OFFICIAL starting XI for Croatia vs. Norway: Subašić, Srna, Ćorluka, Vida, Pranjić, Brozović, Modrić, Rakitić, Perišić, Olić, Mandžukić.
After a slow start to the match, Croatia opened up the flood gates on Norway, scoring five goals at Maksimir Saturday night in their Group H Euro 2016 qualifier. Brozović and Perišić would both score from outside the box while Olić, in his 100th cap for Croatia, would score a phantom goal to make it 3-0.
Subašić was saved by the post on a Norway penalty after Ćorluka conceded a “soft” foul in the box. Defender Gordan Schildenfeld scored off a header following a corner kick late in the second half while Danijel Pranjić would pick up his own rebound in injury time to cap off a 5 goal game for Croatia.
Ćorluka was sent off for his second yellow card in five minutes and will not be available for Italy in June.
All in all, a solid well-controlled match for Croatia.
More to come on this match later in the week…
sharbini petric Pranjic, Schildenfeld x factors
@olly
wrong. jedvaj and vrsaljko have to prove that they are better than srna
I’m not wanting to hate on Olic, but i genuinely believe if this is the last international game before the end of the season then Olic is finished with the national team now.
Next season I do not believe Olic will start for his club and may even quit Germany and take a new opportunity somewhere relaxing where he can end his career even MLS. At 36 next season why would he want to keep hammering his body.
Srna has to prove that he is a better option than Jedvaj and Vrsaljko in his position. But would I want Srna in the Euro squad if we get there. Of course I would. He’s a quality player.
Pranjic is a quality player, but its only cos he is in Greece and playing each week that he is able to get a call up. If he was in a harder league and not playing regularly he would not get the call.
At present I would start Mandzo as striker with Perisic alongside him as in my opinion Kovacic has to play. Kovac needs to tell Jelavic to get his arse back on the team next season once he’s had his knee op and then Kramaric deserves a place on the bench.
After that i believe the most deserving is Ivan Santini. He’s given two solid seasons now. Is strong and powerful in air and ground. He’s only 25 and on the verge of the next step up.
Nikola Kalinic is actually in his best form of his career. Not really a fan of his but he is scoring. Duje Cop whilst I like him as a Dinamo player I don’t think he will be a success in Italy. Fortunately we can recall him as Ante Vukusic should have sent a message out to any player considering playing in Italy. At present there is a whole host of Croats stuck on loan in Serie C!!! Cop could have made it in Germany or Ukraine or Turkey but mistake to go to Italy.
Subasic – Jedvaj, Vida, Schildenfeld, Corluka – Brozovic – Modric, Kovacic, Rakitic – Perisic – Mandzukic
Subs – Lovren, Kramaric, Pjaca, Jelavic, Strinic, Srna, Halilovic, Vrsaljko, Pranjic, Santini
The best game i’ve seen Corluka play was a left back versus Turkey. He was outstanding there. Simunic also played his best games there under Slaven Bilic in Euro qualifying. I think its a good position for guys lacking pace in the centre.
I’m also hoping Niko will have a revival as am a big fan of his. But he needs to go somewhere else. England is finished to him now. Maybe Panathanaikos is the answer for him as well as it has been for Pranjic, Schildenfeld and Petric.
I am chiming in late and have not read the million posts thus far. Croatia played a terrible game, they were lucky it was against Norway. Although some of the goals were quality the over all game was not played well. Start from the back, how many bad passes and stupid fouls can Corluka give away? Can Pranjic actually cross the ball into the box or can we continue to expect week crosses. Vida played well very consistent as usual. Srna what you should expect from a 32 yr old average defender.
Midfield::: Modric still not game fit so he gets a pass. Rakitic?? Was he actually on the field and how many times did he lose the ball when he actually had a touch?
Perisic same as Modric but scored a class goal played well overall I guess. Brozovic I believe had the best game of the lot.
Olic no comment!!!
Mandzukic is not being utilized properly.
Kovac isn’t using his biggest strength a quality midfield.
Why not play Halilovic instead of Olic.
Subasic true class!! Playing with great confidence!!
In the end get rid of Pranjic. Better players on the bench playing for better teams. Vrsajlko, Strinic when healthy.
Jedvaj should be in top form again for Italy and Hopefully Lovren is back to form.
I think Kovac would be better served using 5 Midfielders and Mandzukic up from alone with the midfield playing off of him.
