…judge them by what you see when you watch the game. Canada were very very dangerous and very confident. We beat them because we played magnificently
Look at England’s group. Same nonsense. England thrash Iran, oh that means iran are bad…no it’s because England played well. Then england drew with US so now suddenly same people saying England are rubbish. No, US has got quality and played a perfect game. Its football it deoends what happens, on the pitch. Belgium havent been brilliant, but they havent been bad. the others teams, canada, morocco and Croatia, have played fantastic football. That’s all. Please respect all the teams
@Crnkovic
You mean like the Canadian coach respected Croatia?
What I saw against Morocco was them playing defensively and trying pinch a goal if lucky, and what we know about Croatia is that for years Croatia struggles to find solutions when teams set up that way against us, this is where the majority here, you included, have come up with the misconception that we play down to the level of our inferior opponents when the fact is it’s more about Croatia struggling in those type of games, it really is something Croatia has to get better at if they want to get to the next level.
Canada’s coach is a shit coach, if he didn’t get so excited by his teams loss to Belgium he may of set up against us like Morocco did. But instead they chose to ride the momentum they gained from their loss to Belgium for 1min against Croatia, which ultimately ended up being a blessing in disguise because it led them to believe that they were better than they are and as soon as that happened it was advantage Croatia.
I have no doubt if Morocco played us like Canada did they would’ve copped the same result.
For me nothing has changed from the start of this tournament, Belgium is our toughest opponent in the group, and with Lukaku coming in against us that’s going to make things very interesting.
Just remember, we’re just fans, whether we respect our opponents or not plays no part in what happens in the match.
If you want to talk about how the Canadian coach should’ve respected Croatia, feel free.
Zlatko Dalic: “I did not see the other head coach after the match. Whether I lose or win, I always congratulate the other head coach.
“He wasn’t there and that’s his way of doing things. He’s obviously mad.”
Canada sucks.
You are completely misunderstanding me. My respect has got nothing to do with canada or it’s coach. Im delighted we put them and their coach to the sword. The asshole disrespected Croatia and we know about the keeper. I have zero love for them. It’s about respecting football, it’s about respecting what is actually true rather than spinning fantasies about the world. This world cup is showing that team spirit, real belief, humility and no fear are more important than tactics or individual ability. As long as we remember that we will do well, whether we are playing in the world cup or just watching it
Croatia and Morocco were doing a Mexican standoff.
Morocco packed the middle and dared Croatia to attack on the flank.
Croatia recognized that the wing is where Morocco is most dangerous, and didn’t want to get hit on the counter.
Croatia didn’t bite and were happy to try and get the ball forward through the congested middle or long balling it. They had enough quality to score a goal despite not taking advantage of their strengths out wide, so they opted for that (and they almost scored with some good chances from Vlasic, Lovren, Modric and Perisic).
The game was always going to end 0-0 or a 1-0 win for Croatia.
Are you saying that we could’ve attacked down the flanks if we wanted to? Because that’s not what I remember, I remember us not being being able to move the ball down the flanks even if we wanted to, and I think if we could’ve, we would’ve.
I thought Morocco’s defensive pressure was really good all over the pitch.
But I do think if we had Kovacic in the same frame of mind he was in against Canada we beat Morocco also. Let’s hope our efforts against Morocco don’t prove costly.
For everyone that read my thought provoking comment on the other thread, I feel I have to let you all know that when I said that Canada and Belgium were sitting ducks after our efforts against Morocco, I only said that because I thought Lukaku wasn’t even here.
It was so nice to see Kramaric get his mojo working again!!! If he is in the correct position he can thrive. So happy for him. I personally have been so disappointed and frustrated by his previous ghost play that it drove me crazy. Well He finally got the wax out of his ears and listened to all the fans telling him to wake the fuck up and he finally did and it couldn’t have come at a better time actually!!! Good for him!!!! This is just what he needed and now he has the fire burning inside of him.
Great game all around To watch very entertaining football.
The team had good flow good energy!
Livajas goal was nice and clutch to put us up. Really liked how the formation played out. Great result. Great confidence booster going into the Belgium game!!
