Croatia came out in Belgrade playing three strikers in Mandzukic, Olic and Eduardo like they were going to put on a fireworks show in scoring goals, but they ultimately played a tactical game in the first half like they were playing Spain in their prime in the World Cup final: scared.
At the end of the match, Croatia should be happy upon the 1-1 result as they have eliminated everyone in their group, including Serbia, from World Cup contention and will now be headed to a playoff round tie regardless of their result with Belgium in October.
More to come from this match in the next few hours…
Croatian fans around the globe have many questions to be answered from manager Igor Stimac.
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All i got out of that game was….
– Stimac has no clue how to coach and needs to be removed ASAP together with mamic.
– Lovren played well at LB.
– Vukojevic should not be on that field.
– Kovacic needs to be on the field.
– Simunic had to do what he did
There is nothing else i saw that caught my attention. There wasn’t really much to see from us. To be honest with you guys, i felt like i was being chocked watching the game through a TV, how do you think our players felt out there? The serbs were on a hunt and were like killer bees on that pitch swarming everywhere. Then you got people like Ante B and others saying Rakitic cant make a pass. Nobody was able to pass they couldn’t barely breathe guys, we were so far apart from each other there was no chance to make 3 clean passes. Terrible strategy on the part of Stimac, he should have went in with an attacking strategy cause lose or tie meant the same for us (playoff). We needed a win to have a chance of not going into the playoff and he played the opposite. I read that the players said that they misunderstood the coaches strategy and didn’t play by it. I guess they were supposed to be sitting 10 meters higher than they were (don’t think that would have helped much). We were out played by a hungrier team and that’s final. Nice pass by Srna placing the ball through 3 defenders and beautiful goal by Manzdo.
Who the fuck is typing under the fake shinobi name?
Those were not me.
Ziva- I 100% agree!
Bang on with the primitivac and seljak comment!
Didn’t watch the game, but saw the results. Very surprised. Who knows, maybe these guys will do something.
Back to Stimac…….with his comment today he has shown he is not the man for the job. We already know he is not qualified as a coach and has no tactical knowledge, but today’s comments show he is a seljacina and a primitivac (again, no surprise).
Well, now is the time for the fans to react. No tickets should be purchased by the fans for the Belgium match. The Belgium fans are traveling well for their matches and I hope they buy up all of the tickets to the game in Maksimir and our fans decide not to attend and only watch on tv. What a sight that would be to see Belgium with more fans in Maksimir than our own. Hopefully it does happen.
This current squad under the leadership of Puppet Suker and Strucnjak Stimac deserve zero support. Stimac should be fired after the S. korea game or we go with him in the next two qualifiers and two playoff games and then get rid of him after we fail to reach Brazil. Stimac doesn’t deserve to be the coach of our repka. We deserve a person who treats people with respect and not a person who tells people to suck his dick or take it in the ass.
@ Denis
This snafu acknowledges how meaningful the site has become in our lives. Croatians love the community. Great work in “uniting Croatian fans from everywhere!”
Croatia 76 – Slovenia 74 at the Eurobasket in Slovenia.
Repesa is coaching is ass off!
A joy to see a real Croatian coach getting the most out of his players.
Bogdanovic is a solid NBA guard and makes big shots. Saric is playing solid as a 19 year old. I prayer they can beat Czech tomorrow and progress to second round. Then the stands will begin to swell with Hrvati.
@ Ziva
Did you see the game?
First gutsy win I have seen in many a moon.
Forgive me but it must be said that Drazen would have had 40+. But I digress. I am happy to see these boys bring it as a cohesive unit. Bravo Repesa!
Take a look at all the second place teams. Now say to yourself, “Stimac is our coach”. Who, maybe other than Bulgaria, are we going to beat?
@ da! your starting team isn’t unreasonable and would be pretty close actually to what i’d pick.
its already been mentioned but can i re-emphasize how idiotic this friendly against south korea is. we go without a full team to even experiment with and jeopardize our world rankings with what is likely to be another loss. does anyone know why this was done?
In a friendly id like to see this line up Subasic Mikanovic Jedvaj Lovren Vrsaljko Kovacic Radosevic Ilicevic Halilovic Rebic Perisic
@ Jm if it brok fix it thats what im saying my ideal 11 that i think can compete are Pletikosa Srna Joe Sifo Carli back 4
Mid Modric Kovacic Perisic Rakitic Mandzo Dudu 2 strikers and subs should be Rebic Kranjcar Halilovic
@ da! come on. lets be reasonable. olic is still playing starting minutes in the bundeslig as is badelj and jelavic is still (for now) starting in the premier league. lets keep these guys on the team before we start using a bunch of youngsters that don’t play at all.
croatians win both men and women’s junior championship at us open. tennis future looks bright at least
My Squad that deserve call ups when healthy and place get called up are,
Golmani Pletikosa Subasic third call a HNL keeper who shows form.
Obrana-Corluka Joe Lovren Vrsaljko Strinic Sifo Srna Mikanovic Jedvaj Milic(Hajduk).Datkovic Leskovic
Vezni Perisic Modric Kovacic Radosevic Rakitic Kranjcar Halilovic Ilicevic Pjaca
Napad Eduardo Mandzo Rebic Livaja(i know hot head but could be good.)
Good bye Olic Kalinic Sammir Jelavic Vukojevic Badelj Stimac Maloca and other Suker Mamic boyz
Id clean house if mafia didnt exist Boban president HNS Cico Kranjcar technical director
Coachs Dado Prso Milan Rapajic Braca Kovac Soldo Robert Prosinecki
I’m still hoping to wake up tomorrow morning and read on a Croatian sports site that Stimac has been canned.
Any suggerstions for a replacement?
So a wastefull friendly thanks puppet suker the team to play s korea kresic Srna Vida Lovren Milic Rakitic Ademi Halilovic Perisic Eduardo Kalinic probable 11 Benko Bubnjic Pivaric Tomasov to come in
Mi ni Škotima u Zagrebu nismo ozbiljno zaprijetili,a kamoli Srbiji u Beogradu.Što ćemo tek s Belgijom u Zagrebu,ukopat tekovsku brigadu “Gromova” u naš šesnaesterac ili zatražit zračne udare NATO saveza.
HNS PEDERI NOGOMET STE SJEBALI> BILICU VRATI SE HAHAHAA
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And we need Rogaine for Rakitic and his receding hairline. The guy couldn’t pass, and we couldn’t string together three passes together all game. We can’t blame Rakitic’s vision as he now has a Sixhead instead of a forehead.
JM- nobody said Rakitic lacks talent, quite the contrary…he lacks heart, commitment and the will to fight for his teammates. He has incredible talent but what does that do for you when your team is under pressure and you half assed appear as if your trying to defend? Nowadays, players are expected to play in both ends of the field, he’s a great attacker…when he has time and isn’t closely marked otherwise he’s completely out if the game…and that’s his problem! Anyone with his talent can play when they have time and space, he doesn’t do much when his team is defending…I can’t stand primadomnas!
Many people here talk about Zvone Boban being a huge talent…he was but not through being a flashy player. He was incredibly responsible, knew his role, had incredible vision and distributed very well…if he did dribble it was rare and he always took the option to pass to a player in a better position than he was…that’s what made him special. He played both ends if the field and was always one step ahead with regards to knowing what to do! Boban in an unofficial director in AC Milan, they still love and respect him there…that’s an accomplishment few have had…he didn’t score much or beat 9 guys and try to be a Maradona, but even Maradona respected players like him because he played for his team and not for himself! I will always love Boban for his unselfish attitude as a player…few like him!
i think the criticism of rakitic is too harsh. i will remind people he essentially won the game for us against macedonia when we were down 1-0. and he also started off the initial scoring series against serbia in zagreb. rakitic is putting in a great season at sevilla and showing himself to be a classy player. i have no doubt that his passion to play for the repka is high and given his decision to play for it over switzerland, that shouldn’t be questioned. i therefore think we need to look to why he isn’t performing as well as many think he’s capable of doing. and my best guess is the blame has to lie in stimac and his formations. against serbia, rakitic was set up to fail. with three forwards, there were zero passing angles for him in the midfield. that is why he played awful i believe. not b/c he’s not good or b/c he doesn’t have the heart. rakitic must continue to start. we just must find a better way to utilize the team’s assets
Slavonic and Ante
Mamic is an amoral person who doesn’t give a damn about anything besides those green backs (or multiple colored backs in this case). However Hajduk needs someone with business savy. Definitely not a replica of Mamic, but someone to put that organization together. Maybe if many years ago when the Luksic family tried to buy Hajduk and they succeeded Hajduk would have been alright today but that’s hard to know
when is the next game? A friendly vs Korea?
Why are comments not being posted?
@DarkoCanada
Questions.
Have you ever played soccer?
What would you have done, let him go on a 60 yard run and score the winner against us?
That was actually a very “selfless” thing to do.
Took the red, preserved the point, knocked the Serbs out, and guaranteed 2nd place.
Mission accomplished!
Im sure Srna apologized for that sloppy corner and thanked Simunic afterwards.
HAHAHAHA. Anyone catch Formula 1 this morning? During the ceremonies someone had a Croatian flag with CAPLJINA on it.
I snapped a picture of it.
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You guys need to read the Cro websites this morning. Seljacina Stimac going after the media. What a clown, basically telling the media and the fans to go suck his dick or he’ll bang them in the ass. Stay classy seljacina!!!
As if the media is the reason for the negativity around the team. I have to admit that from the side watching all of this is very entertaining. Can’t wait to see what does happen if we do fail to make the World Cup.
Reverse the situation and if a Serb player had done the same thing as Simunic in ZG, our fans would have reacted in the same way.
Either way……I woke up a few minutes ago in the fortified basement and am reading all this shit with Stimac and the media. This is awesome. We now have a seljacina of a coach basically telling the media and fans to suck his dick. He is making it so easy for the fans to root against him and the team, especially if we miss out on the World Cup. Stimac using old commie media propaganda tactics and blaming the media for the negative atmosphere around the team. What a fool. I’ve yet to ever see the media win or lose a game.
@Toronto Croatia
As you pointed our earlier those Serbs are morons and fuckin animals.
I actually heard on the news that when VP Biden visited Beograd that they had less police protecting him. 4000 at a game!
Well done Joe Simunic
Svaka ti cast.
Serbia played all their young talent and they were a handful all night.
Rebic, Kovacic, Halilovic with Mandzukic and Modric are goal producing machine.
The issue now is that we need a real manager to get this talent running in the right direction.
We have more talent then I have seen in 25 years. And we have nice mix between studs in their prime and studs who are up and coming.
I say have Ante Gotovina manage the team with Boban as his adviser. We would get to semi’s of Brazil!
I cannot stand Mickey Mouse leaders holding our people back.
On kosarku note Repesa his coaching his ass off with half the talent.
Interesting Youtube video from the stands after the Simunic Tackle…
You can see fuckin Serb fans throwing stuff at him as he is walking off the pitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcOYnhWO8Xw
And you can get a feel of how hostile it really was in the stadium
Ante B – great post Ante, the part about Mamic demonstrates you have character as a person…I think Mamic is a chameleon, with absolutely zero morals or values, he attempts to justify his ridiculous rants and behaviours as if he’s a noble person…I can’t understand why Suker and him are buddies but then again I have no idea how Stimac earned any right to coach this savez!
All New Yorkers should get urself to the junior us open final to root on Borna coric
I know it’s off topic but Borna Coric is in the us open junior final- good sign for croatia’s tennis future!
Found some time finally, here we go:
The game was a fucking disaster in every aspect. We have a midfield but nobody decided to show up. There was NOBODY in the middle. Could somebody tell the team that passing the ball IS allowed in soccer? And I think we’ve seen the last of Receding Hairline Rakitic as a starter; he was absolutely pathetic. The goal by Mandzukic was amazing after a sloppy mistake from the serb defender. It’s nice to see that he scored but Croatia CANNOT put three forwards on the field with that “midfield” or lack thereof. We tied but that is not saying much. If we expect this performance at the WC, we will be out. The game against Belgium will tell us everything.
As for the atmosfera in BG, if anything like that happened in Zagreb, we would’ve immediately been kicked out. Double Standard, party of 11. STOP CIRILICI U VUKOVARU! Vukovar je HRVATSKI grad. If there was an Oluja in Slavonija, Hrvatska would be all the way to Zemun.
To those of you who wish Mamic was at Hajduk, really? Did you not see this game? It has already happened to Dinamo and you are starting to see it on the national team. What in Moses’s ball hair would you EVER want that to happen at Hajduk?
Also, there were Croatian fans there to those of you who thought none showed up. Are you that gullable to think they didnt? If so, I have insurance to sell you and Im not even an insurance agent. Here’s a great story:
http://hercegovina.info/vijesti/sport/nogomet/navijacka-prica-hercegovci-uz-vatrene-u-grotlu-marakane
@ Dark
“Some folks are actually defending Simunic? No single player has the right to make a move that jeopardizes his entire team. The Croats were up by one man as well. It was stupid, selfish, and it was certainly not the only thing he could do. ”
Its pretty clear you have zero understanding of the sport. Its actually the opposite to being selfish. Its self sacrifice for the team. What Simo did is what any decent defender would do, Hate it when casual football fans such as yourself try and comment on the sport
What was with all the advertisements?
None were in Cyrillic.
@ Mishko
He was…and I completely agree with you…they both knew that was the only play. Ivanovic is a hell of a defender.
@DarkoCanada
“Lets not windowdress Simunic’s play as anything other than it was; a selfish move that put his whole team at risk.”
What Joe did was based on other people and their stupidity. Stimac had all our players in the box for the corner kick and Srna had a horrible corner kick that was 3 to 4 feet off the ground. A perfect storm if you will.
Now, how is what Joe did a selfish move? An example of a selfish move is what Zinedine Zidane did at World Cup 2006. He was so angry at what Marco Materazzi had to say to him on the field during the game that he took matters into his own hands and his actions spoke volumes into how much he truly cared about his teammates and his country. He cared about one person and that was himself! His actions were the actions of pure selfishness! There was 10 minutes left in the game before penalty kicks and he could not wait it out because he had to head butt someone for what they had said to him on field. All the actions were in his control and Zidane failed miserably in the act of putting your team and country ahead of you. He could not see the bigger picture because he is the bigger picture in his mind.