Brozovic, Modric,Rakitic in the middle Perisic left side Give halilovic a shot on the right side.
Jedvaj and Lovren in the Middle, Srna right,Vrsaljko left side
Subasic in goal.
Anyway my crazy mind thinks this would work well!!
i sure your hope about pranjic
but im sure many here fear seeing his name starting line up at euro
no one saying srna is bad but his age is showing… he ain’t getting good crosses in and vrsaljko is getting better and better
hard to deny him playing time if he continues to do well in italy till the euros
I disagree. Srna is 32. So why should he not be playing? Srna is still a good player
Olic is 35 and is struggling to score for Hamburg now. He didn’t actually touch Mandzo’s goal. By the Euro he may be 37. So by he’ll be retired by then. I don’t see why Hamburg would need Olic beyond this season if they stay up. Unless he goes back to Croatia, that’ll be the end of his career. I can see why Jelavic was angered by Kovac asking Olic to stay on. Its a insult.
Pranjic i do not think will be in the squad. He retired before and i think he knows when to go. I think Pranjic has had a very good season in Greece and that’s why he’s playing at the moment. But in a year, probably not.
lets face the facts boys
barring any injuries or freakish events
euro cup will have srna, pranjic and olic playing
maybe some of these holligans can legit threaten them to step down soon lol
im really hoping we beat italy and can roll out some young kids in the future qualifiers… it will be like some decent exhibition games that they can play in
Of course Livaja has potential. To say he cant play is ridiculous. I agree he’s a nut case, but he still is a decent player. Rebic also is a decent player. Both have shown promise in the Under 21’s etc. Neither deserve to be in the national team for sure. Same with Halilovic actually has had a bad season but still has promise. As a Dinamo fan I’m more interested in Pjaca right now then these guys. But obviously Livaja has potential to be a good player if he sorts his head out. No he should not be in the team. He does not even recieve club games so why should he.
Would like to see Jelavic come back. Everyone is going on about Olic but Eduardo who is younger than him is apparently too old. Explanation please. Just like Eduardo, Olic should go gracefully and in my opinion he won’t play for the National team next time round.
Haha No Wrestlemania response Ziva?
Hahahaha its so funny how you tell people to live certain ‘lifestyles’, and ridicule people for wearing player jerseys, but here you are in your mamas basement, wanking yourself off to scripted male wrestling.
Hahaha what a joke.
All depends on how Kukm Kovac approaches that. Everyone has a theory.
Do you give to your best player, do you give to the players who has the most caps, do you give it to some one you know will be on the repka the next 8 yrs?????
Zvone Boban was the ideal choice for his generation. He’ll never get the credit he deserves, becasue that locker room was a fucked up locker room back in the mid and late 90s. Stimac and Suker (even back then) were not the greatest teammates. While hate might be too strong of a word, he wasn’t well liked off the pitch.
Kum Kovac got the captaincy because he was the best option. Who else was there besdies him.
We are not going to replace Srna unless Srna is removed from the roster. You don’t strip the captaincy and keep the guy on the rosrer. That can lead to problems. So, eaither Srna remains as the starter or you thank him for his service and remove him from the repka.
Exactly. Start hanging the arm band over to the guy who has been playing the best. No, not Modric. No, not Rakitic or Mandzo either. Hello Ivan F’ing Perisic. Can’t believe I just said that even after this corn rows have grown out.
@olly…………Look at Me Livaja has shown potential????? Where????? All he has shown is the ability to piss off teammates, punch teammates, get removed from practice, get removed for a roster,. Did I miss anything else??????
@Ante B…….I brought that up on Saturday night or yesterday morning. I can’t remember. But, when i heard and then read Srna’s comments, I did a double taker. He can’t be that stupid that he didn’t realize the game is already set for ZG.
While I don’t agree with everything from the Torcida in that letter, I do agree with them about Srna. He now wants to bring this topic up??????? He is like the rest of the repka, all they care about is not doing anything to disrupt the status quo. Where the hell was our captain and other older teammates to address the Suspension Joey issue and “za dom….spremni”. I think was Suspension Joey did was selfish and took attention away from the team, but when you are part of a team you defend your teammate. It has become clear that most of the players on the repka didn’t have a realtionship with Suspension Joey. Which is fine, you are not going to get aong with every teammate. Hell, the 98 team hated Suker, but he scored goals. So, back to Srna. He wants to lead now????????? comical.
Just saw Torcida’s priopcenje and calling him out right now. Wow.
