The Vatreni are 90 minutes away from immortality.
Croatia have gone through the ringer and managed to come from behind in three straight knockout round matches. Two penalty shot affairs plus an extra time victory against England have brought them to the 2018 World Cup Final; where they will meet a very good French team.
And no matter what happens on Sunday in Moscow, this Croatia team have already won! They have stolen the hearts of neutral fans all over the world!
Croatia shocked Lionel Messi and Argentina.
Croatia handled hosts Russia on their own home soil.
Croatia sent an overconfident English team home! (Well, after their 3rd place match.)
But most importantly, this Croatian side has sparked something inside Croatian hearts we have not seen since the 90’s.
Croatians from the Domovina and Dijaspora are cheering across the world with one spirit, one voice, one heartbeat. From Australia to Zagreb, Los Angeles to Toronto, the flares have been lit as this Croatian side has united us all in one euphoric trance.
“Did that just happen?” has been the most prevalent question amongst Croatians.
“How much more of this can I endure?” has also been heard.
It’s not always easy to be Croatian. We do it the hard way. But when we get together and are on the same page, there’s no stopping us. After a disastrous second half to qualifying, where Croatia lost to Iceland, lost to Turkey, drew Finland and escaped with a 1-0 victory over Kosovo in the mud, I questioned where this team’s mind, heart and soul was. I thought they were distracted. I thought they needed a reset. I didn’t think they cared about playing in the World Cup.
They were lost. But then found themselves.
Čačić out. Dalić in.
A new lifeline was given and with Croatia needing a victory in Kiev to force a playoff round berth, Andrej Kramarić scores twice in the second half to put Croatia through to play Greece.
Like I said, Croatians do stuff the hard way. So why would the World Cup be any different with the entire world watching?
This Vatreni side have given every fan “bang for their buck” going to three straight extra time matches.
They are a team of destiny. They are playing with love, camaraderie, spirit and fire. They will be the underdog against France on Sunday. But this Croatian team has intangibles that no Vegas oddsmaker could ever calculate.
Famous French emperor Napolean Bonaparte once said, “Give me 100,000 Croatians and I will conquer the world!”
On Sunday, it will only take 11 Croatians to conquer the world, fittingly, against the French.
@Maminjo
C’mon guy, you were mocking Iceland along with Iggy before the tournament, and you were right because we beat ’em with our reserve players.
How do you explain beating Argentina 3-0 and then not being able to beat Denmark and Russia in 90mins?
We didn’t have a clear path to the Finals at all.
We were HANDS DOWN in the toughest Group of the tournament. Nobody had it harder than us, and we had to top the group to avoid France in the Round. of 16.
Because of our brutal Group, we were ‘rewarded’ with Denmark. Russia beat Spain, but to be honest, we would have beaten them as well. We have the same strengths and weaknesses as Spain, but our strengths are stronger than theirs, plus we have wingers.
YES IGGY IRAN AND MOROCCO CHALLENGED GOOD TEAMS LIKE SPAIN AND PORTUGAL BY PLAYING ANTI FOOTBALL LIKE GREECE BOTH IRAN AND MOROCCO HAVE BAD PLAYERS. MODRIC NAME JOINS OTHER GREAT FINALISTS WHO LOST LIKE PUSKAS IN 1954 WON THE GOLDENBALLAWARD AS WELL.
@filip
Great posts. You are bang on.
The thing is it isn’t luck cos those teams you mentioned deserved to lose.
We saw the likes of Iran and Morocco challenging Spain and Portugal, Germany losing to Korea, Argentina failing to beat Iceland; this may just be the new norm. The gap is shrinking between the top teams and the lesser teams so it’s really not luck at all. You have to perform to advance, you don’t just get to the quarter final cos your name is Spain.
And its kinda funny because after we lost to Portugal i was thinking “DAMN WE WILL NEVER HAVE SUCH A CLEAR PATH TO A FINAL EVER AGAIN”..then 2 years later… here we are. Lets beat France and get that golden star above our HNS badge
I’m taking nothing away from Cro. They have had a great tournament. However, they did play Denmark, Russia, and England on the road to the final. I’m glad we did! and im glad we are in the final. BUT assuming all the big teams played to their potential and ill say even if we won the group.. our road would had most likely been Denmark, Spain, Germany. So yes..we defintly got lucky
@Citizen of Croatia
I feel that the last 10 years or more have been like the semifinal game vs. Eng. It’s the first half and we’re 1 down, now it’s the second half and we’re coming on strong. Currently, it’s 1-1 and we’re in control. A glorious time for us. The future looks bright. Thank you all who have made this possible and their supporters.
@ Slavonac
Hvala Brate. We don’t need to agree on nogomet as long as we love Croatia.
Actually happy that you have the bragging rights at home!
@ Svima
Full focus as we are T-12 hours.
But as always I am most optimistic about who we are as footballing nation going forward.
Dalić is real.
UEFA Nations League will challenge our young talent.
No more blowing your knee out at Estonia friendly.
Boban is the most powerful Hrvat at FFA.
Šuker will need to put that World Cup money to use or his ass is next to go to jail.
Bog i Hrvati ..
Enjoy the match and thank your parents for being Croatian.
ZDS
U BOJ .. U boj ..
Holiga is a piece of sh-t and that goes for anon and others who have never achieved anything of distinction and denigrate those who have. Stop being such jealous pr-cks.
I’m from Split and a Hajduk supporter, but it’s obvious the leadership at Hajduk are jealous Mamic did what they couldn’t. Remember, Hajduk passed on Modric allowing Dinamo to acquire the wizard. Mamic pushed Croatian football talent throwout Europe bringing renown to Croatia and in turn became filthy rich. As did the players, I might add.
Were his methods impure and self-serving? Yes, get over it. That’s how it’s done. In many countries, people like Mamic are celebrated. The true injustice is, 90% of non-doers of the world think they have the right to pass moral judgment on men like Modric, Lovren, Suker, and Mamic.
Question to all. If we had this team and coach during our run at euros would we have won? And going forward what can Croatia repka do to keep our guys winning? And become a legitimate contender with respect and not a Cinderella dark horse that people think is a fluke. I like to see us win euro , or at least get out the group and make the final four. And make a successful run In Qatar. We might not win but at least get out of the group and make the quarters or final 4. We want to remove the stigma of being a fluke a dark horse and Cinderella story. And finally does anyone believe that if Mamic was still in the picture would we be in the finals.? I believe he was a cancer that plagued our team the last 10 years , and that he was equally responsible for a lot of the teams failed campaignings in euro and the World Cup.
God to bed now. Tomorrow we dine in hell.
^
You left out @Poglavnik, he’s only a Croat when he’s stoned.