It was so nice to see Kramaric get his mojo working again!!! If he is in the correct position he can thrive. So happy for him. I personally have been so disappointed and frustrated by his previous ghost play that it drove me crazy. Well He finally got the wax out of his ears and listened to all the fans telling him to wake the fuck up and he finally did and it couldn’t have come at a better time actually!!! Good for him!!!! This is just what he needed and now he has the fire burning inside of him.
Great game all around To watch very entertaining football.
The team had good flow good energy!
Livajas goal was nice and clutch to put us up. Really liked how the formation played out. Great result. Great confidence booster going into the Belgium game!!
You’re bang on Ante.
Awesome dude!
Thx for all the work you do man.
We appreciate you
Best thing about perisic being goaless so far, is he is due.. And due for an important or really big one. We all know that. It’s just a matter of time b4 perisic introduces himself to the world again.
Dude lives and loves this shit
Sosa and Perišić need to click again on that left side (like they did in qualifying).
Assuming Krama can continue to be a serious threat on the right side, we’ll have a nicely balanced attack.
They will
They are both slick
Assuming we beat Belgium. That’s not necessarily enough to finish first. A Morocco win by a huge margin could have us playing second and definitely facing Spain…again. We should play for a win. Canada is eager for consultation game. A Morocco draw against Canada would help us if we draw Belgium 0-0. I’m hoping that Costa Rica draw Germany but not likely. Japan beating Spain would be something special. It’s all speculation. Belgium need a win. A draw to them means nothing to them. Our path would be the toughest ever if we play Brazil, Spain, and France. Our easiest and realistic could be Japan/Costa Rica, Serbia, Swiss, Ghana. You never know. Lots of upsets this World Cup. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Iran and Saudi Arabia get out of the group.
Belgium needs a win, and all we need is a draw. I don’t think Dalić will be watching what Morocco is doing.
Belgium is going to have to push forward and their defense has been bad. If Kovačić and Brozović have good games, then Belgium is in trouble.
Outside of Spain and Brazil, teams usually need to play deep against us. Belgium can’t really do that since it’s do or die for them. Opportunities will open up for Kramarić and Perišić again.
I’ll be up early to watch Cameroon upset Serbia tomorrow.
Just even based on the highlights, Ivan Perisic assist machine, Harry Kane should be paying for blowjobs in London for this lad…lol. Can’t wait for Thursday, Belgium links like dead wood
Please tell me we “figured out” the Kramarić puzzle.
If so, it means we get to play with an actual špica up top, and we get a scoring Kramarić on the right side…and (most importantly) it means no more Pašalić and Vlasic experiments at RW.
Modrić hasn’t been himself this tournament. Maybe that’s a good thing. This was Kova’s best ever performance for us in a tournament. Kova’s always been mediocre for us in tournaments. Today he was finally a game changer. Hopefully Broz can get back into full form soon.
Disappointed that Sosa hasn’t been the game changer for us so far. He was awesome in every game he played for us in qualifying and Nations League. I’m hoping it’s just nerves or something and he wakes up.
Also, RedBull Leipzig turning down 90 million Euros for Gvardiol is the best financial decision they ever made.
Sosa has been decent. Might be nerves but I see some confidence building.
He gonna be awright. He is playing one of the toughest positions don’t forget. Borna will be an important provider when its all said and done.
one fun fact. On every Croatian goal, the ball went between a Canadian players legs. what were these guys doing
Perisic passes though players leg to Kramaric
Juranovic passes through players leg to Livaja
Kramaric kicks ball through players legs for goal
Petkovic hits long outlet pass that goes through Canadian players legs and falls to orsic who lays it off from majer
If we finish 1st. Our likely path to the final would be Germany in round of 16, Brazil in Quarter final, France in semis.
Sorry. Replace Brazil with Portugal
My dream path
really good win
I hope most on this board took my kvartuc reprimand the other day to heart. You just can’t be so sensationalist after 1 game. Saying never play kramaric again when I’ve been pointing out to the site repeatedly that he has a higher contribution rate for the national team per game (1 per every 1.4 games) than mandzukic had (1 per every 1.6 games). Likewise, I also said, let’s not say that modric and kovacic can never play together again when we just saw them qualify in 1st place in their group for the world cup and top nations league. I would love to say the lesson has been learned by this site, but I know it hasn’t been.
