Official Lineup: HRVATSKA (4-3-3): Livaković – Juranović, J. Šutalo, Gvardiol, Sosa – Modrić, Brozović, Kovačić – Pašalić, Kramarić, Perišić
The scoreline looked much closer than it should have but Croatia dominated this 2-1 win over Denmark from start to finish at Maksimir. After a scoreless 1st half that saw minimal chances from both sides, left-back Borna Sosa would break the game open in the 49th minute with a wonderfully placed ball in the bottom-left corner of net in front of a congested Danish penalty box. It was a wise decision going for placement over power and will only increase Sosa’s value going into the winter transfer window this January. Mateo Kovačić should have doubled the lead after whizzing through the entire Denmark defense but disappointingly shanked his shot wide.
The Vatreni looked to be in control of the match but gave Christian Eriksen way too much space as he dribbled up field and rocketed home a perfect shot from 28 yards out to tie the game up at 1-1. Really nothing Livaković could have done unless he had and extra four inches on his reach. He made a nice save in the 1st Half and should be commended on his efforts, even though he still scares the sh** out of me going into the World Cup. But it would be Lovro Majer playing hero on the day for Croatia.
Majer (equipped with Batman face mask) came off the bench in the 77th minute and scored two minutes later with a wonderful left-footed curler from 21 yards out. It was enough for the win as Croatia now sit top of their Nations League group with one match remaining versus Austria on Sunday. The Vatreni will win the group and make their first Nations League semifinals next June IF: 1) they beat Austria on Sunday OR 2) Denmark draw/lose vs. France on Sunday. Expect France to play for a win as a loss potentially relegates them to League B next campaign.
The team played great as a whole today with two players to call out. The checkers have been heavy on Andrej Kramarić’s back. He does his job at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga but has not come through for Croatia in big moments for quite some time. Is he World Cup ready? I don’t think so.
Mario Pašalić did not impress today in a starter role. He usually comes off the bench in a super-sub role but did not cement any confidence in me versus Denmark. With Lovro Majer coming off the bench to score the game winner and Vlašić playing well in Serie A, Pašalić missed a golden opportunity today and will likely come off the bench in Qatar.
Funny thing….not even 6 months ago we were talking about getting rid of Lovren and Vida…Caleta Car was always in that conversation and now?
Proof that we’re a football factory.
18 months ago…none of Gvardiol, Šutalo, Stanišić, Erlić, Juranović, or Majer were even in the picture.
Some of them, nobody had even heard of. Most are starters now.
FT U21 Croatia 2 – Denmark 1.
Some desperate defending by Croatia in the second half. From what I saw Denmark physically stronger and fitter. They dominated possession and I’m not sure that 2 – 1 will be enough for the return leg in Denmark.
57 min 2 – 1.
Denmark looking stronger and faster than us.
Biscan needs to bring on some fresh legs.
Simic and Baturina on the bench.
Yeah, Bišćan likes to bunker down when in the lead.
Agree with you. It was almost one way traffic in the second half.
Lucky to win in the end after a good start.
Might be a blessing if our U21s lose and Bišćan gets fired.
Bišćan is probably a front runner for head coach after Dalić.
I prefer an experienced coach.
Our U21 team is better than most, yet we seem to struggle and bunker half the time.
HT 2 – 0 for Croatia U21.
Denmark playing high tempo game and attacking.
Hopefully we can hold out and catch them again on the break.
Beljo 2 – 0 in the 36 minute. Quick counter attack and Beljo heads in.
Denmark has had a couple of chances as well and are unlucky to be 2 – 0 down.
Does Erlic get back in?
Honestly I would keep Gvardiol Sutalo together.
Erlić is less technically gifted, but probably more steady as a stay-at-home defender than Šutalo and Gvardiol.
He doesn’t seem to make mistakes, but you’ll lose those nice passes that Gvardiol and Šutalo give us.
I’d stick with them for now. They’ll get alot better as they’re young and they’ll develop together. Erlić first off the bench at CB though.
Good start for U21, Gabriel Vidovic 1 – 0 after 9 minutes.
Anyone have a good stream for the match?
