The match that will decide ‘big daddy’ in Europe qualifying group 6 is finally upon us. And many questions will finally be answered after these 90 minutes.
Is Capello really worth all the hype and can he turn this England side around? Will Croatia maintain their good form and prove they are deserving of being called a top 5 team in the world? Can Olić, Petrić, and Klasnić score goals aginst the ‘Three Lions’ without help from Eduardo?
Wednesday we find out.
So Round 2 of CSR Pick’em has officially started.
I have a 1-1 draw at Maksimir that will set up an interesting game next year at Wembley with automatic qualification on the line. Srna scores one of his patented free kicks for the Vatreni in this one.
What do you think?
England 5-0 Croatia
Croatia can't get goal. So england
Rooney , Gerrard , Rooney , Lennon,
Defoe.
it is very possible result.
CHEAP ASS GOAL BY ENGLAND!! COME ON CROATIA LETS GO!! HRVATSKA!!!
im SOO freaggin tired, worked on my site for WAY too long. I cant wait to see the game!!
Where are you guys gonna watch it? bar, at home…friends house…online???
And here’s one more little confidence booster that Bilic threw out there just before the game. Enjoy.
Thanks Denis…good heads up…It’s just annoying listening to Capello struggle through speaking English. A translator would have been better.
And T-Minus 11 hours and counting before kickoff, say what you gotta say now. Can’t wait to see Maksimir rockin’ and a rollin’. ROUND III……
Croatia 2-0 or 3-0
(Goals by Srna & Olic in both cases)
Hey guys here is an interview Fabio Capello gave in zagreb today. Its pretty interesting.
http://www.croatiansoccernews.com/fabio-capello-latest-interview-from-zagreb.html
Joze,
Yes, there has been a lot of talk the last few days regarding the upcoming Croatia-England match.
For the most part, all of this talk is pointless. “We are not scared of Croatia” “we are not scared of England” bla bla bla…
The press is trying to see who will break out and say, “we will win on Wednesday.” It won’t happen.
I made my prediction, and now we are less than 24 hours until kickoff….
We shall see who has the “rocketfoot” on Wednesday.
Croatia 2 England 0
Srna,Petric.
2-1 Hrvatska with a last minute goal after a tight yet somewhat boring game
Rakitic and Klasnic and Walcott get the goals
Personally I feel it could be a coincidence since Alan Curbishley happened to quit around this time but no matter what, Bilic’s response been very reassuring plus The Sun is now reporting Zola to be the new Hammers boss.
My prediction:
Croatia 1-0 England
Olic
After all this talk, I just cant wait for the game to start.
Here’s something that is ‘news worthy’ but I didn’t think it was enough for its own post as I’d like all the attention to go to the game instead of off-field drama. Soccernet.com has reported that the HNS is still complaining of tampering from West Ham to land Bilic. I think we all know with our complete hearts and souls that Bilic is not going to make the move until the 2010 World Cup ends. I also believe the English whole-heartedly know this and are just trying to push some buttons of the HNS and Bilic in some pre-game psychological warfare.
Bilic has acted cool and has only said that he’s not going to England this season. Is West Ham really that dumb and think they will land him this season? Or is this part of something much bigger; like trying to get England back to a respectable footballing country. I think it’s silly and childish. Call me cynical, but the timing of all this is too close especially after all the ‘NO’ Bilic has thrown at West Ham.
What do you think?
3-2 Croatia
Modric,Srna and Olic
Lampard,Cole
Thanks for the info Denis but we’re ok right now. Stay in touch though.
guys video sport is great but not necessary. I think they should have plenty of links at MyP2P.EU for the cro/eng game…
And by the way Ante, yes on my site I had the “Bring Croatia to the US link”. But my link was a petition form for the HNS not a donation link. But yeah, just like you and everyone else I would love it if Croatia came to the US.
And dont worry my site is completely different now. I changed the look dramatically so it doesn’t look close to yours. But yeah anyway, if you wanna form a partnership of some kind where we can help each other out that would be great. Im still very interested in swapping some banners. So here is my e-mail: Denopoly(at)aol(dot)com.