Joe made his decision for the team based on elements that brought him into the situation. The stupidity of our wonderful coach and Srna’s very poor corner kick put Joe into the situation of stopping Sulejmani in the manner that he did. If Stimac does not put us and him into that situation, than the events that occur do not happen. However, Joe stops Serbia from going up 2-1 and winning the game which is not selfish, it is unselfish.
Is it just me or was Ivanovic protecting big Joe from any shenanigans from the Serbian players?
Much respect for Ivanovich because HE KNOWS that Joe didn’t have any option and you can tell in the tackle he was just trying to stop him and not hurt him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKxmR1-erxg&feature=y%C2%ADoutu.be
@ Niko
That is unreal – he will be gone sooner that later….one word….budala.
@ Soul Champ
BTW love the Petro jersey for your profile – Zivili!
And Mandzukic did look like a true forward with the goal – playing with Bayern and all of that talent has to help in rounding out his game. It looks like it’s working!
@ Matesic
Thanks! You and I are on the same page on our posts. I really think some of our younger guns Rebic, Kovacic and hopefully Halilovic will add that speed and skill dimension that we are lacking. It needs to make up for the slowing of some of our long time players in Srna and Joe. Srna and Joe still have some to give for the repka and we also need these guys that have the experience.
As for Perisic, I missed a good part of the game in Brussels due to a bad internet feed…won’t make that mistake anymore! I think he does have the skill set to be a decent player but just hasn’t proved much yet…he barely started after the transfer to Wolfsburg last year although this year it looks like he’s playing more regularly. I’m not giving up on him just personally haven’t seen much yet.
And I agree with the HIMNA….I don’t care if you are tone def, you have the sing it! Gotta say I respect Sinisa only on his stand on the anthem, aside from that he’s an idiot. Play for your country…learn to sign the anthem.
@ Soul Champ
I didn’t see much of the Brussels game due to a bad feed so I didn’t see how he played. But i’ve seen all of the other games in the last few years and he just hasn’t done much. More to do with his late of playing time for club – it seems to be finally changing this year as he’s started 3 of the 4 regular season games.
@ DarkoCanada
Even though I’m a fellow Canadian I have to disagree about your Joe comments. Completely unselfish taking out Suljemani!! I’m sure he doesn’t want to be red carded but knew if he gets by him we could give up the game winner. I played for years and you have to understand a defenders mindset – you do what you have to do. And he did it lol…loved to see him walk out and not feel badly about it!!!
@Darkocanda
Simunic has heart and is not selfish. His play got us in and he knew he would be bashed for it even by his own like you.
Srna even thanked him today for saving his butt. If you prefer a non contact sport watch golf.
http://www.tportal.hr/sport/nogomet/284010/Stimac-je-sinoc-dokazao-da-je-hrvatski-The-Special-One.html?utm_source=clanci&utm_medium=manual1&utm_campaign=clanci_manual
great article
………..Perisic………….
Rebic.Rakitic.Halilovic
..Kovacic.Radosevic..
Milic.Lovren.Vida.Srna
………..Kresic…………..
In my opinion, this is the most talented team Cro has had since the 90’s, however, never has Cro played worse.
STIMAC NEEDS TO GO NOW! He has been given a fair chance, and has failed miserably. If something is not done now, we may not make it to Brazil.
vs Korea
……………….Perisic………………….
…..Rebic…..Rakitic……Halilovic…
………..Kovacic-Radosevic………..
…Milic..Lovren…..Vida…….Srna
………………..Subasic…………….
Given the bonehead tactics/line up I am very pleased with 1-1. Serbia dominated the flanks with young wingers and backs. We left Modric on his own in the middle with no options.
Modric as it in him to be captain, is class gives him inmate respect.
When the young guns click in with Modric and Mandzukic. Hrvatska will be kickin ass and taking names.
@ Mali Ante
Perisic played great in Brussels, need to give him another shot. Vida will be needed as well.
@ Ziva
Mandzukic with a 40 meter sprint and slot finish from 12 METERS!
The man is goal scoring machine. RESPECT.
I say throw every talented player we have for the next 3 matches to find out what we got for the play-offs.
Pletikosa Mikanovic Sifo Lovren Carli Kovacic Modric Perisic Halilovic Rebic Mandzo v Belgium.
This team is and was ruined by the mss alliance and By what pedigree did Stmac deserve the coaching spot by shitting on Htv on Bilic its easy just like us what we do shit on the tv but i would have fired him June 7 after the scotland loss calling up Sammir and others makes no sense what so ever and i hope when playoffs come we are not seeded and play a big team to get in. My team that should have played in Belgrad 3-5-2
Pletikosa Srna Carli Lovren Joe Milic Kovacic Modric Rakitic Eduardo Mandzo i think it would have worked and later switch to 4-4-2.
Belgium will be another game we play bunker in belgium will attack man imagine 2 home losses in one year never done in our 20 year history my team for that game would be this Pletikosa Vrsaljko Carli Lovren Strinic Perisic Modric Radosevic Kovacic Mandzo Rebic.
Is the site down?
My two cents:
“My heart says 2-1 Croatia, my brain says 1-1”
MY brain always wins for some reason. I expected this type of scoreline, but didnt expect this type of play. Stimac admitting that his first half strategy was to sit back and kick the ball around. Finishing the game with one chance on goal.
Stimac: makes Bilic look like a Capello.
Simunic: Dude is a beast.
Kovacic: needs to start
Olic: never in midfield again
Lovren: As much as I bash him, dude played well
Mandzo: is our top striker, no one comes close
Rebic: Dude has a nose for the goal, hopefully he gets a chance in Serie A
My two cents:
“My heart says 2-1 Croatia, my brain says 1-1”
MY brain always wins for some reason. I expected this type of scoreline, but didnt expect this type of play. Stimac admitting that his first half strategy was to sit back and kick the ball around. Finishing the game with one chance on goal.
Stimac: makes Bilic look like a Capello.
Simunic: Dude is a beast.
Kovacic: needs to start
Olic: never in midfield again
Lovren: As much as I bash him, dude played well
Mandzo: is our top striker, no one comes close
Rebic: Dude has a nose for the goal, hopefully he gets a chance in Serie A
Hey we got a win on our home soil and got a tie in Serbia. We officially knocked the Serbs out of the competition…so I’m happy with this.
Serbs have nothing to brag about, nothing to talk shit about. And we proved our nations superirority 😉 (yes I hope a Serb is reading this right now and their blood is boiling).
Because when it all comes down to it, we know that in the sports world… the only game that truely matters to us is football.
So bravo to the Repka! It would have been sweeter to win both … but we didn’t lose!
And I think I agree with what a few people hinted on which is, out of all of the “higher quality” players on the Repka, Rakitic UNDERPERFORMS the most. He kinda just wonders around out there.
And when Simunic committed that foul, I honestly thought a riot was going to break out and the game would be called. It probably would have if they didn’t have like 4000 police in the stands.
Which just goes to show you how fucked up Serbs are. Who needs 4000 police officers when their are NO AWAY FANS in your stadium? Morons.
Hey we got a win on our home soil and got a tie in Serbia. We officially knocked the Serbs out of the competion…so I’m happy with this.
Serbs have nothing to brag about, nothing to talk shit about. And we proved our nations superirority 😉 (yes I hope a Serb is reading this right now and their blood is boiling).
Because when it all comes down to it, we know that in the sports world… the only game that truely matters to us is football.
So bravo to the Repka! It would have been sweeter to win both … but we didn’t lose!
And I think I agree with what a few people hinted on which is, out of all of the “higher quality” players on the Repka, Rakitic UNDERPERFORMS the most. He kinda just wonders around out there.
And when Simunic committed that foul, I honestly thought a riot was going to break out and the game would be called. It probably would have if they didn’t have like 4000 police in the stands.
Which just goes to show you how fucked up Serbs are. Who needs 4000 police officers when their are NO AWAY FANS in your stadium? Morons.
Lets not windowdress Simunic’s play as anything other than it was; a selfish move that put his whole team at risk.
Comments?
I thought Simunic acted very selfishly. He took the game into his own hands which is not fair to the team or the fans. I guess at least he “nailed that serb.??”
Some folks are actually defending Simunic? No single player has the right to make a move that jeopardizes his entire team. The Croats were up by one man as well. It was stupid, selfish, and it was certainly not the only thing he could do. Until this team learns to work together better, they are not going to get anywhere, and it is a shame because there is talent on this team, however it just seems like over the last couple of games they have no heart.
@ Mali Ante
Agree 100% about Mateo. Have not seen that technique and 10 meter burst since Boban.
@ Ziva
1 – Modric IS world-class and would be a presence as captain.
2 – Mandzukic scored with a 40 meter sprint and cool slot finish from 12 METERS!
3 – Once the young talent clicks in with Modric and Mandzukic we will be kickin ass and taking names!
“Stay thirsty my friend.”
General ratings;
Stimac: D : Stupid line up like I said before the game. 3 forward, 3 center backs, and Vukojevic gave us no ability to control the ball, which we needed in a hostile environment. Left us playing practically a man or two down as Olic/ Eduardo and Mandzo hung out up top.
Rakitic: C : he was bad, but I still think he is a classy player. His performance should largely be based on Stimac’s formation, which gave Rakitic zero passing outlets when he got the ball in the middle. Modric could barely keep possession of the ball he was so surrounded and Rakitic is good, but not as good as Modric. He was set up to fail.
Modric: A- : Great ball control in tough spots. Seemed like he was playing harder than anyone hustling and working on D also.
Mandzo; A- . Used his one opportunity masterfully. Awesome first touch to finish the play.
Srna: B : Great interception and brilliant pass to set up Mandzo. I don’t know what was going on with his free kicks that couldn’t get the ball off the ground.
Perisic: C- . Didn’t do anything
Simunic: B : Played solid. Smart play to take the red card to prevent the goal. Even if its multi-game suspension, who cares. We spot in qualifying is now cemented.
Olic/Eduardo: C : Didn’t even appear on the field.
Pletikosa: A- :Continues solid play
Lovren/Corluka. I thought they did fine.
Kovacic: B : Threatening, but needs to piece it together. I can see why he gets hurt so much with those dribbling runs. But i love to each them
Vlad,
I like your lineup, however, I would replace Badelj with Rakitic. Rakitic plays well in the middle while Badelj has not been any good this year.
On paper this is probably the best linup we have had since the 90’s. Yet they are playing the worst I have ever seen our Repka play. STIMAC NEEDS TO GO!
We obviously had a more difficult group than usual all things considered and besides the Spain, France group I don’t see any more difficult ones considering we were the first seed, however, we could have won this group, people are forgetting we were one open vida header away from beating belgium
Maybe 516 comments is the most that can be posted?…
NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Have i been banned from here?! 🙂
Why aren’t my comments showing up?!
Srna might not have played that well but I love his heart! Rakitic could learn a thing or two from him. Iv been hating on Rakitic for years. Still waiting for him to prove me wrong. Maybe he should take our corners though. He does strike a nice dead ball, and he doesn’t have to make tackles out there!
Love big Joe. Took no shit from no one.
@melbcro
Great quote by Joe. Love how he took no shit from no one. Right in Beograd. He has fuckin balls. Wish others on the team played with the same passion and intensity.
@jarac
What were you watching? Modric was not chewing out anyone. He is too meek and quiet and he needs to play better.
He is not a leader and that is fine.
Corluka, Pletikosa or Simunic would make a better captain. You can see on the field when these three start yelling how the others listen and follow.
Iv been saying Rakitic is soft for years!
Still waiting for him to prove me wrong.
You know where he would be useful? Taking corner kicks!
You don’t have to make any tackles there and he is good at striking dead balls. Better than Srna at the moment. Srna might have not played that well but i love his heart! Respect to Simunic chopping that Serb down. Would have potentially lost without that tackle.
@melbcro
Great quote by Joe. Loved how he walked off the field. He took no shit from them.
@jarac
What were you watching. Luka wasn’t chewing out others. Come on he needs to play better and he is not a leader. Never has been a leader and that is fine. Too meek and quiet.
Corluka, Pletikosa or Simunic would be a better captain.
Iggy,
I think people are more pissed off at the way they played as opposed to the actual result. I thought the game would probably end in a draw, but the matter in which that took place is what has people annoyed. I thought after the Scotland game that it could not get any worse, I think I was wrong.
‘Kockasti’ već u utorak igraju prijateljsku utakmicu protiv Južne Koreje u Jeonjuu, a izbornik Igor Štimac nakon sinoćnje utakmice najavio je da će dati odmor nekolicini igrača. Tako za susret neće konkurirati Luka Modrić, Mario Mandžukić, Josip Šimunić, Stipe Pletikosa, Ognjen Vukojevič, Ivica Olić, ozlijeđeni Vedran Ćorluka, te mladi Ante Rebić, Mateo Kovačić, Alen Halilović i Igor Bubnjić, koji će biti na popisu Nike Kovača za U-21 reprezentaciju, koja igra protiv Ukrajine 9. rujna.
Gotta take South Korea to win at home against Cro lol
“‘Kockasti’ već u utorak igraju prijateljsku utakmicu protiv Južne Koreje u Jeonjuu, a izbornik Igor Štimac nakon sinoćnje utakmice najavio je da će dati odmor nekolicini igrača. Tako za susret neće konkurirati Luka Modrić, Mario Mandžukić, Josip Šimunić, Stipe Pletikosa, Ognjen Vukojevič, Ivica Olić, ozlijeđeni Vedran Ćorluka, te mladi Ante Rebić, Mateo Kovačić, Alen Halilović i Igor Bubnjić, koji će biti na popisu Nike Kovača za U-21 reprezentaciju, koja igra protiv Ukrajine 9. rujna.”
@Mate……true, but we have only made it out of the group phase once since 98. So, for me, qualifying for the event is what I look for. Anything more is extra.
@ Mali Ante
You are adding intelligence to the threads, it balances out some of the mindless sranje some smotani write. Hvala. Our Radosevic doing? Agreed we need a real motor in DM. Preferably one that can make a forward pass.
I love Simunic, he has bought heart, soul and physicality for years. I love Srna he has bought fire and a golden right for years as well. BOTH LOOK TIRED! SImunic is well into his 30’s and Srna runs with world-class Brazilians and hard working Ukranians for Shaktar, to cover his slow ass.
Kovacic, Rebic, Halilovic and Perisic are ready now. Perisic played great in Brussels and looks healthy.
Every time we hold on to old players going into a WC we look like sranje.
Not an extreme right winger like some of my fellow posters, BUT what’s up with not singing the HIMNA?