Kvartuc, svircic, zoric & holiga all have one thing in common
Yugos.
@Poglavnik
I’ve always wondered how it is that idiots like you are so full of confidence, you’re a stoner Lol, escaping reality for fantasy.
Now you can fuck off you Yugo cunt.
Some people are dumb (you) and easily influenced.
Doesnt mean theyre bad people though.
Others have principles and minds that can not be corrupted. I have more respect for those types of people.
What do you think of Benihana? Do like it?..
Fuck off!
@Poglavnik
What do you think about Modric and his principles? I know you agree with Holiga on Kramaric, but I’m thinking where Modric is concerened you couldn’t care less about his principles so long as he plays well for the team?
So I was curious to know why you bought up Holiga’s article to begin with?
what would happen if all of the old and new characters from here met at one location
@maminjo and Iggy:
I just got done telling my wife how as much as I love the world cup, im looking forward to its end because im drained. I feel like Ive ran through 3 extra time games. The highs and lows over the past few weeks mess you up in the head. Tomorrow, it will all be worth it.
Fuck are you simple..
So hating someone means you’d never agree to anything they ever said?
I despise u but even u might spit up some shit that makes sense once a blue moon.
I also basically had a disclaimer about hating Holiga and feeling wrong about even reading or spreading his word when I mentioned that article. I can honestly say I’ve red less than 10 things that guy has ever written. Why don’t you remind me of my exact words? I dont normally remember shit cuz Im a stoner. Pull it up from the files uv got on everyone that’s every wronged one of your multiple personalities u fucking psycho!
Perisic was also efficient and played well at World Cup 2014 and also Euro 2016.
My heart and other organs are completely taxed. I’ve had this constant mild stomach anxiety every day for the past two weeks, with massive spikes happening during the games. I should schedule a physical next week
@ Maminjo, i totally get it dude. MY teeth have been sore for a couple of weeks from clenching my jaw and ive also had that constant anxiety and butterflies in the stomach all the time and like hell the day before the games! haha. Man it’s torturous but we can’t help it i guess! We have to represent! 😀
Kako dobro Perišić radi kako ide Hrvatska. Bog ga blagoslovio.
Soul Champ, I haven’t always agreed with you but I will say this….you bleed for Hrvatska and you are a true believer and patriot. Svaka ti Cast Buddy!
@Poglavnik
Not long ago you were endorsing an article by Holiga you fool!
The one that referred to Kramaric as a man of principles for not getting into bed with Mamic, remember, you agreed with Holiga?
What do you think abour Modric?
Or maybe its fixed the fix is in To je Druga Rasa Druga Klasa one lady told Karim Benzema to go back to Algeria.
France just jinxed themselves with the printing of that
2 Star jersey. Their demise has been sealed.
ZDS!
Fuck man, I’m spent.
My heart and other organs are completely taxed. I’ve had this constant mild stomach anxiety every day for the past two weeks, with massive spikes happening during the games. I should schedule a physical next week.
I hope I survive tomorrow’s game.
Was going to write a lengthy bit about coming to this site daily for what feels like nearly a decade, and how nice it’s been to “know” a lot of you here. Was gonna list all the fools on here I love and would welcome wholeheartedly to my home but I realized the list would be too long.
As of now if you’re not Holiga, The Truth, or Anonymous it’s been nice knowing you through all the shit we’ve endured in the last 20 years with this team.
Those other 3 though can seriously go do one! Even in our finest sporting hour they’re still talking shit..
Its funny how they said Igor Stimac nas Bivsi Igrac/Strucnjak Izbornik was contradicting hinself about all the Afticans who play for France with the debate argument that we had two Brazilians Eduardo and Sammir in 2014. Yeah we did but that was isolated only once it happened its not a legit debate.
Let’s do it boys! 1 more to go. Won’t sleep tonight know that for sure. Lol.
Any Croatians in south east Van that aren’t going to The Centar, holler!
Any Croatians in the Boston area – we will be meeting at Lir Bar on Boylston St. Hope to see you there! Let me know if you are coming!
@Crnkovic
Who do you choose though, Croatia or Zambia if you had to make a choice?
Remembering that selection implies rejection, we then look for the reason you chose one over the other?
Most African players will choose success over loyalty to their African roots, that’s the African way.
I will say that the choice they make isn’t against the rules and that it shows that most of ’em are coconuts anyway.
I prefer Kevin Prince Boateng to Jerome Boateng.
Truth gets off on stirring the pot. Just ignore her.
@Crnkovic
“As a dual heritage Zambian/Croatian who would also qualify to play for England or indeed Scotland…I can tell you that I would always choose Croatia or Zambia. Because that is the romantic commitment and passion for the mother/fatherland.”
Croatia or Zambia though, who would you choose? Remember by selecting one you reject the other, so we then look to the reason for your choice?
Like I said before Africans will always choose success over loyalty to their African roots, that’s just the way Africans are.
I wil say that these African players are doing nothing against the rules though by choosing to represent France, and that most of ’em are coconuts anyway.
I prefer Kevin Prince over Jerome Boateng.
Truth is a idiot…luck happens 7 times in a row huh…
Sorry truth you are wrong. When neutral pundits say we have the best mid field in Europe we are not a mere above average team. Add Mandzukic, good enough for champions league teams, Kovacic, good enough for Real and Perisic and you get them picture. We will always have weaknesses because we just don’t have the resources but don’t dismiss this team as mere above average.
http://thestreetjournal.org/blog/2018/07/14/france-vs-croatia-nike-predict-france-world-cup-win-with-20000-two-star-shirts-printed/
Whoever is in charge of this should be ashamed.
The truth has been an accurate, realistic, and faithful hrvat
3 things few can say
Now truth troll is trying to crap on us during our greatest sporting moment ever. Get the F out of here truth troll. Why is he still posting here? Why is the troll still allowed to even post here?
@ slavonac
I agree. It’s funny to watch all those who hated on the national team and were so principled jumping back on the bandwagon
It’s like any time this team hit a bump in the road, they were ready to throw things all away
Kvartuc calls for a walk off
Svircic announces hes no longer watching Croatian soccer
The list goes on and on
People have gotten on me for being a realist that Croatia is just an above average side, but i never wavered and rooted for them and consistently praised modric
As a realist, i recognize Croatias run is massively due to luck, they remain just an above average side… No Brazil, no Germany, no France etc
But that’s the beauty of it…. Us faithful hrvati have won the lottery this summer, so let’s rejoice in it.
And as a good Catholic, like in the story of the prodigal son, i will even welcome back the sinners like kvartuc and svircic
@ Slavonac
Bang on Brate.
I remember when Ziva called Modrić a bust and spent years denying the fact.