I also posited that perhaps Livaja is actually good given a historic contribution rate in the HNL and I was at peace with giving him a shot.
I indeed mocked Dalic for being totally healthy and having never started this line up in the past 20 games until the second game of the world cup. Not to say it was the wrong line up, but it is fair criticism to say why have you had two years to experiment and you never came on this line up before today.
I also talked about how a surprisingly tough group this is and that has been proved in many ways by morocco’s two performances, canada playing better than belgium and giving croatia an early scare. It seems clear today that Canada is not yet where they aspired to be.
It seems clear that Belgium is not in top form, although a wounded dog can still bite, so this will be no easy task for croatia.
We also know Croatia has had an incredible run and that put up some strange games…. 1-0 vs saudia arabia, and an ugly 0-0 against morocco. Now both of those results look considerably better.
In the end, the simulator has croatia’s advancement odds going to nearly 75% after this game as model has put croatia-belgium almost at even odds. Croatia wins or ties against Belgium approximately 62.5% of the time for automatic advancement. In the 37.5% of times croatia loses to belgium, approximately 33% of the time Canada beats Morroco, which adds another 12.5% to croatia’s advancement odds
That Commodore 64 heating up 🔥
the truth AKA Ziva Istina has set aside all the pocket money he got from his mom for the past 5 years and he’s now bought a brand new Pentium 133mhz. Expect 14% more accuracy in his predictions and calculations from now on.
Kvartuc, no offense but your call to bench Kova and Krama gives you the armchair QB badge of honor. Seriously though I called for the benching of Kramar so I was only half stupid. You went full retarded.
I’ll be the first one to admit that. However, you’re only half right in your comment. You’re talking personnel straight up.
My gripe is that Dalic plays Krama at the 9 and Kova at the 8. Krama was on the right wing/supporting striker vs. Canada and Kova was able to roam free as the 10. This is how both of these players should be utilized. When they’re not, we see results as we did against Morocco. Kapish?
Yeah but Morocco is not Canada. That was a game that might look like a dud, but was necessary tactically. Morocco can score. Morocco has speed at all three levels. Honestly if Pickles scores that toe slide it was probably 3 pts Croatia. I don’t think Kovacic could have been deployed in the same way as Canada v. Morocco. But no slight against you it’s all good. You do great work and I’ve been following your site from the early years. When did you start this site with Svircic exactly, 2006 or earlier?
Agree with you there, Ante. The positioning of the players on the field and letting them play in natural positions is alpha and omega. Dalic needs to understand that either Kova or Modric always needs to be playing in the number 10 position. When they’re able to do that, Croatia’s offensive play is dynamic, fast, it opens up the wings more (puts less pressure on them/less defensive backtracking), and our chances of pummeling in goals increases tenfold.
versus canada, like expected, where we need anti press players, kovacic was worth his weight in gold. Also like expected we played much better with a player who battles up top. This played in favor of krama who was able to play his lurk scorer role because the defense was marking livaja.
Also like expected JJ is terrible defensively and at one point got completely exposed by Davies. JJ was shell shocked after the beginning, but kinda redeemed himself. In the first 10 mins Dalic was sweating bullets, his face was very red and he looked like he just cried.
One thing is for sure, krama playing adjacent to vlasic should never happen again.
Lovren is still very concerning. He’s average at best, and any moment a liability for a huge defensive mistake.
overall, (like expected to anyone that follows soccer) we smashed canada, but kinda irrelevant game, after we drew morocco it was always gonna come down to the belgium game.
Disappointing game from modric for his standards. Did some good but was the worst mid out of the three. He’s supposed to be a composed leader, so why does he keep losing his cool and trying to have standoffs with other players? Recently he’s done this increasingly for both Real and Cro. Now he has a yellow, smh.
I disagree. Lovren was cool as cucumber and was not at fault for the Canada goal. He bosses the backline for pretty much all of the match.
Kovačić carrying our midfield, Brozovic getting his legs and Modrić supported finally !!
That was beautiful to watch.
Gvardiol is world class.