Modric can be our captain through his presence as a world-class footballer.
I say we let it all hang out against Belgium and match them in the midfield.
@Ziva
I see your vacation did nothing to integrate your pessimistic perspective. When the young talent clicks with Modric and Mandzukic we are going to kick ass and take names.
How far was that explosive break away goal? 15 meters?
Stay positive my friend.
@MelbCro-I am sure that’s true,I know his uncle well.We always refer to his Bosanska glava also!
Simunic after the game being asked about having projectiles thrown at him when he was walking of the pitch
“Ne može mi ništa biti, imam ja bosansku glavu! Nije me ništa pogodilo”
haha, legend
You know, i dont know what u fuckers expect
i looked at the poll on this site and most ppl are unhappt with a draw?
DID YOU WATCH THE SAME FUCKING MATCH AS ME????
we couldnt even get the ball
our goal was CLINICAL.. it was beautifully done and our defense held up against all that shit.
We wont – even playing brazil in brasilia or spain in madrid wont be that bad – most of th guys on our team, they will NEVER play another match that rough..
i’m extremely happy we got a draw and proud of our guys, and IN PARTICULAR our defence that held up.
Anyone who still says DEJAN LOVREN doesnt deserve a spot has clearly taken their penis and gently placed it up their anus
iggy would like to rub dicks with lovren
at this point might as well give coaching job to kovac, fuck at least he could still get out there if we lose anymore defenders
Big Joe=big heart… he knew what he did, it was bad but came up ready to rock. He’s got more balls then rakitic has hairs on his head.
What about schildenfeld? dude stepped up everytime he’s been called upon..
love to see rebic get some more time, he looks hungry out there.. something i imagine a young olic was like but with perhaps more skills
i forget who it was but the serbs had an 18 or 19 year old out there and looked good… much rather see young guys like kovacic and even the god of hailovic get a shot rather then rakitic, though with the way srna was taking free kicks, they shoudl have let rakitic try a couple
2nd was the best we could have hoped for in this group anyway.
And after the Scottish Zagreb loss we deserved worse. So why all the negative responses? What did you hope for a win in hostile territory and a belgium slip up against the groups easybeats? I DONT THINK SO!
I good result in my book. 1-1 against our most hated of rivals on their turf, is a respectable outcome.
I’m not saying you have to be an “emotional freak” to be captain, but you do have to be a solid leader and personable person who can tell other players what to do and motivate them. Meek little Modric isn’t going to motivate any players with his mumbling and and quite demeanor. I’d give the arm band to Simunic before anyone else. maybe Olic. Both players are on their way out of the sport though. Next generation captain is up in the air.
I think any result besides losing on the road is a positive result esp when you have a monkey as a president of the savez and a pig as a coach! Seriously if it wasent for the pure skill of certain players we really have no business being in the position were in. Stimac proves again and asain how bad of a coach he really is that line up was terrrible, we had three strikers on the field who all arent great at maintaining position how are you supposed to play. people write on this website about modric or rakitic not dictating play, no matter how good you are you need a proper system and players to play with, bottom line you need a coach not a imposter! The way were playing at the moment we can lose to anyone seedded or not seeded in the playoffs, you know the stimac is bad when after a year incharge he still dosent have a feel for his team, we played with two strikers in belgium and were outplayed we were outplayed in belgrade with three strikers time to finally play 4-2-3-1 and roll with it. Kovacic is our hole player he has to start no matter what rakitic bench and he has to find a proper defensive mid to partner modric its sad cause were playing way below our level.
corluka lovern simunic strinic
Badelj modric
srna kovacic perisic
mandzo
until halilovic and rebic prove themselves i think this is our best line up, i know badelj is not the fastest but his speed isnt’t that bad and ill take his brain over vuko legs any day, and i know srna is past his prime but corluka and srna were good on that side in bilic’s early years and we have no one else untill some of these kids develop. also i know perisic hasent proven himself yet but hes never played in his proper position which is a attacking mid not a wing mid in a 442 which he is not good at. This should be our line up going to the playoffs!
And Mexico sucks, bring in Carlos vela
It’s hard to tell who the captain should e unless you’re in the locker room. The best player isn’t always the captain, look at kovac…everyone loves him but who honestly thinks he had the most quality
Ziva I’d agree with you that the quality at 98 isn’t easily or at all replicable, but don’t sell us that short, qualifying is a shit goal…I know you like to be a negative nancy but I’d set our goal at repeating the 08 euro cup result. We played really attractive soccer and got good results until the heart break knock out. Not that I expect a heart break knock out but with the quality we have we should be able to get out of group stages and be competitive in the knock out rounds
Being a captain doesnt mean u need to be an emotional freak, it means that u are cool calm and collective in situations like today and can motivate others and get on ur teammates, and u need to have the skill to back up ur play and gain respect from others.
Modric is not captain material.
there will never be another 98 generation. That was the perfect storm. Those guys were schooled and brought up in the Yugo system, had talent and played for the flag. Anything after them that just qualifies for a WC or Euros should be applauded and celebrated.
You guys ever think we ll have a generation like 98 again
I can’t see Modric being captain. I’ve said this before. The dude is quite, awkward, and shy. You rarely see/hear him be very vocal and he doesn’t seem to be a leader. He looked pretty pissed walking off the field at half, but that’s the most emotion I’ve ever seen him give before.
For real, they should just join the north and South American qualifiers and Oceania and Asia. There’s no reason not too….I know the distance sucks but how far is the flight from Houston to beunos aires honestly
Bravo Costa Rica
CR 3-1 America
It is time for Srna to give up his captain arm band, we all know who deserves the captain armband that is luka modric, I saw the fire in his eyes he was furious with the play. He was chewing out teammates at half.
Nice thing about cro, is they actually do show some skill, like scoring with very few chances, Mandza is big time. Serbs missed many opportunites, thats the difference, when ur not that good u cant score with ur chances. And there not that good. Mandza is that good and needs just a chance/service to score.
And lmao @ them chanting mamic’s name. He should fuck off from Zagreb and stay there IMO.
http://www.index.hr/mobile/clanak.aspx?category=sport&id=699031
I love seeing Serbs show the world the primativci they are, and always will be.
Bobby V, trying an hook up with the Germans down there and buy the country. Good luck.
VIVA COSTA RICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
…this is awesome, I have short fat toothless Honduran fans buying me Coronas. I told one I was Croatian…he says “oh Davor Suker” – haha
Surprises – Iceland score 3 goals in the second half to tie at Switzerland, Bosnia loses at home to Slovakia and Mexico in deep trouble for qualifying now – lose 1-2 at home to Honduras, who take 3rd spot from them.
@Ziva – did you see that sitter missed by the Honduran forward? Se La Perdio!
Joe knew exactly what had to be done and sacrificed himself. He’s not the most skilled player but always played with heart and that takes you a long way sometimes. Although I can’t help but think of the three yellow card game….
For real though, sulejmani is a very strong player, remember watching him play with Suarez at Ajax, that was nice… Who ever said that Serbia would have one had sulejmani started might be right….good thing mihaljovic doesn’t like them Muslims
And American fans brag about their twelve game winning streak….when your best competition is shite f course you win twelve in a row
Colin
Nice, love seeing that little Muslim boy fly
hahaha…
Mamic has made 150 million euros in seven years worth of transfers….he’s done more for our balance of trade than pliva and Franck combined
it could be worse……you could be a mexican soccer fan right now. They are down at home to honduras 2-1 in the 86th minute and it should have just been 3-1.
And I know everyone is on a hate Mamic tip, but I wish hajduk had a businessman like him running the club. So much talent has been wasted by hajduk and if they could just develop these players and put them on a better path I think Croatian soccer would be better off. Think about the messed up routes jelavic and perisic had to go through to get where they are or vukusic. Dude is done, almost for sure
Simunic <3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNS3-XPYc_I&feature=player_detailpage#t=17
I’d hardly call a 1-1 draw on the road in a hostile environment with a buffoon of a coach & tactics rape.
Yea perisic still has something to prove for sure, I still have faith in him but we ll see
now to getting whipped by Belgija & then eliminated at the playoffs, BUDALE
Iggy not so cocky now are you, your ass just got raped 1st hand by Srbija
In a bar with Honduran fans – going crazy!
Mate – yes Srna can definitely play that position and very well…but Perisic hasn’t done enough in my opinion…he’s hot and cold but mostly medium, a filler, doesn’t do much either way!
in my opinion Perisic was a lot of hype and little to show…he hardly changes the outcome of a game and in that position, you have to.
Nice read on petkovic, too bad we couldn’t land him…maybe ziva s right about zuti, think he’d be a good pick up
433 could work as well, just need to provide width with the outside strikers and then we re playing with one true striker
http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2012/09/18/bandini-who-is-vladimir-petkovic-how-a-full-time-charity-worker-became-coach-at-lazio/
Slavonac
I can see what you’re saying us not having wingbacks, I mean srna is for sure one, he already plays line to line, now the question is can perisic play line to line – get back in defense. I Like the system, bc you don’t need a defensive midfielder and you have three defenders so you’re strong in the back. All you need is the center backs to stall play long enough for the wingbacks to get back. Strinic could play there as well but it doesn’t seem like stimac cares for him and I’m not 100% sure he can play the role.
* I don’t think he’d fit in.
Yeah I don’t fit in with the whole culture of HNS anyways. He actually seems like a good honest man, in contrast to the mafijasi at HNS.
@matesicmethod
HIs time is not complete, what do you think Lovren would of done. Probably a bruce lee kick to the head. Maybe at the end of this qualifying but Simunic was a beast today and always plays solid for us. Regardless he won’t be playing at the belgium game due to the red card so Stimac can experiment with that.
Can you imagine if we draw a tough team in the playoffs.
Yes, Srna was brutal today.
@majstore, forget about Petkovic, all wishful thinking
@ BostonCro
“and an even worse decision by Simunic.”
lol, you really think that? Simo did the right thing, had no choice.
Rakitic is skilled but no heart! Would be great for Sunday picnic soccer…I can’t stand his lack of heart!
Burnt Croatian flag
Had a Vukovar sign in cirilica
Were chanting Vukovar and ubij ustase
Fans wearing sajkace and other cedo bs
To name but a few things
Regarding left back…I haven’t seen a lot of him but from what I have seen I really like Strinic at left back, am I missing something?
3-5-2 is a great but complex system, if you don’t have the players it’s just impossible. We currently don’t have two wing backs (or however you want to call them). Jarni and Roberto Carlos played that position amazing but to have one per side is really difficult to find.
Matesic, well said. Like the lineup but not a Perisic fan…he’s done absolutely nothing for club or country yet. Rebic might be the better option eventually and possibly right now. Kovacic is great now and should be a key player for us for years to come.
Missing a good def mid though…Rakitic doesn’t have the motor to fill that role and can’t play the wing either.
@Mate they burned a Croatian flag?
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Since I’d like to go back home where would you start a boat taxi service with a 75 mile an hour deck boat? Pag, Krk, where?
http://www.iboats.com/sites/EssexBoats/site_page_19201/images/l_1.jpg
http://www.essexboats.com/plogger/plog-content/images/essex-boats-models/essex-28-fusion/25.jpg
Mate – agree with the Mateo comment. He adds the dimension of speed and skill we are missing. I really think Rebic will do the same in attack. The should play Mateo a little further up – go with a 4-2-3-1 with Mandzo alone in attack and even try Mateo playing behind him.
As for burning the flag, they boo’d the anthem to death so burning the flag is just another example of their inexcusable behaviour – like I said in my earlier post…eliminating them is sweet.
By the way, anyway love the Mandzukic hand to the ears celebration after that well finished goal??? Loved the silence……
Simunic has given his heart and soul to the repka. AND his time is complete. This level is to fast for him at this point in his career. Respect to all his service over the years.
Srna needs to step down and gets a half going forward. Slow as Christmas.
Kovacic reminds of Boban a bit and could be our version of Isco. Perisic has his legs back. Rebic and Haliliovic got the goods. Mandzukic is a beast and Modric sets the table.
I am in deep inquiry into how big of a smotan Stimac really is ?
The emperor is not wearing any clothes !
Lovren is ready to play CB. Need a left back at all times.
Looking forward to flooding the midfield against Belguim.
______________ Mandzukic___________
Perisic – Modric – Kovacic – Rakitic – Haliliovic
Left back – Lovren – Corluka – Vida
Pleti
Jesmo blesav narod pfffffft
To further that, I hope some Serbian skulls were caved in, in Vukovar tonight. Fucking smrad. And we still have people that want to allow them to have their cirilica in Cro.
And in case you guys didn’t see my previous post
THEY BURNED A CROATIAN FLAG
Hopefully those pansies at UEFA have something to say about that
A few other things. Mateo is going to be a stud in the future, realistically the best dribbler on our team, now just needs to add more to his game…and if stimac plays him as a defensive midfielder, he really should be fired. He needs to be more in the final third, again, 3-5-2, why not
Terrific terrific terrific ball from srna to mandzukic, and nice cool finish from mandzukic, exactly what you want to see from a striker
Can’t hate on Stimac for the lineup, he basically put his hardest working players on the pitch, added a striker and hoped for the best…I don’t know if Perisic is in game form yet and he can be a liability running back; not starting mateo probably had to do with the fact that he plays pretty much only in the center of the park and vukojevic needed to play cause he runs his ass off and is the only defensive midfielder we had available besides Ademi….not that we necessarily needed a defensive midfielder (or ever) but it was the safe bet
Slavonac, agree with the Boban comment. He’d give someone a flying kick if they tried to play the corruption game with him.
To reiterate my comment on Big Joe today – he was the our best player. Played solid and likely saved the game with that monster tackle. I went nuts when he took him out!
Bobby V – agree with the Stimac comment. He doesn’t have a clue…I was reading on Jutarnji that the game plan was to soak up the pressure – ok maybe to a point but to come off like that he’s some master tactician? Gimme a break. We defended pretty well today but it was an awful first half….Serbia is far from Spain.
Enjoy, it’s an awesome vid / documentary.
Re: Boksic. Def. I always rated him more then “the brand”. Just a shame he was injured so much. Can’t imagine the damage we would have done in 96 / 98 if he were playing alongside Suker.
@majstore – thanks for the clip..will watch the whole thing tonight. Boksic = legend
The best thing to read / watch re: those two is this
http://youtu.be/XvxIsjkj3GE
Some funny comments above. Blazevic? Seriously? Haha. He is a senile old man at this point. The best Croat coach out there right now is running Lazio. If the savez was smart they’d go after him (but they are retards so they obviously won’t).