And also, try switching to wordpress instead of blogger. I could create a killer site for you…
FUCK THE BRITS WE GOT THIS SHIT
2-1
modric
niko kovac
lampard
You can all watch any Europe World Cup qualifying game on http://www.videosport.com. The charge is 5 Euros I believe. I watched some of the Kazakhstan game on it and was happy with the service. The only thing I didn’t like was the inability to make the game full screen.
I just just wanted to say that there’s some smart people on this site regarding soccer. Good points of view with unbiased opinions. I like that. Kep it going guys.
watch it on videosport.com
Ante, where did you watch the game online? I looked all over the place and couldn’t find a way.
I don’t know why joze and adrien think walcott is going to score. The kid is good but he is a kid. Very young players (hes 19) don’t perform very well in high pressure situations such as modric in the turkey pks. And why do some people think Klasnic is going to score. I don’t think he deserves to play after his performance on Saturday. If you look at his international goal tally he has only scored in two high pressure games for us one of which was against turkey.
Final result:
Croatia 2-0
Olic
N. Kovac
Two not so spectacular goals but they will be goals.
I am thinking 1-0 for Croatia, or 1-1….really torn on the result….but I think I will go with 1-1, with Srna scoring for us and ‘who cares’ scoring for them haha.
Seriously, I hope I am wrong though. I am anticipating a low scoring tactical match with Capello now at the helm for England.
It’s true what you two say, Denis and Joze. We should remain repectful and not become as cocky as England was before and during the Euro qualifiers. A large part of their failure was due to the fact that they were underestimating their opponents. I know I can sometimes be guilty of being bigheaded at times, but in my defense, I live in England so the mentality of both the media and fans have made me take that position sometimes.
That said, I still believe that Croatia will prevail in this one. England are much more disciplined and controlled since McClaren but they still lack a winning formula, whereas the Vatreni have been able to perfect theirs for a while now and are improving with every game. England will almost certainly prove to be much tougher opponents in Wembley next year, but I just don’t think they’re ready yet.
As for my prediction, I think the game will be tightly fought and level (1-1) for most of the match, but it will begin to slip away from England in the second half.
Final result: 3-1 to Croatia
Walcott
Rakitic
Klasnic
Olic (he has to score sometime!)
Croatia will win this one for sure. I men england is good, but they are too unorginized at the moment. I think we will win 2-1. If modric scores first we will win 3-0…lol dunno why, but just got a good feeling.
anyway i reconstructed my site, check it out tell me what you think.. And WHOEVER owns this site wanna swap some baners or something???
good site btw very informative…
Well, I was planning on going to the Croat club for the game but the only club showing it is about an hour away (I live in Aus and the game is on at 5 in the morning and i dont have my drivers license :D). So i’ll probably have to watch it on the internet 🙁
Joze,
Dude, good stuff. Thats what I’m talking about. You knew exactly where I was going with “respect.”
I have always said, ” a coach is half the team.” Football has evolved dramatically over the last 10 years. You can’t win on talent anymore. Just ask Greece(Euro2004), Korea(world Cup 2002), Malta(tied with Croatia qualifier)….
What I like the most about this Croatian team is their mentality. We don’t have that typical Balkan mentality. It’s “we should smash on Malta” mentality.
Where you catchin the game Joze?
Croatia 2-1 England
Olic, Srna and Walcott
Everyone says that the best improvement for Croatia in the last 2 years is bringing in Eduardo, Modric and Corluka. Although they have helped us a lot, I think the respect that you are talking about Denis has been the key to our success. Zlatko Kranjcar gave teams like Malta, Japan and Australia no respect and they almost made fools of us. Bilic never under estimates any team and thats why we will continue to win.
Here’s some reading material for you guys. It’s funny because even Andorra is taking a crack at England now. Read This
I will post the first England-Croatia prediction…..
Croatia 2 England 1 in a hard fought battle. Bilic will know how to prepare our boys. We will show the world who is “daddy”…
Rooney
Klasnic
Petric
Remember, respect…..
Maksimir will be rockin….. 4000 British will get a Bir-kir-kara beating on Wednesday….