Oh man. That was rough. I don’t care that we lost to a better squad in England…but you can’t concede 7 goals to anyone on Croatian soil. You just can’t!!
-horrible defensive display where every goal came from tap-ins in front of Livaković. No one being marked
-Modrić/Kovačić cannot play together against the world’s top teams…they are too slow
-we are clearly not on the same level as Spain/England (conceding 11 goals to them this week)
-hopefully playing Spain/England/Spain in the same week won’t be a confidence buster for Bilić and the boys. These are the best teams in the world. Remember that. But you know what England. We got you in 2018 and that’s all that matters!
-Silver lining. It’s still only Nations League at the end of the day and all that matters is we finish top-3 for a euro 2028 qualifying top seed
-Kovaaaaaaa. My man! How could you miss that empty net????
Grab a beer and have a great weekend guys after that one. Jesus. CroatianSports loves you.
67′ Another goal for England. 6-0. Defensive blunder. Stanišić puts the ball right t the top of the Croatian box. Saka picks it up and easily scores. What a disaster.
57′ SUB Modrić off, Jakić on. Great move. No reason for him to be out there. Bilić just needs to take Perišić off now to save him for Spain.
53′ 5-0 England. Kane taps in a cross right in front of the goal. Every goal has come the exact same way for them…right in front of the goal. they are making complete Swiss cheese of the Croatian defense and making this look like a training exercise.
47′ Matanović rips a shot from 40 out with Pickford off his line but it goes wide.
46′ SUBS Musa, Petar Sučić, Baturina come off. Matanović, Mario Pašalić, Vlašić come on.
HT 4-0 England. Probably the worst half of Croatian football this century. I honestly can’t tell if the Vatreni care about this game or if England is that far ahead of them with ability. Croatian defense looks like amateurs and Kova missed an open look on goal. I will say it once, I will say it again…Kova and Modrić are too slow in the middle together. One has to sit. I would gut this team and change face players right now. No reason for Modrić or Perišić to be out there any more with Spain on Tuesday in Split. Games like these are so bad for confidence….but you know what guys? At the end of the day…it’s still only Nations League.
45′ 4-0 England. They are just playing with us now and the Croatian defense has not looked this bad in a long time. Saka is left wide open in front of Livaković for an easy tap-in on the other side of a Bellingham pass.
41′ NOOOOOOOO Kovačić!!! Kova dances around the entire English defense in the box and fakes a shot on Pickford to make him go down early. Kova has a WIDE OPEN shot on the right side of goal but misses wide. From bad to worse tonight in Rijeka.
39′ 3-0 England. Quansah with a perfect cross from the right side. It bounces once in the box and Anthony Gordon easily slams it home. Stanišić left Gordon WIDE OPEN and unmarked in the box. Isuse.
25′ Gordon with a wide open shot in front of the Croatian goal. Livaković makes himself big and makes a great save. Should be 3-0. Hopefully this doesn’t get ugly for our boys. It’s all England in Rijeka.
22′ 2-0 England. It has been all England so far. Not looking good for Croatia. Anthony Gordon keeps the ball in on the Croatian enplane and slides the ball in front of the Croatian net. Jude comes in unmarked for an easy tap-in. Croatian defense looks like Swiss cheese and uninspired. Especially Gvardiol.
10′ England march down eh field on a 2v1 but Livaković makes a great save. Could easily be 2-0 England inside 10 minutes. Not looking good for our boys. We have yet to possess the ball in the England half.
7′ England score early. 1-0. An awful pass from the back by Gvardiol gives it to England 40 yards from goal. Jude marches down and threads a perfect pass to Kane in the box. Kane goes top shelf. Not much Livaković could do.
Here we go!
This is more than likely a make or break game for the Vatreni as far as this Nations League campaign goes. The goal for the next two matches is to grab 3-4 points on Croatian soil. That would be ideal!
Croatia vs. Spain at Poljud will be electric! However, for the England match, it will be in Rijeka behind closed doors…kind of. 100 English fans will be allowed to spectate the match while 5,000 Croatian kids under the age of 15 will be bussed into Rijeka from all around Croatia.
Bilić is expected to play his strongest lineup with Modrić and Baturina included. Let’s see what happens!
Modrić and Stanišić return to the starting XI. Baturina and Musa will see their first action this international window. Ivanović gets the start again from Bilić…why???
Vuskovic is slower then baba roga
I am truly rooting for coach Bilic as I want any Croatian to succeed. But let’s remember that Zlatko Dalic took the ‘18 team to the WC that underachieved in the qualifiers. He bailed them out by beating the Ukraine and then Greece in the 2 game playoff. He then took a declining ‘22 team (as so many of you ‘experts’ point out) to the WC seminals. Then he took an even more declining team (again the ‘experts’) to the ‘23 Nations League Final. He won a ‘boring’ semifinal game today too. Viva Zlatko! But I hope Coach Bilic can pull a stunner on Tuesday.
It’s three games in, and it may look bleak…but we’re playing the two best young teams in the World.
We need to go through some growing pains with this transition and (unfortunately) we’re dealing with two of the worst teams for it.
Look at Greece (as an example).
They have a crop of very good high end young players, and they failed to qualify for the World Cup (losing out to the lesser talented Scotland and Denmark in their group).
They went through that painful growing pain, and now they are first in their Nations League group after beating Germany (in Germany), Serbia (in Serbia), and they drew the Netherlands.
It’s not going to be fun…but we’re probably going to have to stick it out with Stanisic, Vuskovic, and Gvardiol in our backline and figure out a way to make it work.
Maybe it’s chemistry…maybe it’s Gvards at LB and someone else at CB…maybe it’s moving Perisic from the backline…or maybe it’s another formation altogether.
But the worst thing we can do is dragging out our 2018 senatori further and trying to squeeze 90 minutes out of them.
I remember when I came home from a game in my early teens and my father asked me why I seem upset. I told him our new coach was not good the players dont like him he changed some players positions and dident use the same starting line up and we lost.He asked if playd my position I sead yes and tata sead you should all be upset at yourselves not the coach he dident play the game you all did . I’m not making excuses for Bilic today the way these players moved and played they have only themselves to blame
Dalic FT 1-0 win Oman
Will face Saudi in the finals
UAE 1 goal conceded in 4 games
What I found interesting from the press conference from Bilic was what he said during the half time. Roughly, he mentioned that he wasn’t expecting them to turn it around, but to finish the match without conceding anymore.
Wouldn’t you want the team to fight and come back?