Cynical Hrvati get to act like internet tough guys and then scatter like rats when the light of success shines on Croatia.
All good.
We exist as a people for millennia and now we have a modern nation state despite all the external and internal threats.
We have something in our DNA that allows us to give our hearts for the Soul of our people.
ZDS tactics for the final.
Let France feel the weight of losing two finals in a row.
Portuguese play for the shirt.
Croatia play for the Grb.
France footballers does not give a crap about France.
They can sing all they want.
Vatreni reprezentacija is named this for a reason.
Ljepa naša domovino as you scan the team will be Croatians singing their hearts out.
Win or lose .. Mi smo Hrvati.
Most of us have been supportive which is why I’m pointing this out. Those others not get a free pass to jump on the wagon and act as if they’ve been behind the team and country.
I always have been 100 per cent fan and will be for the rest of my life!
I’m here : )
IT is only 6.30 am Aus time atm after all.
You know i totally forgot the bronze medal match was on but good to see England lose again. This great english team lost 3 matches. 3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, LOL. And this is what they think is awesome?
What a bunch of loosers.
Also, i wasn’t quiet before but my posts are still “in moderation” as per usual!
Hey, I never wavered in my support!
Igor Stimac making headlines https://sputniknews.com/worldcup-2018-archive/201807141066347328-ex-croatia-manager-french-racism/
Where’s my boy Iggy at? He’s fucking quiet today.
@ Soul
Agreed. We need some fresh legs because you would think at some point we will slow a bit given how much our starters have played. But you’re also spot on about our mental strength. The longer this game goes, the stronger we get and the more that will play on the French’s minds.
Holiga is a wolf in wolfs clothing. Pathetic to pose as a Croat…disgusting but typical Yugo.
idiotic comments on this page about race and the french team. for example:
Real Modric says:
@Vuki What if a Croatian is born in Senegal to Croatian parents do you honestly think the people will accept him as on of their own in the country i think not I rest my case.
— of course they would accept him. why not? if he was good enough to improve the team and he was passionate about representing senegal they would definately accept him.
there is still a higher than average ratio of ignorance and ill informed racist polemic on this site. you would think that with Croatia about to play the WORLD CUP FINAL!!!! you guys might be able to enjoy the game and be proud of yourselves…. instead you are fixated with the France players of African heritage. really pathetic guys
As a dual heritage Zambian/Croatian who would also qualify to play for England or indeed Scotland…I can tell you that I would always choose Croatia or Zambia. Because that is the romantic commitment and passion for the mother/fatherland.
I’ve never liked it when a guy choses France over an African country. but at the end of the day it’s his choice. The minute he pulls on a France jersey he is French, and will never enjoy my support. France, England, Belgium, others…these are countries with an imperialist history. stealing resources, and worse, all over the world. that’s why they have large ethnic minority populations from their former colonies.
But Imagine what england would be like without black people? Boring as hell for one thing.
Get a life guys. try to understand things in their proper context. For example most african countries were only created towards the end of the imperial age and have several ethnic groups and languages. african countries are as ethnically diverse as european countries. its not skin colour that makes much difference. you think croatians are just like english? you think igbo tribe have the same mentality as hausa? It’s just your ignorance that shines so brightly with your comments. it’s really pathetic. get a life…or even better an education. Precisely as the world is watching Croatia, and the Vatreni are making us proud, a minority of idiots on this site, and no doubt elsewhere, are busy trying to bring shame on us all with your deep ignorance and hatred….U BOJ
If you want to have an opinion on something ask someone who knows something first OK? Don’t consult “statistics for racist idiots Vol.5”
Hajduk should just apply to play in the Serbian league since they hate everything Croatian anyway. Plus their quality of football matches that of the prestigious serbian league
site is just a bunch of two faced yugos
odjebi srbine*
tears.
IDEMO!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcJAV7Um0nA&frags=pl%2Cwn
@Anonymous. Is it true holiga’s half serb half hungarian? If it is that explains alot. In my younger days I’ve had good experiences with hungarians, lately not so much. My neighbors are hungarians and they are fucking miserable, the only time they say anything to me is when they are complaining about something. They are anti-social and avoid me when they see me so they don’t have to say hi or wave. The day after Cro beat Denmark, I took my nephew to his soccer game and started talking to a Hungarian immigrant who came to Canada in 2001. He started telling me how he hates all slavic teams and especially Croatia. He claims we stole land from them or some bull shit. I called Hungarians gypsies and told him they would never have a respectable soccer team ever again. Let me tell you he didn’t like that!….HAHAHA fucking magyar gypsies. Fuck Holiga too!
@Truth
Odjebi srbin…
>>The Modric supremacy: why Croatia’s talisman should win the Ballon d’Or
>>The brilliant Croat has been the driving force behind Croatia’s run to the final. Now he deserves to dethrone Messi and Ronaldo as the finest player on the planet
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/14/luka-modric-worlds-greatest-croatia-france-world-cup-final
I’m not surprised at how many who were talking about sending Modric to jail, now have him as their hero! They were never true fans and never will be. Dalic has mentioned this many times!
It’s not only Holiga, yesterday Croatiansports very own Zoric was talking about Mamic. Imagine that…Modric, Lovren, Dalic, Vrsaljko, Pivaric, Mandzukic…amd more…all connected to Mamic and yet he’s in Moscow, apparently now on the bandwagon!
Priceless!
Kalinic quit, many are writing about how divided a country Croatia is, non stop battering about Modric and “ne sicam se”…and yet these guys are all of a sudden on the bus to the finals with those of us that have never wavered!
You guys know that he’s half Serbian and half Hungarian.
Dude has his agenda. He’s a wannabe Yugo and hates all things Croatian. Constantly posts about how great a Yugo team would be, and is always silent when his beloved Serbia commits shameful acts in sports.
He can write whatever he wants, but don’t pose as some ‘Croatian’ if you have an obvious ethnic and ideological bias against that country. Just call yourself Serbian or Yugoslavian if that is how you truly feel.
novak:
http://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2018/07/14/5b49ea8e46163ff3328b45c3.html
@anonymous
Lol. Agree. No Hrvat names his know kid Alexsander. Tells you everything about him. 🙂
@Hrvatska. Yup kalinic quit on his team and country and jugo holiga wants a war between the north and the south of Croatia. Im going to Cro in a month, if I see him im gonna let him have it. At least the prick picked Cro to win on penalties.
Aleksandar, pfft!
No rightful Hrvat has that name.
Bastards like that have it the worst.
@ante
Damn iPad.
Thank you for posting. This must be driving the jugo holiga crazy. As you point out only holiga and Kalinic are divided.
