HRVATSKA Starting XI vs. Czech Republic: Livaković – Vrsaljko, Vida, Lovren, Gvardiol – Modrić, Kovačić – Brekalo, Kramarić, Perišić – Rebić
There’s not much else to say. That was one of the worst VAR penalty calls to date. Croatia came back to force a 1-1 draw. They must win against Scotland on Tuesday to book a spot in the Round of 16.
Ćaleta-Car and Brozović are out of the Croatia Starting XI. Lovren and Brekalo are in.
Lovren really doesn’t need to replace DCC. That’s like a lateral demotion. I don’t think it will make much of a difference at the end. Brozović is out because we don’t need to play two 8’s with a #6 against this Czech team. Kovačić would play the CDM role behind Modrić while the much quicker Brekalo replaces Broz; adding much more offense to the squad. Lots of speed and attack, especially with Perišić and Rebić still out there.
Spot on, Ante, that penalty was complete and utter BS. We should’ve expected getting fucked in this tourney but i thought it would happen v England rather than Czech.
Ante Budimir to give the Scotland beat down.
Flanked by Rebić and Perišić.
Supported by Vlašić – Modrić – Kovačić
Gvardiol – Car – Vida – Vrsaljko
Bring your game NOT your name ..
ZDS
Omg Poland just tied it up lol this is crazy. I’m seeing way too many draws.
Finish thrid play holland in hungary packed stadion like a home game alittle luck then play either russia denmark Finland or wales in quarters
yup. Been saying that for a while now. Look up a chart online of where each group goes depending on which groups qualify. Very high likelihood that Austria and Ukraine play to a tie (since it’s good for both of them). If group C goes, then 5/6 chance we end up with Holland in Budapest (1/6 chance we end up with winnner of Group E, likely Spain). Only wrench would be if we finish 2nd in our group, not first.
meant if we finish 2nd in our group, not 3rd.
I’m making a lot to comments today
Did we not have Hungary Slovakia and Wales in our qualifying group?
I’m not that retarded to say all 4 of us made it somehow?
It’s been a weird couple of years with over lapping qualifying and nations league
Yes we did and we beat Slovakia 4-0 then 3-1. The. We lost to Hungary once 2-1 and beat them 3-0. If Hungary can draw France, why can’t we? Also Slovakia look strong af even though we thrashed them twice. I’ve watched the Slovaks play Poland and looked decent. Slovakia only lost to Sweden 1-0 on a penalty. If I’m Dalic and the team. This should fire them up. You got Hungary drawing the World Cup champs and so many draws to teams that don’t deserve it. I have a funny feeling Slovakia might pull off a tie and keep it even with Spain. That would give them four points and a even GD. Hungary has to beat Germany but that won’t happen. Honestly, only the Dutch, Italians and Belgium look like contenders so far. My predictions for last match day
Group A
Italy beat Wales (9 points for Italy & 4 for Wales)
Swiss beat Turkey because turkey is shit but we could finish ahead with the better GD (but that’s not what we want for Croatia)
Italy get through with Wales runners ups. But a win for the Swiss gives them 4 too. If Wales win that would really be something.
Group B
Belgium beat Finland (9 points for Belgium)
Denmark beats Russia (a win for Russia would be good for us)
Group C
Netherlands kill Macedonia (9 points for the Dutch)
Ukraine beat Austria and that’s 6 for Ukraine
Austria then has 3 points
Group D
Croatia beats Scotland 2-0 and gives us a plus one GD (4 points and we would be one of the strongest or the top for 3rd place.
Czech and England draw. Don’t see that being exciting and see it as a goalless draw. England are poo like always. If they beat Czech by enough and we beat Scotland by a few. There’s a still chance we get second! But who knows what Czech and England think now and who cares. Scotland have the same mentality as us, do or die situation. So Czech get first with 5 and England get second with 5 and we have four.
Group E
Spain-7 points
Sweden-7 points
Slovakia-3 points (hopefully so let’s hope Spain win)
Poland-0 points
Group F (should be called group fucked because the results make no sense)
France-7 points no way I see them losing to Portugal or get a draw but who knows
Germany-4 points (last game is in Munich and this might be Löw’s last match coaching Germany. He wants a win at home and knows they can possibly get second as long as France don’t lose.
Portugal-3 points
Hungary-1 point Bravo to Hungary in drawing France.
Soooo
Best third place
1st Croatia with four points (even though we want second)
2nd Switzerland
3rd Austria
4th Portugal
There ya go boys. You heard it here! Four points will be enough and WE WILL WIN!!!!
I’ve made some comments on replies
I think replies with this system is may get lost in general
But here is a fun but serious question
We somehow get lucky and we win a penalty
God knows Scotland being small and non important fit the tourney going forward more then us
But humour me
Who takes it?
You can see Luka is hesitant
No raketa
We all know lovren and vida have the balls. I trust vida more
I can’t see rebic or kovacic or broz finishing it more times then not
I think it has to be perisic right now
He is probably are calmest guy who can actually finish
I Want to see budimir/orsic get minutes in the qualifiers
Ivanusec looks promising
Who else can step up from the u21
Is majer ready?
I think Luka maybe maybe stays for this next round but maybe he says I don’t want to block the youth as well
I still say if he wants to stick around for a half during qualifying we sure could use it
Kramarić, if on the field, would be our best by a country mile penalty shooter.
Majer is better than Ivanusec so hell yeah he’s ready
Greatest Free Kick Takers in the World
Portugal – Ronaldo
Germany – Kroos
Croatia – Lovren
You don’t get to be the best defender in the world by only causing free kicks;)
You have to be able to work both ends!
Croatia’s freekick magician is Srna. I’m assuming your joking with Lovren?
Here’s one I haven’t seen mentioned: England have only scored one goal, so if the Czechs beat them by two and we beat Scotland (or the Czechs beat them by one and we beat Scotland by two), then we take second, and England end up in 3rd place. There really is everything to play for still.
Honestly the ideal situation is England top group, Czech second, us third (with 4 points) and we slip in to the Netherlands part of the bracket
Yup.
Netherlands are notoriously inconsistent and are prone to choking.
They look okay, but nothing like the top teams in this tournament (like Belgium, Italy, France, etc). It would be a 50/50 game.
Of course, I wish we didn’t screw up the first half against Czech, and taken that one to ensure we finish second and go against Slovakia/Sweden. Second place is less likely than third right now.
But i’ll just be happy if we can play a decent 90 minutes with the CORRECT starting eleven, and beat Scotland.
actually not quite. 1st tiebreaker is head-head in UEFA. If England lose, we can’t pass them, they have the head-head tiebreaker on us. We would finish 3rd.
If we win and CZECH lose then we could potentially pass them up and finish 2nd (we tied Czech, so then the 2nd tie breaker would be group GD)
Gvardiol is slotting in that left back for the next 15 years if he stays healthy…he’s class on the ball you can just see it though he will make the odd blunder the next few years being so young.
Why no love for Luka ivanisavic I thought he was fantastic and lively when he came on.
We’re so heavy at LB, that I would say he is our left-sided CB for the next 15 years.
He’s solid. Duje is good too. I actually think Pongracic has potential to be a faster version of Duje.
We’ve got three very good CBs right now under the age of 25.
They should all be worked into the lineup as soon as this tournament is over. No more delays, or we will miss the 2022 World Cup.
I agree.
Ivanusec belongs on this squad. Very unfair to have his FIRST cap happen during a critical game during a tournament (while we are down a goal).
No chemistry with his new teammates, but you can see the individual talent and creativity that he has. As he gets more time with our starting players, he will get more comfortable and play better.
Look how much better Gvardiol played in this second game versus his first.
Dalic is an idiot by waiting to integrate the U21 stars DURING the Euros.
Biggest winner of this tournament is Igor Biscan.
Convinced Dalic to give him all the U21 stars so he can achieve something at the U21 Euros, and low-key sabotaged him by preventing the youth to be integrated into the senior team in time for these Euros.
Dalic gets fired, and Biscan takes over.
Ivanusec got his first cap in 2017
I think my analyst messed up. A tie of France and Hungary does not close the door on Croatia going through with a tie. This might warrant immediate dismissal
Brozovic will be back starting next game. And rebic moved to the wing according to dalic
Barisic getting healthier but i think gvardiol keeps the spot.
I’d guess a good chance of vlasic starting again as well
Dalic confirms lovren will take all free and penalty kicks going forward. Maybe corners too
Dalic is proclaiming 2 or 3 changes. He’s had 3 years to figure out what works best for what he has. He’s still searching for that answer. Painful…..