Also, that they prepared for this game and that England did everything they expected but for some reason we had no stamina to play.
Sorry for the spam. But in the press conference it looks like Bilic was crying
At least he waited. I was crying during the game.
Its strange to see Dalic coaching another team. I wonder how feels about this result if he was watching. There was a reason why he didn’t call some players to the national team that were called under Bilic. Some might call his play style boring but in the future people will remember that Croatia made it to 2nd/3rd place in the world cup. They won’t talk about how the team got there.
As for Bilic, we should respect what he did for us in the past. I think he is trying to be more open to the players and see what is working and what isnt. This isn’t an excuse but its tough when he gets the job and then has to face two top teams in less than two weeks. I’m sure it would have been better to experiment with lower teams.
Also, who do you think the players would fear more in the dressing room? Bilic or Dalic. I wonder if some of the players are purposely not playing because its nation league or the coach?
Spain – England – Spain is your first 3/4 games can’t be much fun.
Bilic is a very good coach and, as you said, respect needs to be given there. It’s nice to see him experimenting with so many new players since Dalic never really did, but the past few games maybe showed why Dalic wasn’t willing to. We often played ‘boring’ soccer, but it worked.
Who knows, maybe this experimentation will pay off in the next tournament.
What championships has he won in his managerial career??
I think Bilić is more of a risk taker.
Dalić took a risk (for example) to play three at the back (with Vušković in the middle) at the past World Cup…then he immediately changed his idea afterwards and never tried it again.
Bilić seems to just stick with his decision, sink it swim.
In this scenario, you get a nice 2-1 away win in Prague after taking some risks and going for goal (in a game that looked like it was headed for a draw)…
Then you get drubbed at home 7-0.
Thankfully wasn’t able the watch the game and was the first competitive match that I haven’t watched in years.
What in the actual f**k?!? How does this happen with our A team? No excuses to mail it in like we obviously did.
Judging by the comments our defending must have been horrendous. Considering we have Gvardiol and Vuskovic could it be that they are both just overhyped? Gvardiol hasn’t been anywhere near the same after his injury.
In the Spain game last week, Vuskovic was jogging back on a goal that Spain scored and I thought either he’s really slow or was a bit lazy. Either is worrisome.
Sofascore has the entire back line with a rating of less than 5 and Stanisic a 4.9. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a back line of ours anywhere near that bad.
Could it be that Dalic ball actually suits us better given our lack of pace? We aren’t a team that can press high and take chances because our lack of speed can’t cover the mistakes that can made playing that style.
For everyone who crapped all over Dalic, remember he got us results with that boring style of ball possession. Bilic hopefully can adapt…..
Mali Ante . . .
I agree that I have never seen the back line play like that. I hear you.
On the other hand, I can’t conclude they are overhyped.
Vuskovic has been very solid in the Premier League this season. His Bundesliga stats, as you probably know, were over the top. He did look slow today, but he has had adequate speed to do very well in both the Premier League and Bundesliga. And over a considerable period.
Gvardiol has proved his mettle for Manchester City, and for the NT.
There might be a question of fitness for Gvardiol, as you say. Maybe the leg is still not quite right? It also might be too many games in a row?
But the pairing of those two as central defenders does not seem to work. It does not seem to click.
As you note, a rough day for the back line across the board, as Stani also did not look good. Seemed sluggish compared to his usual self.
Maybe I am grasping at straws, but I wonder if it is possible that this virus went through the team (they would have been on the same plane together, etc) and many of them are something less than 100%?
I expect that Bilic will be transitioning this team to a younger squad, and will be adapting, as he moves forward toward 2028.
As others have said, this will take some time.
Fair points. For Bilic it’s life after Modric. Looks like Modric is finally becoming more of a bench option than a starter.
Maybe Bilic should just go with Kova and Sucic as the 2 mids, and find someone else to play behind the striker (we have a lot of these options)
It might just be a chemistry things with Gvardiol and Vuskovic but Gvardiol hasn’t been himself after his injury….I’d argue even before it.
Really hoping that changes and he can find his game again.
Vuskovic is young and can give him a pass. Typically, you see fewer stud defenders because experience really helps when being a defender.
Stanisic hasn’t been playing much for Bayern so for him, it’s very likely poor form. Perisic at LB is a band aid. We need to figure that out. If Gvardiol can find his game, he may have to be our LB going forward.
We do have CB options, albeit not great ones but serviceable.
I wonder how Baturina looked today? I figure he is out most in form player now….and was subbed out at half??
Their clubs paid an insane amount of money for them and nobody is complaining.
They are talented but for whatever reason (I’m hoping it’s chemistry) there are some serious miscommunications between our backline and our midfield players.
🎙️ Luka Modrić on Croatia’s performance against England:
“It’s difficult to find an explanation for a performance without duels, fouls, aggression, togetherness… I’ve been here for 20 years, but this is the first time I’ve felt ashamed after a game.
You can lose, someone can be better, they are currently better, but to lose like this and throw away the reputation we’ve built over the years is unacceptable. I feel ashamed.”
Sounds like he’s close to retiring – keep the notifications on could be coming shortly
🎙️ Luka Modrić on Croatia’s lack of intensity:
“From the first to the last minute, to play like this… This is not how football can be played. Even if you played with two players fewer, you couldn’t play like this, and we looked as if we had four or five players fewer. A catastrophic night.”
🎙️ Luka Modrić on what Croatia must improve:
“Playing like this is unacceptable. If we had played against a third-tier team, we would have lost. There is no point talking about tactics because everything starts with desire, will, fighting spirit, aggression, determination and duels.”
Only a moment ago . . .
Anon: “Where is captain Modric ? I thought he gives great speeches to the team ? Did he give one tonight ? He loves attention from media when suits him but not tonight ?”
Anon: “Kudus to Franjo – the only player that has the balls to face the media”
Well, reading Modric’s post-game comments, that was clearly a swing and a miss.
Modric has not run from this result, not at all. . . . .
The “100 percent hit rate” just dropped a couple of (more) notches.
Maybe it’s at about 94%?
And fading?
Is it time to retire? 😉
Exactly how old are you Anon?
I don’t think Modric retires after this. It’s not in his DNA to quit. I think he will stay and fight. He will walk away when the ship gets righted.
Agree with Robert. I don’t think Modric will walk away until things are stabilized and the ship is back on course.
@UTinA
When the ship is back on course?
Cool, when might that be??
Sideshow Bob will retire after he plays 1 game with his son. I said that before and stick by it.
Thinks he’s Gordie Howe
Z,
Soon.
