Lineup: Pletikosa – Srna, Ćorluka, Šimunić, Strinić – Rakitić, Vukojević, Modrić, Kranjčar – Mandžukić, Olić
Srna, Pletikosa and Šimunić joined Dario Šimić today as the only Croatian players to be capped 100 times.
It was a slow start to the match Wednesday afternoon in London and both Croatia and South Korea played to the rainy conditions in a friendly match. Croatia dominated possession for entire first half but gave the ball away too many times, leading Korea to go on multiple counterattacks. One nearly led to a goal, but the header was cleared off the line by defender Vedran Ćorluka. Wolfsburg striker Ivica Olić got the start but showed his age, missing two fine chances on goal: an open header in front of goal and a shot that whisked past the left post.
But Croatia finally got on the board 30 minutes in when Ivan Rakitić’s free kick from the right side was headed in by Mario Mandžukić from six yards out. Korea nearly got on the board thereafter with sloppy Croatian defense, but Pletikosa got a finger on the shot from 20 yards out to force a corner. In the 40th minute, Croatia went on a quick counter, captain Darijo Srna kept the ball and fired away from 19 yards out, betting just inside the left post for a 2-0 lead. It would stay that way going into the halftime break.
The second half started with three Croatian substitutions. Dejan Lovren came in defensively for Ivan Strinić while Štimac swapped out both strikers: Jelavic and Petrić for Mandžukić and Olić. Petric playing an international match on his Fulham club home ground, Craven Cottage.
10 minutes after the restart, beautiful play by the Croatian attack to make it 3-0. Mladen Petrić did a fine job of keeping possession outside the box and finally found enough gusto to find Modrić with the pass. The Real Madrid man then slipped the ball to a blazing Nikica Jelavić in the box, who in turn, one-timed the ball inside the far post for the goal. It was great chemistry by all three players on the play.
In the 66′ Hajduk’s Franko Andrijašević received his 1st Croatian cap; coming in for Vukojević. Quicjly after, Dinamo Zagreb’s Arijan Ademi, of Macedonian-Albanian descent, entered the game (also 1st cap) for Luka Modrić. The match slowed down with Korea taking the reigns on ball possession.
But before the final whistle, Jelavić puts Petrić on a breakaway and the Fulham man, on his home turf, chips the keeper for a 4-0 lead! Three out of four Croatian strikers have scored in this friendly match.
The game would end 4-0 in Croatia’s favor even though there were many lapses on defense. With the proper fire power, Korea should have put at least one or two in. Success from London.
See you all on March 22nd…when Croatia takes on Serbia from Zagreb!
@Ziva-Man,you are making me go against what I said about signing off on this discussion!,but you are just so much darned fun at the moment!
Dude,I am really surprised at how much you are floundering about and not reading things properly,I have been critical of you,but I always gave you more credit in having far more advanced “fightback”than reverting to simple name type calling eg-Tomics little brother.I would still rather sign off soon instead of clogging the site,I guess even a cat gets tired of toying with a dead mouse after a while.Ziva,seriously,are you tired or something?
1)Read a little more carefully,I didnt say you were Sammir.Rather,I used a analogy(clearly stated)that to this site,with all your efforts,you are no Boban,but rather a Sammir,who has some support,but no real respect.You are no Boban like statesman,but more of a Sammir style punk.
2)With me,I truly have no big thing for Tomic,say what you will,you have not been able to answer clear questions about why it is ludicrous of you to want to laugh at him.It does say a lot about your flawed makeup.
3)Sinko,for a boy with usually very good facts,you are becoming a stinker.First you grab at he doesnt even speak Cro,which is incorrect(check into it),then you say he insists on his name being pronounced TOMIK.I really want to ask,where are you getting this from.Local fans do hold up placards of “Atomic Tomic”which someone commented on a few weeks ago.Truly,where are you getting your facts from,if you can back them up,I am glad to accept them.Otherwise it is looking like you are just desperate to fling some mud in the hope it sticks.
@Plavac Mali-Glad you got a chuckle out of the Sammir thing.
@Ziva-Man,you are making me go against what I said about signing off on this discussion!,but you are just so much darned fun at the moment!
Dude,I am really surprised at how much you are floundering about and not reading things properly,I have been critical of you,but I always gave you more credit in having far more advanced “fightback”than reverting to simple name type calling eg-Tomics little brother.I would still rather sign off soon instead of clogging the site,I guess even a cat gets tired of toying with a dead mouse after a while.Ziva,seriously,are you tired or something?
1)Read a little more carefully,I didnt say you were Sammir.Rather,I used a analogy(clearly stated)that to this site,with all your efforts,you are no Boban,but rather a Sammir,who has some support,but no real respect.You are no Boban like statesman,but more of a Sammir style punk.
2)With me,I truly have no big thing for Tomic,say what you will,you have not been able to answer clear questions about why it is ludicrous of you to want to laugh at him.It does say a lot about your flawed makeup.
3)Sinko,for a boy with usually very good facts,you are becoming a stinker.First you grab at he doesnt even speak Cro,which is incorrect(check into it),then you say he insists on his name being pronounced TOMIK.I really want to ask,where are you getting this from.Local fans do hold up placards of “Atomic Tomic”which someone commented on a few weeks ago.Truly,where are you getting your facts from,if you can back them up,I am glad to accept them.Otherwise it is looking like you are just desperate to fling some mud in the hope it sticks.
@Plavac Mali-Glad you got a chuckle out of the Sammir thing.
@Ziva-Man,you are making me go against what I said about signing off on this discussion!,but you are just so much darned fun at the moment!
Dude,I am really surprised at how much you are floundering about and not reading things properly,I have been critical of you,but I always gave you more credit in having far more advanced “fightback”than reverting to simple name type calling eg-Tomics little brother.I would still rather sign off soon instead of clogging the site,I guess even a cat gets tired of toying with a dead mouse after a while.Ziva,seriously,are you tired or something?
1)Read a little more carefully,I didnt say you were Sammir.Rather,I used a analogy(clearly stated)that to this site,with all your efforts,you are no Boban,but rather a Sammir,who has some support,but no real respect.You are no Boban like statesman,but more of a Sammir style punk.
2)With me,I truly have no big thing for Tomic,say what you will,you have not been able to answer clear questions about why it is ludicrous of you to want to laugh at him.It does say a lot about your flawed makeup.