The disorganized play is on him.
Ugh.
Watch Czech top our group, and both France and England get easier draws for the Round of 16.
France vs Czech
England vs Slovakia
Who cares, we are getting third in that case, and potentially the best possible draw
Here’s our biggest problem in a nutshell. The Czechs collectively ran 12 kms more than us. I know that number is a little higher because Brekalo and Petkovic walk around most of the time, but that’s awful. Very indicative of a poor effort. This MUST change. The Scots run like hell.
I agree
No excuse for not running
Sure maybe our ball does a lot of running but raketa and mandzu ran like stink in Russia
You know who else runs
Broz but he ain’t seem to be trying
There is no reason for brekalo to walk
Petko is a big boy and is supposed to score goals but sometimes you have to create your own chances
No excuse for poor effort
Maybe the players are like fuck dalic just gonna do dalic moves
We did look good on a couple of set plays
And no I’m not talking lovrens Bend it like Beckham
We do better with corners taken out wide and trying something else then bombing them in and hoping for best
Barisic may be one of our better place kickers
But I have to say gvardiol looks lively
Was actually pushing the play
How many times are we gonna be like oh let’s side pass it
I get we need to look for openings
And he is like let’s try something
DCC and gvardiol in middle
Sosa/bradaeic on the left
And whoever after sime on right
We will be ok on the back end for a bit
Would love if livakovic made that save against England
But overall looks more and more like he belongs
Made some good grabs during yesterday
France just drew Hungary. I’m actually giggling. World Cup champs beat struggling Germans 1-0 off an own goal and then draw Hungary. We should’ve been able to beat them in the final.
Why did Lovren take that free kick? WTF?
Lol
I was really hoping to see France exit after the group stage, chances for that happening were high as long as Hungary was up one goal. The French always remind me alot about our Eastern, Byzantine, Oriental, Orthodox neighbours. They’re cocky as hell, shouts insults to anyone, goes to war with some very feminine lookikg soldiers. But when the shit hits the fan and they’re up against a real army, they cry like cowards and run like a zombie army with their tails between their legs.
If we can get out of the group and play a game in Hungary, we would have to be excited about that! A whole stadium packed to the rafters in the checkers singing Lijepa naša domovino…. that’s what this whole thing is about… plus a full stadium of checkers just might be the spark out boys need!
I believe Hungary tying France will close Croatia’s door to get through with a tie vs Scotland
@The truth: you were creaming in your serb-Oriental pants when you thought a tie between France and Hungary would mean that Croatia wouldn’t reach the last 16, eh? Tell us, how is your beloved ciganska poluturska repka doing? When will be the next time they will shame a major competition with their impotent football and ugly inbred faces? Feel free to reply with yoyr usual lethargic response, at least it will bring a chuckle.
Aw dang! 1-1 France scored, booo!
Ok, ok crazy things can happen but they usually don’t.
So maybe we don’t win the Euros- big whoop. I’ll be overjoyed with a win vs. the Scots (never thought I’d be saying that).
The Magyars up 0-1 at 60th minute.
Man Dalic has lost the plot.
Hungary leading France at half!
Crazy things can happen!
Croatia will win the Euro!!!
No fear!!!
So a win gets Croatia through hundred percent
Cro can also get through with a tie. It requires Switzerland to finish with 2 points in third through tying Turkey
And for Hungary to finish in third in the group of death. Which requires Portugal to beat Germany and Hungary-Germany to tie
Croatia has not looked great but sometimes things are not pretty
Let’s never forget croatied tied Denmark and Russia and won both of those games by coin flip penalties
Croatia could have easily lost in Denmark and the 2018 run never happened and everyone would’ve complained about the team, modric lack of leadership and dalic and saying they didn’t give it their all
Just a short comment to half-Turk serb troll the trurh AKA Mr Commodore 64 Analytics: shut the f*ck up with your stupid messages, posrani poturak jedane…! Go to ilovesvrbija.com and post your meaningless shit there. Thanks.
Lol Commodore 64
I think vs scotland Livakovic Vrsaljko Lovren Vida Gvardiol Modric Brozovic Vlasic Perisic Ivanusec Petkovic/Budimir . And fight to the end muski what happens happens
Lovren?….
Previously when I was younger my head was filled with all that mambo jambo and I always thought we would win no matter how badly we played our previous games. It’s all become very clear to me now. We’re going home on Tuesday. Dalic has screwed up this team. I’d like to be wrong.
Seeing all the negative comments, I’m not sure if many of you guys have ever played soccer. What, do you expect that we’re supposed to just roll over teams? All these teams have analysts to find weaknesses and to neutralize threats. Eleven men vs. eleven men, all professionals who train every day!
Of course it’s not always pretty to watch!!!
Treba se boriti!!!
So stop being such sad sack cry babies and quitters. Sheesh!
Can we beat Scotland? Yes.
Can Scotland pull of a win? Yes.
It’s do or die for both teams.
All or nothing.
Hopefully, this scenario lights a fire under our asses.
Should make for an exciting game.
Don’t worry about next round or any silly permutations.
Just win the game!!!
Leave it all out on the field.
Ajmo dečki!!!
Napred Hrvati!!!
Fun fact in 3 tournaments in a row lovren has given up a penalty 2 were bs calls but still
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018
Euro 2020
Napadač Mallorce ove sezone bio je jedan od najdominantnijih napadača u zraku u čitavoj Europi. Prema SofaScoreu, bio je treći napadač La Lige po broju osvojenih zračnih duela (4.5) i 15. u ligama Petice. Po uspješnosti u njima (60%) bio je još bolji – drugi u La Ligi i 13. u ligama Petice.
The Mallorca striker this season has been one of the most dominant strikers in the air in all of Europe. According to SofaScore, he was the third La Liga striker in terms of the number of air duels won (4.5) and 15th in the Petica leagues. In terms of success in them (60%) he was even better – second in La Liga and 13th in the leagues of the Five.
Not saying Budimir is world class but the stats for the season show if you play long balls and defend
Ya I don’t actually think budimir was that poor for us when he played
Yes petkovic performed for us but we have one of the leading la liga players on a mediocre team scoring and we have low effort petko
If budimir didn’t deserve a shot then I don’t know anymore
And we can’t say orsic couldn’t offer more then what brekalo has offered recently
I feel it is our turn to be the team that comes to a tournament and just doesn’t click or perform. Happens to many countries. I see comments that we will pick up the intensity for the last game. I don’t see it frankly.
Kramaric was again totally lost. Vlasic is a post up player who is too slow. Rebic is overrated. Kovacic had nice runs but they had no purpose other than to gas him out. And worse, the consistent problem, our back end can’t generate a pass, can’t see the open man without a 10 second delay, and stymie our offense by forcing the midfield back, isolating the forward end.
Only Perisic has impressed me.
We should have brought an injection of youth into the team over the past few years and had many opportunities to do so. Instead we a replaying older players who have no motivation left. That lack of motivation is so intense that even the younger players who are brought in, like Brekalo, Petkovic, don’t think they need to run.
Through both games Perisic has been our biggest threat. As usual!
No blood, that play is never reviewed. Something feels off with this team. Doesn’t feel like a major tournament. Almost like a nations league bullshit. Major redflags were raised back in March in qualifying against Slovenia/Cyprus/Malta. Dalic has lost this team. Love him to death for what he’s done, but he has to go sooner than later.
am sure it’s been said before and it’s not apples to apples but bases do on available players the changes from World Cup should be;
Goalie-obvious
Mandzo-Budimir
Rakitic-Kova
Strinic—Gvard
Lovren-DCC
Again won’t be the same but will get the job done Tuesday.
Petko=Tree stump
We need to come out with a baby first half. That’s something we’ve lacked the last two first half’s. More intensity and dig deep. Get a goal before first half ends. Tuesday certainly won’t be easy. Scotland have nothing to lose. They already tied England which to them was a win, they haven’t scored yet and are due for one. Also they have gone advantage and wanna impress the fans. If I’m Croatia or Scotland or even a neutral. It’s a toss up for who wants it more. We gotta be hungry af. Win 1v1 battles, come out hard first half, get chances early and something will come of it. Like I said in the previous comment. We only lost to England 1-0 and drew Czech? Who says we can’t beat Scotland? And to people ripping Lovren. The guy hasn’t played since April? No wonder he’s rusty. Also the penalty thing. Fred dove when we played Brazil, the Czech one was a garbage call.