Guys, I want to bring up the topic of Sutalo. Yesterday, on a couple of sites and here I saw comments mentioning he needs to be replaced for his two bad passes. I think thats being narrow minded. The pass where he turned the ball over and Eriksen scored was a mishap between him and Brozo…yeah, the pass wasn’t perfect but he attempted to keep playing the ball on the ground instead of just blasting it up the field. Those kind of mistakes happen to defenders and it can be more costly but you can’t punish a young player for something like that.
On a side note, I watched Sutalo closely yesterday and I felt he was fantastic. The guy reads the play very well, he always makes it very tough for the attackers to even receive the ball, his movement with the ball is quite really good and he often advances the ball forward making good passes. I really like his composure and vision, I really feel he’s going to be compared to Gvardiol as far as being an effective defender.
Yeah he makes the odd mistake, but he also makes a lot of excellent passes that helps our offense and allows us to maintain possession.
People seemed to like that we dominated two top-10 teams (France and Denmark) over three competitive games.
This doesn’t happen if you have several technical weak links in your backline who buckle under pressure from opposing forwards.
I don’t recall Šutalo making any passes back to Livaković.
Meanwhile if it were Vida, there would be at least 20-30 backpasses and several punted clearances while under pressure. Double that with Lovren. On top of that, you would need Brozović or Kovačić dropping back so deep, just to start a play.
Starting Šutalo and Gvardiol reduces the amount of Livaković backpasses, reduces lost possessions from poor clearances, and allows our central midfielders to actually play in the midfield.
“Really nothing Livaković could have done” LOLOLOL Stop it. It was a placed shot from almost 30 yards out. Eriksen barely took a step while shooting. Poor keeping. Livakovic should never start for Croatia again.
Eurosport:
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PLAYER OF THE MATCH – LUKA MODRIC (CROATIA)
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Age is just a number for Luka Modric.
He was sensational on the night as he glided his way through the match and was untouchable at times. His elegance on a football pitch once again highlighted his pure quality and genius as Denmark struggled to get near him.
He shifted in and out of the defence, played tricky balls in the final third and gave Schmeichel some difficult shots to deal with. In a game with three sensational finishes, it wasn’t short of quality, but Modric added that extra sparkle and deservedly enjoyed his standing ovation.
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MATCH RATINGS
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CROATIA: Livakovic 7, Juranovic 6, Sutalo 7, Gvardiol 6, Sosa 8, Modric 9, Brozovic 7, Kovacic 7, Pasalic 7, Kramaric 6, Perisic 6. Subs: Vida N/A, Majer 7, Vlasic 5, Orsic 7, Petkovic 5.
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DENMARK: Schmeichel 6, Andersen 6, Christensen 5, Kjaer 4, Maehle 6, Wass 6, Hojbjerg 5, Delaney 5, Eriksen 8, Olsen 6, Braithwaite 5. Subs: Kristensen 5, Jensen 5, Damsgaard 6, Hojlund 5, Dolberg N/A
How does Petkovic get a ‘5’ rating for coming off the bench and assisting on a goal, ha ha
Sutalo 7 & Gvardiol 6 ? should be the other way around. Gvardiol for me was the better player on the night. Sutalo made two bad passes on the night with one of them costing us a goal and the first bad pass drew a fine save from Livakovic in the first half.
Amazing Luka is, he’s not even on the decline yet. He’s been 15 seasons at Tottenham and Madrid and you could argue that these last 5 seasons have been his best. Has he ever been as impactful for Croatia as he’s been these last 5 seasons? I don’t think so.
Pašalić, Kramarić should not start,,also its better if we play 343 just cause our defenders are young and have speed and stamina,,allows midfield to press more
Kramarić is physically very weak, so a big and tall Dane will just be a bit physical with him.
He was using his elite technical skills to dance around them, but trying to avoid 100% contact with them. It’s almost impossible to do.
The benefit of Petkovic is that he leans on the opposing defenders, while dribbling the ball around them.
He’s big and heavy, so they can’t really use any physical methods on him (unless they want to risk fouling him in the box).
The drawback with Petkovic is that inability to run the field.
Five hours to KO (18:00hrs) in U21 play-off Croatia v Denmark in Pula. The match is LIVE on Maxsport 1in Croatia and for those that have access to it in diaspora. First leg at home, we need a win even if its minimal to have any chance in the return leg on Tuesday.
