Photo: Jutarnji
Starting XI vs. Estonia: Subašić-Strinić-Schildenfeld-Ćorluka(c)-Vida-Perišić-Badelj-Dujmović-Iličević-Eduardo-Kalinić
Croatia v Estonia Match Highlights
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Croatia open up their summer account on Friday as they host Estonia in the first of two friendlies before Euro 2012 kicks off against Ireland on June 10th. A stingy Estonia team, which lost to Ireland in a two-legged Euro playoff in November, comes to Pula in search of momentum before World Cup 2014 qualifying begins in September. The match will kick off at 2:30PM (Eastern) and will be played at the fairly new Stadion Aldo Drosina. Manager Slaven Bilić has hinted that some regualr starters will not take part in this match, and he will look to fringe players such as Ivan Persišić, Daniel Subašić and Ivo Iličević to see what they can do.
Jutarnji List has offered the following as a possible starting XI vs. Estonia: Subašić – Vida, Ćorluka, Šimunić, Strinić – Kranjčar, Dujmovć, Rakitić, Perišić – Kalinić, Mandžukić.
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This is good news as we need to see which role players are in form at the moment to stay in the final squad for Euro 2012. Bilić will wait to make the call for injured defender Dejan Lovren. Darijo Srna, Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa could be rested for the entirety of this match. Croatia take on Norway in their last friendly before leaving for Poland on June 2nd in Oslo.
CroatianSports.com will host a viewing party for the match at our Euro 2012 headquarters: Alpine Village, located at 833 Torrance Blvd Torrance, CA 90502 in the upstairs section of the restaurant. All are welcome and there is NO COVER.
Ziva – No
I’m with you on that one. We have the same issue here in Aus. Many youngsters calling themselves Croats, even making trouble at sporting events like the tennis, and many haven’t even set foot in Hrvatska! So I know what you mean. Geez, I’d give anything to see Prso and Zuti playing in the current team! Let’s hope Jelavic & Mandzu can fire up and finish some of the good work by Modric and Perisic!
Chopper……I call them wanna-be hrvati. That’s been discussed on here in the past. We have ripped on my fellow N. American hrvati who can’t even speak the language but claim they are hrvati (the Chicago hrvati come to mind).
I never said I had an issue with serb Subasic playing for hrvatska. We have had other serbs as well (serb Balaban, serbo Prso, Zuti, etc..). I’m just pointing out who is who.
Zivam, if we all were picky about serbs being in our bloodline (luckily not me) half of us wouldn’t be technically Croat. If he was born in Cro, chooses to play for Cro, and has a Serb parent, so what! I’m guessing half the posters on here don’t even have Cro Domovnice/passport…so what would you call them!
@Ziva:
I agree about Stoke and the EPL. If the Red Bulls played like Kansas City, I would probably venture to a game or two. They have the washed up stars but are generally hard to watch.
Agudelo was traded to Chivas and seems to be fitting in already.
@mali hrvat….no worries. I can watch MLS. I know its not the Bundesliga, La Liga or EPL in terms of quality but there are a few sides that play attractive soccer. Heck, after watching Stoke City a bunch of times this year, some MLS games are not that bad.
@chopper……you must be late to the boards. the reason serb Subasic is called a serb is because he is a serb. He happens to be a serb born in Hrvatska or orthodox croatian (whatever you prefer).
Bilićeve trupe pregazile Neuberg sa 8:2!
http://tinyurl.com/7sr9kbg
Bilić nagovijestio sastav za Irsku: Mandžukić izgurao Olića, u prvih 11 Dujmović, Strinić i Šifo!
http://tinyurl.com/ctru659
{From uefa.com Published: 10:29 CST
Croatia (Elvir Islamović, @UEFAcomElvirI)
Croatia are playing a training match in Austria today against local fourth division club SV Neuburg. Coach Slaven Bilić was keen to emphasise the important of match practise ahead of naming his final 23-man squad tomorrow evening. “It will not be match like against Estonia but although it’s a lower division club any match is better than the best training session,” he said.