I meant bang LMAOO
Some of these comments are pretty funny. We have been slowly improving but we really need to pick up the intensity. Maybe it’s the success we’ve had that has taken all consuming hunger a team needs to go far.
We can blame tactics and Dalic all we want (and I agree he’s made some curious lineup choices) but the players need to pick up the intensity and focus.
Just because a guy is a winger doesn’t mean he’s never played another position! Of course some are better suited in certain positions, but it is a bit of a poor excuse.
Since we don’t have a true striker that can score what do you think about somehow playing a false 9?
I saw Vlasic pressing quite a bit today and we need to get Kramaric playing although he’s been highly ineffective as of late…real shame as he lights it up at Hoffenheim.
We still have a shot…Scotland is not a better team but they are definitely playing with more intensity.
We need to get angry…like someone stole my prsut angry! Lol
Damn I’ve never seen so much negativity. I watched the Czech game and let me say it was definitely an improvement from the England game. Bullshit call by the ref for the pen and why did he blow the whistle so early? Any who, who cares what people say in the comments. As long as Croatia win Tuesday and get through to the knockout phase I’ll be happy. A few takeaways…Rebic played a lot better, Lovren taking free kicks is odd to me, Livakovic looked good (he’s solid for a starter in the future and I wonder if he’ll sign with a big club). Vlasic should start last game and CC replaces Lovren. No other changes. We just need more energy and chances. And I definitely saw that today against Czech. Amjo HRVATSKA! 2-1 is my prediction and goal scorers will be Rebic & Vlasic. Cheers lads!
I agree. Definitely an improvement. Slowly playing our way into this thing. Still all to play for. I’d never not watch or not give a fuck. Can’t wait for Tuesday!
Anyone read into that Perisic celebration? Almost seemed like he was pissed off. Maybe no celebrating for Erikson?
I’m being optimistic here. We haven’t yet had a really good game and I think we can pull it off vs Scotland.
I’m gonna say a few Hail Mary’s and ask God to help us out a bit!
Me too bro. Its literally do or die. If we can’t beat these Scottish hacks…then man, what a disaster.
I actually fear we will then in Sept collapse vs the Ruskies and Slovaks and will be out of the WC as well.
PS Now all we need are those two dummies at XT, HS and Suho to wet their panties with glee if we get eliminated. I swear though, “Croatian Canadian” below is one of those yugos. Hoping we lose…..
Oh well, to victory on Tuesday.
Bro I’m actually not LOL your delusional. I’m a die hard fan. But I know I’m being realistic after what I’ve seen the last two matches. Don’t be bias. No doubt I wanna see a win but I can’t see it happening.
To be fair, we haven’t had a good game for three years.
Unfortunately, the experiments and losing for three years may have affected the team mentality.
I think we should be fine if we go with what we had in the second half.
Perišić in his natural spot, Vlašić as CAM, and removing Rebić as the striker. He should start at RW. I wish we tried Ivanušec in the friendlies or qualifiers (as he looks good), but we stupidly let the U21 team have him, so here we are having to make a coin toss decision. I’d put Bruno up top for now, and sub him out if he stinks it up.
Once we made these changes, all of Perišić, Vlašić and Bruno created some golden chances for themselves. Even Ivanušec created a good half-chance that he messed up on, but was good creation.
I think if we just play a FULL game with these guys here from the start of the game, we should bury a few of those chances.
I really do want Ćaleta-Car back in the lineup though. I think Dalić will still stick with Lovren, to keep him from lashing out and imploding, which is a shame.
Agreed. We are trending in the right direction. Scotland will be very tough opponents; don’t think we have ever beaten them. My main change would be to try Budimir as a centre forward He is leaner and better in the air, and more mobile than Petkovic. Bruno has great tight control but isn’t mobile enough because of his size. Great if the game is coming to him and not so much if he is required to close down. Just too large and heavy to be a runner.
I think Dalic should go on a diet. Quit drinking the Karlovacko and lay off the Kolach. Holy the man has a boiler. He’s treating his body like the same he’s treating the team. Like shit!
Wow. Thanks for this post. Srami se.
Shame on me? For what? Making jokes LOL. Why you mad? I love this team but I’m honest. Dalic starts Petkovic? Why him?
You truly are dumb. Quit trolling here cigo.
If we got third we would play either Belgium, Netherlands, or Spain. LOL now that be jokes.
Netherlands matchup would be OK. That game would be in Budapest, short drive from Zagreb. And 100% capacity stadium.
Netherlands are also fool’s gold. They’re better than us, but not a contender.
Actually you know what. Seeing us win and getting third would be a joke to playing in the round of 16.
It’s actual so funny how we’ve managed to give up four penalties that last three tournaments.
Why is that funny? You sure you aren’t “Serbian” Canadian?
Lmaooo Jheez a fan can’t critique the team? I think we’ll be ok in the future. Yeah man I’m a Serb you caught me LOL this guy.
Only changes I’d make. Put CC back in, Budimir starts or at least a substitute. Orsic starts too or comes on at halftime if we are still at a draw. Change to any midfield? I can’t say but why maybe try Badelj or Pasalic? Why did by Vlasic start? Brekalo definitely out and Rebic.
Badelj or Pašalić?! Jesus Christ!
No. We just need Vlašić to start.
Can’t believe how hot some of you are over that pen. It’s a bit unfortunate but that’s all on Lovren! You can’t defend in this VAR era with your elbows out at shoulder height, smash someone in the nose and be surprised when they call it. It’d be like dragging your studs behind you, tripping someone unintentionally and claiming you’re not responsible for your foot. Lovren has a terrible habit of defending aggressively and sloppily. Maminjo nailed it when he called it doing Jumping Jack’s.
Lovren “best defender in the world” also gave a penalty to Iceland last World Cup. He’s such a donkey.
Don’t forget Brazil too.
Even when it’s not entirely his fault, it’s not surprising that he’s the one involved.
But Lovren’s clearances were horrid in the first half. The penalty was just the cherry on top.
Hard to win when your forwards never score.
Also the people crying about the PK…most refs would call it if a guys beak is pissing blood from a defenders arm would they not ?
Love run needlessly puts himself in situations where calls like this are made against him.
Brazil where the jap ref called that bogus PK ON LOVREN again …the guy flopped yes but lovren was tugging on his shirt for a split second…he again PUT himself into a tight spot needlessly.
DCC starts and we probably win this game!
Last games at Euros
1996: 3-0 loss vs Portugal
2004: 4-2 loss vs England
2008: 2-1 win vs Poland
2012: 1-0 loss vs Spain
2016: 2-1 win vs Spain
2020: ???
Well any tournament in the last game we’ve managed to lose to good teams. That win last euros was special and broke Spain’s record at the euros. (Grant you Spain wasn’t that good in 2016 and Poland from 08 doesn’t count)
A win would even it out. I’m actually hoping for a loss. I can’t take this anymore. We don’t deserve to go through or at least get third. We are relying on these “what if’s”. Any team doing that hasn’t performed and have no quality. Looking forward to seeing Dalic being sacked and them regrouping for World Cup qualifiers with a brand new team. Cheers boys. I ain’t expecting nothing Tuesday afternoon and you shouldn’t leave. Peace out and God bless.
You shouldn’t either*
We beat Poland 1-0, not 2-1. And you are “hoping for a loss”? You truly are either “Serbian Canadian” or “Yugo Canadian”. You didn’t even watch today’s game but are running your mouth off here hoping we lose and making all kinds of mistaks in your “facts”? lol
You keep insisting I’m Serb or a Yugoslav? Why because I don’t wanna see our team get blown out in the round of 16. Face it we ain’t good. I’m legit predicting based on what I’ve seen in the last few games. I wanna see us progress but this is a poor performance. Not worthy of getting through playing like this. Stop being bias. I watched the highlights. Rebic missed a few good chances and played good. Ok my bad 1-0 not 2-1. Sorry if I can’t recall all the scores, especially after 13 years when a game was played.
Hats off to Kovacic. A pretty good performance from him again. Now if only that could coincide with a good team performance. Lovren’s influence on the team pisses me off. Stay the fuck away from free kicks, superstar! Usually if a CB steps up to take one from there you’d expecting him to drive it
Am not happy with Modric on the free kick. He should have told Lovren to get lost. Lovren had no business taking that free kick. He isn’t Sergio Ramos who takes them..he is Lovren playing in the f.ing russian league and never takes free kicks. What made his pea brain think he could step up and take a free kick…and anthing other that smashing it…..but he tries to curl it from 25 yards away? FFs…phuck off on free kicks. That being said, he did nothing wrong on the penalty…I don’t care if that b.,itch Shick got a bloody nose…that was no damn foul. But I had a bad feeling something would happen eventually giving up corners to these athesti czech k.unts…1/2 their goals in qualifying were off set pieces….and bamn, we get burned indirectly off a cheap corner….