Secondly, NWO fixing matches in international football. I don’t think you are on to anything, but rather just plain on something LOL. You Americans are the best for comic relief.
Thanks Bobby, as per Horvat’s question…years ago I would have said Ivic but I don’t follow their league anymore…I’m a busy dad.one thing I will say is we have coaches but for some one reason or another politics is interfering! Croatia produces great players which means we must have great teachers/coaches. When you mix people that are their for interest an power you take away from the game. Many people think Zvonimir Boban would have been a great HNS president but the one thing he didn’t have was he isn’t corrupt…see how screwed that is? As far as a coach. I’d say my best bet would be for someone that had a team that performed better than they should have…that’s the sign of a well prepared team! It’s not always the better team that wins, many times the better prepared team wins!
And yea, if Big Joe doesn’t get that red card, Sulejmani is off with a goal. Maybe Joe could have held up play if he didn’t charge at the ball, but realistically, in the open field, at Joe’s age, Sulejmani burns him and Sulejmani becomes the first muslim to be celebrated in Beograd since Halid Beslic
Slavonac
You hit the nail on the head with every one of your posts; good work.
That thing that was burning in the 88 minute was a Croatian flag, just so you guys now.
If we just had a player to play in the hole, this team would be a lot better, but we don’t have that player. Like Slavonac said, Modric doesn’t play in the hole, that’s not his skill set. Think Isco
@Mishko – it looks like someone was behind Simunic, but way on the other side of the field.
I loved the way Simunic took no shit from the Serbs who all knew he saved a goal. He was barking at all of them on his way off the field.
Here’s a really interesting article on the history between Stimac and Mihailjovic. Some of you might have seen this, but more has been added – a must read if you’re a fan.
http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-football/777492-a-history-of-hate-cro-vs-srb-22-mar-2013
I think the best time to fire Stimac is now. This way the new coaches have some time to prepare for the playoffs.
Any Ideas who would be good prospects? Unfortunately we don’t have many.
Blazevic cannot be worse than Stimac. He did well with Bosna a few years ago.
@Slavonac – missed you, sorry. You are one of the best posters on here.
@Bobby V, I was watching on ESPN 3 and they never gave a wide angle. Was big Joe the last guy? Hell I’m 48 and could 2 out of 3 times lob a ball int the middle on a cross. All of Srna’s crosses sucked balls, and that is not like him.
Just throwing it out there, could there be a good conspiracy with this. As we know people bet on this shit, could the Russians have gotten to him, or better, the NWO because they bastards hate homogenous countries and would love to this that diversified shit hole called Belgium succeed?
Call me what you want, but I think I’m on to something.
I’ve got tons of love for you bitches, but I’ve got dog training in the morning. Croatia winning or loosing doesn’t put money in my pocket.
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It didn’t matter who we fielded in that first half. Stimac handcuffed our players by telling them to win the ball and dump it back deep into their zone.
He was playing for the tie all the way. He wanted to eliminate Serbia in front of their home fans. After the Scotland loss, it was second place in his mind all the way.
Ironically,with Kovacic, Perisic, and Jelavic in the lineup and permission from Stimac to play a proper way, we might have won the game – the flow started to change after those subs went in.
Poor Olic and Eduardo were left to play more like midfielders in the first half – we had 3 forwards on the field but absolutely no desire to try and feed them the ball. Their job was to win the ball and dump it. Olic had a horrible back pass that alsmost cost us.
Very lucky to tie – nice dummy on the corner by the Serbs that they hit the post on. If Sulejmani started the match, we would have lost. His crosses were excellent (set up the goal) and caused us fits.
Well, 2 friendlies against Belgium and Scotland before we see who we draw in November.
@ Ziva – agreed about the South Korea trip – what a fuckin waste.
Bobby V- I suggest you go back and read my posts!
Agree,
Smart play from Simunic. Plus I loved seeing him
absolutely hammer that fucking balija. Meni je samo zao da ga nije tesko ozlijedio ; )
About a minute after Simunic got his red card, a throw-in was awarded to Croatia. Srna had the ball amd threw it to the ground with both hands very hard – he was pissed at himself for the poor corner (his 3rd in a row) which forced Simunic to take the foul.
Simunic saved Croatia – he locked us into the second spot with that move. Croatia Vs Antwerp and Jarac were the only ones to recognize this. Even Ziva screwed up by commenting “Simunic being Simunic” – wow, really surprised that only a few saw that he sacrificed himself for the good of the team. He knew exactly what he was doing.
does anyone have HRT chighlights ????
i wanbt to hear fellow hrvati carry on not the south american ones im currently hearing, thanks
ugh
im not gay, cmon.. people on this site know from my previous whinging im not gay
@Poglagnik
yeah we did knock em out which is nice
great mandzu goal and..
3-1 aggregate against those fucking cunts, nice
im with u man.. bring on the playoffs.. smashing coming up
Serbs are out!
Good enough for me!
Bring on the 2 leg play-off!
Iggy- you gej?
I think we can all agree DEJAN LOVREN deserves a spot and also looks very handsome in doing so !
Horvat- the team isn’t organized, Rakitic is a primadomna who only plays well when he doesn’t have to defend and when he has time on the ball. Stimac is being exposed, he’s not qualified…many coaches would love the opportunity to coach this team.
Also, people here seem to think Luka is an attacking player…he’s a player that starts the play, organizes the midfield and does a fabulous job at holding the middle. He is not a behind the forward attacker, not sure why people expect to be, he never has been!
before the game I said that croatia needed to capitalize on their spot kicks and corners to win this game. Srna’s corners we can say were awful (the crappy corner led to simunic getting sent off) and serbia capitalized on their free kick in the corner.
they didn’t deserve to win, nuff said
One of tha worst games I ever saw Cro play. We have good players but are playing so poorly. Call me slow but I’m finally starting to see that Stimac doesn’t know what he is doing.
For the longest time it has been obvious that Rakitic is useless on the wings. He plays well in the middle if the field, period.
i didn’t get to see as much of the game as I would have liked but really didn’t like the lack of possession in the first half. the serbs have been crap in qualifying…..not sure why we couldn’t do more to control play. lucky to escape the half scoreless and the game with a draw. big joe seems to just get better with age….what a frickin awesome tackle. that’s how you sacrifice for your teammates, giving yourself up via a red card to save a potential goal scoring chance.
we are headed for the playoffs so lets hope that the draw will be kind to us. however, the belgium match at home will be a good chance to build up some confidence. a loss at home in that match and things will get tense leading up to the playoffs. a nice result there should keep everyone happy
I didn’t see Stimac’s post-game interview. What did he say? I heard that his post game comments were the only thing worse than the game itself. -________- Has he been fired yet today?
Idk if I’m the only one, but I’m not a fan of Rakitic. I feel like he doesn’t raise his play when he represents Croatia. He doesn’t ever seem proud, or play with heart. He plays just as well, if not better for Seville. Most of our guys elevate their games for the Repka but he does not. Also he’s one of the only players who does not sing during our national anthem.
Kranjcar for Rakitic
Rebic for Eduardo
Kovacic for Vukajevic
Vida or Pranjic at LB preferably Pranjic
Lovren at CB
That’s all I got for now.
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Except for the one cigani who came onto the field, I was surprised that none of the Serbs decked him. It would have kept Croatia up a man.
We are who we are….I’d like to think we’re a team that’s good enough to pull out a win like this but the only creative midfielder is Modric. The one qualifying game that we didn’t have him, we all know what happened.
Thanks Slavonac! Your posts have always been well said too.
I agree and would also like for them to cap Halilovic and get that over with – never know, he could surprise and play well right away but I think he’s a few years off. My guess is that he’s wasn’t playing much for Dinamo because they were going to sell him…
Halo Ante Mali…nice comment!
Hi all…I’m Ante from Canada.
First time post for me. I’ve been reading the writeups and posts of the site for a year or so and appreciate the good work in keeping us informed about the repka etc…I found many of you post some good stuff and great links to news….the rest of you are entertaining to say the least!
As for my two cents…it disgusting the way the anthem was booed/whistled…fully expected but completely classless. The result and knocking them out of contention was retribution enough for me.
We completely sat back and were on our heels in the first half….lucky to escape halftime 0-0.
Kovacic provided a great spark and is an absolute must going forward…his quickness and skill is a nice addition…Rakitic plays out of position for the repka and has played poorly regardless for us as long as he’s played for us.
I think Rebic gets a shot and he will be a welcome addition in attack and good for years to come…again providing much needed speed!
As for Joe’s tackle…classic! He had to do it given Srna’s poor corner(s)….He played solid today.
Hopefully we get a favourable draw in the playoff but I have faith….Zivili!
Thanks Jure!
BTW – I love George Cuvalo!
@Slavonac from Canada
Excellent posts!!!!!
@nepoznat
Anyone but Sweden or France. I realize France is not on your list as they will more than likely be seeded but we would not do well against either team.
One for political reasons and Sweden because they are a very physical team and we do not do well against physical teams. Also, Ibrahimović who would tear us a new one!
For the record, and to most this is common knowledge, but Igor Stimac is a sad sad sad excuse for a coach. That first half was beyond horrific!
@Nepoznat
I see us having trouble vs. Sweden or Montenegro. We have not been playing well since March 2013.
Big Joe saves us again.
Currently for the playoffs we would face one of Romania, Montenegro, Sweden, Bulgaria or possibly Norway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)#Ranking_of_second-placed_teams
Most seem very doable
I guess Lovren gets his chance at CB in the next qualifier, with Simunic getting crveni karton.
Ziva – I havent seen a Dinamo game other than a highlite here and there…I’ve just seen some of his highlites and know Tottenham bought him (at least i think they did).
I just saw a replay of Siminic’s red…WTF was the team thinking? 1 player on top of the box and the rest inside…what a joke…what were they thinking in doing that?
Sixth-placed team
A Croatia 7 5 2 0 11 4 +7 17
G Greece 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13
F Russia 6 4 0 2 8 2 +6 12
I France 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11
D Romania 6 3 1 2 9 10 -1 10
H Montenegro 6 2 3 1 6 8 -2 9
C Sweden 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
B Bulgaria 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7
E Norway 5 1 2 2 4 6 –2 5
the team is pure garbage and the results prove it!!!
Why , O Lord Why Did’nt HNS Play to Their Potential ? I Guess Looking at the Bright Side at Least they got 1 Point !! Jarac , i Nije Bitno Rule ! Bog , Hrvati , USA , Champion L.A. Galaxy , Hajduk , i HNS !!!
We’ll see with halolovic. But, based on his play with Dinamo he doesn’t deserve even a call up to the repka.
Ranking of second-placed teams. This is Wikipedia information.
Because one group has one team fewer than the others, matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the second-placed table.
The eight best runners-up will be determined by the following parameters in this order:
1.Highest number of points
2.Goal difference
3.Highest number of goals scored
Croatia played 7 games, won 5 of them, two draws, they didn’t lose(Scotland is 6th at this moment, the results of the games against them don’t count. We have 17 points at this time. At this time we’re the number 1 of the number 2. We can’t afford to end last, then we won’t even make it to the playoffs.
Sixth-placed team
A Croatia 7 5 2 0 11 4 +7 17 1,6 Scotland
G Greece 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 1,3,6 Liechtenstein
F Russia 6 4 0 2 8 2 +6 12 1,3,6 Luxembourg
I France 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 1,3
D Romania 6 3 1 2 9 10 -1 10 1,3,6 Andorra
H Montenegro 6 2 3 1 6 8 -2 9 1,3,6 San Marino
C Sweden 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8 1,3,6 Faroe Islands
B Bulgaria 6 1 4 1 5 5 0 7 1,3,6 Malta
E Norway 5 1 2 2 4 6 –2 5 1,3,6 Cyprus
1 – Team may potentially finish first in its group
3 – Team may potentially finish third or worse in its group
6 – Sixth-placed team in group may change (so ranking of second-placed team may improve or worsen even if it does not play)
@ Ziva – I also agree and to be honest, I’d almost like to see them throw in Halilovic for the hell of it. if we’re going to use him we may as well try it at some point…he may do well?
Agreed ^
I understand why Vukojevic was in the game. But, Kovacic needs to be in there. Going forward I rather have Raketa on the bench. Place Vuko at DMF against teams that will not sit behind the ball and make sure Modric and Kovacic are on the field together.
A better starting 11 would of made more sense…vuko is garbage rakatic man..guys no words … Kovacic and modric need to be always mid we need more creativeaty through CDM and CAM and all way to ST.. This game showed how 2d we can be without right players to expose wholes with passes and making those tantalizing runs. Stimac made a awful decision to try to beat Serbia through strikers ..than apose of midfield. Midfield control dictates pressure and pace of game poor performance by croatia but Evan more poor decision making on starting 11 by stimac.
@Toronto……not sure. I guess a lot would depend on the other teams. But, i think we are in the top four barring two losses and all the other teams winning (which wont happen)
Where are the Rakitic defenders. I know there are some here who got their underwear all wet when they heard Raketa wasnamed captain at Sevilla. Yet another game where he underperformed for the repka. he might be the only diaspora player who plays worse for the repka than club side. Usually the diapsora players play very well for country, but not headball Rakitic. Then again, can we really blame him with him knowing the amount of narodnjake bars he could hit tonight in BG. Shit, as I am typing this he might already be in one.
What time do the clubs close in BG? I see no reason why they couldn’t do an all nighter and go straight to the airport from the clubs. They can claim it will help them adjust to the Korean time zone.
@Ziva
just to clarify, even if we drop points again belgium we will still be one of the four teams seeded?
@Mr. Black……..what hate????? The game and scoreline went very much how I thought it would. Only hate I have is for serb lovers, Stimac, puppet Suker, Mamic and those whose family members have failed them.
It looked to me like Simunic first backtracked or hesitated for a second or two, and then decided to charge straight ahead. I’d have to see a reply from a different angle. Would also like to see whether he was positioned properly in the first place (why was he so far back)? And doesn’t he usually jump to the box on corners?
If he did not backtrack/hesitate, then he did the right thing plowing forward, but he could’ve done a much better job on the Serb.
And now the team has to wake up at 7am local time in BG to hop on a commercial flight to get to S. Korea for that all important friendly on Tuesday. The idiots who lead the savez (puppet Suker) never cease to amze me.