Thanking you for posting. This must be driving the Hugo holiga crazy. As you point out only holiga and kale no are divided.
http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3564354/france-versus-croatia-which-side-will-come-out-on-top-in-the-world-cup-final Here’s that twat Holiga’s prediction for tomorrow. That fucktard keeps saying “divided nation”. The only ones divided are him and Nikola Kalinic from the rest of us. Svi smo skupa Aleks, odi u kurac!
Mandžukić is a big game player and will a goal or two in him tomorrow.
We have spent years debating his value.
All the while he scores and wins every place he plays.
He finishes everything!
Those droopy eyed ugly english are inbred.
I did see a report this morning that Perisic will play. Honestly though, I think we won’t know for certain until an hour beforehand. Leading up to the last match all reports said Vrsaljko was “ruled out”, so I think there is a bit of misdirection involved in these rumors.
Those of you attending streetsville tomorrow
They are setting up 2 large screens
16×9 and 11×9
Should be good!
How can we deal with a speedy break from Mbeppe ? Lovren will try a tackle. Vida is quicker. But is there any strategy for this?
Hrvatska 3 – 0
Lovren ’19, Strinic ’41, Kovacic ’90+1
Perfect minutes to score at!
Are they really going to let a Serb ref these finals.
=U=
Counting Portugal in 2016 that’s 4 straight ET games. Maybe a 5th is in store?..
You will win! I am sure! Greetings from Bulgaria and fingers crossed for You!
Any word on Perisics injury? I hope he will be good to go.
Thats why we play the 4-5-1 Formation France is a different animal.
We don’t want this game to end up like the euro game against Portugal we should’ve taken it to penalty kicks is that we try to go forward and pay dearly I would play defense of game in Calendar I will drag this out until the very end France is the better team let them open up an attack
Vrsaljko knows Griezman well from Atletico Madrid.
We don’t want to fall behind against France they shut down shop and played anti football versus Belgium they scored from a corner. We should play 4-5-1 and get players behind the ball then score on counter attack because France can score 3 or 4 goals in an open game.
So france’s style of play presents both hope and despair for croatia in this game
despite being extremely talented offensively, france has played a very defensive style. They have kante in the middle doing his usual hurricane style clearing work that he’s been so successful at
but rather than have him operate alone like his club teams often do, they have dropped pogba back alongside him to actually play much more defensive than he usually does
which explains a lot of why france has rarely given up goal scoring opportunities in this tournament
and instead on offense, they largely rely on mbappe to create one on one, often outnumbered thinking his talents will overwhelm….so far so good
so if croatia can use their numbers on defense to shut down these offensive threats, they can give themselves enough time to bag a lucky goal at some point and steal a victory like portugal did in 2016
if croatia falls behind early again, it will be a daunting task given frances incredible defensive fortitutde
@ Mali Ante
Your man from Livno has had the greatest 9 month run of any national team manager ever!
His club cup experience is paying dividends for our one off matches.
France is weak mentally and there patriotism is BS.
They will fold if we make them doubt there “superiority.”
All of our offensive stars can also put in a shift defensively.
Brozovic has been excellent as CDM for both Inter and during our run. Point is when he tires he needs to come off for fresh legs.
I like Kovačić infusion of explosive running.
We have the ability to keep a clean sheet.
No interest in style points.
France match will present opportunity for lightening quick counter attack.
The beauty of our team is that we are so intelligent that we can implement a winning game plan.
Dalić has the ability to devise a tactical set up that our boys can execute.
Funny I am not impressed with France”s run up to the finals.
Argentina – slowest defenders at World Cup.
Uruguay – no Cavani, there best striker.
Belgium – squeaked by on one header from corner.
Let’s see France under duress?
Longer the march goes the stronger we get.
Long live death ! We are winning this !
I’m a huge fan of Kramaric and what he brings to the pitch as a #9 with his skill and footwork. He’s hungry, he wants to score, I get it. However, at this stage you can’t be greedy and selfish. The team result matters, not the person who scored the most goals. I think he learned his lesson.
@ Klokan Australac
Why are you so happy that the Serbs are jealous that we are in the final ? Your acting as if we already won the World Cup. You should just worry about France. I mentioned my Serbian friend just because he made a great point of how such a small nation can produce such good players and are also playing well at the World Cup And win or lose we should be proud of ourselves. Your Australian right? You guys hate Serbs more than you love being Croatian. You Australian Croatians man, you guys are out there lol
@RealModric
Yea I just read on CBS sports that France is wearing all blue and we are wearing the checkerd Jersey with white shorts and white socks. Lol just like 1998. I was really hoping we would wear the navy blue like we have been the past 5 games. Im not into jinkesss but damn man it’s like “ you gotta be kidding me “ lolol
Its not really a replay 20 years on that was a Semi Final all different players all new Croatia all new France and its a Final.
I hope our team can get up to speed quickly in this game. The last three games they showed nerves at the beginning and that cost us dearly each time. They need to assert themselves from the get go and be compact.
Souls Champ mentioned that we have to be compact for the France game – spot on!!
France’s speed is something we have to be weary of. We win this game by playing compact and waiting for our opportunity to pounce! Give them the ball and hit them on the counter…we truly can counter with the best of them.
@ Soul Champ
I would say the game will dictate our subs. Dalic has been excellent with his ability to read the game and make in game adjustments. If we need a goal, a selfish Krama might be a better option. He can create and score in small spaces. Kova loses the ball too much for my liking but still has the ability to change the game as well. I trust the man from my parents home of Livno will make the right adjustments/subs.
Crazy to hear the last game no one wanted to come off. Shows what they will lay everything on the line for the replay and each other. The unity being shown is truly amazing!
Kramaric not laying off to Perišić was wack.
Actually think the final is beyond Kramaric.
Curious?
Conceding first and going extra time and penalties against three inferior teams is ideal conditions?
Something has to shift for us to take this World Cup.
Kovačić needs to play a part.
Sure as hell play him off the bench before Kramaric.
Pivaric for Strinic is a must.
We have the heart AND we need fresh legs in certain spots.
That’s why we have a 22 man squad!
@ Mixed Grill
Agree with everything you said. The Turkish ref let them play.
Strinic hd played well earlier in the tourney but struggled last game. Seemed very unsure and indecisive…Pivaric seemed a little more lively and decisive.
For those saying Kovacic should start ahead of Brozovic, there is no way we that happens. Why change what got us here??
Kiva would be a great sub with fresh legs.
I do notice that Croatians soccer players generalyl bloom a little later. I think Kova will be an excellent player for us but as Maminjo said he’s not quite ready.
So pumped for Sunday…it’s like I’m dreaming….
U Boj!!!
Rebic and Lovren have to be warned about their physicality. They were let off last game, another ref and they could have received yellows.
