Croatia easily defeated Israel 2-0 in Osijek Wednesday with both goals coming from Inter Milan teammates Ivan Perišić and Marcelo Brozović. In the 4th minute, Brozović would chip a ball into the box with Perišić swinging in a left-footed volley across his body to beat the Israeli keeper. With pitch conditions absolutely horrific, the chip and volley worked to perfection for the Vatreni. Brozović would double the lead 30 minutes later as he picked up a bouncing loose ball which barely came off the left post.
But the news of the day with be captain Darijo Srna’s injury. Minutes before halftime, Srna needed to be carted off with an apparent serious leg injury. Early reports stated that he could be out indefinitely, however, coach Ante Čačić has confirmed he will be ready for Hungary on Saturday.
Both Croatian goals from the Inter Milan connection
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Croatia host Israel in Osijek Wednesday night in a midseason friendly tuneup for Euro 2016. Euro 2016 kicks off in June, which is less than 100 days away, with Croatia playing Turkey, Czech Republic and Spain in group play. After Wednesday’s match, the Vatreni travel to neighboring Hungary to take on their national team in Budapest on Saturday.
These are the last two scheduled friendlies for Croatia before the tournament starts but history points towards another match or two in early June. Ivan Rakitic has been ruled out of the friendlies with a “calf strain,” however with Barcelona in the thick of a treble run, I’m sure they lobbied for their Croatian midfielder to sit this one out. The Israeli team has been under extra security in Osijek due to the Belgium bombings.
As long as Ciro is commentating on tv with anton and whoever that’s enough for me
hey… they don’t call him trener svih trenera for nothing.
Armada brother fuck it let him! He can’t do worse than Kovac. Lol
Ciro should come back just to coach the NT at Euro 2016.
Who cares that he’s 80+ and losing his mind? Would make for must watch TV.
u-19 live stream link here
http://hns-cff.hr/news/13144/prijenos-utakmice-elitnog-kola-izmedju-hrvatske-i-skotske/
Bobby V I know Cacic wants to build confidence with these friendly games. But I wish we had one against a decent team. Portugal or austria etc?
Shit show continues!
Ciro on vecernij list saying Cacic and his new system is a joke. Lol
Here are the three U-21 goals – Duje Cop with the first and Stipe Perica with the last two – you’ll like his second one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP4WASlVa78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utPq9FNfYIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ3gQkqRdKc
Hungary – Croatia is on Saturday at 1PM US Eastern Standard Time.
Loved that 1974 Holland team with Johan Cruyff. Wim Van Hanegem, a starter on defense for that squad, later came to play for the Chicago Sting.
any highlights of the u21s 3-0 win over spain?
Stupid spell check…not sure where Omar came from…lmao…it should have said “please” I’m using Swype on my phone…not always reliable…
What time is the Croatia Hungary game on Saturday? And Omar specify the time zone you are referencing…thx
And of course in news that will surprise nobody, Serbs are actually whining going oh gosh it’s so unfair how can he get convicted.. absolutely unbelievable those fucking cuntrashes
Dunno how that cunt can only get 40 years for what he did, should be 400 years
^ ^
He truly was a great man then.
atheist
rest in peace
› said to express the hope that someone’s spirit has found peace after death.
Johan Cruyff was an athiest!
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/serb-leader-karadzic-guilty-bosnia-genocide-160324143936393.html
i play for a usl team and we played Adria, lot of OG’s, i didn’t speak to them tho they had no idea i could understand them
Seriously, is there news about the ZDS chants? oh FFS.. fuck off already UEFA
Looks like za dom chants coming under scrutiny again…. Here we go again
Also, forgot to mention, in the top photo of that RWB Adria link –
the 4th person from the left, top row, is Ante Misetic’s father, who, of course, was Ante Gotovina’s lawyer at the Hague.
Btw, awesome article!
^ ^
Beautiful!