Kramaric is a class finisher when he is supported.
Wish he would have slid that pass to Modrić before the first half.
Need fresh legs vs Belgium.
Oršić
Majer
Stanisic
Vlašić
Budimir
Utilize your whole squad.
Please watch this guys…fucken hillarious…lol.. https://youtu.be/FL4EPXkrLY8
Hman fuckin sheep, not Croatia lol
Hahaha
This is gold.
Priceless!
Have a feeling Morocco might have a misstep against Canada. We will get through but all the combinations are brain searing. Anyway, great win nonetheless..
I hope some of you fellas listened and said Cro +107 was a good buy as I said last night on another thread.
Until we meet again, Bog.
Ante you are forgiven. You also are right moving Kramaric off #9. Great move by Dalic moving him to right wing and starting Livaja. Let’s hope Livaja fills that spot. I think he will.
Dalic says that Herdman is the first coach in his career that didn’t want to shake hands after the match. Classless…..
Maminjo, you should start first. You are his biggest critic here lol. Also, there is a reason why Kvartuc has a day job and runs this website and not working for HNS in Zagreb. Sit Kova and Krama…the 2 best players today lol!
Dat’s da joke!
I respect people who admit when they’re wrong….I would love to hear some praise for Kova and Krama from some of you guys that are constantly criticizing them.
I, for one, would like to hear some of you give an apology to Dalic.
Take it easy gents
It was only against Canada
True.
If we lose to Belgium, then this meant nothing.
Yes indeed,
As far as I’m concerned, the batine to Borjan and Herdman is not complete until we at least tie Belgium. – I am sure both of them would like to see us not advance.
We need to play to win for ourselves – to top the group and possibly have a more favourable path forward.
Not totally true. If Morocco loses to Canada, we would have a strong chance of qualifying anyway.
We can’t count on Canada. Firstly, I dont think they are good enough to beat Morrocco if both teams have a good day. Second thing is that Canada is very deflated now, and Morrocco are motivated to advance, so I can’t see it happening.
The only way is if Canada want to prove they have bigger balls. LOL!
yeah, def agree. We need to go out for the win.
My only point was, this win today was big. Today’s win would not necessary mean nothing if we lost to Belgium, it still might mean something.
Not necessarily. If we lose to 🇧🇪 and 🍁 beats Morocco, we are through. Anything is possible at the moment.
Only thing for sure is Kanada is out, but they might be dangerous at this point.
Lol
Fair enough Maminjo. I can admit that I was wrong in this case, I did not favour the idea of Krama up front. The line this time was well chosen and suited for who we played. It looks like the pairing of Livaja, Krama, and Perisic up the front worked well, and gave a new wind to our offence that I really didn’t expect at first I will be honest, I expected it from Livaja, and Perisic, but I did not expect to see Krama perform the way that he did.
I didn’t really think Krama had it in him, he has been struggling but it was good to see the turn around and the guy should have bagged a hatrick in fairness. So quite the exceptional game for him. I hope this is a new found composure for the guy, we will need it come our next game against Belgium.
I’ll give Dalic this one, apparently he saw something I did not, so I will give him credit where it’s due.
Kovacic also had a great game, I didn’t expect it but hopefully he turns things around as well. So great turnovers and nice slick short passes, he looked to be his self like at Chelsea.
Great win while falling on the back foot at first. All the credit to Dalic and the squad, hopefully they can build off of this and choose well for the next one.
Herdman and Borjan asked to stay after the Croatian clinic today and had to watch FIFA- Defining a Nation documentary – highly recommend it -to see what happens when you say “crap” against us- their writing on the blackboard- Croatia , you own me- i won’t say crap anymore” – it should have been 7 or 8 for Croatia- fun game to watch in Canada- the TSN so called commentators looked stupid in some of the commentatary
I agree. Deguzman saying it was gonna be a ‘foulfest’ with 8 or 9 yellow cards. Also this gem: Canada has the best forward line in the group. Say what?
Ajmo!!
Great showing after the goal. We could have scored a few more. Need to bury our chances.
Juranovic is a liability defensively and I hope Stanisic can step up. Failing to pick up Davies when he scored then almost doing the same
thing again.