Hey Croatian Canadian..
Long time no see your always so insightfull with your comments..
Love it!
Hey man and I come every now and then. I like to see the comments and see people’s views. Thanks man! Appreciate it. Don’t know if your being sarcastic though LOL
Let’s do the math and analytics shall we?
Group A
Wales-4 points (won’t beat or draw Italy)
Switzerland-1 point and hopefully they tie Turkey but I don’t see that happening. But I say a win and four points for Swiss.
Group B
Russia-3 points and has Denmark last game. A draw sees Russia through but the negative goal difference makes a difference. Denmark need to win and will play at home. Russia just needs a draw. Belgium will beat Finland because they got 3.
Group C
Ukraine-3 points and have Austria. That will be interesting but I think Ukraine secure the win. Austria then have 3 points. A draw would be bad for us.
Austria: At a even goal difference. They need a draw to get through even if it’s 0-0. That will put them at four. So hopefully Ukraine win. Netherlands will pound North Macedonia.
Group D
England-4 points and I could honestly see this smucks drawing Czech on purpose to avoid first. If that ends 0-0 which it won’t because I can’t seek that happening. Both teams will have 5. So Czech would get first and England 2. But if England win 2-0 or pop a few in and we magically score 3 then we steal that second.
Czech-4 points so they need a draw and even a 1-0 loss will be enough. Can’t see Czech conceding more than one.
Croatia-Fuck where do I start? Need a fucking win and those donkeys in the comments saying “TwO pOiNTS iS EnOUGH” are legit special needs. A fucking dub is what we need. Scotland know they have a chance and wanna impress the home fans for the last game and it’s their last chance to make something of their national side.
Scotland- I honestly think they’ll win. Hate to say it but even though they are one of the only two teams in the tournament who hasn’t scored, they have a lot of confidence. They played better against Czech than we did and drew England. Scots win 2-1. Sorry boys. If we win I’ll actually be shocked.
Group E
Sweden-4 points and they’ll get first because they Poland last game
Spain-1 point but they’ll beat Poland and Slovakia no problem.
Slovakia-3 points might be enough but no way they draw Spain which would be enough for them.
Poland-No comments. Just awful
Group F
Germany-0 points but I can see them getting a result against Portugal because a draw would give them a spot at second. Interesting group because either 3 can still take first but it’s most likely the French.
Hungary-0 points and will lose all group games
Good vid Ante, i agree with you guys.
That was the most BS penalty ive ever seen FFS.
Modric was fine. Not 10/10, but fine.
Couple crap moments but who in these ramshackle international tournaments doesn’t struggle with (sorry) relatively new teammates. How about that Harry Kane, on ‘home field’ no less. De Bruyne praised to the Gods for his performance, had at least three loose passes in his 45 minutes.
I guess if you score it’s all good. I think we over-analyze (guilty here, too). Imagine being ballyhooed England and home field advantage and looking average at best so far. Let’s chill.
So pretty much are England and Cech going for a draw? And we are hoping to beat Scotland and get lucky with 3rd place? So we will need a big score against Scotts? I’m getting that sinking feeling from mid 2000 Croatia
If England draw 1-1 or 0-0 they get France.
Or Portugal.
Oh and that was not a penalty more like a 50/50 call which otherwise should not be one.. yes there was contact not on purpose and it was a simple clash which obviously Schick got the end of it… oh and the ref blowing the game early and the media blowing it off just tells you who we are up against!
It could be due to the fact that the ref was Spanish.
Southern Europeans (Italians, Portuguese, Spanish) are very petty and are rarely impartial.
It seemed to me that our arguing with the ref really upset him and he was low-key punishing us there, especially at the end of the game.
Also, we cross over with Spain’s group as the second placed team. It’s possible that this ref would rather the Czech go through instead of us.
Spain may botch another game and finish second in their group… which would put them up against the second placed team in our group. Right now, that’s looking like the Czechs…who have a far weaker shot at beating Spain than we do.
UEFA has to do a better job ensuring that impartial refs that have no skin in the game, including the outcomes of future matchups.
Everyone needs to relax. Anyone thinking that Scotland is going to run over us is panicking. They are a hard working, physical squad, well organized much like the Czechs but lack the quality the Czechs have. Did the Czechs run over us today? Nope. They lucked out a draw on a farcical penalty.
Does Croatia have to be better? Yes. Will they, nobody knows for sure but if they play as they did in the 2nd half, they will win on Tuesday. The home crowd issue cuts both ways. The Scots will be feeling the pressure.
Dalic does need to start Vlasic in the CAM and get Rebic back on the wing. I keep Kovacic starting, not convinced playing Brozo will do much to free up Luka (who does look tired). I’m fine with the current back 4 or with CC plugged in. Our defenders have not been the problem. Ivanusec should be an early sub in, I like the kids energy, fight and intent. Biggest question is up top, I say try Petkovic in the first half and then bring in Budimir if you don’t see anything.
Btw, good chance that 1 point advances a team into the next round. Hungary (still to play France and Germany) and Macedonia (still to play Holland) aren’t going to be picking up any and 4 of the 6 3rd place finishers advance.
1 point advances a team into the next round?
No it doesn’t.
We absolutely must win the Scotland game and get the full three points.
Our 4 point total will definitely get us in, but we can’t get in on 2 points.
I’m not saying that you don’t go for the win but if Macedonia don’t win their remaining game (which they won’t) and Hungary loses their two remaining games (which they will), then 1 point gets you thru.
Math is cool.
Uhhhhh no, Hungary will finish last in their group…Portugal, France and Germany will all go through.
Macedonia is also last in their group, with three teams already on 3 points.
Math IS cool, a shame you don’t understand it. 👍
LOL, yes, Math is cool…but so are eyes and brains, ha ha.
Macedonia and Hungary are finishing fourth in their groups. Their point totals are irrelevant.
We would be competing with the THIRD placed teams in those groups…which would be Ukraine/Austria and Germany!
Germany will get 3 points (at least) and Ukraine/Austria both already have 3 points and will be playing each other next game. So, the third place team between them will have at least 3 points, but possibly 4 points.
So, no, 1 point does not get you through.
Also…I misspoke when I said that 4 points definitely gets us through.
Actually, it’s possible that 4 points may not be enough, as there is the possibility that the third-placed teams in all six groups can finish with 4 points (meaning that it will be decided by goal differential).
So, 4 points AND a good goal differential is needed to guarantee progression.
soooo, 1 point MIGHT get us through, but it’s very, very unlikely.
1. – Swiss-Turkey would have to end in a tie (Swiss would finish with 2 points as their 3rd place tram. We’d have a better goal differential).
2a. The Hungary-Germany finale would have to end in a tie
2b. – Hungary and Germany ALSO could not win their 2nd games against Portugal or France either (that combo leaves the 3rd place team ouf of group F with either 1 or 2 points).
Not gonna happen – we gotta beat Scotland. But it’s not impossible that a tie sneaks us in the rearest of back doors…
4 points “almost for sure” will get us through, regardless of GD. Swiss would need to beat Turkey by at least 3 goals to leapfrog us. And you gotta think Belgium will beat Finland, leaving them at 3 (but who knows).
That’s not including what may happen in groups E and F too. We’ll see.
Would be pretty funny if Germany is the eliminated third-placed team lol.
yeah. If they lose tomorrow to Portugal, it really might happen
D’oh! You’re right, was looking at the 4th place teams. A few too many rakijas. I stand corrected Maminjo and Uboj. A win is a must.
Still think we’ll beat Scotland in a 2-1 thriller.
Those english fuck dont want to win group because france portugal will wioe the floor with them.
As for us i have no confidence we will get a result The last 3 years have been a joke too much blaming and whinning.l dont see us turning the corner i have never been more negative imo we are worse than 2002 to 2006 croatis teams
England-Scotland 0-0
Ante you make worse predictions than Charles Barkley- you predicted 3-0 England-
Thought we would come out today but there’s problems behind the scenes. Won or go home on Tuesday. Scotland hasn’t scored a goal yet and a draw does nothing for either side.