And that’s not me harping on kova
I just think majer could potentially be that good
A more scoring type Croatian midfielder than we are used to
Lovros transfer fee went up 10 percent this week with Europa and his impact today
Prove me wrong
If he keeps progressing he will be the impact we all hoped kova was really gonna be
I liked what I saw!
Nice gesture prior to the match by HNS, to present Sime Vrsaljko with a framed/signed picture of himself with the Croatian flag at the 2018 WC.
I also give credit to Dalic for giving Vida a couple of minutes for his, I think 99 th ? appearance for the national team. Dalic will make sure, as he should that Vida gets to the magical 100 caps. Vida will go to the WC, but as we all know he is well down the list when it comes to our central defenders.
Dalic to the top 🙌
LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO
We f in got this 💪🇭🇷
We’re actually going MUCK the opposition!!!!
LFG!!!!!
Pašalić at RW was a mistake.
The subs should have come on earlier, but I’m glad Majer scored to give Dalić something to think about.
The technical ability of our subs (Majer, Oršić, Petković) is elite.
We probably have the best technical bench in the World Cup.
We need to use that, and give them 30 minutes off the bench (after our starters exhaust themselves in the first 60 minutes). I liked the aggression, and we can afford to expend our energy due to our deep bench.
We can’t have Pašalić starting though.
I’m glad that he was invisible today. This should force Dalić to try out someone else who is more technically gifted and can carry the ball upfield for a few seconds (without losing it at the first challenge from an opposing player). He’s better as a sub.
The Vida sub at the end of the game was stupid.
You waste a few seconds, sure, but then the last 90 seconds are a mess with Vida playing in central midfield.
If Denmark scored in the last minute of the game, Dalić would’ve looked like an idiot.
If you’re gonna sub in a defender for your best central midfielder, then at least go with someone who can make a pass (like Stanišić).
Overall, good game.
Denmark is one of the top teams in the World, and we beat them twice (and they were trying hard both games while we experimented in the first half in Denmark).
France is in a funk, so I’m actually more impressed with our Denmark wins.
Austria will be trying hard to remain in League A.
They’ll come out for the win, so Sunday will be a legit match.
Need to bench Pašalić, probably start Majer, and give some more time for the Oršić/Petković combo off the bench.
I would keep a close eye on Kovačić and Kramarić.
Not sure if they’re a great fit with our starters…but i doubt Dalić would touch Kova. Maybe Krama, but we’ll see after the Austria game.
Spot on agree with you.
Good game overall. Denmark isn’t a bad team, and we showed lots of quality, and dominated most of the game. Hopefully we continue to build on this.
Well deserved win. Defensively by large we looked good, apart from Sutalo on two occasions giving the ball away in dangerous areas with one of those resulting in a superb goal by Erikson. As Slaven Bilic in NOVA TV studio said, sometimes you have to boot the ball up field instead of trying to play it out.
Livakovic did not have much to do, however over all he had a good match and made one great save in the first half. As much as many of us don’t like him, he at the moment is the best we have and he will be our number 1 goalkeeper for the WC barring any injuries. There are no concerns about our midfield, however up front there are still positions up for grabs. Kramaric in particular did not impress today. Petkovic came on and had the assist for the Majer goal.
The win means that we are in a great position to win the group and qualify for the final four. Denmark is missing some key players due to injury and I would be surprised if they were to beat France on Sunday. France has a lot to play for, a loss in Denmark and they could get relegated to NL- B and also end up in Pot 2 for EURO 2024 qualifying draw which takes place 9/10/2022.
Livakovic is not a bad kid. I wish him well. but don’t believe he should be on the roster . He is a liability. We owe those French and would like nothing better than to beat them here and in Qatar where it really counts
Ya that’s the growing pains we have to put up with
But feel like overall the defence is solid
I would love to see stanisic on rb tho but maybe he just hasn’t played enough
Some are saying tho we need to have orsic with petko
Or do
You line up
Perisic petko majer at the front??
we need to try petkovic uptop, majer CAM, and perisic orsic wings
Go with the midfield of
Luka, broz, majer?
Kova made a nice run then shanked it
But still a really nice run
Thought Petkovic played well when he came on. I wouldn’t start him and let him play 90 minutes though
Did not see game, but from highlights, did they put new grass in Maksimir? Lol, we’re moving up in the world
When I first saw the jersey’s online, they looked ok. Seeing them in game action, you can no longer tell it’s Croatia when they’re showing from the usual long distance angle.