This is a good result for us. The Serbs had far more chances than us. So at least we will finish second. Even if we had won today, we would have needed a win with a few goals against the Belgiums.
Stimac has to make some changes. Kovacic has to be in the starting eleven. He and Modric are technical our best players.
Some players didn’t play on their best place. We also have to admit that there’s not much choice. Lovren is a good central defender but he lacks some technical skills to play LB.
Olic can still be good as a striker. As a right winger, he just isn’t good enough.
About the red card of Simunic. I don’t understand what the hell happened. It was a corner for Croatia. Why do you keep one of your most dangerous player with the head and also one of the slowest player behind. It should have been Kovacic who was waiting there. He would probably been faster on the ball and wouldn’t have to take a red card. Joe did the right thing after all. If he would have done nothing, we would have lost this game for sure.
And Ziva. Why all the hate? I’m starting to think you’re Bosko Balaban and that you’re angry with Stimac because he doesn’t call you up anymore.
So, these are all the teams that could finish in 2nd place:
Group B: Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Armenia, Denmark
Group C: Sweden
Group D: Romania, Hungary
Group E: Norway, Albania, Iceland
Group F: Russia, Israel
Group G: BiH, Greece
Group H: England, Ukraine, Crna Gora
Group I: France
We would be on of the 4 seeded teams, so we would avoid France, England and Swededn if those teams finish in 2nd place.
@BostonCro
It had to done by Simunic. Not a wrong decison, it all started with Srna.
We can’t overtake Belgium even with a win. They have 5 pts on us. 2nd place is what we will end up with. Frustrating this whole qualifying.
@BostonCro…..I don’t blame Simunic for the tackle. he knew if that half mujo gets by him then he would be one-on-one with Pletikosa. he could have gotten him in a different manner to avoid what likely will be a 2 or 3 game ban.
How can anyone blame Simunic? are you guys serious? He’s the last man, his opponents twice his speed and going full sprint towards Hrvatska’s goal…he gambled as he should have and lost…it happens all the time!
When you’re a man up why do you need to send 9 players into the box? the corner was weak, the Serbs cleared it and there was noone between the Serbs forward and Simunic…thats defending 101…you have a man more and leave a 1 on 1 situation???
Well, the next two qualifiers mean zero now. Now they can cap the half mujo Halilovic.
Belgium has this thing wrapped up. All they need is a point in the remaining two games.
This result is fine. A tie in BG is good. Look at Holland, they tied on the road today. I didn’t think we could win in BG anyway, but what has me worried is they level of play we have no witnessed in the last few qualifiers.
On a personal level, my parlay is alive and well. i put money on a belgium win, us to tie, Mexico to win and US to tie tonight.
The frustration is because the first half line-up was a shit show, then we had a man advantage for last 20 minutes and blew it on a poor corner by Srna and an even worse decision by Simunic. We had the momentum with us and could not take advantage of the gift.
In any event, no gurantee that even with a win we would overtake Belgium.
By the way, just to point out how far CSR has come…..remember when you guys were happy to break 100 comments? Congrats on establishing a following.
@jarac
what the fuck has happened to Srna’s passes of late, no height to them
Jarac is right. Suljemani was clear to charge towards goal. And Joe had to commit the professional foul.
If Srna didn’t take that poor corner, this would not have happened. I mean all his corners were just so poor, as they failed to beat the first man.
I was worried about this game and was hoping for at least a tie which is still good. I wish though that Modric would pick it up and dictate the game. Have not seen that from him yet.
Simunic played well but my feed went down at around the 60 minutes mark and unsure what happened with the red card. Hopefully CSR has video. Seems he had no choice base on some comments.
We make the playoffs and unfortunately we have a good chance of drawing a tough team. They always make it difficult for themself and in the process give me a heart attack…..everytime.
You can’t chalk up the match to any free kick, on paper we were set to win, but obviously shit happens and judging by the way they played we were lucky to finish with a draw. Take it and hope for a favorable playoff draw.
It’s amazing how consistant the Belgians are in this cycle.
croatia played like shit. Should be ashamed. Played with no heart. So sad. I get so excited to watch croatia play and this is what i get to see each time. I’m tired of watching shitty soccer almost as bad as MLS soccer.
i dunno why u guys are complaining
this is a great result for us
1-1 in cuntville is fantastic
this was always gonna be extremely difficult..
im really proud of our guys that they scraped out this result
great goal to mandzu
and fuck those serb cunts
fucking fuck them
We just have to face the fact that we are not as good as we think we are. Thats that
joe did what he had to do, if it wasnt for that srna’s piss poor corner kicks, that couldnt get 2 feet off the ground, joe wouldve stayed on the field. why luka is not taking corners is beyond me.
Mishko – Srna usually has incredible free kicks…dont know what to say…he ran miles today and worked hard!
@Slavonac, well Srna’s free kicks didn’t help either, but Stimac has got to go.
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Well bummer…..not a bad result, but it sucks not to beat the Serbs…..better play well in the playoff.
I dont think have a lack of will…this game under these circumstances is extremely hard…like in a pressure cooker! they got a result that was respectable, its like scoring an ugly goal…you still scored it! I dont think the Serbs wanted it more…I think the problem is with preparation and the lack of it the team has! you’re making a comment with 5 minutes left that the Serbs want it more…I highly doubt that, psychologically they have more reason to want to win at their home…and that energy they get from being in their own stadium helps…in any sport. I think the guys played ugly but for the most part defended their goal well. I dont think the Serbs wanted it more I think they were better prepared…we had no answer to their pressure…we didnt slow the play down, umiri igru…”kill the play” or “momentum”…its an old tactic that wasnt used…they werent prepared…I think they didnt have the right answers and lineup!
That’s that. All you idiots who thought we were gonna win. Serbias defense is fucking awesome. Srna is out for the next game. We’re done
Big Joe = Legenda
ps stimac, i am a fan of kovacic and luka in the mid!!! u see that run by kovacic he fucked it up in the end but it was nice
yeah that was rough
i want ui all to know i predicted 2-0 and then 1-1
anywway can someoen pls link to mandzu goal ??
thanks !
Belgium just scored a second goal. 2 – 0
Belgium scored again 2-0
I’m fucking pissed!!!!!!!
SO what happens now with Stimac?
this is a victory for croatia, sealed 2nd place, tough away atmosphere, logged the first goal, and had an awesome tackle by big joe american futbol like
ok stats guys… maybe start looking to our potential playoff matchups
i don’t even know where to begin
what did i say that was so wrong………did you not watch the game. The serbs were more into it
More lol.
Ziva is bang on this time! Cunts want it mote!!!
I think if we get a tie, well done..
great goal to mandzu and we hung on.. this was hard as fuck.. we’ve done well
@Slavonac be nice to Ante R
Ziva – you chosse the absolute worst times to say the the shit you do…and at the same time you’re the first to jump on someone for not being as Croatian as you are!
Serbs want this game more…..
Thank you Pletikosa
Simunic being Simunic…….multi game ban for that
Keeper!!
That might be his last game ever for the NT. Flashback of R. Kovac.
Lets hope now we come out with a least a tie. Stimac should be canned!
That wasn’t Simunic’s fault, he had to do it. He was alone.
@Zach, I agree, that was fucking stupid.
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Simunic goes Red!
Srna you take horrible corners, cause you can’t beat the first man
that wasn’t Simunic’s fault…I have no idea why he was left alone back there…pretty stupid
Oh gee that doesn’t surprise me……
He should have gotten 2 red cards for that.
Big red for big Joe
Idiotic
Simunic will definitely get added games for taking the guy out.
HOLY RED CARD FOR BIG JOE.
lol that was bad
oh well, its not lovren getting a red at least
looks like my 1-1 prediction is right guys
i did predict 2-0 before too
thank my balls later !
Here’s Jelavic’s chance to be the hero.
Jelavic, so I guess they want to win. If he scores I’m going to burn my neighbors house down.
JUST KIDDING.
we still have another 13 minutes for the serb D to gift us another goal.
Matic sees Red! That’s their key player in Midfield, Lol
lets go one more!!
yeah my link went down too
but 1-1 is perfectly good for us, imo
that would give us an aggregate 3-1 win against these fucking cunts who i cant stand
jhhahahahahah serbia down to 10 as expected.. fuck i hate these cunts
Sweet. Red card – saw that coming.
Is it just me or do the Serbians look like Turks or gypsies?
Četnici down a man
Bravo red card! It was turning into a hackfest
so…whoever has complained about Dudu or Vukojevic…and have failed to see just how insignificant Rakitic is, here is your opportunity to watch! he’s a nobody unless they are always attacking and its not raining, his hair looks good and nobody challenges him…the guy makes me so pissed off…
Woot wooot
now impacting
how is brining in Kovacic and Perisic being too defensive??????
Plus, the STDs Corluka has is no impacting his play. He could hardly get up for that goal.
Stimac went too defensive with those subs. It will be hard to score a game-winner now 🙁
1-1 FUCK!
Italy Bulgaria… oMG!!!
Fucking serbs SCORED
its down… and serbia score
ESPN is down too.
Not another blackout.
aww shit my link went down, anyone else on frontrow ?
Signal has gone dead in van on sports net.. Wtf
ESPN 3 just went off. WTF?
Someone for the love of GOD get Vukajevis out.
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Eduardo off Kovaci in .
Nice here comes Mateo!
Poor ball retention were playing off counter breaks..
well i just saw SMM score a good goal with his FEET.. lol
havent seen that since dinamo days.. happy days guys
this is incredible stuff
we’re being fucking smashed but get the ball forward once and clinical finish from SMM.. amazing stuff !!!!!
oh dont fucking.. now we’re going into our shell again as per alwaus when we score.. can we plz try and possess the ball
great finish by mario…..but thanks to a serb blunder (again)
World Class finishing by Mandzukic
@Iggy leave Ante R alone.
Sulejmani…tell me he’s not a Turski kurac!?!?
DAMN big Joe is the man.
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fuck off ziva..
3rd “hand-gifted goal” they gave us
that was a great counter by us
are u capapble of saying “well done croatia”????
i just want to know if your jaw can even say it ?
ANY catch after the shot Mario t-bagging the Serbian defender? I which I could Tivo this because it’s absolutely hilarious.
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OMG IM SO HAPPY
FUCK MY CUNT GUYS
WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW !!!
PLZX PLZ LET THIS BE THE FINAL SCORE
GET IN
now the pressure on us will be even tougher!
got to love the serb D……….that is third hand gifted goal they have given us……..comical.
Thank god
I really feel bad for Lovren, he hasn’t gotten one HOLY SHIT
GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL
Yeah!!
Mandža!
Goal Mandzukic
awwww YEAH FUCK MY
CI
NT BRILIANT FUCK YUEAHS SSSSS S
Hvala Bogu!
goal …
Iggy – it takes 11 to defend, the days of forwards hanging out at centre field are long gone!
This is looking better.
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Vukojavic is the worst his pass success is rotten
Well, dudu shouldnt be getting the ball in his own half tbh.. its … we just need to get and hold the ball for a while
I just don’t get why olic he’s garbooooo
Northern Ireland is up 2-1 and 1 man so we just need to find a way to win if they hold on at home!!! Even a draw there would suit us if we can win
Not picking on them – our coach has them playing in non-natural positions.
Plus, it is a toss up between Eduardo or Olic, but Eduardo has a yellow, which is why I would replace him first.
How much longer do we have to hold on to take the crowd out of it? Unfortunately our counter attacking is so pathetic
Bring on Rebic, Halilovic and Kovacic at the 60th minute and let’s see what we can do
Iggy I agree our midfield has fallen asleep….
playing in Serbia as their enemy is a lot harder than people can imagine…if you’ve ever played any sport at a higher level you’d understand. almost all rival countries struggle away, this is even harder.
Why are u guys picking on dudu and Lovren? They’ve played fine imho, u cant blame them for the fact we cant get the ball. Not their fault.
We look awful to end half …no tricky tak passes just pointless half field boots to give away than defend on ice…horrible performance by mandzukic olic isn’t evan touching ball Eduardo should just play a rb how much d he’s doing so upset ATM. The way were playing we will be lucky to tie but to be honest I’d play the youth
I hope Stimac puts in Kovacic, he’s not experienced and hasn’t proven much but at this point where you’re team is ******* **** maybe you can hope for a Disney movie second half.
Belgium has scored in Scotland FYI
Stimac is hiding the fact that we are in poor form by playing dump the ball into their half and sit back and then claim it is
a smart tactic.
Pretty comical watching Olic and Eduardo trying to play midfield.
Jose Mourniho is in the stands scouting Nemanja Matic and a few other Serbs.
copy my whole sentence and not just a part of it…..
The obvious change is Eduardo out and a MF in – either Perisic or Kovacic (if he is 100%). Back four are looking shaky, particularly Lovern at LB, but you hate to make changes to defenders unless absolutely necessary.
im sorry but anyone who says “im hoping for a croat loss against serbia” is a fucking cuntrash who’s parents have obviously failed them.
Sorry Ziva but MAMA ZIVA has failed you in your shitty basement if u are supporting srbija against us you fucking jugo-trash
Eventually, at this rate, Serbia will put one in the back of our net.
i didn’t say i was cheering for a loss……
to be honest, I parlayed this game for a tie, along with a Belgium win, Mexico win, and USA=Costa Rica tie tonight.
I’m still laughing at the people who a few days ago posted we would dominate this game.
iggy, its losing the battle to win the war… we are a better team then what we are doing…
im just glad we played in cro for the first game… if we played in serbia and lost we might be fighting harder for 2nd place right now
Ziva cheering for a loss, go fuck urself.
I will bet u cro will come out much better in second half. This is a game where homefield is huge and the more u weather the storm, which thankfully we did, the better ur chances going forward
“I’m almost to the point that I would be OK losing to the serbs if it meant Stimac was removed”
Fuck off ziva you cunt
you can say that against wales or belgium but not these cunts, no fucking way. No way.
i agree ziva… if thats what it took to get stimac out then great but you know that most likely won’t happen…
where can you find a puppet in short notice? we do play in korea on tuesday for i don’t know what reason. seems they need practice not games at this point
sorry to say it but its games like this where we need 2 way players, which is why Vukojevic started…I dont like him at all but when you have guys like Rakitic that cant play both directions this is what you get. I know he’s not the only one but he’s regularly a defensive liability! Modric is doing his best to first protect his own goal now we need others to help in the midfield…I think we will be better in the second half, well, at least I hope they sort things out! defending against Serbia at their home field with the overwhelming support they are getting isnt easy at all…
I’d like to see 1 or 2 changes, particulary in midfield and maybe take out one forward and replace him with another midfielder!