This was probably already discussed. Darijo Srna said he’d like to play in other cities and said something about we should play in Split against Italy despite the Savez saying it will be in ZG. Freudian slip? Ignorance? Or something else? You have my attention.
Olic is 35??? how long do we want to keep using him? Even the guy himself wants to go. Let him retire. I think Mandzo and Jelavic actually were a good partnership till we broke it up and made Jelavic sweat it out in the stands. So is Kramaric a good partner for Mandzo.
Perisic can easily play alongside Mandzo and has a great goal threat. His goal was excellant. Also I believe there has to be a place in the side for Kovacic. With Modric, Brozovic, Rakitic, Kovacic, Mandzo and Perisic in the team, why would you need to keep making Olic play that style. Give the guy a break he;s 35.
I also never said Rebic or Livaja should play. But Rebic was in the squad wasn’t he. I said Santini deserves a shot. I personally would bring Jelavic back as well. You don’t retire at age 28. Ridiculous and Kovac should not accepted it.
Livaja has not done anything so far but show potential but he’s not even started his career yet. He’s barely into his 20’s? At present Rebic has done no more than Livaja. This is the point I am making.
@jm
Well to be fair to Mandžo, that “Olić goal” on Saturday was actually a Mandžukić goal. Olić didn’t touch it, and exaggerated his celebration so he could get the credit.
@mb13
The Italy goal was Brozović’s fault. However, this Norway goal was Pranjić’s fault. The danger only started when Pranjić decided to daydream and leave his name wide open in the box.
@olly…………please xplain why you think Look at Me Livaja has a future for the repka. Cetainly, not based on his play??????? I’m with slavonac on this, some of you guys just throws names out there. No clue if you do this because the player in question might be from the same town as where your family is from or something in that line of thinking.
Come on guys……step up your posting game.
Croatia has allowed two goals in qualifying so far. Both times it appears that Brozovic collapsed too far to help defenders leaving an opposition player time and space to shoot from 20 yards. Both times it appears he received a scolding from teammates for doing so.
Ziva you watched Wrestlemania?, that is a true mungie right there. That’s worse than admitting to watch MMA or whatever they call it these days.
“on a sidenote, anyone have any thoughts on why we’ve scored 15 goals and mandzukic having not gotten one of them?”
lack of service!
last night I watched hi-lights from the weekend game, most goals came from the wings and were knocked in, Mandzukic hasn’t been getting great service if you ask me.
@ slavnoac
i think you make a good point. most of the time, i want to see the more exciting, younger names we have placed into the starting line up
mainly kramaric
but perhaps looking at the whole, i generally just focus on things like goals without taking notice of the importance of a guy like olic in the overall game plan, which might be pressing, covering on d etc.
on a sidenote, anyone have any thoughts on why we’ve scored 15 goals and mandzukic having not gotten one of them?
i would assume part of it is jsut lack of luck. but i still think madnzo based on his atletico peroforamnce is in goal scoring from, so part must be system/line-up related as well
Ziva, you watch Wrestlemania??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
You child, Basement dwelling Ziva Istina. What would your father think?
olly…who exactly has the ability to press defenders, playing the system Kovac wants from his 3 players …(ie…Perisic, Mandzukic, Olic)….and then cover the flanks and assist in defending…and also have the legs/lungs to create chances down the wings?
what exactly has Rebic proven since his red card at the WC? who has proven they can maintain disciplined enough and also can physically withstand the amount of work it takes to play the position Olic does?
so many people just name players they wanna see on the field but it takes far more than a few flashy runs to compete at this level!
I’m sorry but Ivica its time to go .. He was reported in saying he stayed to reach his 100th cap and now thats done and a great way to say goodbye. I would have thought Olic of all people considering he’s such a down to earth guy would know its time to leave the National Team. The guy has nothing to prove and its time to close the career. If he can help Hamburg fine, but blocking future National Team stars is not the attitude of a guy like Olic. Nikica Jelavic already had his career ruined by Olic staying on. Got to leave now mate and thanks for the memories.
Ante Rebic still has a good career ahead of him in my opinion as does the headcase that is Marko Livaja. BUT on performances Ivan Santini deserved a call over him. He’s been very good now for two seasons. Rebic has not played much this season and needs to go back to Under 21’s.
Oh very easily……I make the picks in the morning and come back the following day to see where I won and lost.