With many of the checkers missing, we now look like all of the other teams who wear plain white jersey’s…at least that’s what it looks like on TV. It’s our identity and now it’s “missing”.
On the plus side:
1) We didn’t just sit back upon taking a lead as we usually do. I like they we tried to take a two goal lead.
2) Both goals were not PK’s or own goals. They were actually during the run of play.
Happy with the result. Majer was great. Sosa very lively with a great goal. Petkovic making a very strong case that he should be the starting spica.
However….should we concerned about Gvardiol? I thought he looked very hesitant, and had several mishits.
Gvardiol just needs some playing time. Only issue will be if he doesn’t get playing time at Leipzig pre-Qatar to work through the issues (they haven’t been playing him regularly recently).
I didn’t see the game, but heard Sutalo was spotty at times. I assume Erlic was out hurt? Assuming Gvardiol plays himself into form, do we think Erlic will be the other CB (assuming we stick with 2 rather than 3 CBs) rather than Sutalo?
I didn’t see the entire game but will say Sutalo had 2 bad giveaways. One on the Eriksen goal and another in the first half that created a big chance for the Danes.
On the flip side it was nice to see him on the end of a few headers that could have gone in. Take the good with the bad.
Yes you must take the good with the bad. They will make mistakes but they will.improve and they are already showing this. It is a young defensive line build upon it. All four of them did well, although I would have liked to see Stanisic too.
Not too mention one of the defenders scored an opening goal which changed the course of the game for us.
Our goalie is the weak link. Its an important job that needs to be filled by someone experienced and qualified.
I thought this was a good result (we are getting better at winning more often) and a pretty decent effort from all. The game was pretty fast paced and Denmark play very well so this was no easy task if you ask me.
I thought our defense (Juranovic struggled to give any good service though) and midfield played well but we definitely lacked in our attack. Not much creativity or imagination until Orsic, Petkovic and Majer came on!
Spot on. Juranovic isn’t great on D, so if he isn’t providing service he’s a wasted spot. Put in Stanisic to lock up that right side. RW is invisible with Pasalic. He continues to veer toward the center and while I appreciate his usual being in the right place at the right time, we are tactically lacking on the right so much when he’s assigned that role that he vacates constantly.
I like this result and how much immediate impact Majer had when he came in. I fully expect the main stream Croatian media to point it out and therefore it shouldn’t be lost on Dalic.
2-1 final. Good result.
Why wasn’t he starting in the first place?
Doesn’t make sense some of dalics selections
Is there another keeper in the world that is more dramatic then livakovic acting like he saved the world as it rolls into him??
Just wondering if you’d ever consider making a positive comment about Liva? He did well today and I just don’t understand why you’re looking for shit to complain about?
Haha I got to complain about something
Looks like he did well overall yes
I want him to take us the promise land
2-1 for Croatia. They were scored on and Majer gets substituted and scores a goal within a minute of being subbed on and minute of us being scored on. Livakovic just had a big save, giving him credit on that one. 86 mins in 2-1 for us.
Ya their goal was well taken
Was it sutalo with misplaced pass?
I only saw the last twenty mins but they looked sharp I thought overall
Pressing, grabbing loose balls
Have to take it
Two wins against Denmark and a win against France
We are beating two of the better teams in the world going into qatar
StArted watching finally a bit before the goal by erickson
But I said even before that. Watch Majer make a difference.
He has sown his starting spot with that
2nd half has been a thing of beauty since the goal.
To Mr Danny and everyone, here is a link http://www.redditsoccerstreams.tv/
Hvala puno. Croatia vs Denmark in Portuguese. Love it
That’s one goal for Borna, sorry I sent it twice by accident.
Borna was born in the darkness
Bravo Svabo
Borna Sosa with the goal!!
Borna Sosa scores a goal!!!! I am so happy for the guy.
Again, as me and others have posted before, get an IPTV and you get all the Croatia games, and everything else. Why in 2022 people are still trying to stream Croatia games (a frustrating experience) when you can just watch them on your big screen TV us beyond me.
https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/hrvatska-reprezentacija/utakmica-hrvatska-danska-prijenos-od-20-00-na-novoj-tv-i-gol-hr-u—742429.html
If vpn works here nova tv free
Please keep us non viewers updated guys
There just isn’t free streaming anymore
Gonna have to get one of the streaming services
Vix.com is free.