Stimac has no system. Our guys look lost every time they gain possession. Hopefully we can sneak one in for the second half>
Mishko,I agree! That was terrible.
Belgium up 1-0 🙁
well, we’re being smashed
but somehow hanging on..
i can’t remember spain or brazil smashing us like this
but we’re hanging on
much as i love the 3-striker thing it isnt working cos we cant even get the ball to those guys..
fuck this is hard
my previous prediction of, this will be one of the hardest games these guys will play, i think is right.
This is rough.. playing in cunt-city is hard
ok we looked pretty shitty and lucky to be out of first half with a tie
but the way we have been playing and you know the serbs would have all sorts of adrenaline from being at home with all that support for a big game and this is about all they have left for a long while…
we are ok… maybe we get a couple chances second half and put something in
ya big joe, always getting ragged on, he is a cagey old vet now and we need that experience… stipe solid as per usual
has to be one of our most consistent performers
that yellow on eduardo was BS… but lets hope they get a second yellow in second half when they get frustrated
game is going pretty much how I thought it would. Serbs would have more of the play and possession. I at least thought we could have some chances, but nothing for us.
I’m almost to the point that I would be OK losing to the serbs if it meant Stimac was removed. But, even if he was removed, we have nobody credible and available to take his place.
0 chances…
@Nepoznat, thank you, but how the hell do you know all of that? Impressive.
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lets see what stimac is capable of, good coaches are able to make the necessary changes DURING A GAME, time to switch up the formation coach, since we cant keep position for more than 10 seconds, would like to see kovacic in and a striker out. PS looks like were content with a draw so far.
Honestly Serbia have been the better side and we’re lucky as fuck to not be down at least 1 goal.
Hopefully they get their shit together in the second half.
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38% possession
0 shots on goal/on target
Portugal is down a man and tied 1-1 with Northern Ireland. We need that result to hold and somehow get a win in Beograd and we can be seeded at the World Cup!
PHEW
Where’s Ivan Klasnic when you need him?
Get ready for Sammir to come on…………….
Second half……
Eduardo Out
Sammir In
MARK IT
i dont think the lineup is shit.. we just cant get the ball
Stupid yellow by eduardo.
Will Stimac admit this lineup is shit and make some obvious changes.
Good point Miško. Weather the storm, and hope they wear themselves out. We do also have a history of good 2nd halves after atrocious 1st half performances.
we’re doing incredible well to not concede yet..
tbh its amazing we’re not behind
maybe if we hang on till half time we can do something later
Mitrovic gets a yellow… most likely for that douchebag hairdo and neck tattoo
I think the serbs are going to gas out. Just my 2 cents.
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We are playing like a bunch of 11 year olds.
Maybe my enthusiasm was for nothing……we look like shiiiiiit.
Bullshit calls on Lovren. Maybe his reputation precedes him.
sorry but htw was that a free kick against lovren
GET THE BALL PLEASE
Thank GOD for big Joe.
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slightly better play.. just holding the ball there
need to keep holding the ball up for a while, even tho its 20 mins in.. just to stop them attacking.. we’re being drowned out here both fan-wise and attack-wise
Rakitic out at half playing horrible got burned 3 times playing uninterested
Luka is such a boss
lol @ mishko
yeah, i noticed that
we’re in deep shit..
we need the game to slow down a bit..
we can’t get the ball, or hold it.. this is bad.. this is very bad for us..
Is Vukojevic playing for us? Because every pass goes to a serbian.
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oh FFS can we just hold the ball.. we need to slow it down or we’re in deep shit..
Just get the ball and slow it down ffs
haha kolarov u dumb cunt..
crappy serbian version of my surname
It should calm down at the 20 minute mark.
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lol 4000 riot police and no croatian fans… welcome to the land of the barbarians
and wtf are we doing in korea on tuesday? is there no one else we can play, i know there are alot of teams in qualifying action then as well
this is bad, guys… this is bad so far
Very lucky so far. Let’s get it together boys
holy shit that was lucky for us
was a good start for us tho.. them not getting the ball forward at all.. settle the nerves a bit..
no pressure on them tho.. : / .. not a good sign
ya lovren listed on the link im watching at LB
let him play there, maybe he will find his spot there
It’s a weird formation tbh, for us
On the field it appears to be Rakitic Eduardo Olic from left to right
That was close…
Lovren looks there..
either way expect dejan to score a bicycle kick goal from halfway as i predicted earlier, given his talent
Obvi wrong, they also had Srna at CB. Whos playing left back?
saw a croat flag
felt better 🙂
Espn has Rakitic as left wing, Olic in the hole and Eduardo as RW
WTF
SRBE NA VRBE
ugh
saw a serb flag
nearly puked
fuck these cunts shit me to tears..
time to do the talking on the pitch .. cunts..
Figures the non-Croat born/raised guys don’t sing the anthem.
HRT should be streaming on http://www.sportska-TV.com
good to see my man DEJAN LOVREN there.. he’ll handle the pressure fine
Majmuni srpski
oh cool they love our anthem.. nice .. lol
Joj srna
haah ivanovic u fag
Hrt2 link plz??
realistically, for those without links:
http://firstrownow.eu/watch/205705/1/watch-serbia-vs-croatia—fifa-wcq-2014-.html
@dannyj thanks for the link
cool they’re welcoming us nicely.. lol
For those without links, subscribe to saantv. It is a few bucks a month. Definitely worth it. They ask for an address in Croatia – just make one up. They don’t check.
Macedonia are up 2-1 now.
well, i was surprised with earlier comments it wont be sold out and ppl are pissed with srb coaching and performance etc etc..
ughhhh.. red star stadium.. brings my piss to a boil..
cunts
@Iggy, I wasn’t aware that ESPN didn’t work outside of the U.S. Maybe they have a purchase option that you can get for a month. Just trying to help.
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dannyyj
thank you so much, appreciate it brother
yeah coming out you’re right.. im just saying its about to begin man..
maybe my homer glasses on but the crowd looked much more alive in croatia and we had some coreography and looked good
iggy is the game actually taking place right now? on my link the teams just coming out wtf?
ITSSS ONNNNNN
brb smashing some serbs
toronto try this
its the sports net link for canada
http://firstrownow.eu/watch/205705/1/watch-serbia-vs-croatia—fifa-wcq-2014-.html
@Toronto try Sportska-TV.com
jm, ya i don’t recall that 3some ever really worked that well
interesting stuff in group B, armenia beat czech republic… we could get a bulgaria or czech in playoff, as i think surely we should be one of the top 2nd place seeds
that seems more realistic then scotland tieing belgium and we make up the scoring diff
ok im awake.. weee
Mishko, your xbox advice, can u delimit that to yanks, some of us are not yanks (i know its hard for you americans to believe), it does not work for any single country outside of america (yes, there are countries outside of america, true story brah!)
so our strength is midfielders and he decides to field vukojevic and three forwards. i hope i’m wrong but i don’t see croatia dominating possession here with this line up
does anyone have any croatian or english links in canada
Happy to see the running track around there!
why is the lineup different every single game?
i understand changing formation, but how are players on the field suppose to form any sort of chemistry with each other when there is a different lineup every game. And why 3 forwards?
Macedonia just scored with 10 minutes to go.
Root for Northern Ireland too guys! Playing Portugal who we need to slip up a little so we are seeded at the WC
I don’t mind our lineup but I would put Perisic over Olic as LW
stupd line up. 3 forwards. i could strategize better than that.
Official line-up from FIFA’s website:
Stipe PLETIKOSA (GK)
3Josip SIMUNIC
5Vedran CORLUKA
6Dejan LOVREN
7Ivan RAKITIC
8Ognjen VUKOJEVIC
10Luka MODRIC
11Darijo SRNA (C)
17Mario MANDZUKIC
18Ivica OLIC
22EDUARDO
Here’s to hoping 3 points for the good guys
and that Belgium drop points by some miracle of God.
we have had much trouble scoring lately so i like including eduardo. surprised at three forwards but i guess stimac figures they will concede one or two so he needs the firepower out there from the start. let’s go boys!
What’s your source on the lineup?
Pletikosa – Srna, Ćorluka, Šimunić, Lovren – Rakitić, Vukojević, Modrić – Eduardo, Mandžukić, Olić
although I dont like Vukojevic very much I can understand why he started him…allow the midfielders some freedom! I like our forwards and think the choice is good!
I know how they’ve played recently, both for club and country, but I hope Hrvatska fill up the net tonight…..AJMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stimac is fucking going YOLO in the Marakana, starting 3 forwards.
Man with 3 key group A games today, it should be one heck of an afternoon. We shall see how Group A looks after the dust settles.
@Slavonac from Canada
Excellent post at 10:20 am.
where r u watching this??
funny…they are saying “Ubi Ustase” and put a “Vukovar” sign up…in cirilica!!!
I hope we fucken killem motherfuckers!
Oh it’s getting good, the Macedonians and the Wales guys gonna kill someone before the game ends.
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Penalty for Wales. Not good.
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Goal for Macedonia, if this holds and Scotland doesn’t beat/draw Belgium then Scotland is back to last in our group which helps us out for comparing with other 2nd place teams
Macedonia just scored.
Many Croatians did things, ended up in jail or dead…committed suicide rather than fall into the hands of Partizani…my father’s family suffered greatly because of the government, people sometimes did what many would say is irrational…but its only irrational to those that haven’t walked a day in the shoes of the person affected. I never judge a person for their fight, if they believe in their cause who am I to judge…we Croatians should know this better than most!
@DarkoCanada – if you read a little about what Busic did, he made one HUGE mistake thet ended up killing a police officer which he was greatly affected by. He stood in the middle of the trg in ZG during a time when you couldnt protest…and he protested, he did the same wherever he was…if there ever was a meaning of “Za Dom”…he defined it!
@Ante B.
FIFA should take notice.
Talk about instigating hatred!
BTW – If you’ve got an Xbox 360 you can download the ESPN app and watch the games on your TV assuming your TV or cable provider is authorized for it. If you’ve got a good internet connection the feed is almost HD quality.
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Evo Zore, Evo Dana!
Anybody see that Vukovar banner in cirilica at Marakana? God I hope one of our boys rips it down after they score.
Watching Macedonia v Wales right now. No Bale in the game for obvious reasons.
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Hercegovci, evo noci evo dana,
Svi u ime Jure i Bobana.
Sa Siroka Bruno Busic vice, vice:
“Za Dom Spremni Poglavnice”.
Well said Ziva, Slavonac, Vancouver, and Armada. Zvonko was one of my fathers best friends but unfortunately my father passed away early in ’08 before Zvonko’s release. My mother is first cousins with Marko Vlasic too. Hopefully Zvonko and my old man will be having some rakija and enjoying the game danas u nebu. RIP
@Ziva – label me how you like however I have read enough to know that in many wayts he was the first to start the movement that eventually lead to Croatia’s independence (especially with having the crimes being committed against the Croats brought to attention). That being said, taking extreme action like hijacking a plane is NEVER the right thing to do.
what else would you expect from a Hercegovac…? all kidding aside – you Hercegovici are all nutty bastards, but a lot of guys have a set of balls like no other – Zvonko being the prime example.
RIP
He did in in protest, he tried to bring attention to the situation that Croatians were living in under communist Tito….most people had no idea what was going on under the Yugo umbrella nor did they care to know.
pocivaj u miru Bozjem!
Well said Ziva. Too many fall under the DarkoCanada category.
@DarkoCanada………..and you must be a post-91 hrvat. Too bad. Hopefully you have someone in your family that can educate you. Zvonko Busic is more a hrvat and did more for hrvatska than 99.9% of all hrvati.
His wife, Julienne Eden Schultz, has written some pretty good books.
@Ivan no Livid needed, you may need to X out advertisement(s) which may be covering the full screen button. which is usually [ ] or four arrows pointing in corners of a box [ ]
Going through these posts and see that Elvis has already posted the article. I’ll post it again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/europe/zvonko-busic-67-croatian-hijacker-dies.html?_r=1&
Didn’t Busic and his allies hijack a plane?? Maybe that is why some aren’t sharing his story??
@Ziva
Read the new york times. They had an article yesterday on Zvonko.
I have not posted much this week, but something that I have not read too much is about the passing of Zvonko Busic. May he RIP.
If any of our players had any balls they would dedicate this game to Busic. But, we all know they don’t and would rather celebrate by hitting a bar/club in BG that plays narodnjake.
And if any of you are asking and wondering who Zvonko Busic is, then your parents/friends/family/associates have really failed you.
When i press on the cross sign in the right corner by watching thru the website on sportska tv it only brings an popup that wants me to download some video downloader application.
Do I need the prog Ilivid?
Thanks
I checked sportaska tv and seems to work. Haven’t figured out how to make full screen but I assume I need that Livid application. But still when i watch directly on the website it lags. Its not a lot but still quite annoying.
@Ivan I recommend: http://sportska-tv.com/
I am not in the states I live in Sweden. So the best possible site with minimun lag would be interesting.
@nepoznat Thanks! Some local soccer stores here are advertising the new kits (without a picture) however aren’t saying when they will be available.
@Darko FYI new kits won’t be out until next year @ early spring time
does anyone know what kit we are wearing? I assume it’s the blue aways?
Any chance they will be wearing new Croatian kits today, or do we have to wait for the actual world cup for that?
Ps. Go CROATIA!!
but yes to Golden Child’s point, ESPN3.com over Sportska-tv.com if you are in the States and have a log in
I say use Sportska instead of firstrowsports or other streaming sites:
http://sportska-tv.com/
ESPN 3 is streaming the game today if you’re in the states:
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#type/upcoming/sport/soccer-futbol/
Bojan and Iggy thanks for the quick answer. I just downloaded the firstsportsrow application and turned on a game. The picture is ok but there is a bit of lag. Do you guys notice any lag och might it be because I am on a Wifi connection?
So facking excited
Scrumptious!
@ nije
“my corluka days are over” hahahhah
so are mine… ahhh jebiga!
Everybody look at slide #4 you know what Corluka was starring at and thinking hahahaha
http://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/svjetski_nogomet/hrvatski-nogometasi-setali-uz-dunav-cuva-ih-policija—301774.html
Prediction:
One of the greatest matches in HNS history!