He was just like Sammir… 😉
In the article (link above) a member of the club speaks about Eusebio:
“He had a very close bond with Croatian people. He loved the fact that we were a nation, but we weren’t yet a country. He felt fascinated by that history. He would pick up words in Croatian — there’s an old Croatian saying, “Za Dom Spremni” — he would always yell out, which means ‘Ready for your homeland’, and he was honored to play with us.”
http://www.chicagonasl.com/chicagos-ethnic-clubs-rwb-adria/
Great article about Chicago’s RWB Adria, a team my father was the treasurer for and helped found.
Check out the 4th picture down – The Great Eusebio played for us in one of the Labor Day tournaments. I was a teenager at the time.
http://hns-cff.hr/news/13160/hrvatska-u-21-slavila-u-spanjolskoj-vratila-se-na-vrh/
Stipe Perica scored twice. With the lack of talent at the forward position, he might be coming up to the senior side soon.
There’s definitely been some mounting going on with those ladies!
By the way, who would be on the Mt. Rushmore of Croatian whores:
Severina and Nives Celzius come to mind. Vlatka Pokos? Others?
For sure….
Always tough to judge and rank players from different generations.
Johan Cruyff would be on the Mt. Rushmore of European born players.
George Best, absolutely!
And speaking of big game players, Gerd Muller is as good as any.
There have to some Africans worthy too.
For me Jay Jay Okocha had as much skill on the ball as just about anyone I’ve watched in the last generation or two.
Kenny dalglish, george best….
Didier drogba!!
Ronaldinho cracks my top 10!
Sude Mi is right about lists though.
I just don’t like hearing about greats that didn’t show up/do well in final matches.
@sude mi, I’ve watched classic matches on youtube. Pele in 1970 etc. brasil vs italy 1982 etc. anyway you’re right I don’t like player vs player comparisons too much it’s a team game. Paul gascoinge, George weah, Roberts baggio, Fernando redondo, Dennis bergkamp, michel platini, Michael laudrup, Gabriel batistuta, lakdar belloumi….Johan cruyff. Players I love to watch. Bruno conti, kanu, prosinecki, ante coric…..
…beckenbauer, baresi, maldini, gullit, zico, Socrates, ronaldinho, dado prso…too many to list. For me cruyff is ahead of skinny ronaldo for sure. Cruyff reinterpreted football as a player then coach. Good to see you put pele and maradona above messi though. Football was more difficult then, nowadays a lot of the work is done by the tactics, putting messi and ronaldo in the positions they like 20 times a match. In the old days the players had to create space out of chaos and escape 10 tackles a game which would be red cards today. IMO
Ronaldinho?????
Problem with these lists is that they are generally biased….the more you actually watched a player, the more allegiance you have to a player.
Can anyone on here say they watched Pele extensively to know he was one of the best of all time? No, you just take it for granted given all the rhetoric.
Garrincha and Eusebio are right there as well.
I’m probably missing someone that belongs in the conversation too.
Ok, Pele Maradona Messi Zidane fat Ronaldo skinny Ronaldo Di Stefano Puskas.
That’s 8.
Next would probably be Cruyff.
Just off the top of my head.
No way he makes my Rushmore.
@poglavnik. Your top 10 of all time? In order please. Looking forward to you naming 7 or 8 better players than cruyff. 🙂
Kalinic cold and fever won’t play Saturday
Well, don’t forget where “Shoes” is from…. helps you add a little ‘color’ to that situation.
Sad news for footy fans regarding Cruyff.
@Ziva
I think he just misses out on the Mount Rushmore of football. Don’t want to pull a Ziva and slag him BUT he could’ve played in ’78 and probably won the WC and he wasn’t very good in that ’74 final game due to his philandering and his wife back home.
Apparently!
Anywho Id put him somewhere in the bottom of the top 10.
R.I.P. Johan.
Rakitic has nothing to gain playing. I think being healthy for Real-Barca more important than running on bad field in Osijek
Turkey up 1-0…shout out to Ivica!
Raketa note Turan is playing despite his calf issue…ne boj se sinko!
anyone watching the turkey Sweden game?
Spain Italy is gonna be on espn here soon
Oh, I can point you to a third of the residents in Croatia who are not proud of their roots.