0-0, I am still on the fence about Juranovic not sure about him
Modric is still Modric. Some opportunities squandered by Croatia, Denmark’s backline has been difficult but in a similar sense do has ours.
Sosa had one give away, Juranovic had a few to be honest. Kramaric has had much of a chance to do anything up front but made a good defensive contribution, Pasalic also made a defensive contribution a couple of times. It’s been pretty even but I would say the opportunities the Danish have had were just a bit more pressing.
To Livakovis’s credit he MaSval couple of good interceptions.
We will see, at the start of the half Croatia was better, later half Danes were better.
Even Steven is the saying.
Sosa also had a few good crosses in but Schmiechal is Schmiechal.
Modric almost managed to create a good chance in the opening minute.
Basically no right side pasalic should be super sub not starting 11 and krama isnt a number 9. Is it me or Gvardiol doesnt look good out there
Gvardiol isn’t having a good season
Not the Gvardiol of last year forsure
Erlic if healthy should be in for him
As far as link, your best bet is Vix.com.
Go to “Deportes” to find the game.
The first 30 minutes, the only player which is ineffective is Kramarić.
This is mostly why we can never score.
download Vix app .spanish
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vix link is working. Didnt ask for any registration info for a free trial or anything. Simply just started streaming after I clicked (link is on the right of this webpage)
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Link any one 🙏
Not a bad lineup given we really don’t have a right winger or a goalie. We always will need to fill the RW spot with central players until the God of Halilovic appears.
I think we can all mostly agree we are happy to try this back line today in a big game
The midfield is only debatable on kova if we should Start him or maybe swap for luka later on
I think we kind of knew this will be the go to offence. See how pasalic meshes with them, maybe we have a diff look for 2nd half or it’s just a vlasic/majer swap if it’s not working
I don’t feel pasalic or kramaric win a lot of balls? Correct me if I’m wrong
And we all know livakovic has to shit bed hard not to start in Qatar
I scrolled past an article but didn’t bother reading. Said something like cacic says liva is the best Croatia ever had
Like it or not it’s gonna happen
Let’s get behind him and support
Lovren seems to be the type of guy who lacks self awareness. He still has something to offer if we have multiple injuries but dude needs to accept his role as the veteran player and lead by example.
Aside from this he’s always given his all for the repka and I respect that.
Yup, he needs to be cut. No player should be running their mouth off to media like that, especially someone who most of us agree shouldn’t be there anymore. Maybe now Dalić will finally have enough reason to not bring him to Qatar.
Ya this is true
Vida I feel is more of a team player and will be a good veteran presence or at least I hope
And if you are playing lights out like luka at 37 no one saying shit
Lovren you ain’t Chiellini
I agree
It’s his dumb mouth
He has worked hard and gave lots for the repka but he replaced another
It’s life dude
Either be a team player and enjoy your free vacation and just shut up
Support the other guys
But I feel he is a bit of like oh we got scored on too bad, it’s all gvardiols fault… put me in coach
We don’t need that stuff in the room
We need veterans like how Corluka did it
Was happy to be there(at least it appeared so) and partied it up like the rest
One thing is for sure, we better not have assistant lovren there in two years after retirement
Again, he has given a good effort for repka but leave that shit aside
It’s not 2018
Haha, imagine him as an assistant coach. I appreciate what he’s given to the NT over his career, but wish he would retire with grace like Vrsajlko.
Can’t have this around our team heading into a WC.
I’ve never really felt Lovren is a liability for us over the years. I do remember many of his good moments and he was capable of giving us some decent performances although in my opinion he’s always had a really BIG mouth. As a defender he was relatively sturdy and a decent passer but nothing spectacular. What really bothers me about him is his self promotion attitude stating on live tv that he’s one of the best defenders in the world. Usually, we don’t see people saying comments about themselves like that but he’s an over-confident guy that could use a dose of modesty/humility.
Today, I see this article where he says this:
“‘ON JE MOJ BRAT! PA ZAŠTO NAS DVOJICA NE BI MOGLI IGRATI U UDARNOM SASTAVU HRVATSKE? NE SHVAĆAM TE STVARI‘
He has a right to say what he thinks but I get the impression he’s just not realistic nor does he accept that some of our younger guys have surpassed him in quality! I really hope this is his last tournament with us, cockiness is a really bad trait in the dressing room!