3)Sinko,for a boy with usually very good facts,you are becoming a stinker.First you grab at he doesnt even speak Cro,which is incorrect(check into it),then you say he insists on his name being pronounced TOMIK.I really want to ask,where are you getting this from.Local fans do hold up placards of “Atomic Tomic”which someone commented on a few weeks ago.Truly,where are you getting your facts from,if you can back them up,I am glad to accept them.Otherwise it is looking like you are just desperate to fling some mud in the hope it sticks.
@Plavac Mali-Glad you got a chuckle out of the Sammir thing.
Ziva je Sammir
Ok….got it. I am Sammir. who knew????
Either way, I am now laughing at you.
Back to tomic one more. Dude aint a hrvat. He distances himself from it. Keeps insisting his last name is pronounced as TOMIK and not TOMICH…..since your his brother or president of his fan club or just an awestruck jock sniffer I give you the final word….what say you???
Now, I will go back to listening to serbo turbo music to mimic my main man, Sammir.
@Ziva-I am actually signed off on this conversation now,but I just wanted to point out that you are usually pretty good with your facts(your main asset by far)but not this time round,I was sure I have heard the guy speak Croatian,and you can do a little checking yourself.English,Croatian but not really German,where he was born.Think about it too,what language do you think his parents brought him up with,did they speak German to him in Germany and English in Australia?I think not,thats all beside the initial point of what we have been discussing-Your treue personality and its deficits,thats why my fine feathered friend,you are just a Sammir,not a Boban.
@Ziva-Snookered into not being able to give a decent answer and needing to revert to simplistic comebacks as a proper one has become too difficult .Struck a nerve-No.
Have I wasted some paragraphs??maybe yes,but I know I have educated you atleast a little ,Have you wasted paragraphs-Yes Ziva,you have.Now you throw in that he does not speak Cro,I dont really care.(not sure where you got this though,as he actually does)It wouldnt make a dif to you with your mentality anyhow,you want to laugh at someone either way.You still are what you are Ziva.Anyhow,I am happy to sign off on this now.Chat later.
Snookered into what????
What makes you think Tomic is a fellow hrvat. From what I have heard the kid doesn’t know the langauge.
You just wasted a few graphs commenting on me. Struck a nerve, did I? Either way, carry one.
@ Ziva-Man,really??I am actually a little down that this is your best answer as to why you are the type of Hrvat/person that would rather say you should laugh at a fellow Hrvat that needs to improve their performance than anything else.This does though,sum up your actual makeup,I just expected more of a challenge from you rather than being able to “snooker”you so easily again into reverting to such a basic comeback.You are having this done way too easily lately,Jack V “snookered”you big time a few weeks ago,and you just had no response at all(Probably best)
To use a analogy,You Sir,are no Boban to this site.You contribute all the time,I actually like much of your style,but you really let yourself down with too much jerk stuff.You have a few supporters,but a greater level of non supporters,and definitely only a small amount of respecters for all that you do .A Boban??,no chance.More of a Sammir ,just a punk who is a poor excuse for a Hrvat,not too skilful either,though some think he brings something.To compare you to Dudu would be a insult to a good man who does not have the instinct of wanting to laugh at Hrvati to make himself feel Better,So yes Sammir is about the best fit in this analogy.
@ Poglavnik
Denilson and Queresma, LoL.
Another hyped up kid that became a bust is Fredy Adu, let’s hope Halilovic never becomes like him.
@Doktor Prle
With all due respect I feel that blaming Ciro for playing Boban against France is a tough call. Boban is all heart and our leader and of course he is going to want to play so Ciro starts him. I would have started him as well. There is an argument to be made from either side but ultimately it is Ciro’s call and he makes the final decision so he takes the blame. I don’t blame Boban for the loss as it is senseless.
If he is in our lineup the last time we played the Serbs we win the game as I am convinced he would have been the difference. In the first game in Beograd he was MOTM. Easily I might add.
What I do blame Ciro for is not putting Prosinečki into the semi-final game sooner. Bringing him in on the 90th minute mark has never sat well with me and it never will.
Blaming Boban for the loss against France is just senseless. He played with injury and, if anything, it’s Ciro’s fault. He shouldn’t have even been in the starting 11.
Boban is still an untouchable. Currently, not one Croatian player is even close to him. And, yes, that includes little Lukica Modric who will do himself a great favor when he gets the hell out of Madrid. Step up or get out, Luka. Save face.
FYI: Zvonimir Boban is not the ultra-nationalist some people think he is. In fact, Boban is very liberal (and not in a good sense). A patriot, none-the-less. Just not as big a patriot as some of us would have thought.
@Ante……who the hell am I???????? Dude, I have much more going for me than Tomic or most people. I live in my mom’s basement. What can top that!!!!!
@Ziva-Thank you for your response where you refer to me as Tomics younger brother who defends him.This is where you get tempted to use sarcasm a great deal,but I will avoid that.As I clearly stated immediately on my first piece,I am not Tomics defender.I clearly pointed out that he has issues with his game and mental self(Which he admits to,you dont about yourself)The main point is,you are the type of “Croatian”/person that states that you want to laugh at someone like Tomic.I am not a huge fan of his in any real way,but the dif is that as a Croatian and as a person I dont see a reason to want to laugh at him.I would like to see him do well/his best.Besides,as detailed earlier,who the hell are you to laugh at a guy who has more going for him than you obviously do.You are often quite a shameful little individual Ziva,but you know what,I would still like you to be the best that you can possibly be,you have a way to go though.Right now I would say Tomic has more chance of getting his head right,he is only 20,you are likely a little older than that,but their is still time I hope.Maybe I am just a little too benevolent.
@ZIVA….BECAUSE IT IS BOSNA DUDE. SOME OF YOU STILL SEE THEM AS CROATS OF THE MUSLIM FAITH I THINK.
@Imocan
well said, you remind me of my kume
All I’m saying is his high-lights at that age are better than Boban’s and maybe I’m wrong because we don’t have the luxury of seeing Boban at 16 on You-Tube.
Denilson for Brazil in the late ’90’s and Queresma for Portugal about 7-8 years ago had ridiculous individual skills that looked a lot better than some of the bigger names on those teams but they obviously never became well rounded players like some of the stars on Brazil & Portugal.
Halilovic could turn out to be more like those 2 than a Rui Costa, Rivaldo, or Boban.
Halilovic is good, and he’s going to be really good. I’m probably one of his biggest fans on this site right now, but I’m going to save the Boban and Rooney comparisons for when he actually starts and completes 90 minutes with Dinamo. The kid has not had a lot of playing time yet. There is so much potential, but to compare him to Boban right now is absurd.
who paid him to kick the cop in the mouth,many said that was the spark for the events that followed.
