We are now less than 32 hours from the Croatia-Germany clash in Klagenfurt and there’s some important decisions to be made by coach Slaven Bilić. The question all Croatian fans are asking is what two strikers will play up top as well as whether Ivan Rakitić will be in the plans for the big game. There have been reports on Euro2008.com that Bilić will sit Pranjić for Simić and he will also be moving the entire strike force around because of Sunday’s subpar performance.
This is good news in my eyes. I’d like to see Klasnić start up top and have Rakitić play an offensive midfielder role and leave Petrić and Olić on the bench. I just need to email Ivan Klasnić and make sure he wears his Werder Bremen jersey under his #17 Croatia and make him believe this is just another BundesLiga game. With all the Germans involved in this game and all the Croatian ties back to Germany, I think it just might work and we could see him score 2 goals or something like that; because we all know that he only shines when playing in Germany.
In other news, the Hrvatski Nogemetni Savez (HNS) was fined 8,000 Swiss Francs for inappropriate fan behavior. Croatian fans managed to sneak in flares and light them after the Modrić penalty as well as a fan running onto the pitch near the end of the game. As much as I find this funny because this fan made a security guard look extremely silly as he slipped; this does nothing for Croatian soccer and their pursuit of hosting a Euro tournament in the near future.
yeh i agree…u gotta let these young guys play…i think rakitic will start as an attacking midfielder with olic up top by himself…olic was a work horse against austria…didnt get many shots but he frustrated the D….i think klasnic has a lot to prove…especially against germany….talk to u soon joze…
I definately hope rakitic plays..olic should start though and klasnic should come off the bench