Hell, we had a basketball player last summer who thought honoring his shoe contract was more important than playing for his roots.
@Ziva…I like to believe that all Hrvati…diaspora or not are proud of their roots! I know I am…
We need video because I’m willing to bet some of the people might have been drooling.
House Rules time……..
You should never post “selfie” images on FB or social media with people you don’t know.
I am sure more can be added, but don’t have the time right now to post.
ahhahaha was going to say, that is most definitely the scene of the last diaspora ‘jock sniffing’ crime
i know some of the goons in that first pic on dalmatinski portal… boze, get it together dudes
@MartinHrvat………..you are assuming they view it as representing my roots and assisting the younger Croats to succeed. They might view it as a step down and a waste of time.
Not all of our guys think like that. Now, those of us who grew up in the diaspora and live the “za dom…..spremni” lifestyle do.
Nice lead. The result so far is against the direction of play. All that matters in qualifying is winning and style can be overlooked at this point.,
Nice lead. The result so far is much better than the play by our guys in this game. All that matters in qualifying is winning and style can be overlooked at this point.,
I hear you Ziva but if I was given the choice between a meaningless corporate golf tourney or a game that represented my roots and would assist the younger Croats to succeed, I would go with the younger Croats…and what was Halilovics excuse? Either way if score holds, Croatia did fine without them
2-0 croatia. link on espn3
The last time a Cro athlete hit that bar in NY, he was arrested for a DUI. Hopefully, the hrvati in NY took better care of Kranjcar.
@MartinHrvat………..maybe they didn’t want to play for the U21 team. In Kovacic’s case, he is standard national team player, why would he want to go play with the U21 team.
If you are an executive at the company you work for, you don’t leave your corner office with a view of the skyline to go sit with the lower grade employees in the cubicle, do you?
Play not pay although in soccer that could work to 🙂
What a waste…why did kovacic and halilovic play in the meaningless friendly with Israel…why didn’t they pay for the under 21 squad in a match that matters vs Spain…I’m watching the game now and the midfield and attack is struggling..
Thanks ravni. Ziva, put a sock in it…
Disturbing images out of NYC
http://dalmatinskiportal.hr/sport/niko-kranjcar-predstavljen-hrvatima-u-caffeu-dopredsjednika-dph-new-york/11253
Grown men in jerseys with another man’s name on the back. We have failed as a society. Maybe we really do need Donald Trump to make America great again.
ESPN3
Both teams fielding strong line ups. We should have scored in first minute.
…anybody have a link for the u21 game? Or at least can tell me the lineup?
i’ve been anxious for vrsaljko to replace srna, but i thought srna actually played really well when he was in there
he even hit a rocket off the crossbar with his LEFT foot…i wasn’t sure if he had ever kicked a ball with it before that moment
is there anyone better than perisic?! been the heart and soul of the repka for 2 years now…. it’s kind of funny…. we watch other players perform and play at big clubs and hope their form translates….with perisic i watch him perform with the repka and then hope he performs for the club as confirmation that he is actually that good
…holland took the centre kick to start the game (World Cup final) and scored to make it 1-0 before any German player had touched the ball…
OMG cruyff!!! RIP. What an amazing player. Strange I was just watching holland-Germany 1974 on youtube last night. First time I’d seen him in a match. Quite incredible I have to say. Watch him start at CB in that game. Don’t believe me? just have a look. Total football
Rip John Cruyff!
Zlatan hrvat your absolutely correct mamic will take care of it all! Lol
the blue is sold out btw
the kit is available for purchase on nike.com wight he track jacket and a polo
you have to go to the the Croatia site of nike.com can’t seem to find it on nike.com USA
anyone know where i can get that baby blue warm up?
France will win Euro 2016 and PSG will win the Champions League it’s all fixed. For all the stuff that happened in Paris.
The second most popular search of Cryuff picture on Google is “cryuff modric “
Yep…………RIP Johan Cruyff
He is on the Mount Rushmore more of all time greats.