After nearly 10 years of collecting from AC Milan I think he has enough.Shame on you,just because your tata sucked titos dick doesn’t mean you have to.
@Toni…..I guess Stimac and Bilic also collected Euros on that first goal since there were two completed passes after the turnover.How much did Jarni and Asanovic collect on the second goal.
Who paid him to kic
@ante……welcome to the website. I had no clue we had Tomic’s younger brother joining us. How about defending your older brother when he does something gmeaningful in pro tennis.
@Toni…..where is Boban now????? he is all over the tv in Italy as a analyst. He has no intention of coming back to cro and doing anything with cro soccer. Too corrupt for him.
@Poglavnik
you underestimate what Boban did at that age and overestimate Halilovic
Where is Boban now? Don’t hear much from him because he was responsible for both Lilian Thuram goals in ’98. Sold Croatia out for some freshly printed EUROS and a backroom handshake from Jacques Chirac no doubt!
Just as Bilic became manager Boban was telling news media that Croatian soccer was “lost at sea”.
@Domagoj Vida
http://tinyurl.com/allewgp
Anybody know where I could find a full match replay of the Cro vs S. Korea game? I missed the game and want to see how we played aside from just the goal highlights. Hvala
@ Ziva and Poglavnik
To be fair to Halilovic, Boban captained that ’87 team when he was nearly 19, and a much more developed player.
So comparing a 16 year old Halilovic to an approx 19 year old Boban is really a bad comparison. Unless, you’ve seen footage of a 16 year old Boban from 1984, then you can compare.
But I’ve seen Rooney at 16, and Halilovic is nowhere near that. But he’s a great prospect though.
I’d love for Halilovic to play for Croatia. And I think he is a very talented prospect. But some people are making him out to be the next Messi.
Remember, Wayne Rooney was already playing in the Premership and scoring goals at 16. If Halilovic is that awesome, he should be tearing up the HNL.
If Halilovic is consistantly the second best player on a team then I’ll say he’s like Boban.
@ZIva
Easy on the whole “I’m right, check your facts.”
This is purely an opinion.
There are no facts that make it an absolute.
@Ziva
I don’t know man… I took into account him being Dinamo’s youngest ever captain, and on that ’87 Chile team Prosinecki was voted the best player, and lets not forget the other talents around him on that team. Like I said, I’ve never seen a Hrvat with a high-light package like that at that age.
@Ziva-I will leave it to you to Google Chelsea Grbcic,she is not exactly butt ugly you know!And by “Google”i mean the search engine thingy,not what you do with your twanger in your basement.
@Ziva-Congratulations on being Mr Croatia Bible belt region.Did your mom bestow this upon you or was it self endowed??As to what the hell is Miss Croatia Gold Coast,I will pardon your ignorance as I should not expect you to know about this in the US.Like all over the world,Australia has its fair share of hot Cro young ladies,there are Miss Croatia comps in all major areas.
I was simply trying to point out that your comment that Tomic should be laughed at was quite ludicrous coming from a pleb like you.He needs to get his head right and improve,but he plays tennis,makes a lot of money,travels the world ,dates hot women and you want to laugh at him rather than say”all the best to him”LMFAO right now!! 🙂
@Iggy-I asked “What you smokin “earlier,I wont compliment you too much as I just wouldnt do that!and Ziva would call me a jock sniffer,but you make me laugh(bit like Ziva)but you are a breath of fresh air on this site in your own quirky way!! 🙂 (unlike Ziva)
@poglavnik……what are you nuts. Boban was much better at this point in his career. He captained the yugo national team to the youth world cup in chile, or do you need a history lesson and forgot that little item. Guys, come on. I understand some of you like a certain player (hero worshipping or jock sniffing) or try to make a certain point or in some cases try to make a statement that will prove that I am wrong, but as is usually the case you guys get your facts wrong and are unable to actually back up your claims.
@ante…….What the hell is ms. Croatia gold coast. Gee, what an honor. I am Mr. Croatia bible belt region.
@Iggy-What you smokin dude??
@Ziva-I pretty much agree with what you are saying about Halilovic,I am basically ok with whatever he does.As far as all the players HNS has poached,thats all fine.Its business and we have to want it both ways to be top 10 with a small country even though Cro produces its own great talent.
@Ziva-So you would laugh at Bernard Tomic if you saw him??,I am not his defender,but this is not one of your smarter comments.Sure,the guy has head problems which he admits to(You dont)He is not as good as he should be.He is 20 and young ,dumb and full of cum.We will see what he does.You say he plays junk tennis,He is still around 45 in the world and has been as high as around 25.I cant help but picture this scenario-
1)Ziva and his mom take a holiday to Broadbeach ,Queensland(Aust).
2)While pulled up at a red light in his well kept,bright red Yugo,Ziva spots Tomic in his yellow Ferrari convertible(for real)with Miss Croatia Gold Coast(his actual girlfriend).
3)Momentarily,Ziva forgets he is not in the cyberworld and actually laughs at someone in person and says some crapp to Tomic,which he ignores as he races off.
Now seriously,who is the loser in this scenario.Again,Tomic does a lot that he shouldnt,but good luck to him in getting his young head right and improving.Good luck to you also in getting your immature head right.Goodnight to you, sir. 🙂
@Anon
I doubt Boban’s highlights at that age were as good as Halilovic’s. Doesn’t mean he’s gonna be as good, but I’ve never seen a Hrvat look that good at that age.
Im shocked no one called Srna a chetnik with that beared you guys are morons a croat can have facial hair also
To Ziva finally some istina, good Bosnian Croats always choose croatia the bad ones choose bosna and hercegovina
@Elvis………why is that being a bitch?????? If the dude wants to play for his father’s homeland what is wrong with that?
We all applauded Simunic, Seric, Kovac brothers, Klasnic, Petric, Rakitic, Ilicevic for doing the same. So, the kid is a bitch because he might, or at the very least, consider doing the same exact thing.
I suppose Simunic, Seric, Kovac brothers, Klasnic, Petric, Rakitic, Ilicevic are also “bitches”
If Halilovic wants to be a bitch and play for the Mujos then he can go. Eat Ham motherfucker.
I’m guessing Halilovic will choose Bosnia, but will wait to announce it after he finishes school in Croatia and moves to another club abroad. It will lessen the backlash agaisnt him in Zagreb, which can be tough on a young kid.
Ziva.. i don’t need to question myself i already know the worst lol
I should’ve seen the signs.. SIGH
that should make you question yourself about your looks.
@Iggy
I guess that is why she is your exgirlfriend.