Strinic needs to offload sooner to Rakitic Modric. I would not mind if Pivric replaces him. Feel bad for him actually, he works hard but his skill lets him down.
Brozovic a revelation. Fast, good passer, great pace. Love his game.
Rebic has at times been impressive but has lacked finish.
It will be Bastille day on the 14th so maybe FIFA fixed it so the French could play Croatia we will be wearing the Red and White Checkers Red white and blue also French colours Conspiracy theories.
@croatian person85
That was the second time Kramaric did that. I believe it was in the Argentina match where he had Perisic in the same position and elected to shoot a much tougher shot and failed. He can’t do that tomorrow.
@Vuki What if a Croatian is born in Senegal to Croatian parents do you honestly think the people will accept him as on of their own in the country i think not I rest my case.
Dudu Sammir look at the NBA people call it Nothing But Africans no place for the white American reverse racism in College.
I see where people are coming from with this thought that the French aren’t French, but the way I see it, if you are born in a country, that is part of your heritage. If we all had that way of thinking, there would be no such thing as a US national team because no one is pure American. I’m also fine with people playing for another nation after gaining citizenship as long as they show some passion while they play and don’t just play for that team because it’s the best team out of the options they have. Dudu is a great example of this in my opinion.
I just want to stress you guys should be super, super-happy even if we lose the final.
Like ive said, it’s really a celebration on the night and im gonna be ecstatic either way. If we win it would just be amazing to see that in our lifetimes but i want everyone to be chill and actually be super happy and proud even if we lose, in case that does happen.
For me, fucking england off is one of the greatest wins we’ve ever had (perhaps the best). I really hate them so that to me was super-special!
The official language in Togo Brate Mile is French. 40-50% Are non French in France prisons and in England 15% so Multiculturalism doesnt work.
Yes it is a big achievement to make the World Cup Final and Serbs are already jealous i dont care if they are your friends or not they always go home in the group stage. Imagine how jealous the Serbs would be if we win it they would be speechless. Deep down they are lying.
@Idemo
“So if ur grandpa was born in Togo and ur parents in France and u in France u should play for Togo? Even tho u have never been in Togo don’t know the language, idiotic comment”
What’s the official language in Togo?
Kramaric could be a bit of a egomaniac meat head sydndrome he was selfish was going for glory Perisic was open. I just looked at our 1999 World Youth Squad with the likes of Seric,Mikic,Vranjes that was a very bad below average squad with many bad players it was a bad generation who knows about the future.
My Serbian friend ( Yes I do have Serbian friends ) made me realize after the England game how much of a huge accomplishment that it is that Croatia made it to the World Cup final. I was telling him that France was most likely going to beat Croatia and my Serbian friend was telling me that the French are pussies who always surrender. It is A accomplishment when countries even qualify for the World Cup. Remember how happy we were when we barely qualified for this World Cup tournament? I will obviously be upset if we lose the final but at the end the day for a country with a population of 4 million people who produce such great soccer talents is TRULY REMARKABLE!!!! Idemo do kraja!!!!! Za dom I za narod, SPREMNI!!!!!!
I was talking to one of my Serbian friends ( and yes I do have Serbian friends) who told me no matter what happens at the final that I should be extremely proud of Croatia making it to the World Cup final. And he is 100% correct. Croatia being such a small nation of a population of 4 million people making it to the World Cup final is a remarkable accomplishment. For some countries it’s an accomplishment in itself just to make it to the World Cup tournament. And for Croatia to make it to the final is truly unbelievable. And it was a Serb who made me realize that.
@ EVERYONE
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT IF WE HAVE A PENALTY KICK IN THE FINAL DURING REGULAR OR OVERTIME THAT RAKITIC, NOT MODRIC, SHOULD BE THE ONE TAKING IT? MODRIC BARELY SCORED THE PENALTY AGAINST RUSSIA, THE RUSSIAN GOALIE BLOCKED THEN IT HIT THE POST THEN IT WENT IN. LUKA HAD A LOT OF LUCK WITH THAT PENALTY.
P.S. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SHITTING ON LOVREN NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE CAUSE HE HAS BEEN PLAYING LIKE A BEAST THE WHOLE WORLD CUP. SO HAS VIDA. IF WE GET AN EXTRA TIME GOAL OR EVEN A LATE GOAL IN REGULAR TIME TO WIN IT, I HAVE A FEELING IT WILL COME FROM PJACA OR REBIC. NOT ONE OF THE “ TOP TEIR CLUB PLAYERS”. IDEMO DO KRAJA!!!!!!!
Bottomline, in common games we outperformed France:
vs Argentina France 4-3, Croatia 3-0
vs Denmark France0-0, Croatia 1-1 we have better tiebredker goals for.
We can do this! Let’s just not go a goal down again, please.
@EVERYONE ON THIS SITE
I think that Croatia is going to win this game. But I’ve seen every game that France has played, and they are super fast. Mbappe is like Usain Bolt running with the ball. The one advantage Croatia has over France is that we are truly ONE team. We have come back at each of the knockoud round games which shows a lot of character. Modric, Rakitic, and Mandzukic Literally have to play the game of their lives. Vida has been a beast playing defense, and I always hated him until I’ve seen him play at this World Cup. And everyone who has been shitting on Dejan Lovren the past 4 years need to have a realty check because he has been playing outstanding defense and saved our ass plenty of times. So basically Croatia has to play at all cylinders and keep France from possessing the ball. And even if Croatia loses, I will obviously be upset, but at the same time I will be extremely proud at the fact that they made it to a World Cup final. Idemk do kraja!!!!!!!!
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT IF WE HAVE A PENALTY KICK DURING THE GAME OR IN OVERTIME THAT RAKITIC, NOT MODRIC, SHOULD BE THE ONE TAKING IT? EVEN WHEN MODRIC SCORED THE PENATLY AGAINST RUSSIA, LUKA HAD LUCK ON HIS SIDE. THE RUSSIAN GOALIE BLOCKED THE KICK, THEN IT HIT OFF THE POST AND THEN WENT IN. I THINK RAKITIC SHOULD BE TAKING OUR PENALTIES.
Kramaric not passing to Perisic at the end to go potentially 3-1 up is worrisome. Perisic had a way better angle. I hope the senior players talk to him. He can’t be doing that stuff. Notice how Kovacic tried the same thing against Nigeria then made the pass for the Argentina goal 2 feet from the net. Kramaric still hasn’t learned his lesson.
Kvartuc Legendo.
Play the 4-5-1 formation with Kovacic, Badelj,Brozovic,Rakitic ,Modric. France will play anti football as Belgium criticized them for the 1:0 victory.
Play the 4-5-1 Formation put Kovacic in there not Pjaca he has showed me nothing. I would also play Badelj for the France game He did well against Iceland. Belgium have said France played anti football against them.