Dejan Lovren is still the only serious injury doubt but the Olympique Lyonnais defender will not give up hope of recovering in time. “My whole life I have been dreaming of playing for Croatia in such a big tournament and I will be so sad if I miss EURO,” he said. “I am not surrendering while there’s even a tiny chance that I will play”.
Policija napravila kaos u kampu Talijana!
http://tinyurl.com/8ysd3xy
@Jersey Cro:
I agree about Vida.
@Ziva:
Thanks for the heads up about Kansas City. I just caught their game against San Jose. Definitely not the Bundesliga or EPL but watchable.
Ideally I would put Srna at right back but thats never going to happen. I don’t understand our managers forcing Vida at right back, he is a central defender! The guy is a pitbull, but he doesn’t have the technical ability to play right back. It’s not only Bilic, but Ladic did it and Cacic has been doing it at Dinamo to accomodate Simunic
What the Fu#k is with calling Subasic a serb? Born in Zadar last time I checked. I don’t get it! Anyway, Ana when are you coing down to Australia!
This was a friendly we shouldn’t read too much into this game. Estonia tried to attack and didn’t park the bus in front of their goal, which will be unrealistic for the Euros. Everyone looks great at home practicing.
where is simunic?????
I am expecting simunic and lovren to be CB…but both of them are missing in action..lovren is injured, so i understand
I want Dasilva ON the repka Za Dom. -U-
BlackZodiac I couldn’t agree with you more.
And I think Eduardo and Jelavic would be a deadly combination up front. Those two just hunger for goals.
And the back heel from Eduardo was pure beauty, id love to see him do something like that at the Euros
Nice to see however that it wasnt necessarily our “traditional” goal scorers who got the goals in this one. Maybe we do have some depth after all?
Saw the USA-Scotland game. 5-1
The US completely thrashed the Scottish team, and I’m wondering whether the Scots would just allow the Americans to win by a huge margin, even though it’s a friendly. At best, the Scots played like amateurs, with no dazzling individual brilliance from any Scottish player.
Klinsmann has done great work enhancing the USA team, and it will be interesting to see whether their up-and-coming European style of football will be enough to take on Brazil.
Good news if Scotland plays like this during the 2014 WC qualifying campaign. Hopefully that doesn’t happen, for it will make the games more interesting.
not major news but Buljat is the first player cut from the provisional squad, he did not travel to Austria. He will only be called up in case of emergency
You are right Ana
nice to see our boys playing well together before euro…even if it isnt most of our starters…and its just estonia..haha
time for some of that croatian domination!
I’m not sure how much stock you could put in friendlies but definitely some cause for concern.
Germany lost 5:3
Netherlands lose at home to Bulgaria
Portugal draw Macedonia at home
Denmark lose to the Brazil U23 squad + few overage players
that group had a rough day lol
@Mishko
I ended up watching it, nothing great. Ireland will step their game up when the time comes. Shane Long did quite well that game.
@Ivan the Red
“Man of the match has to go to Ivo Iličević in my opinion. Eduardo a close second.”
x2.
@ Ivan the Red
Good call! Not sure what I was thinking on that one?
🙂
The 96 third away jersey was and is awesome!
It would also be the perfect template for Nike to use on our centennial jersey as Nike renegotiated a new contract in 2011 for five more years to make our gear.
Capitalism @ its finest.
Anyone else watch the Ireland v BH today?
Ireland was not impressive at all neither was BH.
Not a bad game, cant complain at all. Man of the match has to go to Ivo Iličević in my opinion. Eduardo a close second.
@Nije bitno, mihovil
That was the 96 third away jersey
Yes, that is the most attractive shirt ive seen hrvatska wear.
My favorite shirt i own aswell.
The home and away world cup 98′ jerseys were superb designs aswell.
Edit on Corluka past 3 games*
Players who stood out at the Estonia game:
Eduardo: Time & time again, with the little minutes he receives up in the forward role he still provides impact, and every game he’s played in he shows no lack of skill. The header at the beginning of the game was right on target. that pass to Perisic just shows he still possesses the skills he had prior to injury. Needs more of a role on this team again & should start with Jelavic next game to see how they pair up together.