RIP Johan Cryuff
Who is more out of place at this point
A. Srna in the starting 11
B. Severina in church
C. Diaspora hrvati ordering food/drinks in Cro
D. Fan boys wearing jerseys with another man’s name on the back of it and that same name being younger than the person wearing the jersey
Yes please. I need the full match download too. Anyone?
Any links for full match downloads?
@ Lovro
I say rest the core class of elite veterans during these matches.
Modric – Rakitic – MANdzukic, are who they are, they qualities are known throughout the world.
That’s why you need to play all the young studs vying for minutes/spots on the team. They bring the juice to friendlies.
@ Svima
I love to here a shift in tactics for us.
We do have a few horses on the wings that can play that wingback position.
Respect to Srna for years of sevice to the Repka. But when you are an elite program that we aspire to be, then when you time is up, you need to step off.
I thought friendlies were set up to try new formations and tactics.
…but if you’re telling me the main thing is not to have injuries, then the players obviously aren’t giving their all.
So, how can you ever find out if the new formations and tactics are a good idea if not everybody is playing hard?
Better not to have these matches at all.
Not just 8 years ago.
It’s worth mentioning pre-iceland playoff, people wall calling for Srna to fuck off then too. Same people saying the same thing about him then as now, and look how crucial he ended up being there. So the moral of the story is this: down my pants, there is a penis, and it even comes with a matching pair of testicles!
On Srna… Yes he plays hard, but your example of him being clutch is from 8 years ago. Unless his on field leadership is something that can’t be seen on TV, he’s just not playing at the level of our other midfielders and was never a solid defender.
No one played harder than Olic in the WC, but it was time for him to retire… Srna is just about there too. He would probably be good coming off the bench in the 60th minute with a lead to help control the game and slow things down.
@Lovro
“the Jews didn’t let us touch the ball for the first 25 minutes of the second half?”
So.. they were being greedy, i mean Jews??
No surprises there ! 😉
Lovro your point?? The pitch was shit we were two up. Modric has barc on April 2nd. No one wants to get injured. Meaning less game etc.
10. Switzerland 9. Austria 8. Portugal 7. England 6.Croatia 5.Belgium 4. Italy 3. Spain 2.France 1.Germany to win euro!
What the fuck were you guys watching? Anybody here the whistling from the crowd when the Jews didn’t let us touch the ball for the first 25 minutes of the second half?
TBH i would like Srna to play.. i think he’s been good in crucial moments in big games before.. someone mentioned above the PK against turks.. also i have brought up a nbr of times the goal v iceland when the chips were down (keep in mind mandzu had chucked a mandzu and gotten a red card), the goal vs Aus in ’06 in a must win game.. he’s prolly one of the few who has done reasonably well in pressure moments/matches.. i still think he has something to offer to the team so i would like to see him play, go out on a good note
Agree about shitting on Srna.
Not cool Dudes!
Thanks Iggy for the highlights.
I’ll be seeing someone tomorrow about my “Euro ’16 Champions” tattoo. 😉
As amazing hazard can be Perisic has had a far better year
piss on me balls matey, 100% confirmed we will be Euro 2016 Champs after this result ! No doubt about it !
Vatreni checkers I’m excited at the possibility of Kramaric finding his form before euro.
Easy on the euphoria…….it was Israel after all. That said, you can leave today satisfied.
Mandzukic plays how he did in the first bayern game we are good. His work rate and play was incredible.
@Lika
I don’t think it’s a matter of necessarily “will they gel”, I think it’s more of who is actively scoring.
Kalinic did well in the beginning of the season, but Kramaric has found his form again in Germany. As long as you give him an opportunity, I think it’s a better pairing for the time being. The problem with a solo Mandzukic is the same thing we saw last week when Bayern played Juventus. Mandzo was coming off an injury, and the coach thought he was going to give the defense fits, but it proved to be just the opposite.
@Armada
Forgot to add last player:
Two variations:
1. Lovren or Schilde in the back center with Corluka (similar to you)
2. Halilovic playing in between mid and forward. (absolutely mad)
VatrenI checkers do you think mandzukic would gel with Kramaric?