Africans do bring up the crime rate in many countries and other coloured people its not all whites.Many Algerians are in French prisons Benzema should go back to Algeria. The writer was implying France should win because Croatia is racist ludjak. HRVATSKA PROTIV AFRIKA.
Kovačić is still at least one year away from being able to start for us.
He needs to transfer to a club that is willing to give him the reigns in Central midfield, and start every game before being considered for a starting role for Cro.
people calling for Kovacic to start are crazy… Why disrupt the modric rakitic brozovic chemistry? Through Kovacic in with rakitic and modric for the first time this tournament in the fucking final?
Cmon…
Kovacic has shown us that he is nothing special to begin with anyways tbh
France is one of the most racist (if not the most racist) country in Europe.
This article just junk.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/football-soccer/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=12089022
We have conceded first goal against inferior teams for all three matches.
France one of the few teams on the planet that can play with us.
Kovačić plays great with Modrić.
He can play his way out of trouble to keep possession.
Brozovic has been excellent but lacks the extra gear that Kovačić brings to the table.
I am with Dalić all the way, trust he has the feel for what is necessary.
Pivaric fresh legs needed at LB against Mbappe.
I would like France to feel the weight of the World Cup.
We need to be compact and choose our moments.
I like Pjaca in the second half for this one as well.
Point is that we need some extra energy on Sunday to fuel our collective genius.
U boj ..
Lika don’t worry about that this team will
Leave it on the pitch…
Reading stuff from back home, I hope we are not getting over confident.
IDEMO!
Happy game not til Sunday. Another day of (relative) relax.
Can we not go down 1-0 in first half this time though SVP!!??
AJMO!!!!
We will have a tough match on Sunday, that we will win!
Citzenship and Nationality are different. Croatian from Australia or Switzerland ect are Croatian because of their parents family they carry the heritage regarless of where they live. But if we would start getting people from Nigeria Senegal Ghana and give them a Croatian passports all of a sudden you have a team like France Switzerland and so on. France is one place where there is a mix of everything and almost least of actual French people in other words they are screwed and to top it off you have migrants keep coming.
Ivan Rakitic: “Croatia will have 4.5 million players on pitch in World Cup final”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/tiredness-croatia-ivan-rakitic-world-cup
…even more than that Ivan
Tu je moj Dom tu je ostalo sve u kuce kamenoj od moje matere
=U=
Hecegovci rob Nikada pravi hrvati Ustashi =U=
I have to say I love that no one is giving us a chance. The French are saying they won’t underestimate us but with the pundits saying they willl be too much for us it plays right into our hands.
We’ve shown that we can find that extra gear…team unity is all the players talk about…it truly has been a proud time to be a hrvat.
Sunday we will bring it and leave it all out there on the field. While individually France may have the edge, mentally everyone knows we have the edge. I really feel We will find a way like we have all tournament and avenge the 98 loss to the French.
I hope everyone is fit and ready to go!!
U Boj!
https://www.croatiaweek.com/video-rare-footage-of-a-5-year-old-luka-modric-herding-goats-on-velebit-mountain/
Good video iggy even if not yours
@soul champ
Kocacic will not nor should not start
Bozovic had been a beast…. So much so that i will move him into the group that has their name pronounced properly….brozovic
Set would cup record for distance run in s game and had e been dalics tactical too to cover huge ground in front of the defense and allow modric and rakutic to push forward
Further to that point, strinic has been weak but provided a lot of support by the wings. Against England, Croatia almost went from a 4-1-2-3 to a 4-3-2-1 with both perisic and rebic dropping back nearly in line with brozovic…. Impressive with rate from the wings…. More of that will be needed against a very fast French team
Strinic born in Split, his father is from the Selo of Strinic near Imotski. Right about where Rebic is born.. Full through Hrvati..
If anybody has a doubt that Hercegovaci are croats, look are our great captain, Zvonimir Boban. Good luck calling him hyphenated-bosnian. He kick you!
@ Toronto Croatia… I’m easily nearing 200 views! Love watching it again and again especially when I know the outcome!
Aren’t Lovren and Corluka Bosna Hrvati as well?
Most of Germany’s foreign born player don’t sing their anthem, but watch france every player is singing.
Is Strinic from Herceg Bosna? He plays like he has a screw loose, and always has that spaced out look on his face…lol
This finely written article indicates that, whether it be on the soccer field or on the written page, Croatians are exceptionally talented. Well done.
PS In Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” reference is made to a contingent of Croatian horsemen escorting the Czar’s carriage through the streets of Moscow. Seems Napoleon wasn’t the only one to value Croatian ability.
Everyone is mentionning the extra game they have played due to the overtimes. Not necessarily true. We rested 9 of our 11 starters against Iceland. Looking back another genius move by Livnjak Dalic.
Yes it has Iggy Rusko Ime we always had the quality i thought we had a good team at World Cup 2014 but Mexico knocked us out.Euro 2008 we were still young Modric was 22 Rakitic was 20 didnt have much experience with penalties. We did defeat Germany in the Group Stage its just a hypothetical if we would have defeated them in the Semi Final Turkey played decent against them and lost 3:2 but who cares now we are in the World Cup Final. As Modric said were collecting our debts now.
I still think we should walk off the pitch!
Kidding. It’s been a few hours since someone referenced that.
Hey guys remember how under a year ago some of us were getting up a 4 am to watch us lose in Iceland?
LOL what a journey this has been and turnaround hey? 😀
we need a like button on this page
I think the Vatreni will bring 120% effort this Sunday. They will go all out, no doubt about it!
It’s now or never! I think it will be a tight game and one to remember!
No way Kovacic starts. Right now we gotta good thing going with Modric, Rakitic, and Brozovic in midfield. No coach in his right mind would break up that Trio.
If those 3 can keep possession, provide key passes, and break up opposing attacks, we gotta chance at beating these guys.
Go to Croatia Hercegovina Sarajevo tell them ur a hyphenated whatever and u will be laughed at, they taught u that at ur American school. Children of mixed marriage don’t even say “ja sam bosanski hrvat”
Ur hyphens come from 8th GEN IMMIGRATION= born in. Star plays for Croatia = HRVAT…..hercegovac if u want….don’t call us Bosnian we are not one bit Bosnian
Vrsaljko is having a good tournament One guy said he must be good because he plays at Atletico Madrid but he didn’t think he was this good.
It’s ridiculous to say we’re like France cos our guys are not always BORN in croatia. There are more Croatians outside of Croatian than in it, you know? That is for obvious reasons with refugees spread across the world.
But we all have Croatian BLOOD. We are ethnic Croats.