Ilicevic: Very impressive this game, speed, pace, tempo he brought it all. I can understand why Bilic called him off, he went above and beyond this game. With out a doubt needs another start next friendly to see if he is capable of replicating what he did against Estonia.
Vrsaljko: Made an impact right off the bench under two minutes with the excellent cross & assist to Vukojevic. Should have another attempt in the next friendly.
Vukojevic: Not a big fan of Vukojevic though he brought his A game to this match, played more offensive and it payed off for him. Not staggering behind on the attack & defense as he did in the past, So far this one has the lead over Dujmovic.
Corluka: Even though this does not come to surprise me at all, excellent player & one of our best showing that he can score goals. The past two games he has two goals for his name, excellent for a defender.
Perisic: Left wing should be a lock for this player with out a doubt, had a all round good game with an assist to add to everything.
A few thoughts on our National team. For our forwards I would like to see an Eduardo & Jelavic opposition up front, Eduardo possesses the best technical skills out of all of our strikers & arguably 1-3 place of our whole team.
Then there is Jelavic who can finish off of Eduardo’s passes, ground and air.
Top four strikers
1. Jelavic
2. Eduardo
3. Olic
4. Mandukic
For the midfield, left wing should be a lock for Perisic, with possibly kranjcar coming off as a substitute.
For the center midfield roles Modric is a lock, in my opinion it should be Modric/Rakitic or Modric/Kranjcar or Vuckojevic.
The right wing it’s pretty Obvious that Srna is going to lock that position though if Ilicevic can replicate what he did last game he should be given the right midfield role with Srna playing behind him.
Our back defensive line, Pranjic should be a lock at back left as he provides the same as Strinic and more.
Right back pending on if Srna is there or not, if so then the center roles should be given to Corluka/Vida or Corluka/Schildenfeld.
If Srna does not receive the right back role then it should be Corluka with Vida/Schildenfeld in the center back positions.
Our goalkeepers, it’s going to be Pletikosa. Subasic should be reconsidered.
Crippler posting about soccer! Surprise surprise good to see. I don’t think Miocic is winning tonight so good to see your interested in something else.
so the game in Pula very lackluster I think they should be able to do alot better I was imressed with alot of the new young guys but then again its Estonia we will see what happends on the second and more imporetantly in the Euros -U-
hi crippler, do you know if mirko is fighting in a kickboxing tounament this weekend, i’m a big fan, and thanks for the reports on the Croatian fighters in mma, tough motherfuckers!
Another Swiss under 21 player with Croatian roots looking to play for Hrvatska instead of Switzerland.
http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Sports/2012-05-25/27285/Swiss-Croat_ready_to_turn_his_back_on_Switzerland
anyone know anything about this kid? Has he got the skills?
Though we shouldn’t jump to conclusions too quick after a friendly game, this is what I think:
Subasic: I think he could have done better with the goal and didn’t like him playing along when the ball came to him.
Vida: too less according to me
Schildenfield: can’t say much of him, wasn’t tested.
Corluka : our best defender
Simunic, same as for Schildenfield
Strinic : sometimes good, sometimes bad. I think Pranjic can do better
Dujmovic: didn’t convince me
Vukojevic: he was very motivated, he will for sure give 100 procent but will that do?
Ilicevic: he should be in the starting 11. He took every free kick and did that well, is fast(just what we need).
Badelj: played well but Modric is way too good for him.
Perisic : he didn’t impress me but can be dangerous sometimes
Krancjar : don’t know if he’s ready. Lost a lot of balls but did some splendid things too.
Rakitic : didn’t play great but according to me he has the capacity to make the difference.
Kalinic : he scored, didn’t play bad at all. But I still thinks he will be the fifth striker(after Jelavic, Olic, Mandzukic and Eduardo) and will fall off. Nevertheless, I see him return in the national team and do some good things.
Mandzukic: works like a horse
Eduardo : he could be our surprise, doesn’t have had a great season but perhaps he will be fresh to surprise everybody. He did some great things in the game.
Vrsaljko : he gave the assist for the third goal but didn’t play impressive.