My ex-gf actually said Luka Modric was cute… heh
Nema me par dana and this place turns to sranje. Jeboteeee kol’ko debilaaaaaa
I really actually like seeing young HNL prospects play for the Vatreni in friendly matches. This is only because I believe if the HNL’s playing level is able to be raised, it will become bigger. Maybe more rich italian oil giants will seek interest in buying clubs just like Rijeka. Not only will it attract more attention but it will give all players the ability to develop faster and play better. Even if young prospects are bought by teams in other leagues from the HNL, at least they would have had a better place to develop in their young careers.
Also has anyone else noticed how Modric seems to play like shit in the majority of Hrvatska’s friendlies? He doesnt seem to be motivated…
Sammir is meh and probably will not help Vatreni much. He is 27 and plays in the HNL which is good for the development of the league but he’s not even that good. He has skilled control decent shooting and good positioning but not very much of anything else. Sammir has 11 goals so far and he will probably score another 10. That doesnt sound very impressive for a 27 year old playing in a cf position and occasionally cam.
Remember that time Cilic beat Tomic like 6-0 6-1 6-1 or something in the U.S. Open i think it was..
good times (^__^)
I think Jelavic is prolly overrated too.. then again even Mandzo is.. granted scoring goals in Munich but they are 95% headers and 5% tap ins .. he’s good in the air for sure but it’d be nice if he could use his feet too
@Laknat.. i really don’t think we are about to win the world cup.. lol .. as i said elsewhere i’ll be happy to get out of group stage.. we often play well but don’t get results in recent years.. ie euro 2008, euro 2012
or just read some relevant football news sites?
how about you get a life
how about this deal > I go to manage for Croatia teams
and make Halilovic and Kovacic as Two Top player from Croatia then we have champions title of WC soon ….
Sime Vrsaljko can hardly crack the Dinamo starting defense…
…but he’s going to lead us to WC 2014 glory in the midfield?!
Maybe Laknat has a direct line to Mamic? Maybe this is Mamic’s next big project? I dunno, Laknat is a reputable source of all Croatian nogomet knowledge…
@Anon
to clarify my earlier comment, more like Laknat is delusional
@Anon
more like he is delusional
@Laknat…………..do you even watch soccer???????? I’m serious. Halilovic is not even close to being ready. And how can you even throw the name of Sime Vrsaljko out there?
@Laknat
are you really that stupid
come on, Halilovic is no way on the same level as Boban,
this is all talk and bs
how about this deal
>> kick Olic Petric Simunic
and fill up with >> Halilovic, Sime Vrsaljko, Kovacic
then Croatia is the Winner of WC 2014
Agreed. It really shows how bad our other options are at the LB spot right now if Strinic starts consistently but that will change and the sooner the better.
However, as I stated earlier, I would not experiment at all during our next two big games. They are just around the corner and are way too important to try experimentation.
Talk to me when Strinic plays in a “real” league and on a “real” team.
I think strinic has been pretty solid. although i didn’t see the korea game. maybe i have it wrong, but i think unlike some other defenders he actually has some decent pace. i recall a couple times him staying neck and neck with wings sprinting down his left side
Strinic has nothing to worry about. Look at the other options at that position. Dude is rolling a blunt right now laughing at how bad he played and knowing he is in the lineup.
Olic was not the worst player on the field against South Korea. That award goes to Strinic.
“I wouldn’t be worried about Strinic, at least not based on this game.”
True, the Belgium game and the Macedonia games, especially in Skopje, were much better indicators of worry.
“He has been lights out for CRO the past year. He hasn’t played in 6 weeks…if he’s going to have a bad game, I’m glad it was today.”
Strinic has been lights out alright. He has been lights out in providing help to our opposition for scoring goals and stagnating our offensive play down the left side of the field. If Perisic did not free up so much room in front of Strinic he would be done. He cannot take the initiative as he does not have a shred of initiative in his body. His crosses are average at best and lack major accuracy and consistency.
A big break did not seem to hurt Pleti or Corluka in anyway as they were beyond sharp against Korea. What, do you just forget how to play the game in six weeks?
If not for a fantastic save by Pletikosa against the Koreans, Strinic would have had yet another opposition assist/bonehead play to add to his tally of bonehead plays along with the beautiful assist provided to Belgium for their lone goal and the Macedonia goal in Skopje. People have tried repeatedly to blame the goal the Macs score in Skopje on Simunic, but it is clearly Strinic who screws it up large.
Before people start defending him based on his performance in Euro 2012 and the “who else can we play at that position?” BS, please save it. To be abundantly clear, he was steady at the Euros, nothing special. He has no offensive intelligence or beauty and he just chugs along with no ability to create while coughing up the ball repeatedly. His attempts to join in the play are laughable. Other than a decent cross for the Mandzo goal against Italy, which Chiellini, the Italian defender makes a meal out of, I am not that impressed. Everyone will come on here and say, “Oh come on now, he is fantastic!” Whatever. I notice he has not made it to the EPL as he was supposed to or a real league as of yet and please do not blame that on a passport issue. Cannot wait to hear the Strinic excuses and favoritism comments come crashing in.
The bottom line:
Talk to me when Strinic plays in a “real” league and on a “real” team. AND……..
Our next game two games are too close in proximity to throw another person in at the LB position. However, we need to start planning ahead for a replacement very soon at the LB spot going forward. It is imperative.
Strinic better get his act together for the next game! It is crucial and in the end it is all that matters as there is no tomorrow and no turning back.
The reason for the discussion is because many, many people think this kid will be a stud, an absolute stud who won’t be on the Asanovic, Modric, Kranjcar, Kovacic level, but will be on the Boban, Prosinecki (before injuries and bad lifestyle) level. Nobody wants to lose a talent like that. But, if he does not consider himself to be a hrvat, then that is fine with me. Even if he was Messi, no reason to beg him to play.
As Ziva said if he chooses Bosnia well he just might identify himself more a Bosniac compared to Croat. If that is the case why all this discussion. Let him go. We don’t need that crap and why should we be begging him to play for Hrv. We have plenty of talent which wants to play for the NT team.
@Anonymous
A Siptar here, a muslim there, or a cyclops tomorrow. All non Croats who should not play on the NT.
The issue with Halilovic is Bosnia. If he choose Austria noone would care. Bosnia is an enemy state. How many Croats have lost their heads to those fucks.
@ziva, Tomic is a bit of a dick but he is still young, many of us incliding myself have been dickheads when we were younger, he just has a spotlight on him.