Who was he talking about?
Oh Vida.
He thinks that the Lovren/Vida partnership is just as good as a Gvardiol/Šutalo parntership that’s worth nine figures on the transfer market?
Vida je moj brat. Njega znam najduže od svih. S njim sam igrao od hrvatske reprezentacije U-15. Domagoj je pravi dečko i veliki profesionalac. Daje uvijek maksimalno sve od sebe. Da, možemo nas dvoje u paru igrati u udarnom sastavu reprezentacije. Zašto ne bismo mogli?”, pita se Lovren pa dodaje kako mu nije jasno zašto bi se otpisivali iskusni igrači:
‘Ne mogu shvatiti te stvari, jedino se kod nas u Hrvatskoj otpisuju igrači preko 30 godina. Drugdje još nije tako. Pogledajte Pepea, Thiaga Silvu… Nitko ih ne otpisuje. Treba nas suditi po igri, a ne po godinama. Mislim da je sve to loše i za reprezentaciju, kad se takva otpisivanja vuku po medijima. Svi smo mi u reprezentaciji s razlogom i svakoga od nas treba cijeniti”, poručuje Lovren.
Lovren is a fucking idiot for saying this two months before a tournament.
Locker room cancer.
Dalic needs to cut ✂️ him
Keep Vida , guy never says anything
Dalic should Kalinic his ass.
I dunno Lovren is a liability to me he has made many errors over the years that I think people have missed, including 3 penalties given to the other team in major tournaments. Vida has done similar mistakes himself and is having a hard time keeping up with some players.
Lovren needs to remember that Gvardiol Is way younger and has already achieved way more than he has at that age. This sounds a lot like jealousy to me and this shit has to stop if our team is going to make it anywhere.
I for one am happy with the formation Dalic has chosen based on the players he has already chosen, if though I disagree with some of the players he called up.
So let’s see how these players can do.?? All the best to them.
He went with possibly his real wc line up
The main issues are no different than what is highlighted. A good amount of talent on the field but
1) questions remain on kramaric in the sole striker role
2) pasalic is not a winger
3) livakovic is just not good but no other choice
4) juranovic will help Down the wing but questionable defense
5) sutalo and gvardiol an inexperienced pair
Its a team that always has a shot but definitely some weak spots. But what do we expect. We’re not France or Brazil
Yeah but at least two of those five issues are very fixable (Pašalić and Juranović) as we have players who are quite possibly better than them on the bench.
The goalkeeper one will always be an issue (but a lot of World Cup teams have goalkeeper issues), and the CB pairing is simply so talented that (even if they’re lacking in experience) they will grow and become an elite duo. You’re investing in them…plus we have alot of depth there too in case of fire.
Getting the right striker and combination of wingers if what is most important.
We have arguably the best midfield in the tournament, and we have a star winger (Perišić).
We have a ton of talented CAM players who can be asked to play out of position…but we need to find that sweet combo that can take full advantage of that potential offense.
A response to the truth,
I disagree with premise 2, as for premise 3 we have no goalie so who cares really.?? Premise 4 Juranovic I am on the fence a bit too, premise 5 you have to play them if they are to gain experience and this the perfect tournament to achieve this.
Maybe dalic comes in the subs with petko and orsic
Move Perisic to right for second half
Brings in majer on that right side
Who knows
I sure wish we had a proper rw player
Heck put JJ up there and stanisic behind. If we had time to experiment more
I think the lineup posted by Slavonac is what will probably happen today and (unless something goes really wrong these next two games) it’s probably our WC starting eleven too.
Not too happy about Krama and Pasalic starting as striker and RW.
I do like Kramaric, and he’s been scoring for us…but I was hoping to see what else we could use up top (especially with Sosa in the lineup).
I like Pasalic only off the bench as a CAM option, never on the wing.
From now until the World Cup, Dalic will probably only be experimenting with these two positions, and it will be limited to Krama, Pasalic, Orsic, Majer, Vlasic and maybe Petkovic. I think Colak cracking it is a longshot.
We already know Pasalic and Krama well, so it would’ve been nice not to start them today, especially since Pasalic plays poorly on the wing.
Also, we SHOULD win this game with this lineup though.