I know Srna has not been playing well. But I would love to see him start in the EUROS. I believe he will play well considering he will retire after the EUROS. I’ll take experience over youngsters with good quality any day, Srna has been in so many different situations with his club and the repka.
A lot of you guys hoping he gets hurt? Like that’s fucked up shit man. Srna plays near every game for Croatia. Yes, he hasn’t been playing well lately, but you will miss him when he’s gone. He plays his heart out for Croatia.
Also remember EURO 2008 against Turkey? Srna was the only one to actually score from the penalty spot, Modric missed the net completely, Rakitic missed the net as well, Srna scores, Petric’s shot was saved by the Turk goalie.
I can’t wait for you guys to start shitting on Modric or Rakitic when they get older, CUZ THEY ARE GETTING OLDER REALLY QUICK. “Yea lets get that bum Modric out of here.”
Some of you guys are funny.
Armada
I know our defense is pretty shit, but I think we play better with two attackers up top.
Vida – Corluka – Vrsaljko
Modric
Broz – Raki – Perisic
Mandzo – Krama/Kal
You start with that in the first 15 – 20, and press. We’re able to see vulnerabilities and holes in that time as well, and things can adjust as time goes on.
The problem we consistently saw in the past few years was the lackluster performance until the last 20 minutes. We need to flip that on its head, so that we can score early and play the counter throughout the rest of the game.
It’s risky, but I would love to see that tactic tested against top flight teams vs what we’ve done in the past.
@Ziva:
“LOL……..someone posted….. “excellent chemistry between Raketa and Modric”
May I ask based on what so far?”
Don’t you remember that crazy tackle one of them did on the other one in La Liga a few months back?
Awesome chemistry ! What more do you want? Sheesh ! 😉
Ziva your a fucking goof! You nick name every one…let’s vote will you be baba istina or pizda istina?
LOL……..someone posted….. “excellent chemistry between Raketa and Modric”
May I ask based on what so far?
Sure didn’t see it most of qualifying or at the World Cup. But hey, posts like that keep us entertained/
Za drugu minutu OLIC back??? Come on man…dude is 50 and those step overs against spain…nedaj Boze!
Idemo baba istina is a fucking goof! Armada call me crazy…but I dream of playing belgium…they have tremendous quality all over the pitch…only place they are better in my opinion is defense and goalie…I take everyone of our midfielders over there’s….hazard has been horrible this year…afro boy is over rated….I take mandzukic over Lukaku any day….mind you they have different qualities…rakitic over debruyne etc.
^^^^^ this guy didn’t even watch the game today
Looks like Perisic is ready to score a la Olic against Turkey mod a few minutes…expect a goal in less time next game…excellent chemistry between Raketa and Modric…now that Srna is out bring back Olic for the wing play! Ivica always ran for repka like Raketa for MSN…
Did this dude really just compare himself to Jesus the day we play against the Jews 4 days before Easter……
Lay off the prozac
I doubt we’re going to play Spain with a 3-5-2, but in the event we play around with our formations and utilize a 3-5-2, I think we could get away with picking 2 from Brozovic, Vrsajlko or Perisic. I’m not sure of Perisic’s motor, but Brozovic has the best motor on the team I’d say and Vrsajlko can hustle as well.
In no situation should Srna see any time at wingback. You never like seeing our guys hurt, but from a standpoint of wanting to see us do well, we are better in the back with Sime there. I’d put money on it that aside from a swap or two, this is what we’ll see come France.
Subasic
Srna – Vida – Corluka – Vrsajlko
Badelj
Brozovic – Modric – Rakitic – Perisic
Mandzukic
With this lineup, we should make it out of the groups. If we finish as runner up in the group – which I think we will (we’ll drop points to Spain at the very least). We play the winner of group E, which will most likely be a strong Belgium team. If we win the group, we play a 3rd place team.
Fuck it, I think we can match up vs. Belgium. #1 team in the world but … there team is stacked from front to back. Would make for a good game.