@Croatia vs Antwerp…….valid points, but you might be missing the key point. Halilovic might identify himself more as a bosanac than he does as a hrvat. And if that is the case, then he has no decision to make, he has already made it.
And to those saying he is turning his back on Croatia if he selects Bosnia. Fair enough, but that also means you think the Kovac brothers, Simunic, Petric, Klasnic, etc all turned their back as well on the countries that developed them. You cant have it both ways.
If any of you guys see Tomic…..just laugh at him.
I hope Tomic’s old man doesn’t turn out to be like Damir Dokic, although entertaining, doesn’t do much for the kid.
I think he lost his license now so u might be able to avoid that one
@Iggy-Very funny,but no,definitely not going up all that way to see you!Actually stopping a bit short of you and taking the family to Broadbeach.Might bump into Bernard Tomic getting hassled by the cops in his bright yellow Ferrari convertible though!!
awww.. coming all this way just to see me !
i appreciate it bro ! (^__^)
Not sure if Halilovic eats regular cevapi or halal ones,again,this could all go either way,we shall just wait and see…………Again,my opinion is pretty much that he could be really good,but if he wants BiH,then”whatever”and good luck amigo,but HNS should not make it easy for him to turn his back on his mothers Croatia and his birth country that developed him.
@Iggy-Yes,in Sydney,coming up your way later in the year though.
LOL
If he is muslim he might grow a Srna beard too !
Ante (and that is my brothers name btw!), im in Brisbane.. u in aussie too ?
Does Halilovic have any religios ties, if he is muslim he might be more pron to hamstring injuries due to their praying style?
@Croatia v Antwerp&Iggy-Yes,all fair points,Croatia is better and will qualify more regularly in future,we can go back and forth on this,but their is enough going on with Bosnia at the moment that it could well be a case of him wanting them over us all depending on whats in his head and how proudly Bosnian he may or may not feel.
@Iggy-Wherabouts in Australia are you?
Yeah… i agree with the above.. i think if he wants to be in more than just one major tournament (Brazil 2014) the choice is obvious.. Croatia consistently qualify for the main tournaments.. Bosnia has never done anything (yet) so it seems like an obvious choice for a young player with 10+ years of footballing ahead of him
Halilovic choosing Bosnia over Croatia is like choosing Andorra over Spain.
All this Bosnian team is Hype. This is like a once in 30 years team. There are a couple of good players on the squad. But they won’t be there in 8 or 10 years.
He’s still a kid. And he has to take the longer view of things. Short term gain vs. Long Term rewards. And if he wants to be on a team that consistently qualifies in the future, he should choose Croatia.
I’m wondering whether Halilovic will do a LeBron James type announcement on his decision. And Use Twitter, FB, the works.
@ Ivica-Spot on about Halilovic,many people seem to be thinking that surely he will choose Croatia as they are the better team,but I also really feel that depending on how he thinks and who is in his ear,he could very easily be influenced into thinking that Bosnia is on the verge of something special and he could easily be swayed into wanting to be a part of that and maybe become a “Bosnian legend “or something.For my 2 cents worth,I have felt he will likely choose Bosna,but really,I think “whatever”!
Ziva is also possibly right when he says that the kid would not likely see game time for Cro at the next world cup anyhow,really he is still a kid who has just got some great potential to his name.
If he does choose Bosnia,thats fine with me,but HNS should still kick and scream and not make it easy for him,while at the same time trying to get Croats born in other countries if need be.As far as I am concerneed,thats business and you need to try and have it both ways to stay on top.
Someone should tell Srna he’s too late to be in the movie Argo.
Darijo is starting to look muslim with that beard ! lol
yeah i hope bosnia stumble too.. i mean of course u want ppl on the repka who are actually wanting to play, naturally..
but i really cant see why u would choose bosnia if this is the option.. surely he would prefer to have a chance of doing “ok” at major tournaments
Suker got old and Srna is now the most interesting man in the world.
If Halilovic chooses Bosnia, packing for Brazil shouldn’t be a problem. A small bag, with some clothes will do. He won’t be staying long.
If he chooses Croatia, packing becomes more of an issue. Especially with Vatreni playing their last match on July 13. 🙂
on second thought if he wants to play for Bosnia he should
There’s a lot of hype with Bosna’s team right now.
They’re on the rise and feel they can do something special. They’ve been blowing out a lot of teams recently too. I can see why Halilovic would be drawn to play for an up-and-coming BiH, even if they don’t ever end up being as highly ranked or as deep as the more established Croatian National squad. Couple this with the fact that Halilovic is friends with some BiH players, and probably follows the national team just the same as we follow our national team from wherever we are, and I can definitely see him choosing to play for them.
I like some of BiH’s players (ie. Ibricic, Dzeko, Spahic, etc) but I’d rather they flop and not make the World Cup, just so that it influences Halilovic’s decision in our favour.
Only We had troubles with that easy group euro 2012 haha Greece!
Olic should not be staring 11 anymore no Sammir hers a replay of gamehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6dD3kVRU6M Hrv-Kor
Yeah you want Greece as the top seed in your group that’s for sure.
@ iggy thats all greeces fault for winning 2004 they have been seeded since then.
also just found this article Heir Otto Baric speaking man just leave you old geezer this man needs to shut up he ruined euro 2004 http://sportski.net.hr/nogomet/reprezentacija/otto-baric-sada-je-jasno-tko-mora-igrati-u-napadu-protiv-srbije
gee that is a piss easy group.. all they have to worry about is Greece and Slovakia.. what a simple ask
I really liked Niko back then.. he had some skills.. still does.
I was abotu to say.. as if bosnia will make it but then i just looked at the standings and they are top of their group so… hmmm… maybe it will be a tougher decision for halilovic after all ?
Yes id say yes but i saw niko play in HNL when it was semi decent 1999-2006 and Niko was good i hope Halilovic is a future star really due i really deep down think he will choose Bosna and Hercegovina IMO
@Chupe
Wouldn’t you say his game looks a lot more impressive than Niko’s though?
100th > The God of Halilovic !!!
100th > The God of Halilovic !!!
Halilovic is all talk just like Niko Kranjcar was 1999 lets see what happens
@Croatia vs Antwerp Badelj is not a mamic player badelj earned a call up he sold him for football wise peanuts 4 mill.
@tony…….true, but he would get minutes with BiH.
Ademi is born in sibenik you ignorant morons, he was born in sibenik that means he is croatian look it up he is a siptar but born in croatia thats what matters grew up in sibenik hes croatian atleast he is born in CROATIA unlike some players on the team who were born on the other side of sibenik border?