2-18 months?
But not after a 7-0 loss, our worst on record. And not until he and Bilic feel it is best, the right time for the team.
Yes, he is roughly the football equivalent of Gordie. Good analogy. You could also say Gordie is the hockey equivalent of Luka in terms of longevity.
Gordie walked away from prime time hockey in his very early 40s. (Though he came back and played much longer, as events unfolded . . )
I think Luka will probably go about the same time as Howe did when he walked away the first time.
In hockey, in the old days, players would sometimes become player-coaches, either formally or informally, at some point late in the career. Modric, who understands the game as well as anyone, can ease into a similar role where he is not necessarily starting games, but providing leadership and continuity while the youth come to the fore.
“Sideshow Bob” was by far and away the highest rated player against the Czechs a few days ago. He is still a valuable contributor on this team.
I am confident Modric will do the right thing, at the right time.
Do you guys see how important praying the rosary is now?
I’m not joking!
Bog i Hrvati
Bog i Hrvati.
The new coaching staff needs more time to be fair. Top foreign coaches are to expensive at 3 to 9 million per year for us and still wouldn’t take the job knowing that the senior players have more influence with the HNS than they would. Unless they were in it just for the money. Bilic when he took he’s first national team appointment was in a changing of the guard position from older players to younger ones same as now. He brought in Modric Raketic Manzukic ans Corluka changed our style to more modern attacking with youth and speed the results show for themselves. Now he is in a similar position we have the younger players some on the team right now and still some to be given a fair chance. Bilic now wants to play a more direct attacking high press game with the team pushing up more the central defenders are wanted to bring the ball up into midfield more . To play this style of game we need more younger but skills players. The older players can’t play full games this style if so our older players would still be starting for Real Bayern etc but there not. If certain players are interfering in the national team success for their own needs please stop. Bilic knows verry well what he sighed up for as long as we finish 3rd. in the group and not in the last two 3rd. places OK for now. .
Unlike Dalic, you can tell Bilic REALLY wants to play with wingers. They’re just not at his disposal right now.
Dalic worked around playing with wingers. Bilic can either force in high-pressing, quick players who aren’t ready, or he can do what Dalic did and work around that. I think Matanovic is a good player for what Bilic wants to do, but the LW/RW positions still need to be filled out. Guys like Ivanovic aren’t really the answer, so it’ll be interesting to see what the next squad list looks like
“The new coaching staff needs more time to be fair.”
Well said, Davorin. Exactly right.
We need a little patience at this juncture.
We need to draw on some positives.
I liked Bilic’s comments that Nations League was a test, that he gained some knowledge, and he got some answers.
Like Jo, I will be interested to see what the next squad list will look like.
Dalic and Corluka 1-0 Oman at HT
The entire squad plays in the USE league (save one player playing in Turkey) – 14 team league and most of the squad come from the top 4 teams
Super easy job scouting the league and picking players
Can’t blaim him
If only there was a way to mute posters like Anonymiss and Super Slob. Would be a nicer board to read.
Anonymous says we’re like SAN Marino
San Marino FA claps back that they defend better than us!
Even SAN Marino FA follows World-famous Anonymous
https://x.com/sanmarinoteam/status/2106454724450849116?s=46
lol
After 7-0 all the geriatrics are hiding
Where is captain Modric ? I thought he gives great speeches to the team ? Did he give one tonight ? He loves attention from media when suits him but not tonight ?
Kudus to Franjo – the only player that has the balls to face the media
The geriatrics should be ashamed of themselves – fair weather – when good they take the plaudits, when bad they hide
🎙️ Franjo Ivanović after Croatia’s 0-7 defeat to England:
“Honestly, we don’t have an explanation. A catastrophic performance from our side. They were on another level and played very well.
We looked bad, we didn’t compete in the duels, we weren’t getting into duels at all. It was a difficult game. We suffered throughout the entire match and looked very poor.”
[Nova TV]
At least he knows part of the issue.
They weren’t able to take the ball off the English…AT ALL.
At some point, you just need to play physical and get in there.
I couldn’t believe they our guys were just running around cleanly chasing for 30 straight minutes. At some point, I would have just fouled one of their players.
We need a bit more toughness in this squad.
Agree
That’s exactly what Igor and Vlasic did for a few minutes when they came on – it was like demolition derby out there – but then they kind of stopped
🎙️ Slaven Bilić:
“We see this Nations League competition as a test, through which we would gain some knowledge and answers. We got some answers, not the ones we wanted, but we got them. They are very painful.”
[Nova TV]
How many goals in the first half were crosses from the right side going right past Perisic? I love the guy but he can not defend these fast players.
Only watched the highlights but vuskovic looked like he was getting absolutely cooked…guy is as slow as molasses….i dunno if I have seen a player as slow as him in a cro jersey…and that’s saying a lot.
Stanisic looked like he mad some bonehead decision.
Obviously we are better than this.
If I was trying to find a bright spot, I thought Kovacic was one of the better players on the field. But other than Kova, who seemed to have some jump and stood out, we didn’t appear to have anyone going well. Our Premier League pairing of Vuskovic and Gvardiol in the middle, for whatever reason, didn’t work well. Stani, normally a very reliable defender, looked out of form. Our defence was poor. The team, with few exceptions, was flat.
What do you do if you’re Bilic?
You are three days away from playing the very best team in the world. You’ve just been hammered 7-0 at home.
What is the right message from the coach to the players right now?
How do you stabilize this team for Tuesday and get back on track with a good performance against Spain? Players? Starters? Strategy? 5-4-1?
Message?
I’m sending 4 of u old geriatric home
I’m calling 4 from the U21
U21 will be motivated to show as will mean something for them
For Modric it’s just he’s a narcissist he wants to rack up caps
Bilić didn’t have to say anything.
These players will probably see some threatening slogans unfurled from Torcida if they don’t play stronger in Split.
It’s a very good question; what do you do if you’re Bilic? Not just for the next game, but for the next international break?
Like many Croatian fans, I’m disappointed by today’s game. But I don’t have answers or strong opinions on what to do next. Who was left out of this break’s squad that I would bring in? Who can we start that will bring better results? It’s a tough one for sure
Matanović and Kova both need to start. They’ve both been great, even in today’s bad game. Matanović should always be out there.
Modrić on the bench with Peter Sučić playing deep with Kova next to him.
Bring Modrić off the bench as a super sub. Never start him.
Baturina needs another chance to start. Put him at CAM. I guess we can go Vlašić at RW. At least he’ll try. Either that or give Luka Sučić a shot.