Ziva your a bitch with a dick…balls???? You have no balls…your a baba! Your our Bruce jenner…baba istina.
Zadar for a national team game? Come on.
Just threw out some cities, you got the point…don’t be so literal.
3 – 5 – 2 formation was good. No need to have 4 back against Israel. Broz and Perisic start was also pretty on point based on the simple fact that they are hot right now. Like someone said, Raki was on the bench for Barca reasons. No need to play him when we need to give others a run.
Biggest pluses for me:
– Good keeping today
– Halilovic addition was more promising than past appearances. Although he did get caught a few times, he hussled and created a few great opportunities up front.
– Badelj and Vrsaljko played well
– Althought Kovacic failed to score, it’s nice to see offense pick up when he came on
Biggest Negatives:
– Defense per usual – Couple instances in the second half where the ball just bounced around our box and Israel failed to put it in (mostly vida)
Pitch was shit. Game was a friendly. Not much of anything else to take away, other than being happy about the win.
I have balls and a dick, so I can’t be a baba. Dida yes, but baba…no.
He wasn’t the lead in the money laundering operation, but he knew what was going on. A willing party to the theft.
Srna money laundering?? Ziva your a fucking baba!
Why let me help you iggy, here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1LVNcABMlw
Yeah whoever said the back of jerseys has diamonds is right, that looks kinda shit above the white box on the back.. also the white box is too big.. the jerseys are kinda meh tbh.. still not a huge fan but i guess it could be worse.. it’s not as bad as the 2002 kits or anything, thank heavens
FUCK YEAH woke up to see we SMASHED them jewBURGERS.
Well, we are obviously gonna win Euro 2016 ! Euro champs here we come !
Any highlights vids anywhere? I want to have a look at our jerseys and goals.
Zadar for a national team game? Come on.
That stadium in Bjezigrad led to the death of a player. I really doubt any of our players want to play in that dump.
@Armada……carrying the “kriz” gets tougher and tougher each day when a few fan boys get offended at a comment (some true, some joking). But, just like Isus Krist (that’s Jesus Christ for you diaspora hrvati) did this time of year, I will carry on for the greater good.
Does anyone know where I can find a replay of the game online? Full match. Really want to see the game. Getting frustrated. Didn’t manage to stream it…
I suspect providing Repka games (even friendlies) to local fandom in smaller cities like Osjek, Rjeka, Zadar, etc. is on the agenda of the Savez….thus the venue choice.
Point taken re drainage….
or schedule it in a nearby foreign city like Pula…
They have a nice stadium and the diaspora in Pula would of turned out to watch the NT play.
re: Ziva
I would bet Ziva is a good guy in person and most of us would get along with him, have a beer with him, etc. I just think his brand of humor is at times over some peoples heads or just isn’t some peoples cup of tea.
Plus I think his brand of humor isn’t aided by being on an internet forum… but I appreciate him “carrying the kriz” for all of us.
They should have scheduled a game in Germany or Austria or Switzerland in a stadium with better draining, plus the hrvati in those areas would have came out.
Not the end of the world playing this in Cro, but most of us knew the field conditions would be poor.
By the way, why even schedule a home match in late March, especially in Osijek. I don’t think anyone ever said “you know what, the weather is good for soccer in late March in Slavonia.”
Weather today in Split 8c and raining; weather today in Osjek, 4 and raining….basically a wash, pardon the pun.
There are limited international breaks, so going into Euro you use them all…pick your poison….given proximity to Hungary I suspect they didn’t want to play this one in Tel Aviv.
By the way, why even schedule a home match in late March, especially in Osijek. I don’t think anyone ever said “you know what, the weather is good for soccer in late March in Slavonia.”
Weather today in Split 8c and raining; weather today in Osjek, 4 and raining….basically a wash, pardon the pun.
There are limited international breaks, so going into Euro you use them all…pick your poison….given proximity to Hungary I suspect they didn’t want to play this one in Tel Aviv.