True Ziva … But just ‘being’ at the WC… Even warming the bench must be an amazing experience…. And it’s in BRAZIL which will add to the atmosphere…when will that happen again?
BiH making the WC would make Halilovic’s decision a little harder I think. If he hasn’t already made up his mind.
He may be doing that, but there is zero chance he would play for us at the 2014 WC.
Halilovic may be waiting to see if both croatia + bosnia qualifies for the WC…and going with which makes it… If its both.. I’d rather see if in our checkers but would the lad play with some heart?
Lets look at our team
DaSilva
Sammir
Some Albino guy
Thats three now and some of you want to add the Janissary Halilovic.
@Croatia vs Antwerp
Umm he’s not a Croat thats why?
Haha! Croatian “star” Luka Vucko just signed by San Antonio’s NASL club. http://www.sascorpions.com/team-news/item/255-scorpions-sign-croatian-star-luka-vucko I’ll be talking with him this season. Expect a nice interview.
@ IvicA
Stimac even said it was his ability to take players on 1-v-1, that’s what he likes about him. Come on man, it’s obvious that Sammir wants to play the World Cup in his native Brasil. These aren’t assumptions.
Mamic already got all his other valuable midfield prospects capped Badelj, Kovacic, Ademi etc. So it’s not like he is denying another player in favor of Sammir.
There is room for Kovacic and Sammir in the repka. While Halilovic, who you mention has not even decided who he will play for. And I’m not even sure he will be ready in ’14 anyway.
Well, playing really good football in the HNL, winning POTY, seems to be doing the trick for him in getting called up to the national side. If this continues, why wouldn’t he make the WC roster?
@Croatia vs Antwerp
Your entire comment is just an assumption. You don’t know what Štimac and Sammir are thinking. All we know is that Mamić keeps pumping up Sammir via the media, many times in favour of more valuable prospects.
Kovačić and Halilović’s potential alone are enough to eliminate Sammir from the World Cup roster. Not sure what makes you so confident that playing above average football in the HNL on the wrong side of your 20s provides for a solid chance of making the Cro World Cup roster (especially as a midfielder).
@ IvicA
Sammir is happy with the money he is making at Dinamo. But playing in the World Cup in Brasil in his native country, in front of family and friends, is priceless to him.
With the World Cup preprations beginning in May ’14, in approx 15 months, I don’t see any younger and better prospects right now being sold to bigger clubs AND establishing themselves.
The window of time is just too small. If this World Cup were in 3 years, I would agree with you. Would I rather see a home grown prospect on the team? Sure.
Mamic always pushes his players into the repka, and will continue to do so in the future. The case with Sammir is nothing new.
Stimac believes Sammir adds an additional element, in his ability to take players on One on One. I agree with him, it’s true.
But I don’t think Sammir is starter material, and he will only be in Repka for a couple of more years–until younger players take his place.
@Iggy………reason Australia does it is to save their players from having to travel to Australia for one game and then travel back right away back to their clubs in Europe. Playing at home does not give us any advantage in a friendly. Low crowd support, negative atmosphere and other distractions. Playing on the road is much better for this side.
For those asking why the Brazilian-born hrvat did not play….well, its not like he is getting playing time with his club. Petric was at his home field, made more sense to use him.
In fairness to Olic, at least he’s been playing fairly regularly in the Bundesliga whilst Dudu hasn’t had much in the way of playing time over in Ukraine recently, so he’s liable to be rusty to say the least. As for Petric, my take is this came down solely to recognition by Stimac of the venue for yesterday’s match. Petric is a Fulham player and so I can see the merits in why he got picked over Dudu to come on for this one match – if the friendly wasn’t being played at Fulham, Dudu may well have got a runout instead of Petric. Even so it could have been worse – he could have selected Kalinic…
How can Petric possibly be ahead of Dudu ?
He’s played so rarely it doesn’t make sense..
Let alone Olic who is also.. as someone said earlier, in need of retirement.. even i can tap goals in from 2metres out..
@Iggy
Agreed and I’m with you on this. I’m guessing Dudu was just too far down the pecking order for forwards yesterday after Super Mario, Olic, Jelavic and Petric, and Stimac made the (probably correct) move to put Petric on as a sub instead of going with Dudu, because it was Petric’s home ground.
How come Dudu didn’t get any minutes btw ?
I would like to see him play.
@Colin O’Haravic
I agree things might have been different if any one of Korea’s early chances had found the back of the net – we’d probably have folded and gone down 2-0. Even so, it was great to be at Craven Cottage yesterday afternoon – and surreal to see the Korean support (they outnumbered us around 10 to 1) screaming and jumping around every time they got a throw in… Agreed that Strinic and Sammir both had a stinker of a game – Strinic lost the ball easily almost every time he tried to make things happen by breaking out along the left wing and was caught badly out of position a couple of times – but good to see Jelavic and Petric scoring goals for a change, and Kranjcar actually looked half way interested in playing out there – miracles never cease. Pletikosa needs to stay healthy from now until the Serbia match – we’re one injury away from a crisis if he goes down injured in the meantime.
Personally im not a fan of Sammir playing for us.. i prefer to see Croats playing for Croatia.. just a personal thing.. lol
I disagree Ziva… i think the games should be played at home and not in England. I live in Australia and this is somethign the aussies did too.. played all their home games in england.. i completely disagree with it.. we should use the home ground thing to our advantage.. its a waste otherwise.. even if not many fans show up.. best play at home and at least give them the chance to show up
Zach – yeah agree.. thankfully no great strikers on the Serb team.. i really wanna win this game against them.. It’s a big game.
You see, Asians don’t get it. White countries are superior because they are becoming less and less white with no end in site! Asia countries are inferior because they are staying Asian. God Asians are DUMB, how don’t they see it?
Why is the Korean team all Asian? No blacks, no whites, no Arabs, no mulattoes. Shit, not even any brown-Asians from South Asia! Are they stupid? Haven’t they seen how awesome multiculturalism and diversity is working out in white countries? I’m curious, did FIFA launch an “anti-racist” campaign in Korea for this? Because nothing can be more “racist” than having a country filled with people of the same race, correct?
Over all this was a great win. Congrats to the players on dominating South Korea.
@Croatia vs Antwerp, I agree 2014 and 2018!
Croatia needs to come to the US once in a while. They can play someone for the CroatCup.
Luckily for us, the Serbian attackers aren’t exactly known for their finishing
Anyone think that if the Koreans were able to hit the net today, this would have been a completely different game? They let out a few screamers from distance, and didn’t miss by much. A miss is a miss, I guess, but there were a couple close calls.