Backline. I don’t know. I can’t stand how Gvardiol is playing. Maybe move him to LB…or just stick it out with the Gvardiol/Vušković pairing again. We literally have two 100m Euro guys here and we now have to debate starting them or not.
Jakić has always played steady for us. I’d include him at RB and slide Stanišić at LB (just so we can put Perišić at LW next to Baturina at CAM).
Matanović
Perišić, Baturina, Vlašić?
Kova, P.Sučić
Stanišić, Gvardiol, Vušković, Jakić
That’s all I got.
@Maminjo
The lineup you listed is solid, but I also thought today’s looked started before the match. I really like Jakic as well, but is he good enough to start? I haven’t watched him at all since moving to Greece
Agreed on Matanovic, Baturnia and moving Gvardiol to LB.
One of the things that makes Brisbane Lions such a good team is that they always bounce back. They got smashed a couple of times this year, but you always knew that would get their arse into gear and the next week, you’d get an a+ performance.
Now, Croatia is no Brisbane Lions, but i’d like to see a similar style of bounce-back. Remember 2018/19 Nations League Spain beat us 6-0 over there and then we beat them 3-2 back home.
@UTinA
Tell us what’s next for a change
England midfielders all three are 23 years old and all >100M
How does 41 y/o Modric expect he’s going to keep up
That’s 2 games in a row vs England he’s completely destroyed
If u has any dignity he’ll retire today
I don’t care if he’s good at “keeping tempo” and “picking out a pass” – if he can’t run anymore it’s done
It’s selfish – him above the team
Kova fine for stop gap for the Euros
N.b. 1998 generation all retired by the time they were 30 or 31
Plan for WC 2032 and work backwards
And calling up Misic another geriatric over Vrbancic who’s better than him this year is just moronic
30+ y/o in midfield needs to be the exception not the baseline/rule
TY
Anon, you are perhaps being too critical of one player.
He is a top midfielder on a good Milan team in Serie A.
A few months ago at WC 2026, Modric and Kova took control in the midfield for key parts of the game against a very powerful Portuguese midfield.
Modric was our best player against the Czechs a few days ago.
Our greatest ever is not as magnificent as he was in his prime, sure, but he is still a great player, very worthy to take on a continuing role as a senior veteran leader of the team, rather than being considered a “geriatric.”
Yes, a boxer can grow old in the ring during one fight. It can happen quickly. I agree. It can happen to any older athlete in any sport. But that is not Modric, and he is not there right now.
And he is not the kind who will put himself ahead of the team. He will know when it is time. If that day comes, he will know. He is top quality, as a player, and as a person.
We can’t blame Modric for this loss.
I think your points about Majer are more constructive. You have noted that Majer called Bilic and pushed to be named to the squad because he really wants to play for the national team. He is also in good form this season. Majer might be one player, with some veteran experience for the NT including in WC 2022, who has not seen the field in these games. Perhaps it might have helped us to use him a little over these past two games.
But we need to find a different mix of players to start against Spain.
Who to start?
What should our starting line up be on Tuesday?
Play U 21 team against Spain- these guys don’t want to play for Croatia, then play somebody who does
Can’t play the whole team
Only replace players based on injury and can’t say the whole team
Krama —-> still unfit return to club
Perisic —> soreness in legs after playing 270 minutes
Budimir —-> has the virus
Etc
Maybe 3-4 players max
I would agree at this point and I would have accepted this kind of a loss if that was the strategy to build a younger squad.
A friend of mine is Colombian, and he was watching the Spanish TV. They said something that was very true, were a talented team. They enjoy watching us play, we’re an underdog, but our best generation is behind us 1998-2018, those were special generations that come in Croatia maybe once every 20 years and who knows when the next generation will come. Is it the end of the world tonight for us? No, they said, but they did say that we can handle small time teams. Will be competitive. We can make tournaments, but we just do not have the talent or the skill or the endurance to go up against the powerhouse teams. and sadly that’s a true statement. I can accept the loss tonight. The English were better. I cannot accept how smug and arrogant and nasty this media was
We’ll see about that.
Teams like Spain, Germany, Brazil and the Netherlands have also lost by massive 5-goal margins to top teams and these commentators don’t say the same about them.
When Spain and Brazil were beaten at World Cup 2014 by huge scorelines, nobody said that they’re done for 20 years.
Funny this is Germany is a regular first round knockout team now. Italy can’t even qualify. Netherlands missed two tournaments in a row in that period too (in 2016 and 2018).
We have the talent and skill to go up against powerhouse teams. We just need a coach to figure out how to make it work, the same way Tuchel did for England (despite people questioning his moves).
Right on well said we can and we will but we need our own Tuchel and not billic .
No silver lining here. It was a terrible match from start to finish.
The only other things I can say are:
Dalić must have understood something about this team that Bilić has not yet understood.
Kovačić is the new anchor of the midfield. He missed that shot, but he was otherwise excellent. He’s finally the player we all wanted him to be.
Jakić is Croatia’s most underrated player. We keep seeing him perform well for the repka. I don’t care what club he plays for or whether he even gets any playing time there. He plays well for Croatia every time he’s on the field it seems.
Vlašić should be the starting RW.
Vušković could win every award in history, but if he can’t run fast enough to defend for the repka, then I would rather see someone else out there who can at least keep up with their mark. It is hard to see these terrible defensive performances by the repka with him on the field as a coincidence.
Something needs to change, whether it’s the lineup, the formation, or the strategy. Maybe changing to a back 5 was the right call, but it was too late. What a terrible match!
Why are posting ?
U don’t understand grade 1 math, nevermind advanced PhD statistics
Correlation ≠ Causation
The only “coincidence” here is u are a MORON and post like a MORON (that’s Causation)
Oh, I didn’t realize math tests were required to post on this board. Also, why the anger at me? I have no say in what happens at the HNS, “nosepicking” or otherwise. My kindergarten math skills predicted that Franjo Ivanović would start this game because he runs a lot. Those are statistics that don’t take much analysis: stopwatch and kilometers. England killed Croatia with speed and distances run, two times in a row now. Since you love stats, I would love to see what stats you manage to get about that.
Definitely a rough match (understatement). I also agree Vlasic should be starting, he’s VERY strong when he plays for Torino and is genuinely pretty good when he plays for the NT as well. And yes, Dalic found a way to work with these players that Bilic hasn’t caught onto yet. It clearly wasn’t as simple as us fans thought it was despite the talent at his disposal.