Kova was outstanding today..just what we needed.
Brozo played much better and Gvardiol is a beast!
Next game will be tough but hoping Canada can help us out against Morocco.
Watched this at a resort sports bar in the Dominican with a room full of Canadian fans. Loved it.
Does any defender make up ground like josko …the way he closes down within 5-10 yards is incredible!
Bruno didn’t get the memo that this was a WC match and not a friendly against Andorra,his house could be in flames and he would take his time finishing his beer in the kitchen he’s so chill.
We were all wrong on kova and Krama Dalic earns some respect for being patient.
This game looked easier then any I’ve seen in years the way we dominated the midfield.
Any1 else notice one of the Canadian’s came back on field w/ tampon in his nose (bloody nose I guess) – he didn’t like the string hanging down – so kept gesturing to cut it. Unreal
lol
Here we go
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11474785/Canada-captain-Atiba-Hutchinson-spotted-TAMPON-nose-against-Croatia.html
Great result, but Juranovic is done, liability both on offense and defense, outside of that we took care of our business, sad to see Modric not much impact, the clock is ticking
Like I said earlier, Juranovic struggled but for the crucial 2nd goal by Livaja he was instrumental. Good with the bad I guess
There is still a long way to go. Belgium will be tough.
What did we learn from this match – slick passing and running between the lines will always find out a bunch of sprinters in the end.
Ajmo Español
With a win they will knock out Germany and if we can get top in group it makes it a much easier match next round
But course we have to take care of business with Belgium
Hopefully Canada can take out Morocco for pride
A Spain win wouldn’t have knocked Germany out. They beat Costa Rica and Spain beats Japan, both highly likely, and Germany would get 2nd on goal difference. With this tie, it is almost a certainty Spain gets first, and probable Germany gets second. Japan just needed to beat pathetic Costa Rica to eliminate Germany.
Siromah Herdman, Canada pays him so little that his wife has to cut his hair. And our socialized Healthcare system is apparently too strapped to fix her vision. Sram.
What’s even more of a Sramota is that peewee Herdman is still disrespectful and delusional. In the post game interview he said some of Croatia’s goals were lucky, and the only lucky thing I saw about the goals was that Croatia did not face better opponents.
Luck? HAHA! It’s one thing if the game is close, but you can’t put 4-1 down to luck. What’s lucky is that Canada only lost 4-1 because the Croatian players started trying to assist each other for nice goals (Modrić to Kramarić, Kovačić to Brozović, Orsić to Petković, etc.) instead of continuing to pound shots every time they got to the 18. They’re also lucky that Livaja got tired and Petković couldn’t complete a pass. Other than that, all anyone else saw was that Croatia was a better team of better football players with only one exception.
He’s actually lucky it wasn’t 7-1
We missed two point blank goals and our offside goal was called back by a hairline on the non-goal scorer.
LOL – no balls PeeWee Herdman!
I completely agree with you. Kramaric alone should have had 4 goals himself. Kovacic and Brozovic had 1 good chance each. On ESPN.com, Kramaric thanked the Canadian coach for the motivation. He also said, we saw who f—ed whom.
I think someone should insult Kramaric before every game to get him to play with that kind of intensity and motivation. He was running down the wing and even going in with tackles
espnfc player ratings:
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Player ratings
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Croatia: Dominik Livakovic 6; Josip Juranovic 5, Dejan Lovren 6, Josko Gvardiol 7, Borna Sosa 6; Luka Modric 7, Marcelo Brozovic 6, Mateo Kovacic 8; Andrej Kramaric 8, Marko Livaja 7, Ivan Perisic 7.
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Subs: Bruno Petkovic 6, Nikola Vlasic 6, Mario Pasalic 6, Mislav Orsic 6, Lovro Majer 6.
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Canada: Milan Borjan 8; Alistair Johnston 6, Steven Vitoria 6, Kamal Miller 5, Richie Laryea 6; Tajon Buchanan 7, Atiba Hutchinson 5, Stephen Eustaquio 6, Alphonso Davies 7; Jonathan David 6, Cyle Larin 6.