This will make the third match day very interesting. Croatia obviously has to win and will be gunning for goals. Scotland also has to win to stand any chance of advancing and will play more exposed, as they did against the Czechs. The Czechs can only play a wide open game and will likely score but also concede goals to England. One of England or Czechia will take first place, but 2nd and 3rd are both totally up for grabs at this point.
We’re done! Scotland is going to run us over. It’s for the better. This Vatreni team needs to change something drastically or go home!
I say Scotland win 2-1
The entire group is garbage.
It really is LOL but the Czech are the strongest which is funny. Only 5 goals in four games total.
And Scotland tied England LOL
Small sample of our far we have dropped – our free kick taker has gone from Dario Srna to Dejan Lovren
Lovro – you’re right. Scotland deserves to be winning here -no chance against them in Glasgow.
Croatia has never beaten Scotland
Anybody watching this last game today? Scotland is going to kick our ass.
…and you’re all talking about who we’ll get in the round of 16?
Jesus Christ – like I told you a million times, your starting lineup can’t be filled with players n their 30’s and clumsy youngsters.
Nice to see Ante and the guys enjoying a good roštilj with some ćevapi. Main thing now is how do we beat Scotland? Because that’s not going to be a walkover. Just like today’s game was never going to be a walkover… As long as we don’t play Petko or a zombie Bozo, I still think we have a chance to advance.
So it was just posted that Modric was the man of the match. Am I missing something here? I thought he had a tough day and looked a bit tired. He’s had a long season and at his age it’s to be expected.
We have no choice but to go all out attack vs Scotland. As bad as Brozo played vs England we need him to play and free up Modric from tracking back too much.
Petkovic needs to take a seat. He offered nothing aside from a chance where he didn’t capitalize. He’s too slow and we need someone with more speed.
Vlasic at least has a go at goal once in a while and does run. I’d take him all day over Krama at this point as Krama can’t seem to do much for us these days.
We may have to go completely off the grid with a 3-5-2 to get a result and create more.
Zoric & Kvartuc – Watched your post game. Modric won MOTM lol agree with you guys.
ummmmm how? If anything Perisic for the goal. Ivanusec played really well. So did Gvardiol. We don’t have to give it to Modric every time, do we?
Ok so I’m piss fokken drunk as a skunk after gulping down shots during the game…but wtf did Dalić think when he took out Krama and put on Petković???!! We looked and played far less attacking when that dweeb Petko came onto the field. I’m flabberghasted to say the least. Petko has no touch, he’s slow, he plays like a drunken hippo…We were playing with good flow and then he puts on fekking Petković for NO REASON AT ALL….?! When the team at last plays solid, Dalić just randomly makes a substitution…it’s like some noob playing PES on ps4. Dalić needs to resign asap. Any good coach would reaxh the semis with such a roster available. Seems 2018 was a fluke. Dalić looks more and more like a certain tv repairman from earlier.
I think you didn’t have tell anyone that you’re drunk, your comment kinda gives you away lol!
Like you’re not a moron when you’re sober also.
Yikes dečki!!!
So we lost 1-0 to the second favourite team in the tourney, tied a tough Czech team (who did beat England on the way to this tournament and were gifted a bullshit penalty) and are yet to face a tough Scotland side.
It’s not over yet.
Last Euro, Portugal tied Hungary, Iceland and Austria, came 3rd in their group and went on to win the tournament.
Yeah, we’re not looking great at the moment but we are playing some tough teams (tougher than the teams Portugal had to play).
A few lucky bounces and everything can change.
I feel like the next game is a total toss up – win, lose or draw….I have no idea.
No more Petkovic, please!
Don’t stop believing!!!
Ajmo dečki!!!
Napred Hrvati!!!
Can’t compare to Portugal 2016.
They had an experienced coach who resorted to certain tactics to get them through.
They had a lot of luck on their side AND a strategic coach.
We will need some luck for sure, but we can’t progress if our coach is not a tactician who has been struggling to pick a proper starting eleven.
We just gave away a clear path to the quarterfinals to the Czech.
Czech will likely finish second place. They get to play the winner of the Sweden/Poland/Slovakia sweepstakes.
We will play one of Spain, Belgium or Holland in the next round (assuming we win against the Scots).
Do we have any business in the QF’s?
Spoiler alert: No.
DALIC still experimenting and maybe there are some answers here…
BROZOVIC will help MIDFIELD creativity when he’s back
PETKOVIC or BUDIMIR need to be starting as sole CF in this formation and no one else
KRAMARIC isn’t effective really for this particular formation DALIC trying to find a position for him I
this case as a ACM supporting striker with Rebic.. failed too static
REBIC does supply pressure upfront in this scenario but we lacked that pressure where Brekalo was supposed to fill in with finish and creativity(Rebic might as well should stick to right wing if Kramaric goes back to playing CF .. MANDZUKIC was key here 3 years ago and we have no real solution still.. Im afraid we have to drop one of REBIC OR KRAMARIC or both and for now I choose to drop Kramaric
GVARDIOL deserves to start as LB as we have no better option.. even CB he has won me over kid is amazing
IVANUSEC looked like a spark our team needed to get back into this and looks dangerous in this role but I believe we can use him more in attack position
———–IVANUSEC—–REBIC————
—————-‐—‐‐———————————
——————-KOVACIC——————–
PERISIC————————–VRSAJKO
———-BROZOVIC-MODRIC—————–GVARDIOL—VIDA—–LOVREN—-
———————-(CAR)———————–
——————LIVAKOVIC——————-
We need to resort to 3-5-2 and pacey strikers this will allow us to control ball much better throughout match…
Good takeaways from this game…
– Livakovic looks a solid keeper
– Kovacic had two good games in a row now (and may become a good starter for us after all)
– Lovren confirmed that he is a backup (might result in Caleta-Car back in the starting role)
– Vida is looking like his old self, making little to no mistakes at all
– Perisic confirming that he should be playing nowhere other than that LW role
– Vlasic making a strong case to be put back into our starting eleven (where he belongs)
– Rebic unlikely to play up top anymore, and will likely just play on the wing
– Gvardiol is legit, and he is an unquestionable starter moving forward
– Ivanusec is a solid backup, with a bigger future in our team after this tournament (just needs more reps with us)
Bad takeaways from the game…
– Modric is looking mortal (made quite a few mistakes this game)
– Brozovic (who is supposed to be one of our best players) is out of the first team; We can’t afford to not have a player of his caliber involved in our team
– Dalic still seems unsure of what to do, and messed up on the starting eleven selection
Not being able to rely on our Modric/Brozovic tandem for this tournament is VERY bad news
They are arguably the best two-man deep-lying midfield tandem in the Euros, yet Broz is on the bench and Modric is looking far from his elite self today.
We can’t beat top teams without these two playing like they normally do. We will go as far as we can, until we meet one of those top-6 or 7 contender teams.
Dalic not being sure of who to play, is a an obvious problem too. We will get blown out by some opponent if he continues to make these bad starting eleven selections.
Hopefully this game confirmed some things for him. I think he’s gone from the National Team no matter what happens at this point. Any success will come largely from the players, and a lot of luck.
So it’s obvious to the entire planet that Rebic belongs on the wing, except Dalic. Can we please stop the Petkovic glorifying? He stinks. Ivanusec WILL be a good player someday. He just needs to stop hanging out with Rebic. What an awful first touch today. Lovren shouldn’t be playing. Gvardiol will be a stud. Vrsaljko leaves it all out there, but he has zero quality. Kovacic played well again. Kramaric was ok. Brekalo stinks right now. He’s lazier than Petkovic.
Now here are my craziest thoughts:
We’ve conceded only 3 shots with 2 of them going in, and it actually isn’t even Livakovic’s fault.
Don’t all kill me, but is it time to move on from Modrić? He’s still our best player, but I think that there is an over reliance on him. It seems that everyone just believes that he’ll get us out of a mess. I think that there would be a better effort if he wasn’t there. Am I nuts?
Too lazy to check…but who is our likeliest opponent if we finish third?
I don’t expect us to win the Scotland game too convincingly. It will be a tough road match. We will likely finish in third now, thanks to this Czech draw.