Whatever happens, I definitely do not want to hear Dalic claiming that finishing 2nd or 3rd in Nations League is a big success for a small, shitty country like Croatia.
I’m tired of his low bar-setting talk.
If we don’t top this group, then the sentiment should be that we are upset about it, that we should have done better, and that we will win the next one.
We are favorites against Denmark and Austria, so we should be topping the group. It’s a failure if we do not.
If Dalic keeps setting low bars, then we need to lower his salary (especially since Dalic is one of the highest paid coaches at the World Cup).
I’m 100% with you on this comment Maminjo. We are good enough to compete with this group and we really need to learn how to consistently get results!
with regards to your comment here about Kramaric: “Not too happy about Krama and Pasalic starting as striker and RW”…in my opinion and based on the fact that Dalic didn’t bring Colak and the fact that neither Musa nor Budimir are in good form, I believe he’s trying to offer Krama the opportunity to be our #1 guy up front….give him confidence and demonstrate trust. This could also backfire for Krama because if he doesn’t do well and Petkovic get the chance and plays well, we could have another situation like we did in 2018 with Kalinic! The position is basically Krama’s to lose and he might not be happy if he isn’t successful!
It’s not the worst thing in the World to have Krama starting.
He’s been solid for us.
It’s just that we’ve got so many offensive options that I hope we get it right.
This will make or break our tournament.
yeah I know Krama is solid and especially when he catches fire…I’m just saying if he doesn’t start bagging goals, Dalic will be left with no other option than to replace him and that’ll definitely shake him up.
according to Sportske Novosti, this is the lineup:
HRVATSKA (4-3-3): Livaković – Juranović, J. Šutalo, Gvardiol, Sosa – Modrić, Brozović, Kovačić – Pašalić, Kramarić, Perišić.
I like it aside from Livakovic and Pasalic on the right. I feel like we’ve tried that enough already.
Pašalić on the wing has never worked.
Always results in him doing nothing, then getting subbed at the half.
You know Dalić only has him starting because he scored against the Danes last time.
Watch Pašalić prove me wrong and score a hattrick now.
4-2-3-1:
…………………………..Petkovic………………………
Orsic……………………Vlasic……………….Perisic
………………..Brozo…………….Modric…………….
Sosa…………..Gvardiol……Erlic………………..JJ
…………………………..Ivusic…………………………..
Not saying this is the best lineup we have, but a lineup i would like to see tested. Petkovic and vlasic have complemented each other well in the past. Orsic and Petkovic have good chemistry. Orsic and perisic could swap sides throughout the game. 2nd half majer for vlasic and sutalo for gvardiol.
We have a ton of options, we can choose from a variety of players depending on who our opponent is. Each player has their strengths and weaknesses. We need the right amount of certain playstyles; ball handlers, runners, ppl that pressure, etc. This is the coaches job to set up a balanced lineup and fluid attack…
But come game time, dalic will put a CAM in the winger position, and add kova or majer to our already adequate midfield (modric, broz) making our midfield overkill against the average opponents we face. Then when we have possession no one makes runs, there is no width to our attack and everything will be stagnant in the the final third. Then we pass back to livakovic who panics at the slightest pressure and kicks the ball out of bounds.
hoping dalic will do something intelligent is like hoping a monkey will compute 2+2
this Dalic is shit _ the team is shit _ you are shit
I am rooting for this team going into the abyss_
Are we seeing the new Jerseys today?
Yes, from what I have read the new shirts will be used today.
Not sure which one ? home or away strip ? Denmark’s home strip is red shirts and away white shirts. If I had to have a guess we’ll be playing in our away strip i.e. blue shirts ?
UNL is a blessing for us. No way HNS would have been able to line up all these quality opponents.
Denmark at Maksimir for first place, with World Cup 2 months away?!
Ideal test for us.
Our boys are sharp with many of them in top form to start the season.
Dalic has been better and better at utilizing our depth and making subs earlier and earlier.
This is new phenomenon for our beloved Vatreni. For decades are lack of depth and non proactive second half adjustments left our boys tired and exposed.
Now we can come at you in waves of different ideas and tactical alignments.
Be great to start fast and get the crowd into it from the jump.
Which young stud makes a mark today?
blessing of what :(*
Lovren and Vida are still there
we need to move on and see something new
Lovren je dobar.