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Subs: Jonathan Osorio 6, Ismael Kone 6, Junior Hoilett 6, Lucas Cavallini 6, Samuel Adekugbe 6.
I agree with their Croatia player ratings 100 %.
Borjan was terrible
Milan Borjan 8?! Lololol. Like wtf.
Boli mi kurac, no way in hell Borjan deserves any more than a 5. He’s the weakest part of the whole team
Hey Ante, your Jedi mind tricks worked. You demanded that Kovacic and Kramaric must sit. Please tell us who must sit vs. Belgium 🤣
Did someone really say Kramaric and Kovacic must sit???
1st goal was a blessing in disguise, woke up the sleepyheads!
Juranović picked up as it went along. Kramarić and Livaja bossed it even if it was against a 39 y/o centre back.
Let’s just make sure this doesn’t become like 4-0 v. Cameroon in 2014 and think we’re hot shit. Thanks to Morocco winning Hrvatska can’t afford to lose against Belgium who have a bone to pick now
If Croatia beat Belgium and Spain beat Germany, Croatia will play either Costa Rica or Japan in round of 16
I don’t think that is correct… Costa Rica play Germany next… there’s a real possibility of a 3 way tie and 3 points
Japan go through h to h goal diff japana just can get crushed by germany
Kovacic man of the match for mine.
At the risk of sounding like “The Truth” I did say that Canadia were sitting ducks after the draw to shitty Morocco, and I was just a game off with my classy Kramaric prediction. And you guys didn’t want classy Kramaric to play today, thank God Dalic is the coach!
Krama finds his spot
Gvardiol, kid is just on another level
Leipzig licking their lips with 100mill coming their way
Luka and Perisic still for me not showing their masterclass. I hope they will show even better No shade at all, but we know there is still more
Kova, those runs were sexy
Majer has that kill kova doesn’t but doesn’t match his speed
Broz was better , still can show more we all know
Livaja has a deadly finish
I agree budimir would have been the guy to put in instead of petko
For his energy and press
I guess dalic was thinking petko can hold up the ball and keep possession better?
Anyways, juranovic is a liability on defence but obviously can make stuff happen going forward
Lovren…solid enough
Can’t wait to see what gvardiol/sutalo can grow into
Livakovic, I thought was ok
Would have been nice to pump a few more on that Chetnik but give him some gas Qatar for the tractor home
Yes indeed Danny j. Great post. Gvardiol was outstanding, just a beast of a player back there.
Petkovic did well for the third goal to hold off a defender from blocking Krama
Pity about the Belgium loss to Morocco. We could have been playing Belgium for the first spot, now we still probably need a win to come first in the group and at least a draw to come second. If we get beaten by Belgium, we will need Canada to beat Morocco? and on this showing I cannot see it happening.
Kramaric and Kovacic got a lot of criticism but tonight they were among our best.
According to HRT studio experts Gvardiol guilty for the Canadian goal more than Juranovic by not going towards the Candian player who received the ball from the Serb goalkeeper in the middle of the field. Not sure about their analysis.
I put in a call to King Kong Bundy for a request for FIVE…..close. This is for John Turdman. Volim piti, volim piti …
There is some f****** today, but it’s the players from Canadia f****** themselves in their locker room.
Hey, what about that yellow on Modric? Warranted? Also, do the yellows clear at any point, after the group stage?
Kovacic star of the game.
Canada’s pressing style leaves game open to our counter-attack – perfect for Mateo.
Stop with this crap that he can’t play with Modric – absolutely ridiculous
Yes, Kovacic was outstanding.
Kovacic was outstanding and was leaving the Canadians for dead with his speed. Modric on the other hand is beginning to show his age and was struggling a bit in the first half with the pace of the game. He came into his own in the second half once the Canadians ran out of puff.
What a loser Herdman is- not only classless but Croatia showing him how stupid he is!
For the doubters: Livaja, Kovačić, Kramarić, Lovren all played great. DALIĆ with the coaching to eventually get the win. Juranović was good most of the game, but that Canada goal was poor on his part. Otherwise, he also was good, though Stanisić is a much better defender. Petković absolutely sucked today, and Budimir would have been better.
Majer, Pasalić, and Vlasić all did what was needed of them off the bench.
