It was absolute pandemonium at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church Sunday afternoon as over 500 Croatians gathered for the Denmark game. During the match, you could cut the tension with a butter knife in the main hall as extra time and penalties neared.
But it all worked out in the end when Rakitić buried the last penalty of the game. It’s a great time to be Croatian!
Dalic is a better coach that we have so far.
He has a character like Blazevic and could be better if He quickly to change a fatigued player with a fresh one
1) He got lucky because Strinic wisely decided to retreat!
He doesn’t have a clue but still better than the previous coach about utilizing our subs players. But still, He doesn’t have a gut to change a flop star player
2) look at Perisic still inside the pitch and brought out Brozovic instead !~ Perisic has an ability in defense but not in offense ~ that’s why Denmark went out in attack because we had no intense in the offense once some player like Mandzukic and Strinic became worn out + Perisic wasted our opportunity with his shoot and sloppy pass. .
Shut rhe F up Truth Troll. Nobody wants you here
Look, in the rare insurance that I’m wrong, I’ll admit it
I got the strength of Argentina way wrong… But hey, you’re not going to get everyone
I’ve had the interns looking into where the model might’ve gone off course and they found that the one the guys have built does not have as much recency bias… Historically this has been a good way to do it
So it overweight Argentina’s performance in previous tournaments over their more sub part recent qualifiers
For those who are interested, our model has Croatia at nearly 60 percent chance even while treating the game as a home game for Russia
The model does not have a corruption variable though
Rakitic at club level Donovan showed up for USA in key games. Rakitic faded in big games like World Cup 2014 vs Mexico. Still need to see Rakitic do more and be more consistent for Hrvatska.
The old ziva poll
Who is better Landon Donovan or rakitic??
Both teams would give us problems but I think we’d fare better against Belgium. Lukaku not playing at optimal level and Lovren has defended him on numerous occasions.
All good ante
I appreciate the effort
I totally agree way too much racism
Crazy come back by Belgium!
That Brazil/Belgium game would be good
Who would u guys rather see in final from those two
Brazil or Belgium?
@Danny,
I had to tighten up comments because too many racist trolls were stopping by. I apologize for the good comments being put on hold. I get to them as fast as I can and don’t know why they’re being mod’d…
I’m not doing it.
Belgium, is the real deal!
@ Dannyj
Denmark are an amazing team! Well organized and compact.
They had a game plan, and emphasized defense. I can honestly say they played 100% to their capabilities And they are still unbeaten, as that game goes down as a draw.
We advanced on penalties. So Denmark’s unbeaten streak is at 19 games including the Croatia game, so this was a very strong team.
2-1
Amazing header by the Belgiums
They may catch up
Doesn’t matter Brazil will prob knock out Belgiums anyways
But woudl be nice for Japan to win
I was never the biggest Subasic fan ..I always find him to be pretty shakey in net (ie the first goal) but MAN did he come through in the shootout! He really stepped up and this tournament is proving to be a true team effort.
I really think we can get past Russia. This game was the one that all the players and Dalic really wanted to win. The boys can almost go into the Russia game with the mentality of whatever happens happens.
And I even think if Russia loses they would be content knowing that they had a good run in the tournament when nobody gave them a chance …and then lost to a strong opponent like Croatia.
Let’s do this! U BOJ!
Its great to see portugal and today especially belgium, teams masquerading as european teams being knocked out, hopefully team france-cameroon-nigeria, england and that crazy misfits filled switzerland team with no swiss players will be next, and its great that a real japanese team with real japanese players knocked out belgian congo team
Truth predictions are like horoscopes.
I posted this in another comment that didn’t go through
Remember boys Denmark was unbeaten in like 18 games
I think that makes them a legit team!!
Less comments cause of lots of posts going to moderation
I know a couple mine didn’t go through
Japan up 2-0 against Belgium
Like I said Belgium or England had to play for real yet
We had a scare but we still there
ZDS boys!
Struggle is what I meant.
Just watching for the Drama Entertainment LeBron to Lakers he is 33 will struugke in the West will never get to the Easy East NBA Finals path he had.
Poglavnik, fuck these goofs!