No positives from this game, but hopefully there were some lessons learned from it from both the coaches and players.
Unfortunately Vuskovic is terribly slow…don’t think he is playable…the hype train is over on him he will be exposed…
Bilic needs to call up Jagusic,
Vrbancic and Hrgovic (he doesn’t need to rest for 10 days before DZ) for the next game
Let’s start with that
Just let three players go back to their clubs with “injuries”
100% will happen – stay tuned
I think we should create a new formation… 8-1-1….. we won’t lose 7-0 again…. come on Bilic….channel your inner Pep…. change football forever …..we can coin it the “Croatia sucks need 8 at the back” formation.
This needed to happen so the NT can make a decision and find itself. Dalic was running things for a long time in terms of a NT coach tenure.
I made a comment here some time ago about the NT going back into darkness for a while after the golden generation veterans retired. It’s probably that time right now.
There is some very good youth rising through the levels. But you can’t easily rebuild with a nation of less than three million and lesser diaspora than nations like Spain and England.
Quite a shock today. But sometimes it happens. I’ll still be wearing my red and white checkers with pride and while also awaiting the next rebirth of the NT.
Great comment, completely agree. We’re entering a rough period but we’ll come back stronger sooner or later
Josip you make a lot of sense in what you say, but you also need to remember that those talented guys, they can’t be playing in HRT leagues. They need to be in better leagues, and it also starts with coaching, management, and talent development that has been a huge hindrance for us. Dalic was a huge mistake. He should’ve been gone years ago.. the darkness that you will lose to is going to be around for a while
Liva was NOT the problem. The defense was in total disarray. I would HATE to bunker against Spain in Split but we will get eaten alive unless Bilic figures this out in three days.
I love it, embrace the slaughter folks. This the rude awakening was what we needed under Dalic, we are not good anymore the golden generation is finally dead.
Get rid of all the senior citizens holding handicap parking spots, install a full youth movement and play everyone under the sun for a full rebuild.
This game is the nail in coffin we needed. We can’t even play basic defence let alone offence. Ivan had our first shot all game in the 90th minute.
Even Scotland knows how to put balls in the box but no we have to be cute.
Luka, Mateo, Ivan, must retire immediately so we can at least start with the growing pains and move on.
For all of you fanboys loving Dalic, he held us on a string for too long. It wasn’t about Croatias future but his legacy.
I love him for what he did but he’s the reason why we’re in this state. We took to long to start the rebuild and now will have more pain then ever.
Faster than Anonymous picking his nose.
Stronger then this forum’s greatest MORON
Able to eat 2 tons of cevapi in a single bound,
Look it’s Klepetan,
It’s Rimic Automobili,
No, it’s SUPER SLAV.
http://www.gofundme.com/BringZlatkoDalicBacktoCroatia
Target 5M
Hopefully he’ll return if we top up his wages
Give what u can – please
At least we didn’t have to experience a 30 minute Krama cameo/rehab today
That’s a positive
Hopefully the geriatrics all announce they are retiring after the Spain game and it’s time for the next generation to take responsibility/over
You talk too much, accusing Modric of messing with that young girl. Show some class. I have actually liked your comments but you have gone too far this week. Take a vacation from this site and reconsider some of the silly stuff that you say.
This site used to have serious and well-intentioned football discussion. Now it is full of obscenity and disrespect for the players that we should all respect for what they have done for the Croatian people on the global stage. It is offensive to make fun of a world cup silver-medalist who has been a model of professionalism throughout his career in such a ridiculous way. We would all be better off without these absurd comments.
I agree. I remember this site being a lot different years ago when I first found it. I maybe thought it was just nostalgia.
Croatian fans have always been critical of the NT, but this site has turned so negative it’s hard to even check in anymore. Even if every result after this is as bad of a loss as today’s, we always have to be proud of what we’ve accomplished since our bronze medal is 1998. We may be entering a rough period, but surely there’s more great moments to come
Sramota!
Each player should go out back and pick their own šipkas to get beat with.
If Bilic does that I might respect him again.
Told u Liva shouldn’t go to Barca
First Yamal said he’s figured him out in training and where to shoot
Ditto today with Anthony Gordon he told Tuchel his weaknesses and how England can exploit
Well done Andy Bara
7-0
they also figured out Kovacic weakness after watrching him in Prem league…let him have open net and he will shoot it wide
Go Soldic!
Watch him somehow lose 7-0
1:40 ET
Sutalo let’s Eze walk right in and pass it off in the box
No effort – why even bother coming on
?
Sutalo let’s Eze run right by him and go 1 on 1 with Liva
No effort – no attempt to impede him or defend him
Two massive mistakes in 12 minutes – imagine if he played over 90 minutes it would be 12-0 right now
Would it have mattered if played the full 90?? Noone in defense played well. The team has worse problems than Šutalo right now.
If this was the NFL we’d have lost a close one.
Spain early -13.5 favourites on Tuesday.
This is why nobody wants to pay more than 2M for Liva – market is ALWAYS efficient – Barca won’t let him back in the building after this
7-0
100% Sutalo’s goal
He was hiding in midfield doing nothing and Rogers was his man
He left a massive gap between Jakic and Vuskovic
100% on Sutalo – always hiding on the field and leaving everyone else out to dry
I guess he does play midfield after all 😅
Like a #10 who doesn’t defend.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shambolic
The post-match presser with Bilic will be magical no doubt
Your sarcastic remarks are a shame to all Croatians. You so often knocked down Zlatko for Pongracic and so many others. You are an arm-chair Quarterback with very little up in the head, hiding behind your computer. If I was head of this site, I would have fired you. We get what we deserve with Slaven. But being a loyal Croatian, I still hope for the best for our team.
I agree with Stjepan. It’s one thing to be cirtical, it’s another to constantly insult every Croatian player/coach week in and week out.
We had an amazing last few tournaments. This result was awful, but realistically we don’t have the talent to compete at the England/Spain level right now. Calling everyone close to the NT lazy, garbage, going as far as to insult their personal lives, etc. ; that’s not what we should be doing as fans.
You think if Pongračić was out there that things would be different?
We haven’t been good in a long time, with occasional spurts of good (like the second half against Portugal). But those performances are far and few.
We need a coach to fix this and get us to play consistently well.
If teams like Ghana and Congo can play England close (with a fraction of the talent we have) then why can’t we?
We needed to move on from Dalić and try something new (because he couldn’t figure it out after three years of the same issue).
Bilić is off to a shaky start. He may fail, and if he does, then we move on from him as well.