Add Livaković to the list. He actually commanded his box, and his goal kicks were amazing. The guy has gotten a lot better.
And Kramarić! Both goals with the left foot! Brilliant
Keep pressing, keep smelling blood! Pour it on if possible.
So glad that Kramarić is making me eat my words, keep it up!
We need to stop fucking around and put Canada away!
hiya Gentlemen I might be defecting okay -I will defect —
I am now cheering for you
But I am 100 % certain you WILL LOSE THIS GAME
I should explain my previous comments — and I will
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After the WC is over, this will all be explained in detail.
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AS for today = ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I will cheer on the loser side – Crotia will lose today.
Excellent last 25 minutes of that half. Need to have that intensity and some for the second half. We need another 2 goals, Canada will score again.
AJMO !!!!
A lot of my comments proving true again. I talked about how
1) right side of Croatia was very vulnerable and immediate goal
2) i stuck by kramaric and he’s arguably bagged two goals this game
3) i presented to the group the concept that maybe livaja is actually good? His contribution rate in the hnl had been near record setting. Maybe dalic read my post and started him
I’m pretty sure Dalic read your post. Or he also bought a Commodore 64 to make predictions and calculations. Either one of those two explanations sound probable.
AJMO !!!!
Cmon on that was a good run by Juranović
It was a very good run. It almost makes up for ball-watching instead of picking up Davies and letting him get inside position.
Annoying that we keep crossing to nobody. We don’t have the height. We’re wasting alot of chances
Shore up the right side with stanisic
Maybe swap budimir in for that hard press/defense
Should have tried to pump one more
Get the tractor ready for the Chetnik
Ajmo!!!
Well the true Croatia finally came out
Can he stay that way for the rest of the tournament
Why did we waste that last corner?
WTF are we doing these last 5minutes!? Like we don’t want to put this game away. Ffs!
Dalic cannot afford to take this lead for granted. Get Juranovic the fuck OUT of there before Davies embarrasses him again
Juranovic has been struggling but that run was outstanding for the 2nd.
I love these players!!!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!
Finally got one, hopefully the floodgates will open now. Enough of this. Let’s fucking go!!!!
Nice offside finish from krama. Do it again in real time please
How the fuck is that offside?
Gvardiol is a one man defense in there. This board called it. Right side of Lovren and Juranovic is glaringly weak.
Juranovic out ASAP, he’s not gonna have a good game after those two blunders already. Stanisic in
Stanisic has the size to have handled Davies
Most of us called for him to match Davies
Brozović just doesn’t seem right
1st sub: Stanišić for Juranović please
Yes, he’s been terrible
I’m beginning to think that rebic was right
How’s juranovic still on the pitch
Lol at everyone saying Canada is a joke
Livaja not singing… understandable.. he’s confused. He’s never been in the starting line up for a National team game before
I think putting Juranovic in at right back to cover Davies on left wing for Canada could be a problem. I think Stanisic would have been better as he is quicker and better defensively.
Yup already in 45 seconds they scored Dalic needs to be fired. It’s official.
This is deplorable.
Can we get a wake-up call here. The younger players need to be on where wis Sutalo, where is Stanisic who shutout Mbappe.
I can even fathom how dumb and blind Dalic is at this stage. A peewee league coach is better than this.
Mate1 I think you have jumped the gun a bit. You need to wait for the Belgium match on Thursday.
Against the grain and through deep analysis, my prediction that this is a surprisingly tough group continues to prove true
Most people pushed back but i insisted that it was under appreciated how tough Morocco and Canada would be
So far that is playing out very true and i see the tone of this board switch drastically to uncertainty against Canada
croatia still has quality and their performance against Morocco now looks better. This will be a tough match up for croatia though cause it will play against their weakness…the wings
Canada forces the ball to be played in the wide areas where they have the edge
Kramaric-juranovic combo against davies and David looks really challenging
Krama starting again?!
Well we’re starting Kramaric again…
They just said on TSN
Perisic wouldn’t make Canada’s top 3
Please someone tell Perisic what they just said
Man would that make him extra dangerous
I almost spit out my coffee when I heard that! Ignorant.