If I should give my starting 11 it would be :
Pletikosa
Srna Corluka Lovren Pranjic
Vukojevic
Ilicevic Modric Rakitic
Jelavic Eduardo
I would only play Eduardo for about 60 minutes and then bring in Olic or Mandzukic
Who we play in the next friendly?
Ante, what you say? Uniforme NO GOOD
croatia wc 2014 be the best team in the end
guys play nice and clean light swag is sick with jerseys
@TGC
haha. He’s certainly back with a vengeance :p
Ya I agree, atleast we got to see a lil taste of the young guns. See you tomorrow buddy
Nice win !!! I hope we play like this during the Euro’s . Bog, Hrvati, i Hajduk !!!
@FISTO
KRANJCAR’S COMINGGG BACCK!!!
In all seriousness, he looked ok but some of his passing was terrible. To be expected when not playing for so long. Happy with the win, even if the game didn’t mean much for the real team. At least we got to see some of the questions about youngsters answered.
Its easy to get memorized and over valuate players and teams in friendlies but having perisic on one side and illicevic ont the other was nice too see!! we looked alot faster than we did in some time naturally when you have wingers playing in proper positions on the wing!! The thing that gets me is we have been a slow team for some time and lovern is injured most likely not ganna start, and after watching strinic again play why not have srna right back and illecivic ahead of him and pranjic left back and have perisic ahead of him esp when we basically play a 4-4-2 we would have two explosive sides making it hard to defend!!
Also i liked da silva today, i know he had a poor season but i think he would be a good pairing with jelavic not saying da silva deserves to start but when i look at all the striker i think da silva and jelavic would have the best chemistry!!
Not sold on vida playing right back dont like dosent look natural!!
foz sports show a clip for 3 ponit one sec
sweden over germany 2012
cause sweden as 3 itlaian seria a players beat sweden folks
@ jure and boban true and th greatsest coach of all time Ciro Miroslav Blazevic
@ Jure i Boban
Yes, I saw the Slavonski Brod, BBB and other flags. The majority of the fans seemed as though they were locals. If that game were in Maksimir, it would been as quiet as a graveyard.
@ miki not a fan of markovic either im sure no one is.. but nonetheless the best croatian soccer players and a lot of them come from bosna.. kovac bros. simunic suker rakitic ilicevic stanic corluka just to name a few
It a nice stadion those are perfect for the HNl 10,000 seater and just right.
a lot of the fans were from zagreb slavonski brod etc..
those loud fans were from abroad croatia and not from pula
@ Armada us fan have been saying that for yearss but that Bosanac Markovic keeps or should i say kept making exuces that the teams we play want to play in Maksimir because of transportation and airport so player get the connecting flights back to were they come from. But team like estonia latvia malta etc we should play around croatia i read that the wc 2014 the following
Srbija Makedonija-Maksimir
Skotska Belgija-Poljud
Wales-Osijek
i read that on the teletext last year.
*small potatoes type games
A huge props to the crowd in Pula. They were loud and sung the entire game. Thank god they didn’t have this game at Maksimir. I get having big qualifiers there and all. But for “small potatoes” vs Estonia, these games should be in Pula, Split, Rijeka and Osijek.
@ Jure Boban i am glad some agrees with me imagine Perisic Modric Rakitic Srna middle with ilicevic and kranjcar off bench for differ purposes. the attack and midfield no problem but obrana i very weak.
zovi, samo zovi, svi ce sokolovi, za te zivot dati!!!!
i agree ive never liked kranjcar and never will he is way too slow, illicevic is a stud like i have said in the past and needs to be in the starting 11, as well as perisic, and rakitic should be in the middle with modric where his natural postion is not on the side
Im not hating but this stlye of football is too slow in the second half ilicevic and perisic on the wings looked great when kranjcar and rakitic came in too slow man kranjcar is not a LM in sorry he cant play LM hes a SS or Am in the middle.Vida not so grea a right back, Subasic needed to make that save Badelj was ok but i would not take him ilicevic should go but based on the number he wore 25 he s staying home our obrana is a big problem Norway will be a better test than this
Subasic….skinnier then Kelava but looked like a krava diving for that ball….
I’m a victim of that too Colin. I had a 20 minute nap even when Kranjcar was in! That’s how much love I lost for him..Allen19 is dead.