Ok Ziva,let me get this straight………You do like to bet against Hrvatska at times…….but you still dont want them to lose…….that is because………You want to lose your bet.
Son,you are either a born liar or you have not been taking your medication as tata keeps telling you to.
Young kids beware! Do not pin your star to the Ziva wagon,for he will lead you astray.
be humble little ziva be humble;)
No, not at all……while I may bet against Cro at times, it doesn’t mean I want them to lose.
And yes, I did think BIH would be above us in those Worthless FIFA rankings after the World Cup. They were not, but it didn’t miss by much. So, it wasn’t some crazy off the wall prediction. Came close.
So, to repeat………I still don’t root against cro…..but good try……..I make betting choices based on the spread and money line. Doesn’t mean I want it to happen, but I go with the numbers a lot. Again, me saying I think a team will lose doesn’t mean I want that team to lose.
That is it for me……..looks like a mother night where the discussion is turning into a Ziva night. I refuse to be sucked into it. I don’t think its fair to other poster for you to spend so much time on me. But, there is little I can do.
@Ziva-Son,I do love you.You know that.You have stated that you put your money on the “smart”bet in the past,and that has included betting against Hrvatska where they were not expected to win.
-You did also foolishly state that there would be a new top ranked team from the region soon,which would be Bosnia.This was circa shortly before the last WC.This smacked of desperation to attract attention.
-I say you are a bufoon(Circa-just now)
-As usual son,your sick mind has one set of rules for yourself,amd one for others.This includes going to NT games,where tou critisize domaci for attending matches,but its all good for Ziva Amerikanac to attend them.
We are the best in the Balkans and have been for some time, so I am not sure why we want to be in a Balkan league like the one that is being floated around. We need to Kobe away from the Balkans.
I too enjoy the bragging rights of Croatia being the best regional team.
I saw part of the Portugal game, and saw Serbia’s goalie make a completely bone-headed blunder giving Portugal their first goal. It goes to show you how import it is to have an excellent net-minder. Eat ya heart out Patrick Roy, ’cause we got Subasic!
ziva can’t lose credibility.. he never had any!! jk ziva we all love you… well maybe not all step tata does at least
Ziva, hats off for the rooting for bosna comment.
@poglavnik………where have I rooted against Hrvatska?
You lose all credibility with that comment. Wrestlemania?? haha
What about Hrvati (yourself apparently) who root against Hrvatska?
Just finished up watching Wrestlemania………much better than anything organized backward after school fight club can do. Not even close.
Any hrvat who even roots for BIH should have his domovnica taken away
^ ^
You may be right there!
I don’t think a single Hercegovac has ever played for BiH, lol.
There have probably been more Dalmatinci that have played for BiH in their history (ie. Hrgovic).
^ ^
I can’t lie, I don’t mind seeing Hercegovina do well, but I’m with you in rooting against all those others.
Also, to your other point about the tournament being classic. Yea, there are a lot of teams that play a nice brand of soccer that are well on their way to qualifying. A lot of the thug teams who play anti-football (like Greece, Turkey, etc) are all struggling hard (except for maybe Israel, who started strong, but will probably fall out as well).
Offensively ept teams like Czech, Iceland, Netherlands, Wales, Belgium, Slovakia, Spain, Poland, Germany, England, Romania, Austria, Sweden, Croatia, and Portugal are in pole position to qualify.
If these teams stay in their positions, and you add in a few decent teams like Scotland and Ukraine from the third-place playoffs, and this tournament will be VERY good to watch.
@Poglavnik
I always root against Slovenia, BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, etc because I want to cement the fact that CRO is the best team in all of the former Yugo region. It’s all about bragging rights.
It was funny last year when all the Bosanci (including Ziva) got all cocky about their team qualifying for the World Cup with ease (even though they never beat an elite team). They thought they were on the upswing and that they would take the title as best team from the former Yugo region. Looks like reality set in and came crashing down hard.
It’s easy to get hot and play well when nobody knows your name, but it ain’t easy to stay hot and consistent when people begin to scout you. They’re finding out the hard way, and it looks like it’ll cost them a place at this tournament.
i wonder if there’s a betting line for the Albania/Serbia game being abandoned. I’d be seriously surprised if that game goes the whole 90.
There’s also a decent chance no ex-Yugo countries, Russia, Greece, or Turkey make it.
This tourney could be a classic!