Ok so the Morocco win sort of complicates stuff
But shows the 0-0 draw wasn’t the worst showing
We have to win out
Simple
Not easy but simple
Both are winnable matches
Interesting feisty group
Perisic gonna be beast mode
2014 against Cameroon 2022 woke up against Czechs second match
Having him against Spain could have tipped it for us
The studs have to be the studs, that’s how it is
ZDS!!
Croatia played pretty crappy against the Czechs at Euro. If they play like that today, there will be problems.
If we beat Canada today, and even if we draw Belgium (which I consider a failure) we would go through…quite possibly even in first place.
So all that matters is that we beat a team that is ranked below us. It’s what should be expected and a minimum requirement for a coach that gets paid the most out of all the coaches in this group.
Belgium’s Martinez (who makes less than Dalic) will most certainly be fired if they don’t top the group and progress beyond the Round of 16…but Dalic (who the HNS stupidly extended to 2024 after that lame Euro2020 showing) may still be here even if we fail to advance.
Simply put, we are in a good position to top the group if we do what our much more talented lineups is capable of doing.
It’s the coaches job to prepare them and to get 100 percent from them. No excuses. Otherwise, we go with someone else/
Exactly! Ajmo!
Can anyone recommend a link for these games? Thanks.
To watch the games? Reddit soccer streams
Ah, okay, thanks. I’ll try that one!
If you pay for cable or anyone in ur family pays for cable, you should login thru that account. In America , fox sports app, log in with your cable provider credentials… you will get a perfect feed! It’s the World Cup so know crazy feeds needed
The Morocco win benefits us.
Dalic can’t play the uhljeb game and hope for a draw with Canada, and a Belgian B lineup in the final game to squeak through to the knockouts.
He did this at the Euros when we were horrible in the group stage, then managed to keep his job because of a last minute effort by Spain (which he parlayed as some major success for Croatia).
We play to WIN.
I’d rather we lose to Canada then come out limp dicked like we did last game.
Belgium will come out hard against us too in a do-or-die match, so Dalic can’t hope for any advantage to be handed to him.
Time to earn that $3 million annual salary and deliver a win against the 41st ranked nation…or get fucking fired.
Belgium don’t look great but it’s starting to look like a smart move by us to play cautious against Morocco
Morocco scored a second goal.
Livaja confirmed starting in replace of Vlasic
Wow Morroco just scored I don’t think this is good for us. They are a much better team then many thought.
Luka Vušković gets on board with PSG. 15 years old my goodness.
Hajduk already sold him?
I can’t blame them. I’m seeing that the offer is roughly 4 million euro. If that’s true, then they may as well take it. Hajduk hasn’t been developing talent for us anyway, so they may as well just sell high.
Ideally, Vušković would go to Dinamo (who would do more to develop him than PSG ever could) but I guess the kid probably gets a higher salary in Paris, so he’s probably going for the quick cash too.
Orsic is a better choice, Majer is a better choice, Sucic is a better choice. Pasalic is also a better choice.
Hopefully Kovacic is sitting out and Majer has a chance I want to see the guy on in the mid, even if it is as an earlier substitute. I don’t think Kova should start I would sub him on if there are any issues we need a more aggressive approach.
By switching the number 9 that already sound better than what we had against Marocco.
Well, hopefully the decisions that Dalic makes a are fruitful. Hopefully Croatia come into this game with a purpose.
Why would we want Belgium to win? Then we would finish second in our group.
No it does not! We could still finish with 7 points and take group
If Belgium is sitting on 3 points right now, they “beat” morocco they would have 6. We beat Canada we would have 4 points and if we beat Belgium we would have 7, we would top the group.
Belgium look so slow. Morocco are definitely a test. We know they defend well and are playing as a unit. Almost led 1-0 before half time. The second string goalie is in which is odd.
Morococonuts are better than people have given them credit for. Ajmooooooo Jebi Canaduuuuuu
Belgium’s Onana picks up a yellow, his second of the tournament.
What outcome for this Morroco Belgium game should we want?
Belgium win – hopefully convincing one
Belgium seems to be playing just like we did. Morocco, knows how to slow/ stop the other team from playing.