Niko played a deadly ball in though. That bend was insane to get it to the Vrsjlako. Vuki with a goal is always funny to witness but good for him. Overall good win even though I wanted to see the GPS man come in for some laughs at the end.
Anyone else fall asleep on the couch during the 2nd half? I wake up to see Vuko score thought. 🙂
I know it took a deflection but, Subasic… That’s why he isn’t our #1
^^ Thank you! That was one great pass.
It was Kranjcar
Holy moly… did Strinic make that aerial pass that led to Vukojevic’s goal?
Rakitic for Illicevic
why? he’s been MOM so far…
Mandzukic for Eduardo
@ Nepoznat
Been to Susak a bunch of times. Always got a kick of the weird dresses the women wear (wore) on that island. Yeah, tons of folks were in that camp. The “great Istrian” Lidija Bastianich was there too.
Simunic for Schildenfeld
Vukojevic for Dujmovic
Kranjcar for Perisic
@ Poglavnik
Thanks man!
“I’ve seen enough superheros, sequels, and remakes in my life already…”
LOL! Yep, no originality! LOL!
Wes Anderson will never make a better film than Rushmore as I still revisit from time to time. There is something about that movie. Moonrise Kingdom does look great though and I cannot wait to see it!
It looks as though Ridley Scott is going to do more with Blade Runner. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/
Unije sure I know it, it’s the same ferry but different days. Yeah Ilovik is closer to Veli. I have some friends from Susak and family in Losinj, very nice in Kvarner! My father was likely in the same camp in Trieste.
Just realized I forgot the man himself Perisic. Even though he looks like Ante’s twin, he’s been fun to watch so far. I think he’s taking scissors kick lessons from Jelavic. I got a feeling he scores 2nd half.
I don’t know who to bring on second half but this is fun. Most Croatian friendlies put me to sleep or piss me off.
If Jelavic/Olic can’t start in every EURO game, I would recommend Dudu to switch in for Olic, or something similar to that.
I think Estonia is ready for that nice break like Ziva said it at best. Ill quickly judge the players so far.
Eduardo- He knows that he’s down in pecking order and he’s playing with purpose. He’s got that speed back and that back heel was so awesome. He seems very active, hopefully he keeps it up. I’d like to see him make one appearance in Euros, doubt he gets a start.
Kalinic- Never liked him but he’s doing a nice job. The goal was easy but he’s had nice moves and has been active.
Badelj- He’s done some okay things but he’s losing in the race with Ilceivc. That shot was pretty sweet though, just a bit more power.
Dujomvic- Another guy I’m not crazy about and he’s been poor. He always struggles to maintain possession and that’s the case again. Not sure if he’s an upgrade over Vuki but both aren’t qualified as starters I like on my team.
Ilcevic- I rarely get excited in friendlies but he made rise up after those two moves. He’s really making a purpose in this game and is my man of the match so far. When he made two guys miss, it was great work. His set pieces have been great so far even though Estonia is shaky at best.
Strinic- I’m really pulling for him to play better but right now he’s been nothing spectacular. I always liked his runs but he doesn’t do a damn thing with them. At least he isn’t a defensive liability..yet.
Schildenfield- Not really been tested but no screw ups is a plus.
Corluka- My man with the goal to start the game! Ziva made a great line but come on you can’t hate on this man. I would take him off it thats even possible 2nd half. I don’t know what backup subs but no need for Corluka to play anymore.
Vida- He’s really stunk so far. The guy can’t control the ball properly and simply make a pass up field. I’m not a fan of him and he better not start in the Euros. He’s still young and obviously can improve but he’s shaky. Good thing he works hard though and has a relentless motor, it worked for Olic! Vida needs to stop putting his studs up when he tackles too.
Serb Subsiac- Not really tested, he got nice hair cut. That’s Zivas favorite player at least.
I like your taste in movie directors!
Can’t wait for the new Wes Anderson flick in a week too, and also Ridley Scott’s new one. I’ve seen enough superheros, sequels, and remakes in my life already…
Perisic getting in on some runs too.