Here’s my pre-tourney analysis on finishing 3rd. Most likely would be a date with Holland in Budapest as of right now….which I wouldn’t complain about.
https://croatiansports.com/euro-2021-croatia-should-aim-for-2nd-place-in-group-d/
Didn’t bother watching the match. I can imagine & relate to the frustration of everyone else in the comments and Croatian supporters. We aren’t the same anymore and won’t be for awhile. I saw this coming way before euros began. From 2016-2018, thats when we were a top quality team. Ever since that dream run, it’s been embarrassing watching them play. Absolutely horrific from top to bottom. Why is anyone surprised? This has happened to the best of teams. It happened to the Dutch, Italy, and USA. We’ve overplayed our starters and need a new team. Czech Republic are a strong team and could make quarter finals. Listen, if we only score two goals on one game. Then we aren’t good enough to make the knockout round. It’s that simple. With that being said, that penalty shouldn’t have been awarded and the referee did blow the whistle way too early when we had possession in the box at extra time. But stop complaining about the refs..Italy, Russia, Ukraine and other big teams have been screwed by the officials and they have won a major trophy. What’s our excuse? I’ll watch the Scotland game for shits and giggles. But I expect a draw. Scotland will not beat England and probably lose 2-0. Then Scotland will play for pride in the final game and want a win at a major tournament in front of the home crowed in god knows how many years. Anyone who thinks we win Tuesday is on fucking good drugs. We ain’t winning shit playing like it’s a friendly. Is it just me or are they playing like it’s a warm up game? No energy, momentum is missing, passion is gone, nobody gives a flying fuck. I think Dalic should be fired or resign. I can’t take this anymore. Get an international coach, seek other better coaches than these cheerleaders like Corluka. Blow up this team..Modric will retire, Perisic, Lovren, Vida, and a few others will retire. Why the fuck wasn’t Budimir starting. How many times have I said this?! Petkovic is trash and will always be. Orsic would be better than him. Why was Lovren playing? Why take CC out when he was decent. Get ready for a pathetic outcome Tuesday. It will be a 0-0 draw. Start from scratch and give this team a makeover. Even if we made it through, which we won’t. No way we beat Spain or Sweden. No fucking chance. That’s all for me. Play the young guns and give other subs a chance. Dalic out please and peace out my Croats. Tuesday will be a sad day.
Ukraine & Russia won a major trophy? When? Do you realize Russia has a population of 120,000,000 and is more than twice the size of the United States? They should have a much bigger talent pool to choose from.
And how can you call Czechia “a strong team and could make quarter finals” and the same time say Croatia sucks when the game was relatively even and Croatia got cheated by the Almighty Authorities, AGAIN?
USSR won a euro look it up
Russia is NOT the USSR. Is Croatia Yugoslavia??
Czech aren’t that strong? What games you watching brother? The Czech have scored 3 goals and could go QF’s. Did you see them against Scotland and how well they played? Czech drew Belgium in qualifying recently too. Disregard my comment regarding Ukraine and USA. But at least Ukraine are winning and gave a Netherlands a run for their money. I already addressed that part of the game. Yeah we got fucked over, you surprised? But that’s no excuse to play like shit. Croatia have two goals the last four games. How can I call Czech a strong team? Well a few reasons. They put in an effort unlike us, solid and smart coach. They don’t rely on any big players to carry them and play as a unit. Goalkeeper is good and the defensive line is strong af. Population doesn’t matter at all. Iceland makes the World Cup and makes a Euro QF.
You are questioning someone watching the game when you didn’t watch the game yourself ffs. Quit embarrasing yourself with your stupid comments…lots of errors in your “facts” in your various posts above. With “fans” like you, who needs enemies…lol. You sound as dumb as those yougo morons HS and Suho at xt.
I did NOT say Czechia aren’t strong. I said that YOU said they are strong and that Croatia sucks. How can both those things be true when the game between them was EVEN? Learn HOW to read bro.
My spelling confirms my situation
I’ve had a few šljivivicas today, so it’s a but difficult to do the math…do we want England to win today or Scotland?
I had a few DIPA’s too. Fuck the math, mi smo sranje. We don’t deserve the KO’s.
England.
If Scotland wins, then all they have to do is play for a draw against us.
If Scotland loses, they will have to open up and try to beat us (as they will need 3 points for a hail Mary chance of progressing).
With the way we’ve been playing, I’m not sure if a bunkering Scotland or an offensive Scotland is better or worse for us.
Yes we want Scotland to lose by a huge amount.
Time for a rebuild! 2018 was magic but a long time ago. New coach! And let the young guys show what they’ve got. The display since 2018 has been horrible to watch. We are trying to do the same thing over and over and expect different results! It’d be nice to see something fresh with desire and energy. These guys are not showing it!
This is indicative of the same type of play that we’ve had since 2018. I thought we would show up in a must win game against the Czech Rep.
Dalic selection and formation has been crap for 3 years. He had it figured out in 2018 WC, but has rested on his laurels since. Like a high press with 4-2-3-1 would work forever. After Mandzukic left, he hasn’t figured out a way for our team to consistently score goals. He’s had 3 years to figure this out while we’ve had several players on their club teams able to put it in the back of the net on a regular basis.
The talent on the team is there but Dalic has zero clue how to make it cohesive.
I’m too fucking disappointed and angry to comment on our performance. Besides the BS penalty call, I have never seen a game end 20 seconds before the minimum suggested added time!
It’s SN, so grain of salt, right? If so, adios!
https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/svi-turski-mediji-objavili-zlatko-dalic-odlazi-s-klupe-vatrenih-i-preuzima-tamosnjeg-velikana-15082004
Corluka as intern?
I hope he doesn’t let lovren take our free kicks
From raketa to lovren lolol
Analyst of the Belgian television just showed the situation with crosses today.
When a Czech crossed a ball into our penalty area, there were at least 5 or 6 Czechs in the penalty area.
When we crossed a ball? Maximum 3 Croats.
Ya can’t be hard on rebic. He was mostly alone
He’s playing out of position but you also need to hit the net from 6 yards out, no miss it by a fucking country mile.
Well that was disappointing. We were lethargic until the Czech goal.
Rebic up too doesn’t work. Kovacic was our best midfielder. Luka looked tired. Krama invisible…brekalo invisible. Gvardiol CC partnership will solidify our central defense for the next 5 years.
We don’t have an attack and don’t think that will be fixed with this roster. I liked the Ivanusec sub…got to try something different.
Petkovic needs to sit. We don’t have the aerial threat and maybe playing this 4-4-2 to create offence is what we need.
Armada1987 you said it perfectly!
Damn fucking right I am. Sorry boys, 2018 was a long time ago. Time to look forward to the qualifiers in the fall and seeing what this new generation can do. Time we stick in a fork in Generacija ’18. Thank you for the memories, we thank you for everything, time to move on.
Dalic is gone- he actually thought he had something to do with 2018? Passing is horrid- it’s like these guys want Dalic out- the last time we played like this was to get the TV repair guy fired- I’m sure it will come out but Dalic actually thought it was his magic walking on the sideline that got us to the finals of 2018- there is a real disconnect with the players- it’s obvious now.
I’d be fucking shocked if he doesn’t resign immediately after the group stage.
I want no part of the knockouts if this is how we play. I’ve watched at least one half of every game so far at the Euro and this was the most garbage game of the tournament, along with 1-2 other games. I hope Scotland take us out of our misery and we’re eliminated in the groups. Even if we get a Sweden or Slovakia in R16, our football is just unwatchable. Aside from a moment of Perisici brilliance, our game was awful to watch – on top of the boneheaded formation and subs we used.
Whose gonna start figuring out all the combos
We still could get 2nd and a reasonable chance at top of the 3rds I believe
Stop dwelling on the penalty! We did not look good at all. Lovren should never have been in there. Even if we make it out of the group we’re done. We only looked decent the first 10 min of the second half. No way we have a chance against a decent side.
Imagine if by the grace of bog we beat England somehow and won this game, only to play Portugal or France in R16 lololol I’d be shocked if we didn’t lace our boots vs. them or Italy that we DIDN’T lose 4-1, 5-1. No matter the starting XI, no matter the formation.
I don’t think I’ve seen that, adding three minutes then stopping it short. Third rate ref. Either way, we don’t want to win or even try. Terrible starting lineup.
Like I said before, only goals we score will come through Perisic.
VAR would never gotten involved if Schlick wasn’t bleefing.
When did 3 minutes of extra time become 2:40 and on an attack?
I hope some of you are paying attention. STOP encouraging each others false narratives and comments and start watching the games and pay attention to the details.
1) Kovacic played well again…stop the constant recycling of bullshit talk. I hate on him as well but I don’t expect him to be an offensive threat and neither should any of you. He was good today and we need to accept it.