5-0 Hrvatska in Beograd!
And our goal differential against Belgium gets made up with a 1-1 SCO/BEL result.
Just my unbiased opinion…
Who else is on edge right now?
U Boj U Boj za narod svoj!
Damn, I’m looking forward to this match. Boys will be pumped no doubt, predict HRV 2-1 victors in a tough match with the Scots tying Belgium….the SCO-BELG match will be on tv here in Canada at the same time as the CRO match….looking forward to watching both! Apparently Hazard is out for the Belgijanci…..
Bet you this thread gets 500+ posts when it is all said and done!
armada – lol, everyone but me me my Corluka days are over hahaha
@ Ziva – If they do start both Mandza and Jelavic I guarantee you its because they intend to attack from the outside. Both of them are one touch finishers that they hope will get on the end of a cross. The Cedo’s have a strong defense so the opportunities will be limited, especially for through balls…Mandzo and Jela will simply hold up the balls, give them off and wait for their chance on crosses. your comment about Jelavic was right but I think one thing he does well is anticipate…most of his goals were from his first touch…he gets into the right positions and first times it.
@ Anamarija
will you give everyone from Nije bitno’s crew complimentary blowies at his party if Hrvatska wins?
Yeh, Bojan is right
we mostly will be using
http://firstrownow.eu/
and u just pick the game..
And for that serb wanker up there…
ugh.. anyway.. to all the regulars, expect some dicky serb comments from now on.. there’s been a few for a while and there will be more.. arseholes..
Ivan u can go to firstrow sports Or sportlemon
Girl ^^^^ sounds like a horny kent god dam wish I could get my d licked from her!!
Hey guys I was wondering if someone knows a live stream link for the game? I live in Sweden and they are facing the Irish so the game will not be on Swedish TV.
Greetings
My pussy is so wet for this game I’m spewing everywhere…. Not to mention I’m about to suck 2 cocks before game and swalloowwwww u knw how ya girl does hrvatska !!!!
@ Ante B
“Djevojka Imena Feriha,”? LOL
How about everyone’s favorite TV serija: “Suljeman Veličanstveni.” I can’t believe that shit is popular over there.
Absolutely Lovren should play and hopefully will start today.
What would everyone prefer a win today or qualifying for the world cup?
@Iggy, I agree with you. I saw him play both games for Southhampton and he looked really solid and on form. I’d say that the majority of our guys are hopefully peaking right now.
Got my fingers crossed.
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BTW my personal opinion is still DEJAN LOVREN deserves to play.. so shove that up your kinky cunt armada
Yeaaaahhh Kalinic..
lol, i was kidding btw
@Armada
since when have i ever done anything to express aussies are profane..
LOLOLOL..
also, cmon vukojevic wont play lets not be silly
the team will be decent.. it will be a decent game..
gonna be one of those games where if one team makes an error it’s gonna be pounced on i think
my prediction is still 1-1..
but my dick and balls are hanging on a win… (get it)
I’d be shocked if we go with jelavic. You can’t play two forwards (Jela and Mandza) who are unable to create on their own. With Mandza you at least have a physical presence who can play wide, be a target man and will apply pressure. You get none of that with Jelavic.
Shit, Kalinic has done more for the national side than Jelavic.
Who does Vukojević have nude pictures of to be in the starting 11. He is useless.
@ Iggy
“rub dicks” would be a term you would appreciate, since you’ve come out with a few memorable quotes (faggy fagbot? c’mon, you can do better than that…) and everyone is a cunty cunt or whatever the fuck you folks down under say
FYI – Looks like ESPN 3 will be carrying the game.
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Boze cuvaj Hrvatsku u Beogradu……………..
Lovren can score some goals too which is nice..
BTW Armada just cos i support the guy it doesnt mean i want to – and i quote you – “rub dicks” with him. You faggy fagbot. I just always liked the guy as a player ever when 99% of ppl on this site were bashing him cos he made mistakes, despite his very young age. Give the guy a break he’s still only 24 or something isn’t he? Could end up still being a very good player for us !
We lost a warrior.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/europe/zvonko-busic-67-croatian-hijacker-dies.html?_r=0
I definitely feel better about Lovren in at LB than Vida…
Jelavic is not in terrible form…he’s just on a terrible team who doesn’t pass to their center forward…
yeah same lican
im either gonna need
a) heaps of alcohol to party and celebrate, or
b) cuddles to console me while im crying in the corner
rofl
T-7 hours or so now guys..
i think i need.. what are those nappies that pensioners use in america?? depends or something? i need those cos im pissing my panties with nerves !
We will destroy the četniks! We have to, too much pride riding on this game, if the Serbs win I will be dissapointed and devistated!
KAD SE SJETIM SUZA KRENE…..
@Mishko:
I like those odds.
Iggy – This website is saying its going to be the same lineup just Dudu in for Jelavic…
http://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/nogomet/reprezentacije/11-orica-za-beograd-stimac-krece-s-tri-napadaca—301709.html
If you are gonna play 3 forwards dudu should be on. Jelavic in his form???? Really ???
@Stipe
“Very Interesting article. I believe it. My friend is Serb”
^^ I see an issue here.
@Mishko
Maybe your doggy can play LB ???
Anyway im on the sauce early.. these times are crap for aussies, 4.45am so i never know whether to try and sleep early/drink the night before and the next day/try and stay up etc etc
Thankfully, being an alcoholic, those choices are easily sorted for me
definitely an offensive lineup, strategy and formation if those are the 11 players that will take the pitch
That starting line means that Stimac doesn’t go for a draw. Olic, Mandzukic and Jelavic!
This is what 24 sata.hr predicts the starting 11 will be.
Očekivanih 11 za Srbiju: Pletikosa – Srna, Ćorluka, Šimunić, Lovren – Rakitić, Vukojević, Modrić, Olić – Mandžukić, Jelavić
http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/trojica-u-napadu-za-srbe-opet-su-kulen-boysi-recept-hrvata-330911
When is kick off time.
wow…Mamic can really talk the talk, regardless of what people say about him he’s one convincing SOB! he never gets stumped or hesitates for a second…masterful bullshitter…
Also I just realized that Jarac is Cico’s son, garant.
Real UstasHe watch Djevojka Imena Fariha
haha – my once a year rant on Mamic…such an easy target.
@Mishko – that looks like Mamic’s stooge brother on your Dog’s back. Damn, bring Enzo to the party and everybody will answer your questions.
I just got back from my annual stay in Croatia. Good times. I did my typical red-neck stuff. I ate janje and cevape, and got my daily dose of the TV show “Prosjaci I Sinovi” which was on every evening.
Anyway about this game tomorrow. The serbs have a good side, boosted with the likes of Tadic, Matic, and Duricic. Plus they got Sulejmani off the bench.
But I think our players have more experience playing in high pressure matches at club and international level. This will be the key difference. I think we can get at least a point here.
@Mishko
You need to find a Serb to give to Enzo as chew toy.
@Faux dunno. He’s never been to a party but he’s a working dog that I train in Schutzhund. If you feed him I’m 75% sure he he wouldn’t bite you. He’s a dick like his owner.
http://imageshack.us/a/img6/4921/rollingrollingrolling.jpg
@Mishko:
Does your dog sit by your side at parties, or will it relax wherever?
FYI since not one answered my question. If I decide to show up, I’m bringing my dog.
http://imageshack.us/a/img507/3576/enzorepresenting6912.jpg
@Bobby V. Just for you.
http://www.vecernji.hr/sport/vijesti/hajduk-mamiceve-izjave-podizu-tenzije-poticu-podjele-clanak-608032
“Cijeli je Hajduk danas na liniji ministra Jovanovića kao što je nekada bio na Titovoj liniji – rekao je Zdravko Mamić koji se u jučerašnjem intervjuu dotaknuo i najljućeg rivala”
@Bobby V do you have a link to that? I don’t believe he’s got the fucking nerve to say that.
ante b speaks ekavski 😉
ma bezi bre!
Mamiću ti si stvarno svijetski kreten. Pa da si peder nebi se toliko guzio a sada se još Dodvoravaš Srbima.
He said on Serbian TV tonight that he loves Serbs and that they have better players than Croatia.
Prodao bi i rođenog ćaću da bude u prvom planu i da ga pitaju nešto za TV ili za novine.
Maminjo, ne laži taj napaćeni narod.Nemaš na to pravo. Ajde ne budi pizda, zauzmi jasan stav i reci volis li ili mrzis Srbe.
Svaka čast tko navija za Dinamo ali da ovakav lik vodi Dinamo i daje ovakve izjave “Nisam vrijeđao Srbe jer ih volim” svašta mene bi bilo sramota cijeli život da navijam za Dinamo.Koje vi likove imate u Zagrebu takav se ni ne treba vraćati u Hrvatsku.
The President of Hajduk Split wouldn’t come back to Croatia if he said something like that.
@F1 – really?
@Ante B.
No need to waste your time with people like Bobby, Ante, Mrs. Draper, etc. Parents have failed them plain and simple. You know the language, customs, history and will pass it onto your children. They will not.
Damn Ante B, I shore pheeel sorree fah yo wifey. You must B a bish to live wif. Is CSR gonna cover y’all divorce too?
It’s time to step up and honor what Vatreni is all about.
ZIVILI.
I get by on “Dvi, tri rici!”
Nothing like an up tight Hrvat around nas jezik. Have a coke and a smile and focus on the match tomorrow.
On Kosarku note we still suit up way too many scrubs. Saric showed real presence today against Saric. Repesa should have taken Hezonja to replace Tomas. Time to start bringing up the real talent and throw them in the fire.
Modric will put his stamp on the match tomorrow and lay claim to his rightful captaincy going forward.
Bog I Hrvati.
ZIVILI !
@IvicA
That revenge tour sounds great!
I’m guessing Italy /Bulgaria will get top billing in Istria 🙂
@Ivica are you in Istra right now? If so, you’re a lucky bastard and I’m jealous.
If we can’t finish first, then I hope we finish second and draw GREECE in the playoffs. Beat them like we did Turkey, and continue the revenge tour right up until we draw England in a competitive match again.
@Armada
Just in Istra right now. Had some steak with crni tartuf and some Malvazija wine. Pretty damn good. Hopefully someone will actually have the Cro Serb game on over here.
😉
Hvala Ante!
That makes sense to me.
I’ve always spelled it “Zivili”, but lately I keep seeing at as “Zivjeli.”
Ante B – you schooling these kids on Croatian grammar isn’t gonna help anyone. If they dont speak, read or write its their parents problem but I guarantee you they won’t learn it here on this site with you or anyone else…you obvioisly know the language perfectly…many of my friends speak very broken Croatian…or as my pokojni stari used to say…govorite tko Madjari…
Tomorrow is a big day for many of us…I wanna know opinions on the game, the lineup, on Stimac, HNS..we need a win and I hope we are going to be up for the challenge tomorrow!
Ps. You never really said much about your time in Hercegovina, did you like it or not? If I recall correctly, you seemed to rip on Hercegovci quite a bit pre-trip.
Don’t doubt that at all, just saying my experience is different. Does not surprise me that there are differences within Hercegovina even.
Ante, explain
Majstore I was in Lyubooshkee this summer and most spoke ikavica.
Hercegovac here, my family and the majority of hercegovci I know do not speak in ikavica, but rather the proper “book” Croatian.
@Mishko-I believe the above is the best comment I have read on the site for a long time.
@Ante B-Grow the hell up and stop acting like a 5yr old.
All it does is put pressure on you not to slip up in the future – smarten up
@Dejan, well no matter the outcome, I’ll always have the pleasure of knowing that you commie fucks won’t be sunning yourselves on the Adriatic on the back Croatian taxes.
Yeah I lived it when the commie serbians vacationed on the Adriatic, everything was paid for by the party, money stolen from off the backs of Slovenia and Croatia workers. Never again chicken plucker, never again.
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Ja sahm iz Hurvahtaskey. Bobby V, nickname is fine but if that suits me then imagine what it says about the rest of you.
Ante B prestani da jebish machku matir. Yeah my spelling is bad, but you get the message. 🙂
The pleausre of knowing that you lose.
@Ante B – won’t let it go, eh? You really shouldn’t go Grey Poupon on spelling issues. You were the first to complain – and all it got you was a new nickname.
It’s based on where you come from and what dialect you speak. If you speak ikavica (you do I assume since you’re a HRC) then it’s zivili. If you speak book Croatian, ijekavica, then it’s zivjeli.
@Ante B
Your spelling of the players names was pretty funny!
I’m not trying to bust anyone’s balls here, but I’ve just seen Hrvati spell it both ways and looking online didn’t help either. Unfortunately the Hrvati (Hercegovci) in my life whose answers I’d most respect have all passed away.
Anyone, Anyone, Bueller, Anyone…
@Dejan Stinkovic and lets just say Serbia wins, what’s the trophy? And lets just say that Croatia wins the World Cup, how the fuck does that personally affect me, other than yeah we won, NOTHING. I don’t bet on anything so I have no personal interest in the outcome financially other than some pride I guess.
On a financially level I wish Croatia would get their ass handed to them so we don’t have attention on the country. I can see it now. World Cup, shit loads of media talking about the beautiful Adriatic etc. Next thing you know you’ve got swarms of shitheads going there.
At the end of the day nogomet means NOTHING to other than the players getting paid massive amounts of money to play a game.
If Serbia wins what does it mean to YOU? Will you get back Kosovo that was stolen, Can we both agree that Bosnia should be split between us. WHAT DO YOU GET?
Lol dude, they usually announce it like an hour before the game. Anything you see before then is unofficial.
Who’s in the line up
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Poglavnice,
Judging from the previous posts in another topic, don’t worry about spelling because if you ask, people complain. Remember to always place the H’s at the end of C’s or in words they don’t appear except only on Google.
Croatia is losing tomorrow, plain and simple boys. 1 – 0 SRBIJAAAAA!!!!!!
Anyone saw the basketball game? Slovenija beat Spain.
My songs when croatia play are Veceras je nasa Festa, Dalmacijo, Bili cvitak, and for tommorow E MOJ DRUZE BEOGRADSKI!
I’d stick with Lijepa li si for pre game and Connect (samo je jedno) for after the game if we win.
A little off topic, but iv got a spelling question for any of the veliki Hrvati out there. Is it “Zivili” or “Zivjeli”? Which would you say is more Croatian?