@poglavnik, zagreb, allen
agree completely, prior to this tourney i did not see either making it, i laughed when the serbs spent all that money on a foreign coach and look where it got them, not a well run team
wait till they go to albania, fireworks here we come
@ZG
The points were never there in the first place to deduct. The points were unjustifiably given to them, then deducted.
The way you worded your statement makes it seem as if this deduction is reason why they are where they are. It gives them an excuse as to why they are in second last in their group.
They would have been second-last anyway, and in fact, the UEFA decision actually helped them by giving them a +6 advantage over Albania in Goal Differential in case they are tied in points at the end of all this.
Poglavnik
Couldn’t have said it better! Any tournament without the Serbs & Greeks immediately makes it one of my all-time favorites. 2010 was the absolute worst seeing multiple teams of trash in the tournament.
Beautiful seeing the Serbs and Greeks with 3 points between the 2 of them!
Correct the points were deducted. That is the bottom line. Anyone knew that was coming after that stadium fiasco. None of this THEN crap.
They were never going to get 1st or 2nd so move on from your Serbia talk. You sound like Ziva.
Serbs deducted three points?
Serbs weren’t deducted anything. They were handed a 3-0 win in that cancelled game, THEN the points were deducted.
There was no way were they going to win that game, especially with the Albanians having the momentum. At best, that game would have been a draw…but the Serbs were REWARDED with a +3 goal differential in that game (with Albania receiving a -3), and this could be the deciding factor if they end up even on points.
Serbia is simply a bad and untalented team. They’re not even young (which always seems to be the assumption) with most of their key players being on the wrong side of their 20s. Their association with us (via Yugoslavia) is the sole reason why they have a reputation as a footballing nation.
Serbs did not have a chance when they were deducted three points due to the crowd trouble. Good. We don’t need to discuss them going forward.
Serbs lost today versus Portugal, and Albania won against Armenia.
The gap between third-place Albania and fourth-place Serbia is now 6 points with 4 games left to play.
Serbia needs to win out in their remaining games, and hope Albania loses at least two, just to finish in third. Considering the Serbs have to play Portugal again, as well as both Denmark and Albania on the road…it looks like it’s all over for them and it looks like they have somehow failed to qualify for a much watered down Euro tournament.
i think kovac will be ok just as long as he gets off the old boys club
like say he was our coach in 5 years where there were no old boys left over from his time on the team it might look like a diff situation
one can argue we are just beating not so great teams but with stimac we were beating not so good teams with not so good quality soccer
sure the first half was a bit slow and all that but you had to expect norway to play with some jam at least at the start and once we established ourselves…..
ziva while i am not a hardcore catholic( i am more a non denominational christian) i agree its harder to practice our faith… I don’t follow a lot of american crap cause quite frankly its a whole lot of crap but on this palm sunday remember all, the king jesus road his way into jerusalem on a donkey, not a war horse or chariot, he humbled himself for us. remember to be humble like him and to love your fellow man and don’t hate on your fellow hrvati even if they suck at LB like pranjic! well maybe we can make an exception there!
all in all things are looking bright for croatian football!! euro cup is qualified for more or less… lets hope we kovac can work out the system and he has plenty of time to get it running like a machine we need to be successful at the tourney
Come now little Ziva,dont play little Miss Innocent with me about your childish nicknames.You know full well what you are up to about Subasic for example.I can read you like a childs Golden Book.I am not misunderstanding anything,I am just saying that I would have him on the squad any day of the week over some “Croat”who could claim a full Catholic bloodline 10 generations back,but displays character such as yours in the dressing room or on the pitch.
My cousin was at the game and told me the place was nuts, singing, people having a blast, great atmosphere. As for Niko, the coach is doing a great job and Brozovic goal was amazing. What a strike. You can see the players how well they respond to him as a manager.
So if NK wakes up and puts his buddy buddy system to bed the best 11 croatia team is in a 4-4-2 vs italy Subasic Srna(c) Vida Sifo/Lovren Jedvaj ? Strinic Modric Brozovic Perisic Rakitic Kramric Mandzukic. Subs Kovacic Halilovic Pjaca Rebic Badelj Mocinic Pasalic Leovac Vrsaljko
Jesus would not be wanting you to have an ultra high def t.v. , by the way. The only freedoms the republicans are for is the ones they believe in.
I know people who were blaming Mamic for pushing Brozovic to play, spewing their normal nonsense, and now of course alls well! Fucking joke.