These cunts playing for france have no such thing, they just elect to play for france cos they speak the same language and their chance of winning a WC is better.
I trust Dalic to make the right selections and subs… I have not felt this way about prior managers for a long time.
Everyone including me said sub Rebic after first half of Arg. Then he scored. Some were saying sit Perisic and he was MoTM against England. There are plenty of other examples.
Dalic knows this team and he’s closest to the situation. I’m sure he has a couple of decisions to make, but he’ll know what gives us the best chance.
What do German Croats or American Croats and Aussie Croats call themselves.
Bad shout for kovacic…..based on what…..?
Bosnian Croats don’t exist no sane Croatian living in bih calls themselves that, no sane hercegovac calls themselves that’s please stfu
No way in hell perisic misses game u would have to cut his leg off maybe gets subbed out early…but no way
Croatia vs United African Team:
https://scontent.fbne3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37072685_820579308330351_7468004407464951808_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=1387d9a1541c264de03d5477b01762a0&oe=5BDE8518
Kovacic would get his ass chewed up.
Last thing we need is someone who regularly loses possession with his uncalled for dribbles.
His best position (left right out) has been confirmed for some time now.
Ciro played an injured Boban over Prosinečki.
We all felt we could beat France and then Brazil on European soil.
Now we have the chance to take our rightful place in the Panthoen of footballing nations.
Dalić has to play the healthy players first.
PS – everybody east of the Drina are Hrvati.
Kovačić
Pivaric
Have to come into first 11.
4-5-1 is exactly what we need.
Kovačić is our CDM with speed and ability to maintain possession and take the space with the dribble.
If Perišić is no go then Pjaca has to start.
Our pace on the wings has been the key to allow Modrić and Rakitic to thrive.
Strinic has played his best. His legs are shot.
Pivaric has fresh legs and has enough experience to play well.
Especially if Kovačić is there to bail him out.
Shouldn’t this post be called “Croatia: 120 Minutes Away From Immortality”
There are more Bosnian/Bosnian Croats coming into the team Coric,Halilovic and Brekalo.
AT ZDS WHAT YOU ON ABOUT YOU CANT COMPARE THE AFRICA UNITED SIDE TO OUR KENGURI KLOKANI SIMUNIC SERIC DIDULICA THEY ARE OF CROATIAN HERITAGE SAME GOES FOR THAT SWISS RAKITIC AND THOSE ARE BOSNIAN CROATS CORLUKA LOVREN ONLY DA SILVA AND SAMMIR ARE NON CROATS.
Hey Branimir,
The Croatian national team has had Bosnians, Brazilians, Australians, Swiss, Serbians…why you going on about France and their Africans?
Dario Srna…..had no Croatian blood…Mom Serbian, Dad Bosniak.
Subasic is half Serb.
Who gives a fuck, shut your mouth. All the Croat players and all the French National team sing their national anthem unlike some teams.
I found Ziva
https://www.facebook.com/seoskifudbal.official/videos/1484887674926140/
PORTUGAL DEFEATED FRANCE WITHOUT RONALDO AT EURO 2016 IN EXTRA TIME WE CAN DO IT MOJA DOMOVINA HRVATSKA PORTUGAL WAS UNDERDOGS NOW CROATIA IS I PREDICT CROATIA 1:0. WE Should play formation 4-5-1 and wait on the counter.
Slaven Bilic has said that he will play his electronic guitar
For the entire length of the match in support.
^ ^
Hopefully Simunic is there with his megaphone!
In Croatian tradition- We pray for our boys to do their best and carry themselves with respect and thanks for the talent that God has given them- to respect their opponent but never for one moment feel inferior to them- play for all of us and the many through 2 world wars and the horrors of the 90’s to one day have a team that we can call Team Croatia-HNS
I’m sure the boys will pray before the game – it’s the least we can all do as well
We will remember this tournament for the rest of our lives.
I’m calling Croatia win 2-1 in regulation. Last 20 minutes Croatia will fight off attack after French attack. Half the team will collapse where they stand due to exhaustion.at the final whistle.
Dozens of Croatians will break through the ushers and run onto the pitch with flags and screams. It will be one of the greatest events in WC history. Players and fans will rejoice on the field with the police holding back at the players request.
9 Africans and 2 Frenchman is all that stands in our way.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/13/mixed-emotions-in-balkans-over-croatias-world-cup-success.html
Here’s how we know who are friends are in the old country.
^ ^
Me
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/croatia-avenge-defeat-france-1998-world-cup-semifinal/
Story says Boban had 5 turnovers in the first half on only 13 touches. WTF was he even doing in that game?!
So if ur grandpa was born in Togo and ur parents in France and u in France u should play for Togo? Even tho u have never been in Togo don’t know the language, idiotic comment
@Daniel Pranjic- Cool first post, but C’mon man. It is clear Strinic is a beneficiary of 3 key things:
1) Vida! Our left side CB,Vida, has saved our LB’s asses all tournament. For an american sport site like cbssports.com to take notice of a guy like Vida, then he must be doing something right (he made their all tournament team.)
2) Possession of our superior midfield. When you keep possession as much as we have, you can help hide defensive weaknesses.
3) The willingness of everyone, including our striker, to track back on D, has helped us erase some glaring Strinic mistakes.
That said, Strinic has played better than expected, but he is still our biggest weakness by far.
There are always fans, in every country, that for one reason or another, will come out and say anything to help set a tone they believe will hurt the chances of their national side winning.
Don’t be the guy that spreads or amplifies their views.
In a non-soccer example, there were people who believed the Sandy Hook massacre was a staged event by the anti-gun lobby and spread their shit all over social media.
Slavonac, don’t be the donkey that carries their shit.
yesterday some guy Anon attacked me for my comment. I understand why, we are heading into the finals and its not the right time for this….well, lemme just say this. when we were in the qualifying phase and things were looking grim, the majority of us were behind the team and still hopeful. we all love Croatia and the players, we all want to separate the politics from the game…this is a sport and not a political forum. my Italian friends have told me they’ve been plagued with controversy in Italian soccer for years….and yet, they’d never sabotage their own team…NEVER!
up until recently, we heard that Dalic is another Mamic guy and that Modric should go to jail…read the Croatiansport Facebook comments from a few weeks back and you’ll see “ne sicam se” and negative comments about Modric, Lovren, Suker and Mamic…
we are only two days away from challenging for the World Cup! its insincere to say you support the team now while only a few weeks ago you didn’t! if we didn’t make it this far we’d be seeing the same crap we’ve seen until now!
I’ve argued this point forever…and I’m still a supporter. I didn’t just jump back on the bandwagon!