2) Brekalo, Vlasic, Petkovic are FAR from being our next stars….accept it and stop making shit up!
3) Lovren was ok today, he’s always been ok. Most of our defenders in the middle have been relatively solid, we’ve had issues on our outside back.
4) WE STILL GO AS PERISIC GOES!!
5) Gvardiol was very good today. I was extremely proud he came back and played even better than vs England!
The youth movement needed to happen two years ago.
Ivanusec and Gvardiol were good.
Unfortunately, they were given their first caps way too late…so you could see the lack of chemistry with Gvardiol (last game) and Ivanusec today. It’s absurb to try then out for the first time DURING the actual tournament, lol. They should have been tested sooner.
Vlasic is also great. Even though he’s not 100%, you could see him fighting and shielding that ball. Had a great chance that unfortunately went wide. He should have been starting these past two games.
Brekalo is solid, but today was not his day. Can’t expect a 5’8″ kid who weighs 150 lbs to take on this strong Czech side.
Caleta-Car STILL not being considered a sure-fire starter for us is a tragedy. Let’s face it, Lovren is a backup for us (at best).
He heads the ball straight up, heads it to the opposing team (all in our own box). Struggles to make a pass, and slips while losing possession of it in front of our box. Does jumping jacks when the opposition sends in a cross, doing his best Stjepan Tomas impression. Luckily his hand only hit a Czech face instead of the ball. Maybe next game. Also, nice to see him taking free kicks from our players lol.
A good takeaway from this game is that our team played better when everyone played in their proper positions.
Perisic needs to play LW
Rebic needs to stick to the wing too
Vlasic at CAM (never wing)
Krama at CAM (nowhere else)
…and we just need to make sure that we play some of these young guys (Caleta-Car, Gvardiol, Vlasic) instead of mixing and matching the old guar into various positions just to ensure they all start.
Cardiac Croatians again
We like to make it as difficult as possible for ourselves don’t we
What’s the deal with keeping on drawing with the Czechs
Great job by the referee there ending the game when Croatia has possession at the top of the box.
What the hell was that?!
Ya that was bullshit
So I guess have to win it out by two against Scotland and we cheer for England in the next two games
They won’t be looking to do us any favours
With 20 seconds left, no less. Disturbing……
I’ve liked gvardiol and kova actually
He’s been moving well
If only we can get him to me more attacking
prefer for the 80’s and 90’s football match – when every player really work hard and the referee just let it go for any collision and injury | really a man’s thing |
nowadays – with a shitt technology called -> VAR
+ expanding the format of the tournament from 16 to 24
there is no more |l battle of warrior l|
football become -> match for money :(_
{*} ! really hate this ! {*}
Brozovic for Kramaric to free up Kova and Modric
Phew, nice one Perisic.
Why not just move Rebic to wing and bring Ivanusec in for Kramaric. Dalic is sooo dumb.
Got Petkovic in, so i guess that was ok.
Petkovic is third rate, mate. In the 81st minute this lijecina ruined Vlasic’s kontra forward by not moving, dropped back for a backward pass, and clapped his heels like Dorothy while flopping to the ground. HNL quality and work ethic on full display.
Ivanusec impressed me with his movement, footwork, and will to attack. Gvardiol looked much better today with some more confidence on the ball.
I believe we should sit Kramaric, Petkovic, and Brekalo the next game, everything else is a toss up and there’s no consistency in this team unfortunately aside from Livakovic and Vida.
My bold prediction. Cro 2- Skotska 0, Czechs 1-0 over England and we squeeze by.
If that had not been called a penalty, you would be saying Lovren of 2018 is back. He’s playing well. If his name were Ramos, Virgil, Varane, Nacho, Alaba, etc. that penalty isn’t given and the game is different. UEFA doesn’t want former refugees like him and Modrić crashing their great ultra-capitalist party where golden boys like Harry Kane are supposed to win every time
“great ultra capitalist party”? WTF are you talking about? So you prefer communism where nobody’s allowed to escape it’s such a shambolic system? You a prefer a system so idiotic it allowed Chernobyl to occur? I’m responding to YOUR political comment. Not to mention western europe is currently socialist, communism’s cousin. What planet to you live on?
Where’s Slavonac? We go as far as Perisic goes right?
Yes sir!!!
Yes!
This is what Perišić on the LEFT side does!
Was there any halftime changes?
Hvala bogu za perisic
Dalmatian kralj
ahhh the signature perisic bailout
Lovren is an idiot for swinging his arms around. This is what happens when you start a loose cannon.
On the other hand, horrible horrible call by the referee. No intention there just dumb Lovren. Croatia gets screwed by VAR yet again.
We are so fucked. It id not just this game, but a quick exit is going to fuck our team for years to come. AS the next coach is going to try a youth movement, and trust me, we are going to be a Slovak Czech level team for years to come.
Dalic’s answer was gifted to him when Petko, Rebic, Perisic, and Vlasic showed they were the obvious starters. Now it’s been 14 fucking games since Dalic drifted away from that lineup. And we have only won 6 of those 14 games since. Instead it could have been 14 games of honing the beautiful soccer those 4 produced together.
Idiots in Croatia clearly in Dalic’s head. It really is pathetic.
When the World Cup comes around we need to play with a real target man upfront
Playing 2 false nines is a complete waste of time
Remember it was petkovic and Vlasic are the ones that got us to this tournament and are not even playing
yup, but now we can finally see how kramaric and petkovic link up attacking wise. only problem is they are both kinda slow
WOW. That was way worse than the Perisic VAR call in the Final. Looks like we sold our souls in 2018. No love this tournament. Not one chance on goal in 135 minutes. I thought our boys would get up for this game. They didn’t.
Could we pull an England 2018 in the 2nd half? Come back from the dead?
Dalić subbing out Lovren would be an admission of his mistake.
Hopefully he’s not stubborn about this, and does it.
Worst thing would be for him to continue with Lovren in the second half.
I just came on to say I’m absolutely disgusted by that call. Croatia need to come out flying and keep the pressure on to force mistakes and capitalize on them.
I can’t believe anyone would blame Lovren for that penalty!!! It’s ridixulous! If you hate him, this isn’t a reason to put blame…not a penalty…even the TSN pundits are saying it.
Brekalo is not effective at all…please, for once and for all, stop force feeding him to us.
I feel bad for Perisic and Rebic. Perisic is lost and doing nothing, Rebic is working hard and trying his best to impersonate a striker…
where’s our phenomenal midfield? where’s the possession? this looks really bad!
The commentators from TSN (Canada) are completely shitting on the penalty call, saying we were completely hosed, FWIW.
When did the Czechs become a better team than us
What is going on
Piss on Lovren all you want and I don’t care for him either but that was a horrific call by the referee. Poor first half but no surprise we get fucked again by officiating.
Juric in as next coach please.
It wasn’t horrific.
Also, why the hell is Lovren doing jumping jacks for?
Also, even without Lovren’s stupid foul…his clearances were horrible all game. Our worst player on the field.
So, let’s talk formations for the qualifiers in the fall. Gvardiol should be a CB. Sosa at LB. What are the other additions?
We go 3-5-2
In the back three you put Gvardiol as LCB, Caleta-Car as CB, and Pongracic as RCB. Keep Vida as backup. Probably stop calling up Lovren (if he doesn’t walk away from the team first).
Wingbacks are Sosa and Vrsaljko. Bradaric can be backup to Sosa with Sutalo as backup to Vrsaljko.
Still gotta stick with Brozovic and Modric in the two-man central midfield pivot, but alternate Modric with Kovacic (to save poor Modric’s body). Never play these three at the same time, and Broz should be there all the time. First backup should be Nikola Moro. I would also try out Toma Basic too.
#10 is Nikola Vlasic and noone else. Ivanusec and Majer should be the backups, and I would probably keep Pasalic as a fringe callup.
Wingers are still Perisic and Rebic. Brekalo, Orsic, Biuk and Ivanusec as backups.
Two strikers up top would have to be some two-man combination of Krama, Petko, Budimir, Petar Musa, Stipe Biuk or Ivanusec.
They all bring something different, so it’s worth ‘experimenting’ with this…and not waste three years calling up random fringe players that you would never use in a tournament.
Agree with you on everything except Musa. Wayy too far from NT level imo.
REBIC is NOT a Striker! put him back on the wing where he belongs before its too late. krama needs someone to link up with up top, either petko or budimir. brekalo is too weak at this level, he cant win a header, cant defend, cant pressure. kova disappointing so far again.