@Croatia vs Antwerp
26, 27, whatever. He’s about four years too late to be sold for any amount comparable to the players Mamic sells on an annual basis.
Although I’m sure Sammir likes it in ZG and would love to play on the World Cup squad in Brazil, I still think he would rather make more money playing on a bigger name squad than Dinamo. Playing in the HNL for yet another year and a half is actually a way to NOT end up playing in Brazil as we’ll probably have some more HNL players being sold to bigger name clubs who are younger and better than Sammir.
By the way, Sammir is not being called up to the repka because Stimac actually feels he adds another dimension. The reason Sammir is being called up is because Mamic is pushing for it in the press and media, but I just don’t understand why. Sure, transfer money is the obvious motivation, but man, Sammir is chump change when you compare him to even the teenagers that Dinamo have on the squad this past season.
The 15-million-Euro-man, Mateo Kovacic, had to play OUT OF POSITION and risk his development to accommodate Sammir. Not sure why Mamic would allow or push for this to happen. I still don’t get it, and nobody can seem to explain it to me.
We need the God of Halilović on Croatia team .
How is hosting the game on the coast in early February going to boast tourism. Tourism in Croatia is fine. The numbers increase every year. We have to many tourists in the country in the summer months and not enough 4 and 5 star accommodations.
S. Korea is not traveling with a fan club to the game. If you play this game in Split, you wouldn’t draw more than 5,000 people.
Hvala lijepo!
no, Kovacic played in the CL so he isn’t cup-tied
Anyone know if Kovacic is cup-tied to Dinamo and therefor can not play for Inter in the Europa League?
The announcer in the Bosnia/Slovenia game was hilarious on the first goal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GYUtLIXAfo
@ Ivica & Jersey Cro
He will be turning 26 in a few months, and not 27.
Mamic attempted to sell him in the past, but no one met his asking price. This is mainly because of Sammir’s off field lifestyle.
Yes, Sammir is very comfortable at Dinamo and doesn’t want to leave. He even said this. And there is one reason for this: World Cup.
He figures he will play well in the HNL and use it as a means to make it to Brasil. He doesn’t want to leave and risk doing badly in another league and not make the WC.
The reason he is on the team, is because Stimac feels he adds an additional dimention to the squad. He said it was his ability to take playes on, 1 v 1.
I know many aren’t thrilled with the guy, but it is what it is.
@Rob, excellent point. We should be hosting games on the Adriatic and showing off the country a little. At least that could boost tourism which is a vital income resource.
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I understand the arguement of playing in London to lesser the negative attiutude towards the national team. But at the end of the day it is the Cro national team and our home games should be played in Cro.
We are the people they are representing and Croatia is our homeland and thats where all our home friendly matches should be played, not London. Take the game to Rijeka, Zadar, Osijek even take the game to Mostar.
Apart from the location, good result and good to see that Stimac mixed it up during the game and trialled a few different options.
@Ivica
It’s probably because Sammir is on so much money and Mamic wants to sell him for what he sold Kovacic, Vida etc.. for, which will not happen because as you say he is 27 years old and sucks in the Champions League. His contract expires in 2014 so Mamic is nervous he will leave on a free transfer. Mamic will probably offer him some ridiculous contract (tons of money for HNL standard), not sure what Sammir wants…he is very comfortable at Dinamo but does he really want to be a HNL lifer?
No respectable European team will buy him…I hate to say it, and don’t mean to be racial, but if Sammir was some Croatian guy without Mamic behind him (27 year old HNL midfielder), he wouldn’t even come close to the NT
BTW anyone watch the Spain Uruguay friendly? It didn’t look like a friendly at all and more of some grudge match.
Anyone know what the bad blood is about?
@Chupe, with 20%+ unemployment we’re ruling two things, jack and shit, and jack left town.
And just wait until we join the EU how fucked we’re going to be. While the politicians make out like bandits.
Hey, just keeping it real.
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@ JerseyCro
Man, Sammir is turning 27 in a couple of months. TWENTY friggin’ SEVEN years of age and STILL playing in the HNL and STILL not sold yet with not as much as a single rumour during any given transfer window.
I have no idea why he is being called up to the national team. Yes, the easy theory is that Mamic is trying to sell him, but I dunno. Mamic has made tons of money signing young prospects and selling them for millions in such a short turnaround time.
It just seems ridiculous that he would spend such time and effort to sell Sammir into some sort of star when he is already on the way to 30 years old, and is likely to bring in, at most, a couple million dollars.
Sammir must have some incriminating photos of Mamic because I just don’t get what’s going on.
For a nation of 4 mill or less we Rule!
@Jerseycro
great points i agree with you, But this sammir thing needs to end he brings nothing if he were that good he would have been bought long ago look at kovacic he sold himself based on his age and CL not National team caps, Sammir is Mamics doing hopefully Stimac notices it and says no Sammir. Kranjcar Modric Rakitic Vukojevic Badelj Kovacic Perisic Ilicevic Radosevic are better than him. again Mamic cigane!
Eduardo didnt play because i guess 2 thing wither Mamic said dont play him or he already kows what he brings goals the olic misses today i am positive Edi would have score 1 out of those 2!
@ Anonymous
Don’t worry about the CB situation. We have a lot of young CBs coming up the pipeline.
Pavlovic and Bubnjic are both pretty decent prospects and are now property of Werder Bremen and Udinese. Antonio Milic from Hajduk is another intriguing prospect who Napoli tried to include in a deal when they came to buy Radosevic.
Renato Kelic had some Serie A interest and will probably be leaving the Czech league once he becomes an EU citizen. Heck, even Lovren is still considered young at 23 years old and may one day wake up and finally put it together.
In short, one of these prospects has bound to turn out decent.
Sammir was so lazy today, at times he didn’t even bother tracking back and luckily for him Korea didn’t take advantage. I hope with Kovacic now emerging thats the end of him, he has offered nothing in his two caps, but I guess he needs to be sold (sigh). A European scout could see miles away the guy is lazy and only interested in doing some tricks
Andrijasevic isn’t NT material, Stimac helping Hajduk here. Ademi is an interesting prospect, but I think Radosevic has the edge of him for the backup DMC spot
Olic needs to retire, the guy isn’t even playing much at Wolfsburg anymore.
Anybody notice Eduardo was one of the subs not used? Maybe not a big deal but found that strange. But I guess Stimac was giving one last shot to Olic and Petric as Eduardo seems to be a lock in the NT
We also didnt have Badelj Perisic Ilicevic Kovacic today nice national team could use some more CBs and another good striker
@ Ziva not really andrijasevic has been hajduks best midfielder hes was only in hajduk because of his father and he sucked 2 years ago went on loan and i believe balakov took him to training camp and hes been solid for hajduk not saying he is national team material but is one of best HNL players
The wedding boy is only on the repka because of who his father is/was.