Resign Billic rebuilders go do urself this is the time to change things at the top
LMAO
Which moron let the Croatian kid in the stadium with a sign that says Bellingham is the GOAT
He was probably just calling him a magarac
Lol
No, he said goat. Get a life and work on your intelligence after the last year of reading you bash Coach Dalic. Quit hiding behind your computer and show some class.
Ha. I meant koza. Same type of insult.
Torcida need to invade training this week and have a word.
They will do it during the actual game.
I expect to see flares and UEFA fines.
Is there even a whole lot to say here?
We can’t hang with the big teams anymore, at least not right now. The quality isn’t there. These past 2 games also showed how underappreciated Dalic was. 10 goals conceded in the past 2 matches (so far). Yikes.
Embarrassing, and surely the nail in the coffin for our golden years that began in 2018.
Croatia has always had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. It looks like we may be reaching one of the low periods. Time to rebuild and prepare our younger guys
The more I watch this the more I feel bad why people constantly criticized Zlatko Dalic. I always defended the guy because he did the most with what we had while so many people criticized him for his decisions we are now seeing he was right all along. This all started several years back during the Kalinic days and then the Livaja incident…then the rumours about him being unfaithful, then the constant criticism of his sticking to senators …
The man deserves to be held in the highest regard and not crapped on by people that don’t understand this game. I’m losing hope! The National team used to bring us together until those that tried to destroy Dalic ended up destroying all of what we love.
Absolutely. He won us TWO world cup medals, and people were still calling for change. He’ll always be the best coach Croatia has ever had. Today proves it
It’s people like Maminjo that has the losing spirit. No class how he treated Coach Dalic after what he did. But he hides behind his computer and stirs up the ‘hating’ of a legendary coach. Good for Coach Dalic for taking the UAE job. Oh, I forgot that Vuskovic, P. Sucic, and Baturina are world class players.
You’re being emotional.
Calm down and drink a nice tall glass of soy milk.
These problems have been plaguing us for the past two tournaments where we finished in 20th place in both tournaments always easily losing top teams, ands struggling to get by teams ranked outside the top-50.
It was only a matter of time that we were going to be blown out like this and it happened.
@Maminjo You’d say we easily lost to Portugal last tournament? Easily lost to Portugal in 2016? I strongly disagree. We’ve consistently shown up strong to tournaments, even (arguably) in 2014 where we had a bad start because of referee bias.
Read what I wrote.
I said we played poorly that past TWO tournaments.
We’ve had very few good games in the past three years and we finished as the 20th ranked team in the last two tournaments.
Not sure why you’re bringing up tournaments from 10-12 years ago.
Even the past two tournaments, I don’t think we played poorly. We unfairly lost a hard-fought game against Portugal this WC, and got grouped in a tough group with Spain and Italy in 2024.
lol
6-0
And Bilic is now going to a back 5 bringing on Sutalo
Unreal
Does Livaković ever leave his line
Sometimes you just to have a decent keeper to build things from scratch again
Ivanović is a pale version of Rebic and that’s saying something
Anyone miss Dalic?
We were crushed by both Spain and England the last time we played them under Dalić as well.
We’ve been playing very lethargic for the past three years now.
Mamijo, be real. I’ve never seen us look this bad under Dalic.
We were this bad in the second half against England this past World Cup. Livaković bailed us out there.
We were also this bad against Spain at the past Euros.
We also played this poorly in our France loss at Nations League.
The difference is that Dalić is less of a risk taker than Bilić so our 3-0 losses under Dalić will become 6-0 losses under Bilić.
But they’ll still be losses.
We haven’t been good for years now. Scotland, Poland, Wales, Turkey, Albania, France, Italy, Spain, England, Portugal have all gotten the better of us in competitive matches.
We played maybe three good games in three years.
The point about risk-taking is actually a very good point. I also think player selection is part of this, but I will leave my comment about that above.
Croatia were no way this bad against Spain in the last Euro. It was 3-0 yes, but Croatia had equal chances and more possession. In this game, they were down 2-0 before they even held the ball for more than 10 seconds. This was light years worse than any game in the last 5 years.
Ok not this bad, but still got outplayed and outcoached.
We followed it up with the most lethargic displays against Albania and Italy (both very weak teams at the time) and we finished with our worst tournament finish ever.
Point is, we’ve been bad for a while now. So, the risk of a result like this happening is not sudden. It was always there. It just finally happened today.
Why did they bring Bilic back? What the hell did he even achieve
6:0????
Absolute sramota.
It looks like we never even practiced. The defense is so disorganized.
Matanović again has been great on the ball since being subbed on.
Is this Croatia against England or Azerbaijan in Croatia uniforms against England?
San Marino
They are most likely going to score again currently 5 -0 Billic should go.
Good thing we signed him to four years instead of two. 😓
Dalic 2:30pm ET semi final vs Oman – you know he’s loving this
At this rate Bellingham and Kane are gonna have hat tricks and it’s gonna be our worst defeat ever.
I hate to say this but I am starting to agree with Vlad, I think a passing of the torch and a period of rebuild may be needed. We have to prepare for some bad tournaments ahead I think.
Unfortunately, I think you are absolutely correct. It’s sad , but it is true.
Why is Vuskovic passing Bellingham on the back ?
He should be sticking a finger up his add to draw a red card or something
Is this just another “throwaway match” Ante?
lol 🤡
Fire Bilic
Vuskovic is like a sack of potatoes!
Are the under 14 going to start leaving early ? At some point the teachers need to save their mental health from more trauma
We need to win back possession and put together a lineup who can make good clean passes.
This England team is pouncing on every little mistake, and every little mistimed or slightly inaccurate pass. We need a technically gifted lineup to keep England honest.
I think we need to sub out Ivanovic.
Ivanovic is a hard worker, and I like that he runs…but he can’t get by Cole (or anyone) when it’s one-on-one. His passes aren’t crisp either, and they always bounce off him too hard when he receives them.
Musa has been fine, but maybe sub in Matanovic. He’s a great presser too, and he did well against Czech. I would sub him in there.
I would like to see possibly Lovro Majer out there (due to his elite technical ability and passing) but it’s a very HIGH risk, HIGH reward substitute.
I can’t believe Kovacic missed that open goal, but he’s been good out there. He needs help.
I don’t want to see Bilic clearing the bench, and I don’t want to see Mario Pasalic and guys like that out there.
This could end up breaking our worst ever 6-0 loss record.