Hope I’m wrong as fuck, but, two players that will keep us from winning tomorrow will be Nemanja Matic and Lazar Markovic – they are in excellent form.
Stimac is already saying that he’s happy finishing second (to cover his ass) – in a way, he’s right. If we can’t qualify in a home and home against a country seeded below us, we don’t deserve to go.
…and in our current form, that will be a challenge.
We’ve done it before to get to a major tournament (vs. Ukraine, Greece) – doesn’t really matter how you get to Brazil.
4,000 policemen guarding our players during the training session today in Belgrade. Never thought about the Serb fans interfering with the match tomorrow, but, I guess it’s a possiblity – especially with the fact that they have very little chance.
Here’s my pregame song
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2M_1Sg5OLI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOY6Y2YPbbs after the game song for me
Brave Heart win tommorow and Stimacs mafia beat serbs we win group.
@ dannyj
I wouldn’t want Bilic or Stimac, ideally.
I’ll be happy when the HNS opens up it’s wallet and pays for a halfway decent foreign coach. The NT manager role shouldn’t be a proving ground for up and coming managers (Bilic & Stimac), we’re a consistently ranked top 10 NT, right? Let’s go and get a top notch coach who can nuture, manage and guide all the talent we have the proper way, not this bullshit that Stimac pulls and Bilic did, to a lesser extent.
Listen, if we had some top notch coach working abroad, it would be one thing, but the fact is we don’t and we should be looking outside Croatia.
And all you that have Niko Kovac on the tip of your tongue… Do you think other ‘big boy’ NT’s hire a guy with a few years experience as an assistant for an Austrian team and then just took the helm of a U-21 team? No. Sorry.
@Stipe – right now, Belgium has scored 13 goals and given up 2 for a +11 rating. Croatia has scored 10 and given up 4 for a +6 rating.
Belgium leads us by five.
If we beat Serbia and Belgium by a goal, and Belgium wins by a goal against Scotland, we would have a differential of +8, while Belgium would be sitting at +11.
That means that going into the last game against Scotland, if Belgium wins by a goal agianst Wales, we would need to beat Scotland by 5 goals to qualify directly.
Qualifying by goal differennce is not likely to happen. There is a better chance of a Belgian slip-up to help our chances of finishing first.
remember when everyone was bashing bilic?… better then the devil you know then the one you don’t
So pumped for this
@ Ante B
oh I know you weren’t attacking me and I know chances are decent he would accept… just would kill me if he would
Stimac missed a golden opportunity today during the press conference. He and the HNS should have asked for a translator during the press conference so all the serbian words would be translated for Stimac into Croatia and vice-versa from Stimac to the Serb media.
I would have done it.
*whenever Hajduk plays a game in Europe
Whenever they play at home like you said in a previous posts? Torca gets love from the media as well as the atmosfera in Split. You know it, I know, we all do. They get fined but they still get love unlike the BBB who are considered hooligans even when they fart and it gets caught on video.
Ante B – Wheres the love Torcida/Hajduk gets you were talking about?
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/torcida-financira-uefau-hajduk-kaznjen-s-47-tisuca-eura/698815.aspx
Am I the only one who thinks it’s quiet likely that the match will get called off for fan behaviour and Croatia get an automatic 3-0 victory?
Those Serbs misbehaved in an away game against Italy for the Euros and gave an automatic 3-0 win to Italy, lord only knows how they will behave at home against us tomorrow.
Armada,
I wasn’t attacking you in the slightest. What I meant was that if the Croatian coach spot is filled and the Serbian one opens and they ask Robi to coach, do you think he would accept it? I tend to think that he would especially after coaching CZ and having Serb blood.
@ Ziva
Dude you have to take statements on here as opinions nothing more nothing less. I wasn’t reading into the “mindset” of our players I was simply stating that based on their tactical approach and lack of focus it seemed to me that against Scotland the vatreni felt a goal would drop for them without full effort. If you watched the game it was very tedious, the Scots weren’t playing incredible ‘D’ its just that Cro wasn’t challenging them enough. They played very predictably in attack and it was relatively easy for the Scots to defend. Add in the fact that Sammir started and played a lot of minutes and my argument has some legs. Why else would you start Sammir unless you thought it would be an easy game?
For tomorrow’s game I just want to see some creativity in attack. Even in the home game against Serbi me our first goal came off a Kolorov mistake. We need to craft some goals, something that Cro hasn’t been doing on the regular this campaign.
I didn’t mean my comment to come off in a matter of fact type way
I always liked Robi as a player and really never gave a crap he was part Serbian, is a legend at CZ, coached CZ, isn’t some fire breathing, big time, Croat nationalist, etc.
but coaching their NT…. c’mon Zuti, for the love of bog! don’t do it to yourself!
What makes you sure he won’t? Do you think he wouldn’t especially after CZ?
@ Ante
Robi won’t coach the Serb NT… CZ is one thing, but the NT?
@Colin O’Haravic: Very Interesting article. I believe it. My friend is Serb , he told me that Marakana will not be sold out by any means. And he also said to me two weeks ago, that the fans will enjoy watching players such as Srna, Mandzo, and Modric, also Kovacic if he plays because according to the Serbian newspapers , Dejan Stankovic is a big supporter of Kovacic , Kovacic himself said that Stankovic looked out for him in Inter and was a big brother type figure.
I doubt they will be cheering every time Modric touches the ball or make a good play, but than again, the atmosphere will be nothing like it was in Zagreb in march . Asonovic said in 1999 that the game in August at Marakana, Asonovic said that the atmosphere was electric, that he couldn’t here himself think. He said that was the loudest he ever heard a crowd. Marakana is a lot bigger and nicer than Maksimir. Asonovic also added that the crowd was rowdy because it was against Croatia and also at that time the Milosevic and NATO bombings.
I know what goal differential means, but what does Croatia have to do besides win all three games?
I think Zuti will one day coach Cro. I think he might be the best soccer mind we have. (and when I say “we” I use that term loosely with Zuti)
I know we have to win all three games, obviously. But to make it to first place, goal differential confuses me. Lets say we and win all three games, and Belgium wins two and loses to us. Can someone give me an example of how much Croatia has to win by for each game to finish first in the group? Please
Prosinecki/Decembarski as our next coach?! Wait a couple of months once Mihaljevic gets the boot so Robi can coach his Serbs and watch his CZ play every game.
its common practice nowadays for foreing hoops players to join the national team of a country (same as soccer with eduardo and samir). if you look at the balkan countries many have foreigners. croatia with draper, montenegro with omar cook (former next big thing gone bust) and quincy douby (former nba player from rutgers), bulgaria with ibby jabber and the list probably goes on
Rumour has it if we lose stimac gets the sack and prosinecki replaces him ….
OK, one more time. Does anyone know the starting 11 and the bench?
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@nije
Of course people look at it differently, what matters who is playing at the position. Not you or I so who cares. Corluka knows best and told the coach. Stimac needs to listen.
Somebody told me Croatia is playing Serbia tomorrow!
Poglavnik – I hope your bet banks in… That would be great for us.
How we are in basketball is how the Serbs are with nogomet. You guys think Anzulovic should take over? Jury is out for me. In the end, your team has to have some talent for a coach to have somewhat of a fair shot. Reports indicate that Draper is from the deeeeeep south of Dalmacija.
Regarding tomorrows game, I see a 2:1 Croatia win with both goals from Manzookick and Moderich. Their defense is unbelievable and ours isnt the nightmare eerybody thinks it is. I expect Lovren to play the game of his life with Carli, Srna and Joe. Once Jedvaj is on the A team, I’ll sleep easier. Schildo should be on the field like always as the dude always brings it in big games.
I hope there’s not a blackout this time around.
F1 – Corluka is probably the best skilled back we have at the moment. If we have issues at LB and have people that can cover his position (which worked against turkey) then be uncomfortable and pick up the slack in the area we lack skill. That’s what it’s all about in my eyes. Some people look at it differently obviously…
Best case scenario is Serbia implodes and we win by a few goals. I know it’s a little hopeful, but Serbia’s very capable of that. It happened in Turkey when we got up early and the home crowd started turning on their team, particularly their keeper.
I’m laying a $50 parlay on a Hrvatska win and a Scotland/Belgium tie!
I’m so jacked for this one!
I think i need an even bigger pair of homer-glasses!
It won’t be sold out. Apparently a lot of fans are pissed at Mihajlovic. Found this articel kind of funny. Not sure how serious/real it is though. http://inserbia.info/news/2013/09/i-will-cheer-for-croatia-they-will-win-by-three-goals-milojko-pantic/
They reduced capacity for the game because interest from the Serbs in Beograd has dropped since they will not make world cup. If they were in first place or fighting for first; the place would be sold out. Nothing to do with security concerns.
Makarana won’t be sold out…
you think some Croatian fans are debbie downers and disillusioned about the NT? you should follow the sranje surrounding the Serbian NT…
Looks like they reduced the capacity for tomorrow’s game to about 40,000 or so due to security concerns (or to save face because it looks like the game would not have sold out lol).
Explain to me how our players “thought a goal would come easy.”
We played bad. Nothing more than that.
I just love it when people are able to read the mindset of a player from the couch watching it on tv.
Anyone see Kranjcar get picked by O’l Arry at QPR. Talk about man love for Niko! Dude’s got a major hard-on for a player that I haven’t seen do shit in three years! lol
The key to 3 points against the Serbs is Luka. He better play well, no excuses. Rakitic has to put on his proper boots too. As someone said the tactics have to change drastically from that abysmal Scotland match. In that game all of our players thought a goal would come easy which it didn’t.
Let’s see 3 points for Hrvatska and move on to the next game.
Idemo!
@Mishko……Kranjcar is at McDonald’s right now.
Is Kranjcar on the team for tomorrows game?
Draper, huh?
sounds like a last name from Slavonija, no?
@Ziva – I remember a PG that played for University of New Orleans a few years ago named Bo McCalebb. He was a pretty good scorer. The New Orleans paper ran a story one day about him playing for Partizan and being a member of the Macedonian national team.
I guess it’s a fairly common practice for guys who are playing overseas & have no chance of breaking into the US national team.
I’m going to start playing pick up games again & try to break into the Croatian team. I’ll be the Joe Simunic of basketball! 😉
@Nije
I would not give thumbs down to Carli. He was being honest and confidence is everything in these type of games. Ziva makes a valid point.
@Maro
Coluka and Simunic in the middle is good. People like to crap on Simunic but he has been consistently solid for us.
Starting Mandzukic with Dudu or Olic? I think both serve a purpose…Olic, although not a very skilled player definitely puts pressure on defenders and can cause them to make mistakes…Dudu can score from almost anywhere inside the 18 provided he gets the service… I dont mind either starting!
Croatia have the option to play many combinations, I dont think thats a problem…I’ve seen something different with this team than I did under Bilic. Even though I didnt always agree with Bilic’s systems or lineup and formation we normally saw a team that played as a unit…they were pretty consistent. Under Stimac I’ve seen him publicly call out players, make some interesting additions (some very good) and even unpredictable decisions …ie starting Kovacic vs Srbija…that was risky but ended up being a good move. The real difference is I think the team is even better now but either dont feel the same unity or just lack in management…how can we explain the poor performances with better players? We almost lost against Wales, we were terrible against Scotland, looked like a nightmare against Liechtenstein, weren’t interested against Portugal…thats a coaching/management issue!
I think if we had better leadership we’d be in first and this game would purely only be about wanting to hammer our enemy…we’re hanging on for dear life when I think we shouldn’t be in this position!
@maro……he has been on the national team for a few years now. if Ukic could ever produce for the repka, he and Draper would be a nice one-two PG combo.
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I saw something about that Draper guy yesterday! Who the hell is that?
Anyone watching Eurobasket today. Cro is playing Georgia and barely hung on to win. Tomic decided to show up in the final 30 seconds with key free throws, a hoop and good D on the last possesion to win by 1.
We still look bad, but at least got a win. Draper was our best player.
@ nije bitno – I agree on the back line. You know Srna will be at RB. I like Corluka & Simunic in the middle, but Lovren is in good form in EPL. If he can’t get time in the center, then play him at LB.
At this point, I’m not a proponent of Vida getting a start.
I think Simunic still plays pretty well in his mid 30s. He has looked solid recently.
Can someone tell me who’s on the team?
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You might be ready to play the position, but it doesnt mean you will play with confidence.
If he has overcome his brain farts on the pitch and matured into the CB most of us thought he would be then i think Dejan Lovren needs to be on the field come tomorrow. I read his comment this morning and i want a player like that on the field.
“”Nije još sigurno hoću li igrati, ali neće mi biti lako zbog neprirodne pozicije. No, sve ću dati za reprezentaciju i na lijevom boku”, rekao je Dejan Lovren u prolazu.
Don’t know if anyone remembers, but after Corluka played LB in Turkey that one game, he told the coach when asked again to play LB that he wasn’t comfortable playing it.
In my opinion, when you play for your country especially Hrvatska, you need to be ready to play any position if that’s what the team needs of you, even if it isn’t your natural position.
Thumbs up for Lovren
Thumbs down for Carli
if Stimac is playing Srna at RB and Corluka/Simunic at CB, i’d much rather see Lovren at LB over Vida…
love the prediction ante. i second the scoreline. i know the last two matches have been lacklustre but some of our big guys have been in good club form lately so i see them making the difference. we score two in the first hour, give up one late to make it interesting and then hold on.
let’s get dudu in there. we need more play through the middle of the park and he will help with that playing behind mandzukic. i hope we don’t simply focus on srna-mandzukic crosses in from the right flank. that didnt work so well against scotland. let the midfield and eduardo play with the ball at their feet and attack that way. have fun watching it tomorrow, wherever you are!
what’s with the man crushes on this site? AllenOutraged had the hots for Niko Kranjcar and now Iggy wants to rub cocks with Dejan Lovren.
Terrible banner.
Should be 5 x images of my man DEJAN LOVREN !!
@Nepoznat:
A while ago you gave me your Facebook info, but I did not have an account. Can u provide it a again?
Why isn’t Sammirovic on the banner????
@Anonymous
Agree with the smellavic remark, the guy is a real stinker.
Nikica Smellavic at the moment , he is absolutely stinking up Goodison park, can’t buy a goal, take him off the banner !! just another Balaban
Ajmoooooooo
and I love love LOVE the new banner for the site. I could do without Nikica but whatever it’s awesome!
Ajmo Hrvatska!!!
U boj, U boj, Za narod svoj!!!