They look great. Illicevic, Dudu, Carli, Vida and his crazy tackles. Hopefully we put two more in and laku noc.
Badelj looks bad..
@ Ziva Istina
Yep.
Eduardo loves to back heel. 🙂
I know its just more than this game. Season to look at and the practices in camp, but if I had to make a choice on the last roster spot between Badelj and Ilicevic, I go with Ilicevic.
Estonia is already on holiday. Their defending on set peices is brutal.
Damn I just step away for 10 minutes and two goals are scored. How do the boys look so far?
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Ilicevic has a lot of fighting spirit. It was smart of him to take the free-kicks and corner kicks for the game, which allows Bilic to see more of his playing ability.
Dudu just schooled the entire Estonian backline…Beautiful assist by him and Perisic.
Again, Estonia completely asleep at the wheel for this game… For those not watching.
Corluka is the man
That pass by Eduardo was just amazing!
EDUARDO, kakva lopta!
2-0 Kalinic
Ilicevic!!!!
Yep….I’ve seen some of his conquests……not something you would bring home to mom, but more than enough to satisfy someone for a night.
After the goal, more coming his way.
CORLUUUUUKKKKAAAA
Speak of the devil hahahha Bravo Carli!
Estonia is asleep at the wheel for this game. If we don’t win this 3-0, 4-0 we suck haha
@ Ziva
Carli is a LEGEND when it comes to post game picke
By the way it’s a bit comical watching the match and listening to Stimac’s commentary knowing he will be the new coach.
Wearing the arm band now, you can bet later tonight he will be wearing out one of Pula’s finest jock-chasing whores.
Corluka wearing the arm band!!! Awesome
—– Eduardo —– Kalinic —–
Perisic — Badelj — Dujmovic — Ilicevic
Strinic — Schildenfeld — Corluka — Vida
———– Subasic ————–
Corluka wearing the armband
For all those folks who think Istrians are “Italian”, Aldo Drosina is packed, they’re singing the Ljepa Nasa proudly and they just unfurled a HUGE tifo during the anthem! Bravo!
@ Nepoznat
Oh shit, my mom’s side is from Unije, which is right next to it. Unije faces Cunski and Sveti Jakov, Illovik faces Veli Losinj more, no?
I have no direct connection to Trieste or FVG, but both my folks spent time in the refugee camps there in the 1960’s before coming stateside. I still have relatives in Muggia, Trieste and Udine. All the islands were Italian way back when (and all have Italian secondary names). My mom was born on Unije when it was under Facist Italy.
@Armada yeah my pops came from Ilovik, small island south of Losinj. Interestingly there is an island just off of Pula and before the Brijuni islands/park that bears our name (minus the ic of course hehe) so I wonder if that is connected to us. And we have some connection to a shipping magnate & family from Trieste (like many from this region, especially coastal families, we have heavy Italian influence and blood so not surprising to have relatives in Italy… hell Ilovik was Italian like Rijeka/Fiume until right before my dad was born)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QV0BxRuqk
I would play Ilicevic. But, if Bilic already knows the names of the four players he will cut there is no reason to play them except for the last 10-15 minutes. If Ilicevic still has a shot at making the team and Bilic has not written him off, then he should get extended minutes.
@ Hrvat
“do u think that ilicevic should play.”
Yes.
@golden child just checking
@mihovil do u think that ilicevic should play.
@ nije bitno
The 96 home jerseys are fantastic!
Our centennial is on June 13 and rumor has it that the HNS will do something special in regards to a third kit????
Nike leaves a lot to be desired but the current away jersey has grown on me and you can never go against the kockast dres!
At the end of the day money talks and therefore I do believe Nike is not going anywhere. They do lack vision and creativity.
@ Hrvat
“do u think that Olić should play over mandzukic and jelavic”
Not over Jelavic but depending on who we play against I would use him over Mandzukic. Opponents are what decide lineups for me at least.
It is still early as I want to see what happens today and next Saturday before specifics are made on formation.
@Hrvat
We play in the rain. What else?
@ Nepoznat
nema na čemu 🙂
You from the Kvarner as well?