Truth/Ziva/Holga,
It’s an idiot like you always playing the devil’s advocate/shock edginess to evoke reactions.
Here’s my only reaction…ignore
@WC conspiracy guy
Yet you continue to watch.
Makes about as much sense as u do.
Truth, we made our own luck…we were the better side.
Russia will go through to the Semi Finals because they are hosting it like South Korea 2002 no one cares about our team.It is a feel good story if Russia gets through Hollywood ending. Detach from all scripted sports.
Historically,
Big losses get 4x as many comments as wins. Just the way it goes. Everyone’s keeping quiet right now. Keeping to themselves for the most part.
Beating Russian bunker with love!
Game plan begins with Kovačić starting.
He is most explosive attack dribbler.
He makes Modrić work less and create more.
Allows Rakitic to express his talents.
Kramaric needs to be first off the bench if not start.
Rebić !!
New flash; Truth Troll will always claim he was right, somehow. His “predictions” are set up that way.
Truth, you said Argentina is head and shoulders above everyone in our group.
– Not sure if the game plan was to constantly lob it forward but it didn’t work. Denmark is one of the few countries in the tournament that is actually taller than us on average…felt like we couldn’t win a single header all game. As soon as Kovacic came on, felt like he was able to keep possession and make some chances.
– As for VAR…the rules changed recently…no longer a penalty and a red card. Had it been outside the box, would have been a red card for sure. Felt like Rebic should have scored it anyways but wanted to walk it in…he’ll do better next time.
– Agreed that the way we won will help us…the monkey is off of our backs and now we can play. Russia will definitely be running high off of the Spain victory so they may not think of us as a threat.
Well, i think i was right about this game as well
Most had been talking about easy win and road to the finals
I said my model called this match 55 percent for Croatia which essentially means it would be a coin toss and luck would win the day
I think we can all agree that was a very even match and ultimately luck landed on Croatias side
The truth/ziva,
Perhaps numbers are down because of your childish trolling, which has turned off many fans?
It’s interesting how few comments on the site after Croatias arguably most intense game in a decade
Only about 150 comments whereas we’ve easily seen 400 before
Maybe ante and denis proposed boycott is finally paying dividend
Or maybe Croatians like to gripe about losses more than celebrate wins
Mex v brz tied at 1/2. If Brazil gets knocked out that could only be good! They’re so arrogant too … go mexico
I think the fact that we played poorly could benefit us in the long run.
The players, media and fans have been brought down to reality. We gave a great team that can go all the way, however, anyone from here on can beat us if we don’t give it our all!
Knowing we have a beast in net will only give us confidence from here.
HalaMadrid, yes — losing would have left an indelible blemish on Modric’s psyche and the team in general. It is good they overcame extreme adversity to get to the next round.
Modrić 100% would have gone to jail in Cro if we lost that game
Any updates on possible injuries? Strinic, Mandzukic and Kovacic’s shoulder. Hoping we have all available.
Vekic upsets #4 Sloan Stephens!
my heart rate has finally settled down…what a game! thank God we won in penalties…had we lost after Luka missed the penalty to win it in ot, we’d never recover from the heartbreak ala Turkey and Portugal last second losses…
Just a few random thoughts…
The second half we were pretty listless. I’m know it was a bit of tactical battle with neither team wanting to beat on the counter but did disappear and let Denmark have the ball more. We need to be better!
How the hell was the take down on Rebic not a straight red? The ref kept his cards in his pocket all game but cmon…even with VAR?!?
For the naysayers regarding Pivaric or Badelj taking the PKs, we really had limited options ( only other options were Kovacic, Rebic, Vrsaljko, Lovren & Vida…pick your poison. Perisic was subbed off and he would have been a natural option. Not sure I would trust Rebic with a PK (although I absolutely love his play!) A little experience goes a long way. Any way we slice it, our PKs weren’t great. Luka had 2 really poor kicks..Badelj’s was poor as well. Pivaric’s actually wasn’t bad..great save was made. Krama might be our best taker in my opinion….the goal scorer’s mentality is needed in those situations.
Mentally, this is a huge boost to our boys. The monkey is finally off our back. Memories of 2008/2016 will fade with a deep run.
U Boj!
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