Lewis Hall the LB is the best left back in the entire premier league
Nobody is getting past Hall – even if u have Yamal out there
He struggled getting by Czech players as well.
I think he just may be suited as a counter attacking striker up top (not on the wing).
When famous baseball player Rusty Staub demanded a raise from the Pirates after leading the league in Home Runs – they refused…
“We can finish last with or without you” is what the Owner said after a last place finish…
Nobody should feel secure in their team role
not Staub but Ralph Kiner LOL – sentiment is same
It was Ralph Kiner.
Worst player on the pitch BY FAR Joško
It’s hard to pick one player. But yeah he is definitely up there.
At least Vlasic is shooting the ball at the net or trying.
48:23
Great Liva punch
See how important Vlasic physicality and mentality is
In one minutes he’s pushed 3 England players over and they crying already
Defenders in Croatia are rated by how they perform offensively – not by the actually play defense.
Start playing actual defenders.
Gvardiol and Vuskovic look so stiff.…and stop playing Perisic in the back for the love of God.
This is all leading to the epic failure farewell vs Spain for Modric…. He can’t save us no more we need new faces new drum beat… Bilić psychology written all over this.. we stuck in 2nd gear next step is some players won’t be called expect many new faces… can we hit 3rd gear next that’s the question… a lot of things wrong in this game seems like the Spain game has left a dramatic impression on them
Disaster, never seen us outplayed like this. Even worse than the 6 – 0 drubbing by Spain in Elche in the first edition of NL.
Bad defending by entire team, however CB combination of Gvardiol and Vuskovic is a disaster.
everyone has been horrible…
Its a walk in the park for the jamaicans plus Kane and Gordon
Lmao. That is the most embarrassing performance I’ve ever seen BY ANY TEAM EVER. BUT….its good. Hopefully someone comes out of the changing room with a broken nose and we can start remembering that success doesn’t come from names. I can’t be bothered to analyse anything ..just the attitude. Pathetic. They have traumatised a generation of kids
Spain is going to smoke us.
Bilic no more aura. Stick to podcasts.
Was a great run-
but hard work is required to stay/get to another level – Croatia is not contenders any longer, but can make it back if attitude adjustment
Still a good side (beat Czech) but nowhere near elite
Bilic has obviously lost his aura
In 2008 he was just retired Modric Corluka and the rest idolized him
Today nobody cares about him except geriatric Modric who can’t carry the ball forward with it being a turnover ever my time
Where are all then morons who said away games don’t matter bc we’re going to do well at home ?!
Morons
We deserve this after trying to play cute away vs home
Bati also still unfit —> Vlasic
HT changes needed
Stani unfit —-> Jakic
Perisic too old/slow —-> Smolcic
Modric —-> anyone but Misic
Josko spent —-> Sutalo
Liva —> Kotarski
Save one final sub for later
No excuses. Being 4 down at half time is unacceptable, regardless if Spain and England are better teams
Ok that coach isn’t going to be the guy we need and we need to look outside Croatia ( fuck the Hns if they cant accept it)if we can’t find a good enough coach amongst our own people.
Told u
4-0
Saka completely free in front lol
Modric covering for unfit Stani
Vuskovic sliding tackle Bellingham
Worst half in history of Croatia football
Not even the scoreline it’s the effort and performance
Dalic is having the first and last laugh here at
BIlic must resign tonight. This is the worst half in our entire history.
Outscored 8-1 in 135 min yikes
Bilic do something ffs?!
This is humiliating
wow 4-0……..
Stanisic is horrible today.
Everyone has been horrible. I can’t find one bright spot.
This is an embarrassing performance in front of our children to be watching
My son has even gone to bed back here in Australia
Why?
It’s a great parenting lesson what happens when you don’t try, don’t put in the effort, don’t concentrate, and take ur eye off the ball in life – u get steamrolled
Excellent life lessons in this match
Kova miss
That’s the worse miss in the history of the NT
Poor Pero was wide open for a pass and shoot it in for a goal
Kova selfish
Kova miss
This might be the worst half in the history of the NT
U know it’s bad if Vuskovic is waving his arm on the 3rd goal
That’s the first negative body language in his career
Stanisic is clearly not fit – he shouldn’t be playing – that’s the issue
Liva waving his arms and kicking the post lol
What a miss Kova…ffs
The one time he could of just passed it into the goal
Horrible but ffs Livakovic glued to his line again
Well glad i’m not watching this
It’s 3-0 and whatever the fuck Bilic is doing is not working
Might better off with no CBs
My #1 concern about Bilić coaching this team is that the guy seems to be not much more than a Philosopher. He can talk and entertain us all by explaining his interesting point of view and vision but man he either has back luck or his players tune him out!
Agreed. He’s always been a better pundit than a coach.
Pathetic effort in front of the kids. Inspiring future generations?
Worst half ever.
LMAO
Misic and Jakic warming up
Let’s take off one geriatric for another !
This is the exact reason why Dalic didn’t trust Vuskovic and Gvardiol in the World Cup.
We make too many excuses for those two and then jump all over Sutalo even when it’s not his fault.
This is called “MISINFORMATION”! A bunch of people screaming “that would have been cut off if Vuskovic played”…well here you have it!
This game is not a Vuškovic/Gvardiol issue.
Yes, Gvardiol made a few gaffes so far (Vušković none really) but they’re being bombarded non stop for 30 minutes.
It has taken our midfield and forwards 30 minutes to take the ball off England.
Literally just 30 minutes of “keep away” and when we get the ball, we can’t even string two passes together.
2nd goal Vuskovic didn’t block the pass to Bellingham and 3rd goal he’s sleeping.
Come on Maminjo, he’s been terrible today
I posted that before the third goal.
But the first 30 minutes was it our CBs just being used for target practice. Something was going to give.
We have to be honest and open minded about our players and their performances buddy, Dalic saw what we are now seeing
Hrvatska’s passes were picked off 80% of the time.
No spinning this result, big trouble ahead
We don’t finish 23rd and 26th place respectively in our 2 last tournaments and expect a miracle..
This is not in any way surprising
This is another level.
Dalic had structure and shape.
This is pathetic
CBs unplayable. Definitely an area of concern
Absolutely ridiculous….. I always try to keep the faith , but this one is bad…. maybe we need to face facts. This is terrible!
lol
First goal Josko no pressure blind pass up the middle nowhere near any Croatian player
2nd goal Stanisic goes to pressure a man at the centre circle (lol) leaving Vuskovic 3 v 1 on the right side
Liva also useless glued to his line all game
Shambolic
U know it’s bad the under 14 are already booing – just a matter of time till they storm the field imo
Miss you Zlatko..