Kalinic ? really?…. what a bucket
Hvala to Armada for zee link… that is comes from a fellow Hrvat from Kvarner is even better
Really excited for the game.
Here’s a bunch of link to watch online.
http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/124318/1/watch-croatia-vs-estonia.html
http://www.unsports.me/9182/1/Watch-Croatia-vs-Estonia-/
http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/53968/1/croatia-vs-estonia-live-stream-online.html
http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/0/122/v-412292.html
http://unisports.me/soccer.html
http://www.usagoals.com/en-gb/matchday/match/0/122/412292/watch-croatia-vs-estonia.html
http://livetv.ru/en/eventinfo/120984_croatia_estonia/
http://www.lshunter.tv/football-live-video-streaming.html
If it rains tomorrow. What’s gonna happen with the tournament
@mihovil do u think that Olić should play over mandzukic and jelavic
@ Hrvat
He played the full 90 minutes against Holland on Tuesday.
He will rest along with Olic until the Norway game.
@mihovil do u no y they aren’t playing pranjic
@ nije bitno
I think most of us fans will agree those are the nicest kits our boys ever put on. Those kits along with the warm-ups that came with it (Denis Svircic actually has the warm up, bastard – Whenever you’re ready to give it up Denis, I’ll be happy to take it off your hands! 😉 ) are some of the nicest gear the repka ever had. We need to get rid of Nike ASAP
Here is a multiple choice trivia. See how much you really know about Croatia and the euro cup tournaments we played in. THE jerseys in the pic Boban and Suker are wearing are my all time favorite! Bring the old school back!
http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/sportski-kviz-provjerite-svoje-znanje-o-hrvatskoj-na-ep-ima-267256
For people like me that will be at work and will have to catch the friendly on a stream, I usually use this site to find a stream. They already posted 4 separate streams for the game, hopefully one of them ends up working.
http://atdhe.eu/
Aldo Drosina will be rocking today. Us Istrijani will give the repka a proper send-off!! AJMOOOO MOMCI!
@ DinamoDennis
The Paul Thomas Anderson and Jon Brion collaboration is pure genius! As you already mentioned so perfectly. Amazing!
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@ Mihovil
Saw that trailer the other day…looks super sick!!! I cant wait.
And the soundtrack…just from the trailer….amazing!
no need to play those vets today. if any of them got injured in a useless friendly, this board would be screaming for bilic’s head on a platter! those 3 vets mentioned earlier have played a lot of games this season (and stipe has had injuries)…let them rest and allow bilic to evaluate the fringe guys.
not that the scoreline makes a difference at all…..but we got to do predictions anyway, right?
3-1 for the good guys (mandzukic, perisic & eduardo)
Btw I like giving some of the young guys a shot in a friendly, this is the first time I remember Bilic doing this to this degree, if that lineup is correct
Links for watching as its not on espn3?
@ Poglavnik @ Ante
I might have to get my lawyer involved. Ante, my people will call your people as it must be that California influence.
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“I liked it. What can I say?”
Wicked pic!
That pic is a snapshot of the “official” Hrvatksa jersey. If you guys know where I can get the “official” jersey please let me know.
The HNS logo on the official is embroidered rather than sewn on and they have the air holes down the sides of the shirt whereas the other jerseys I have looked at online not have the air holes either. I have looked all over the place and I cannot find them.
Ante, here ya go…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZDKFoCqAw
Cannot wait to see that! Probably my favorite director!
Yep! Mihovil got jacked!!
I liked it. What can I say?
Hey Mihovil, is that your avatar they jacked for this story? 🙂
@ Hrvat
If Stipe plays tomorrow that would be 3 games played within a one week time frame. Rest is what he needs.
Darijo Srna, Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa are “guaranteed” starters for us in every game after the Estonia game and have played a lot of football this year and the rest would only help them. They will all start against Norway on the June 2nd.
I agree with you as this will give others the opportunity to showcase what they can do before the final cuts are made.
@mihovil that would b smart but they should play together to so that they can all play well together but I agree with u they should give ilicevic a chance to play.
It would be a smart move to rest Darijo Srna, Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa.
Looking forward to the CS.com game day video show!
Ajde Hrvatska!