US looked like shit against Honduras, but they always look like shit playing in central America.
@Antwerp.. i wouldnt exactly be writing home about this yet.. as for champs in 2014 and 2018.. lol.. let’s just simmer down eh ?
I’ll be happy to make it out of the group stage for a change
Great comeback for Petric!!
Congratulations for Srna, Pletikosa ( hobotnica ) , Simunic!!
The wedding boy will be very, very good player…
We’ll knockout Serbia!!
u boj, u boj za narod svoj!!
Damn Hondurans!
I thought they were only good for selling drugs outside of Skytrain Stations and getting deported!
@ Captial,
Very well said. They always seem to take the friendlies more seriously on the road.
Re: Strinic,
He has been lights out for CRO the past year. He hasn’t played in 6 weeks…if he’s going to have a bad game, I’m glad it was today
@capitals55……well said. If this game was in Cro less than 5,000 people would have shown up and created a negative atmosphere.
The public has a negative opinion of the savez, Stimac and Mamic.
I wouldn’t be worried about Strinic, at least not based on this game.
Croatia was the nation that scored the most goals in all friendly games played today.
They also won by the largest margin, 4 goals, of all the winning teams. Total domination.
Croatia WC champions 2014 and 2018. 🙂
Sweet. We smashed ’em.
Although i agree with earlier comments that perhaps we could play tougher teams than korea. Then again they aren’t that bad really so… a good result overall
I didn’t see the game so i can’t comment on defensive mishaps.
@ Chupe
Simunic went to left back
WOWOWEEWOW! Honduras just scored a legit bike against the US.
Just one game and he’s still on winter break so not much to worry about
disapoitned to hear strinic didn’t play well. i thougth he’s played some excellent football for the repka since the start of the euros
@ Toni thats for cofederations cup i believe
I just think Strinic was the worst today still dont understand why Pamic from Prag sparta never gets a chance plays well for club neznam so what Carli was left back second half?
Impressed by the effort and finishing today, considering we usually sleep walk through friendlies. Unlike a month from now, the repka played without an ounce of pressure on them and it showed. Many questioned why play this game in London? The HNS knew all along why. With all the disdain and unwanted criticism toward the Savez back home, chances were it would be another embarrassing turnout like the Swiss game.They chose a decent opponent and not any minnow thinking if we win and play well, the media and all of Croatia wont be doom and gloom going into the Serbia match, like it was going into the Macedonia match after the Swiss debacle. If they lost, they had the usual, “just a friendly” excuse lined up. Well played by the HNS. All in all was a good effort and was nice to keep a clean sheet, although we looked vulnerable to the counterattack at times. 6 points next month is imperative and the pressure is gonna be sick
@Doktor Tudman HDZ……ej, u pravu si. Bas je steta. Nije lako biti pametjakovic.
What i saw in the words of broken english croatians
Olic no mo
Petric ok
Strinic no bette persun lef bek
Sammir nige
Pletikosa Srna Mandzo Jela Modric Raketa Carli Joe, God(good)
Evry elze ok
Steta sto ti Ziva nisi u Stozer ili u Vladi ka imas rijec za svakoga!
Bravo, Darijo!
Ivana Milicevic va va va voommm
@Laknat
who cares about Halilovic, if he wants to play for Bosnia let him
Does anyone know if the entire game can be viewed on a website, similar to what espn3.com does after they show a match?
The wedding boy has a long way to go before he can ever contribute to the repka.
Not surprised to see another Hajduk player on the squad with stimac being from Hajduk himself……..
supposed prospect Franko Andrijašević
Halilovic .> go for Bosnia
go out please for Senior !!
we want to Young talent . !
we hope another talent do not go for another country !!
I was at the game, nice little win for Hrvatska. Not much of a crowd but was still enjoyable. Congratulations to Pletikosa, Srna and Simunic on 100 caps!
perhaps a friendly. and one that i was not able to watch, buty ou gotta be happy with the result! i know we like to make the excuses that friendlies don’t matter at all, but they equally don’t matter for both teams, so based on that logic, one would hope for a result like today much more than the result we had against sweden
Did this game really happen? Empty stands…Jelavic, Mandzukic and Petric scoring? 4-0 Croatia? Am I dreaming?
Great result nonetheless…Croatia to win WC 2014!
P.S. NIKE is releasing centenary kits for most if not all of its teams. Where is Croatia’s new kit? I’ve seen Holland’s new away, Brazil’s new home, and USA’s new home.
where is eduardo??????
4-0
Thats exactly the ho-hum win we need. Crush inferior teams.
@Bobby V, I agree. He played well.
Mladen Petric is the only forward we have who has the cheekiness to score goals like that and who has a accurate/hard shot that can go in from outside the penalty area.
Sammir sucks
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@ Mishko. Your eyes do not deceive you. Niko ran his ass off (and a very attractive ass it is too!)
@ Ante B. I actually quite like Darijo’s ‘mountaineer’ look, but then, I quite like hairy men (see previous comment).
Really enjoyed the first half. Shame the second half has been broken up by so many substitutions!
1970′s Croatian dijaspora style?………………….TO FUNNY
Srna and his beard. Is he going for the Taliban look or 1970’s Croatian dijaspora style? I can’t put my finger on it but dude needs to shave.
this is fine. Remember, the guys in Russia and Ukraine have not played a real game in a few months.
I see Olic has taken heading lessons from Rakitic.
And good to see Rakitic supplying the headers and not on the end of them.
Olic would have missed that…nice goal Jelavic
Am I see things? Is Kranjcar running his ass off?
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Simunic is king. Playing well.
Link with HRT coverage.
http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/167463/4/watch-south-korea-vs-croatia.html
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Modric is doing terrible. Srna nice goal
Strinic is horrible.
modric, strinic, olic are shitty today
Nice Mandzu Goal- He is on fire…
why is olic the worst ?
hvala
http://darquo.site90.net/
anyone have a link?
Does anybody know if Eduardo is in the line up,love watching him play and if he gets some form he is great to have in your squad.
@zach our back is srna lovren simunic and strinic
Interested to see who lines up at the back. Corluka hasnt played for about 6 weeks, and Schildenfeld hasnt started since like October.
I’m hoping the players are up for it with Serbia looming and that this wont be as boring as most of Croatia’s friendlies are