We can’t cope its not going to be a good Billic 2
Unfortunately for Bilić, this looks like Croatia-England 2008/2009 instead of 2006/2007.
This is hard to watch. Both CBs are lost
Our midfield and forwards are unable to take the ball off the English, and when we finally do get the ball, we lose it after one pass.
I don’t think anyone expected Gvardiol to be borderline unplayable in 2026.
Awful year for him in a Croatia shirt.
Really getting tired of Gvardiol lapses.
Sutalo fault everything is sutalo fault.
15% possession Šutalo fault
Good crowd!
As predicted Pickford back in
https://x.com/CroatiaFooty/status/2106396810231394430?s=20
Musa
Bati Pero Franjo
Kova Modric
Perisic Gvardiol Vusko Stanisic
Liva
TOLD U MORONS FRANJO WAS GREAT VS. CZECH (and that Luka Sucic couldn’t penetrate a first cap Czech LB (lol) and zero defensive work-rate)
Franjo has the MOST most important role of the team shutting down LW Anthony Gordon from Barca (England is now Gordon’s team – see his work-rate in both directions – just like Franjo)
Every single one of u MORONS don’t know what u watching when u watch Franjo (that’s the issue – hence why none of u should be posting – just Anonymous)
Also – told u MORONS – that Josko will move back to CB for this game and CB partner with Vusko with Stanisic coming back in (again – none of u MORONS saw this – ur crying Gvardiol is playing LB again and Sutalo coming in LMAO)
1000% prediction hit rate once again – over and over again
Honestly – 99% of u don’t have more than two brain cells – would call on Ante to institute a minimum brain cell test to remove 99% of the posters on here
We have an old LB who slow so we need a guy who works hard to help protect him yeah got it! Pretty simple stuff.
Anyone have a streaming link?
STOP POSTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON THIS WEBSITE
THE FBI CAN FREEZE, SEIZE, ANS SHUT DOWN THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE OF U MORONS WITH UR ILLEGAL LINKS OVER AND OVER AGIN
ALSO, IF U CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY FOR CHANNELS – YOU DEFINETELY SHOULDN’T BE POSTING ON THE INTERNET – GO HAMMER SOME MORE NAILS SO U CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR CHANNELS
THANKS
Dude, you need to relax.
And please stop spamming this board.
Wow not the lineup i expected – with a front line or franjo and musa- but i like that Bilić is not scared to mix things up, and now that we have the strongest possible midfield and defense, these two really get to show if can cut it for the repka!
Dzeko was a complete FAILURE at U19 and U21 levels
He wasn’t even good enough to play for Bosnia between 2004 and 2006 lol
And only got his debut for the A-team at 21
2003–2004 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 5 (0)
2006–2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 5 (1)
2007–2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina 152 (73)
Important to keep in mind when judging young talent
@Maminjo
As predicted
The crowd is 95% adults (in line with Anonymous “more than half”)
Sure they’ll bus a few kids in – but there are actually no limits on adults – there are already in the stands waiting for the token kids to arrive to fill up the rest
https://www.jutarnji.hr/sportske/nogomet/rijeka-bez-atmosfere-hrvatska-engleska-split-priprema-spektakl-15752336
1000% prediction hit rate – every single time
Modric decide when, how and for long he plays – he did it at Real Madrid – don’t think he does it for the NT too where he has 1000x more leverage/goodwill
DAVIDE Ancelotti (37) spoke about the events at Real Madrid in a major interview with As. The son of the famous Carlo has been the coach of Lille since the beginning of the season, but in this interview he received the most questions about his time at Real Madrid. He spent a total of six years there in two terms, holding two different positions in his father’s coaching staff.
From 2013 to 2015, he was a fitness coach, and then from 2021 to 2025, he was an assistant coach. During these six years with Real, he won 11 trophies, including two Champions Leagues and two Spanish league titles. Recalling the turbulent El Clásico a year ago, when Real’s victory over Barcelona (2-1) was overshadowed by the outburst of Vinicius, who refused to leave the game and shouted at coach Xabi Alonso, Ancelotti junior said:
“Modrić did what Vinicius did”
“It’s not a scandal, nor proof that Vini is problematic. On the contrary, he is an example of everything positive. Real Madrid players are incredibly professional. We’ve never had a bad reaction from anyone.”
“They don’t want to leave the pitch? Okay, that’s normal. What Vini did, Kroos has done a thousand times. Modric did it too in his own way. Casemiro did it. But that doesn’t mean the players are in charge. In the Real Madrid dressing room, the coach is the boss.”
Ahmeti, Tomich and Frederiksen all start vs. Toma Basic’s Venezia
https://x.com/NKIstra1961/status/2106361936804040890?s=20
Dzeko had to wait until he retired to get thrown in the air
It’s nice Modric had the same treatment at 200 caps
x.com/BHLiveOfficial/status/2106129607338406295?s=20
I’m sure when Modric watches this (Dzeko) he’s never going to retire from the NT
https://x.com/KaniFroh/status/2106145248418345193?s=20
Get a life, clown.
Does anyone have a link to watch the game today from within the US??
Can’t you afford to pay for some channels ?
Dies anyone know a link to watch the match today?
Feel bad for Majer at this point – hopefully he gets 90 vs. Spain (where 4-5 players have already gone home including Nico Williams)
Croatian Football
@CroatiaFooty
🚨🇭🇷 Slaven Bilić has left Marin Pongračić, Lovro Majer, Ante Budimir and Dion Drena Beljo out of Croatia’s squad for today’s Nations League clash against England.
I would bench Livakovic he had a poor game against Spain, also he isn’t playing regularly in Spain. Time to make him sweat, give pandur the start and see what happens. Livakovic has it too good for too long collect fat cheques warming bench or playing in HNL and automatically starts for repka.
Stanisic
Sutalo
Vuskovic
Gvardiol
Kova
P.Sucic
Baturina
L sucic
Vlasic
Matanovic
The loss is not on livakovic he never had a chance
If Anonymous has his way, all those kids will fall victim to the Evil Pedo Luka as he signs all their jerseys.
Croatian Sports community demands a RED CARD ban for defamation of character for a minimum 2 weeks to 6months.
Faster than Anonymous picking his nose.
Stronger then this forum’s greatest MORON
Able to eat 2 tons of cevapi in a single bound,
Look it’s Klepetan,
It’s Rimic Automobili,
No, it’s SUPER SLAV.