Another idiotic comment was Ziva with his “short term pain for long term gain”. Makes me howl. He must be one upset loser now. 🙂
@Branimir Russia has a Brazilian player, their RB, who scored vs us to tie it up at 2-2. He then missed his PK wide left in the shoot out
thank God we didn’t follow the mod’s call to “walk off the field and boycott”. Hard to let a comment like that go, arguably the most idiotic comment ever made by a Cro poster.
But since we didn’t follow this stupid advice, here we are playing for the World Cup Final.
Lets do this!
Dalić definitely needs to make adjustments to starting line up and tactical alignment.
He is club winning coach, he knows how to maximize the first 11 to start strong.
We cannot keep on going down a goal and definitely not against France.
Kovačić for Brozovic.
He is the key for ball retention.
Pivaric for Strinic. Pivaric has got fresh legs. Strinic looks strained out there.
Pjaca
Brozovic
3rd sub according to game flow
We have won three in a row on pure heart.
For the final let’s put in a football master class.
4-1-4-1
France needs to be starved of space.
They do not have ANY creative midfielders.
They have a great CDM and attacking midfielders.
They lack a Zidane like player.
I say we set up shop in the midfield and play a counter game.
Final is about substance not style.
Kovačić is the key to keep possession.
I pray Dalić understands we have to be compact to start and Kovačić has the fresh legs to support the defensive back four.
Modrić foul on English player was him tracking back.
He needs all his energy to control the tempo.
Kovačić is the best at taking the space.
Again, he has played against Greizman and Mbappe.
Let him start and run his heart off and take him in the second half and put on either Brozovic or Badelj.
Pjaca in for Rebic when he tires.
Listen I am proud of who we are and what we represent.
I also pray we lean from Ćiro who played and injured Boban and left Prosinečki on the bench.
We infuse the team with fresh legs and our core veterans will lift us to glory.
Perisic in the hospital could miss the final.
On my way to cro 🙂
58, 78, 98 were all first time winners.
Last 3 world cups have been lost by the team that had a GK from Monaco.
Great article.
The irony, though, is that we have already won this World Cup by the simple fact that were are the last 100% Croatian national team left since we’ve defeated Russia in the Quarterfinals.
Since then, all the other teams are complete international frauds (Belgium, France and England) supplied by foreigners that would be disqualified to compete if FIFA had any iota of ethics regarding national origins and ancestry (Switzerland was also one of the worst offenders with way too many players from the former Yugoslavia).
We will certainly have to conquer the world in the final and it is indeed fitting against that phony French team…
I meant EURO 2016 Final France was favourite they had all the pressure on them same as now just no in their country.
I love seeing our players singing like they are fans lol
https://youtu.be/YtW3rX7Mb_k
ANY one thinking Croatia will do a walk of would be crazy in the Final its a once a in a lifetime opportunity who cares about the corruption play for the Croatian people. Football is the only thing that matters in Croatia now. In 1998 we played in the Sahovnica versus France. IF PORTUGAL DEFEATED FRANCE IN THE EURO 2008 FINAL WITHOUT RONALDO FOR MOST OF THE GAME THEY WON 1:0 IN EXTRA TIME WE CAN DO IT AJMO DECKI HOLLYWOOD CAN MAKE A CROATIAN MOVIE.
Take into account that if teams see Strinic as a weakness they will attack down his side a lot more, I don’t think there’s a player in our side under more pressure than him, and he still fronts up and gives it his best for the NT. Most of you guys put in his position would quit.
He’s been ok in my opinion.
One thing he could do better though in my opinion is, when an attacking opportunity presents itself, rather than just put in a cross when we’re outnumbered in the box, take the game on without fear of losing the ball, because if we’re outnumbered in the box our numbers are behind the ball.
I used to have some great success doing that! I was fearless.
It comes down to making the right decision at the right time, he makes some bad decisions sometimes, but I don’t think we can question his talent, he’d have more in his little finger than you guys would have in your whole bodies.
Fucking armchair experts.
Going to high school in the early 90’s with my different name and Croatia heritage I always felt like the war would come up or be one of the first thing on peoples minds. If they followed world news or politics.
For this generation I’m hoping the first thing people might think of is football.
The only player who is a liability is strinic terrible we don’t have many better options
your mom is in the ether
When my posts get stuck in moderation purgatory, that’s it. They never come out or are approved or whatever; THEY’RE IN THE ETHER.
Anyone heard anything about Perisic’s hammy?
Some of us watching and supporting are further south than Australia 🙂
You know you’re a true Croatian when … you’ve watched the Mandzukic goal against England over 100 times already.
ANTE! i think this is the best stage to pull a walk off!!! RIGHT DURING THE FINAL!! WALK OFF AND FINALLY SHOW CORRUPTION THE MIDDLE FINGER
Corluka vs Mbappe – my dream might come through
Thanks Slavonac but that one i just uploaded all credit to Dnevnik on HRT ( i just recorded it off SBS here in Aus this morning ).
Been a real pleasure seeing HRT news after our wins tho, they show the celebrations from a variety of Croatian cities and it’s really uplifting to see. I’ll prolly post some of those vids later when i get a chance too.
With the three extra periods, Croatia in effect, is the only team that has played 7 full games and only side with only 22 players.
What fans fail to realize is that because of injuries and even more so yellow card suspensions, those last few slots 20-23 can mean the difference.
You just don’t know what position on the field you can suddenly find yourself short.
Those last positions awarded shouldn’t be looked at as giving a young kid the experience of going to a major tournament…he’s not going to play anyway.
Kalinic wrote his own story, didn’t he? The sad part is that he probably doesn’t give a shit.
Back in the traditional checkers for Sunday.
Iggy, I watched your video 3 times with my kids and now they want to see it even more…I loved it bro!
Nice work!
diaspora is a term used for jewish people when israel was taken away from its people. please stop using this term. we, croatians, have always had a home.
Onward We March
We will win – the French are resting and relaxing preparing for the game- the Croats playing all the extra soccer are doing what Croats do best drinking and singing- the French dont stand a chance – check out the you tube video from after the game – moderation isn’t posting link – look up grdovic I Igraci- you think they don’t want to sing one more time – ZAJEDNO SMO ‘KO NAM ISTA SMIJE
Perisic gotta a problem with his hammy?
I posted on YouTubbies HRT Dnevnik’s little 2 minute tribute to our win vs England, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsauRc7G9IQ
I love this team
Nice article Ante. IF Croatia can pull this off, hopefully they do it in 90 and not 120, or even worse penalties! I don’t know how much more my heart and liver can take. Lots and lots of Corona and sljivovica, fuck!
Team are gonna go down as heroes man, win or lose. What they’ve achieved is remarkable! Sunday is a celebration either way and a chance to party and hopefully express our ability on the pitch! AJMO !