I’m happy with the play. The players really look to be trying, there’s creativity other than the situation with the pitch that looked very promising.
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Damn the youngster looking good. Very creative.
A lack of quality defenders is not a good reason to only play 3 of them. My back 4 would be Vida-Corluka-Lovren-Vrsaljko and I would play Badelj as a defensive midfielder to provide some additional cover.
Downside is this would mean fewer attacking players, but I could live with Modric-Rakitic-Perisic-Brozovic + Mandzukic or Kalinic as the solo striker.
By the way, why even schedule a home match in late March, especially in Osijek. I don’t think anyone ever said “you know what, the weather is good for soccer in late March in Slavonia”
Shit half was expected……crap field guys playing not to get hurt. Main thing is to leave healthy. Result is secondary.
Martin game was over at half no ones playing or running but I hear ya
Our defense on set pieces need to be worked on, but that pitch is in such bad shape the ball just drops and stops. To bad the weather has been horrible for the past 2 weeks.
Wow with this defending we shouldn’t even fly to France
Who am I critical of? I said Srna should be in jail for money laundering. It is an open secret in Split on what he did.
Shit half so far……quite sad, was hoping to get a good look at halilovic
Good save
remember the discussion a week or two ago Ziva…about you criticizing everyone Croatian?
let them carry their own cross, I’m sure you have your own issues in life but you tend to spend a lot of time here, criticizing Croatians.
not the Za Dom life the majority of us were raised like.
Yeah who’s the genius that put us up against the Jews today with the way our fans like to act.
Fuck me!..
Hey Silky Johnson, how about just the facts instead of your bs assumptions.
The only free man I can think of that should be in prison is your boy Dick Cheney.
I wonder if that dude in Rijeka will report us again for the chants.
LOL, now the ZA DOM chants are coming out. Love it.
and this bs about zd lifestyle … What a jackass
WHo has the negative comments? Plenty of people post here.
@ANON, why do you think this is the first time I’ve posted in MONTHS.
This ref is going to get more of our players hurt. These jews see this as a holocaust.
Constant negative comments from the same person gets on your nerves after awhile no?
Well, good for your cousin’s biased view.
No, not everyone. Just those who had a role in money laundering. He did, but it was never looked into.
So, you are saying that guys don’t hold resentment.
But, you are right, plenty of self-hating hrvati. Glad I was never raised that way. Instead I was raised in a “za dom……spremni” environment.
My 2nd cousin is good friends with him. You think everybody should be in jail for some conspiracy scheme or another, so that carries no weight with me.
——Perisic-Mandza——
———–Rakitic————-
Brozo-Modric-Badelj-Vrsaljko
—Vida-Corluka-Lovren—–
He was a good right back.
Olic will be rooting for Croatia; anything less would make him a self hating Croat loser. Sound familiar?
Hey Ziva, Brozovic and Vrsaljko have the engines to play wing back… Playing on the left would even let Brozo cut in for his famous far post curlers. 😉
How do you know he is a good guy? I feel he should be in jail for his role in a money laundering scheme.
@Babazaba, it looked pretty bad, I have a feeling it might be fractured for sure. And you’re right.
Anyone who cheers an injury to ANY good person of Croatian blood is a moron. Srna is a good guy, hope he is not injured; irrespective of whether you think he is a good RB.
what do you think Olic is feeling? Love for the repka or hoping they lose bad at the Euros because of Cacic?
It’s not his knee, he’ll be fine to play this weekend….close call we almost had it ha
Why did Corluka sub out?
Injury?
hahaha Maminjo!
I love how Vrsaljko plays but I also think he can get stupid cards at times, something he should try to change.
Did Srna break his leg?
Bog mu je pokarao for trying to cement himself into a starting role with his media comments
Jerseys look great from ths back.
I’d go watch a game, in the rain, without wifi (I never use my phone during games anyways). its the “soccer culture” that makes you wanna go and observe different players, the tactics and so on. I don’t need cover and wifi but I guess we are different!
Tough “break” for Srna……What, too soon?
LOL srna is injured!