-petko/budimir for brekalo, move rebic to the wing
-brozo for kovacic
Yup.
I think 95% of fans just want our players to play where they are most comfortable.
We’re playing too many guys out of position.
I’m a big Brekalo fan, but I didn’t want him to start this game of all games.
He’s 5’8″ and slight. These 6’2″ Czechs are just attacking his side.
Budimir isn’t even on the bench. Only striker there is Petkovic. Hopefully he’s on at half if all we’re gonna do is cross against a big, physical team. We need Petkovic and Vlasic on as soon as possible though in my opinion.
we tend to get knocked out of group stages quite frequently. disappointing but hey maybe in another 20 years we’ll have another deep run at the WC
Why is lovren taking free kicks over kramaric from that distance…..
Because he is a locker room cancer who will kick and scream if he doesn’t get what he wants.
He bailed on us prior to the last Euros. I wish he did the same in this one.
Stupid! He thinks he’s fuckin Ronaldo If he’s not starting (which is how it should be) then he should be nowhere near the bench or the team.
lovren is the last person who should be taking a free kick, absolutely ridiculous! krama scores those all the time in the bundesliga!
Let’s just roll out the young guys next match
We need to start exploring it now if we want to grow our team again and look at making World Cup
Dalic and Lovren should’ve been nowhere near this team!
I still believe we’ll come back to win.
Based on what evidence becar
I think we have the talent to draw or win….
But we need to sub out Lovren (replace him with Duje), and move Perišić to that left side. Brekalo is not strong enough to can’t handle these big Czechs.
If we are keeping Rebić in the game, he needs to play RW.
Put Vlašić in the game and just move Krama (or someone else) up top. Can’t be Rebić.
Can’t be swinging your elbow above your shoulder. Thanks a fuckin lot Dejan
You can debate the penalty all you want, but with your arms like that… You’ll eventually gift the opposition a handball PK.
Pathetic. Lovren, Brekalo out at half time.
Dalic and the squad when they get back to rovinj and stay there
This has been a complete disgrace
Lovren is a real bosanac
A few retirements are on the cards including one big sacking
And there is lover lovren’s GAFFE!!!
I’d fire Dalic at half time.
I don’t want to hear any of you guys pumping Lovren ever again.
It was completely unnecessary to replace Ćaleta-Car in the lineup, and Dalić only did it because Lovren is unstable and would cause locker room issues if he didn’t start.
Who wanted Lovren?
that’s absolutely not a penalty “0
var is just fucking shit | horrible
more than Lovren _0) + stupid Dalic
Terrible call. Why I often hate this banana republic sport.
And that my friends
Is why lovren shouldn’t have started
Holy fuck, not a penalty kick…only vs us.
Quit fucking around Dalic!
Can we just put on Vlasic or ivanusec in for Kramaric
Can we just bring in Petkovic in for Brekalo and move Rebic to the wing.
NOW
Lovren is going to cost us. He’s been horrible.
Lol, like 30 seconds later after my comment.
I should be quiet.
We need to move Perišić to that left side.
Brekalo has been hanging out with Petkovic it seems.
Lineup floundering
Can someone take rebic and kramaric out now before it’s too late
Stupidest fucking lineup i have ever seen.
Let’s go!!!
this lines up will get stuck – then
Dalic will – play Petkovic? (!!!)
stupid _o)
What is Dalic doing?
Although this lineup is good enough to possibly beat the Czechs, it will fail against any top tier team. That is the problem, it might look good today, and Dalic will get red herringed.
Rebic NEEDS to play the wing.
Vlasic better be severely injured, as this tournamwnt was his tournament to shine.
I’d rather Ivanusec play the CAM with Vlasic out, than watch Kramaric on the field vs a top tier team. Again the Czechs are not a top tier team, so his performance better be good today.
Why an injured, and possibly out of form Lovren? What good does that do?
Also love the fact that Hrvatska’s away jerseys are still that übercool black/dark blue design. Gotta get me one of those for posterity. God knows when they will be replaced with a more boring design.
No Vlasic though? ://///
His knee must not be right
Dalic just can’t get away from the vida lovren pairing mistakenly thinking they will re-create their WC form…3 yrs is a long time and I’m praying lovren doesn’t pull a gaffe then point instantly at someone else to deflect the blame.
Refreshing to see breks we need some attacking flair and aggression out there.
Actually this lineup for today’s game ain’t half bad. I know many here have been praising Bozović and saying how lethargic Rebić played vs England etc. Truth is, and I expect a lot of cold showers from saying this: Bozo has been way overrated. Waaay way overrated. When playing for the repka. I’m glad to see Bozo the Clown on the bench. And just as happy to see Rebić still starting, as is Krama. I think today’s game will be fast, counter attacking football. And that should suit our boys well, as long as they’re fired up from the loss vs England.
Much respect to Dalić for dumping Kovačić from the starting lineup.
Despite his “awesome” game against the English, we need impact players in our lineup.
This could be a critical move for us.
Hopefully Brozović bounces back from his last game, and hopefully Vlašić’s knee is feeling better.
You’re too critical on Kova. All you do is ask for a good performance from him and he delivers, and now you want him sitting? What kind of logic is that? We can’t rely on a “potential” good performance from Broz. Why not reward Kova and build his confidence? Also no need to put awesome in “ ” because it was awesome and you’ve become so critical of him that it is impossible for you to even acknowledge when he does well. Seems like you’re kind of rooting against him….
Far from awesome dude. More like pedestrian as usual.
He’s a bench player for club and country. Let’s stop pretending he’s not.
What game were you watching? He arguably was as good or even better than Modric against England
He looked decent in a game that we looked toothless in and lost. Classic Kova
yup…if its Kovacic, Lovren or Vida he’s all negative….if its Vrsaljko, Brekalo, Vlasic and they play poorly, they always get a free pass!
we need to watch the game and make our assessment from that game.
I recall Maminjo looking to blame Melnjak for every single defensive issue while Barisic, Juranovic, Uremovic, Vrsaljko and Bradaric never questioned….this isn’t fair, nor is it even helpful!
I felt Kovacic did well for us vs England and more importantly, we need to understand exactly what Dalic is looking for from him. Maybe he wants him to break through that first line of the Czech pressing…he transitioned well for us vs England but I feel some people expect him to make every second pass a breakaway pass!
we really have to stop criticizing our boys when they do well for us. I’ve also been hard on Kovacic but I’m also willing to let him keep advancing in his development before I criticize him for a game he hasn’t even played yet!
I’ve seen 5 or 6 different lineups, all stupid.
Yes, we should win tomorrow.
The lineups are all idiotic, even if we win, it doesn’t bode well for team continuity.
Rebic too valuable on the wing to play as Striker.
Some sources say Vlasic sits again. If he is more injured than we know, then fine sit him. He is the key to our tournament. A long run goes thru Vlasic.
I’d rather Budimir start than suffer the indignity of watching Brekalo and Kramaric playing together vs a good team. That said, Petkovic plays better with Vlasic, Rebic, and Perisic than both Kramaric and Budimir.
They’ve been clutch before. Time to let these kids drive. Like it or not they are the future.
Unlike Lovren. He is the past!
The sljivovica will flow tomorrow! Agree with all that Ante. Looking forward to this new look of Brekalo and Vlasic
Ya I would prefer going with caleta
But hey maybe lovren gonna fire them up
We need the boys running
We have good options from the bench if and when we need
It’s go time
Get a big win and we swing some big momentum
It’s like this monkey we can’t get off the back but if we can get it it may open up a door
Let’s do this!!!!
Not a Lovren fan for this tournament, but you bring up a quality that might be useful for today; let him get the guys fired up. This is a big game. He’s played in a ton of them. Get in some of these younger guys’ ears if we’re not doing what we need to.
I felt like that was lacking during the England game. Luka is more of talking by his actions on the pitch and is not the Srna/Kovac type to get fiery with the guys, but sometimes you need someone on the team to either help rally the troops or get people aligned so we suceed.
Hoping we get some of that and as a Maminjo likes to reference, a ‘gaffe’-less performance today, if he is paired with Vida.
I’ll take kiks-Lovren in the lineup anyday if it means Kovacic on the bench.
We’re not going anywhere this tournament if Broz is playing poorly, and if Vlasic isn’t fully fit.
That Modric/Brozovic/Vlasic trio was excellent in qualifying and should be our central midfield trio moving forward.