HAJDE SIME POKAzi se
Credit to these fans because I sure dont know of too many people who are dumb enough to sit in the rain for a meaningless game with no stadium roof, wifi, HD board and good food.
Srna doing his best Srna and rolling around on the grass writhing in pain.
our jerseys look like we are horse jockey’s!
Brozovic makes it 2-0.
Guys looking good today but this Israel D looks like swiss cheese. This one should end 4-0 comfortably. These Osijek fans are cracking me up though.
Did we all just get what we want…..srna……hope he not that hurt tho
2 – 0 Brozo
I missed the line up
It doesn’t look like 3 in the back????
Vida LB????
By the way, the jerseys look like crap on the backside. The checkers look like dimaonds at the top of the backside.
Mandzo off the post and Brozovic
Inter Milan boys
Kalinic off the post. Nice build up by Perisic and Modric. Srna nearly made it 2-0. Not a bad start.
Agreed on the 3-5-2 analysis. We just don’t have the players for that.
A guy like Brozovic would would do well in that wing back role, if he was a winger. Great motor. Can play both ends.
Comical they put Srna there.
Ziva, our backs are WAY too slow IMHO.
3-5-2 against a top tier team???? What do you guys think. For a 3-5-2 to succeed you need wingbacks who fly up and down. that is not Srna and I don’t think that is Perisic either because I don’t see him as guy we should count on for defensive responsibilities. 3-5-2 worked in 98 because of Jarni and Stanic.
3-5-2 can work against the minnows.
It also don’t help the pitch looks like dog shit. 2nd half is going to be a mud bowel and this doesn’t help our play at all.
Our defending looks horrendous. We just got extremely luck they didn’t score.
Rakitic on the bench because Luis Enrique made a call…….
^^
Creativity and shot in an advanced position to clarify (and not at CDM)
Lol, Rakitic on the bench. That’s watchya get for underperforming for repka!
Good to see Badelj start at CDM, since he’s got the best tackling ability out of our midfielders. Brozovic a big No, No in that position since we need his creativity and shot.
Kalinic looks good and should have shot it versus passing it to Mario
BIG JOE ON the bench, I love it.
Goal! Croatia 1, Israel 0. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Croatia 1
Israel 0
Darijo Srna
Vedran Corluka
Sime Vrsaljko
Luka Modric
Domagoj Vida
Ivan Perisic
Marcelo Brozovic
Nikola Kalinic
Alen Halilovic
Mario Mandzukic
Click the link it self and it will take you to the game
The site itself it just a resource of all streams
No buffering nothing usually good quality as well
yes use the recommended or anything under
@Idemo you’re talking about these links right?
http://www.batmanstream.com/free-live-video-streaming-croatia-israel-football-363277.html
@ idemo
thanks for coming back. i’m still a bit confused though. when i bring up the croatia game it gives me several options
1) click the play button showing a streaming box with a field on the cover
2) click on either link 1, link 2, or link 3
is it one of those you’re supposed to click on?
also, do you know if they’ll show replay?
thanks for any help
@ jm don’t use the first link “the hd”
watch all my footy there
does the batman site actually work? i went there and looks like you had to sign up. sent me to a sign up page for fuboTV, which isn’t even showing the game
As long as Rakitic doesn’t hold anyone back who plays better than him for the repka he’s cool, his corners and free kicks will be needed and I believe he will fire up soon for us.
While, not a loss in not having Rakitic for the repka today as I rather have him healthy, it should be noted he hasn’t played for the repka at the same level he has on the club side.
@Idemo, thanks.
@ mishko
http://www.batmanstream.com
These isrealis any good?
I’m so excited. Come on boys!!
Rakitic runs like a work horse for MSN, glad he is not playing this week.
We know what he brings to the table.
Better for some fringe players to show there quality.
Olic would not have sat out for “calf” strain!
2 less games to find chemistry…advantage Turkey!
Anyone know of an available stream?
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Looks like a friendly match with Iran in late May is being scheduled.
3 am Brisbane time. Lovely, just bloody lovely 🙁