So, I am sitting here in he fortified basement after attending Palm Sunday services, which yet again is another example of living the “za dom……spremni” lifestyle. I turn on the UltraHD tv and watch one of the Sunday morning talk shows and they are discussing the new law in Indiana that protects religious freedoms and the liberals are up in arms. shameful is all I can say.
As for the word cup and our goalie situation. Yeah, Serb Subasic would have been preferred, but then again how do we know his girlfriend didn’t have issues. We see Pletikosa failed with his, hoping the same doesn’t happen with Serb Subasic.
Where am I critical of Serb Subasic. I think some of you miss it with the nick names. They are all based on some element of truth. No harm done.
Serb Subasic’s effort has never been questioned. Just like I never questioned Miladin Prso’s efforts for Cro when he played.
If only we had Subasic during the World Cup, this will forever remain one of the great “What If’s.”
and lay off subasic for petes sake
guy says he is croat, sings more then the others… shit from teh sounds of it some people make him less cro then sammir
like any of us truly know 5 generations back some serbian drifter on a donkey didn’t get in there… jeez
step tata from my account he and the muslim srna or whatever ziva calls him sang the hardest
subasic was legit… i wondered about him before when he played didn’t have to do a whole lot and looked a bit shaky handling the ball… i thought he was confident with it in his feet today
you know hindsight and all but maybe just maybe he plays in brazil could have done something more
anyways its in the past
i always admired big gordon… he has not failed anytime we needed him to play… he is more solid defensively then lovren from what i have seen. anyways i like the guy
pranjic… how many goals has this guy even scored for the repka? his supposed offensive side doesn’t do shit to make up for his liability on defense
strinic for his spot.. played well against them at euros
olic, stop the hating… ok maybe he is not starter material but still useful, but i agree should be starting to be phased out
brozovic looks like he will get better and better
before that goal he had that nice shot on goal that just missed over the top… seriously not many guys are putting quality attempts from that far out for us these days… good trait to have
perisic when healthy will be a difference maker once again
looks like mandzukic could use some help up there… like someone said maybe kramaric behind him…
all in all, like ziva said, we got the result when we didn’t play that well… in any sport thats what good teams do… fuck like italy plays so many good games that they end up winning… most of the time they are squeakers
at least we are scoring in bunches when we need to and good for the confidence…
but seriously gibralter… are there no other teams in teh world that want to play us? norway is playing sweden guy on tv said… we should play a sweden… who always play well against us and aren’t bottom feeders but will make for a good game
oh well maybe the young kids can play this one
I watched the way Subasic sang the anthem hard this morning,hand on heart.Nothing half arsed there.The Norway PK may have hit the frame,but it was Subasic being so imposing standing there that forced the slightly skewed shot.
Give me a Subasic in the squad any day of the week over a chracter like Z.Istina.
Ziva, you need to think of a better nickname for Subasic. He’s a bigger katolik than you (and probably has less Serbian blood too). 🙂
Friends, can i ask for if anyone has a 720p torrent link for the game once again ?
My 4-0 prediction was correct by the margin. Our boys are looking good. Bit of a slow start but I think they just wanted to stay in a lower gear to see what the Norwegians had in them. By most measurements, not much. Brozovic looking very good; would have liked to have seen Kramar get a goal but the best defender in europe, Gordon Schildenfeld really deserves all the plaudits for his sublime header.
Italy is going down, game should be in Split. Peace.
I said earn a spot earn not give one.
Rebic?????!!! What the hell has he done in the last six months to even warrant a call up to the repka, yet alone playing time.
Nice result. Imagine what Simeone could do with this team instead of kovac. We would crush anyone in sight.
If NK doesnt fix the mistakes its gonna be 3 and out again 2016 we as true fans want best 11 at the time like Bilic did 2012 he bench eduardo kranjcar pranjic simunic told olic odjebi lovren was hurt and he put best 11 in all 3 games. Thats what i want in a coach Bilic did it in 2008 and 2012 where NK already failed 2014 by playing a terrible 11 so i go by facts and fats and history state This lineup today is goong to be his euro 2016 lineup if thats true i dont care to watch i want best 11 time for Pjaca Halilovic Rebic Coric to take a wing position and keep oloc on bench as a sub pranjic out i tell the swiss miss rakitic to wake up and i can see a future but like i say if we have too much dead weight whats there to lool foward to???? Im tired of seeing srna olic pranjic fail and young guys ride the bench or not even get called up. Jadni smo neki puta
Every national team has weak areas, it is how you compensate in your team play that matters…..CRO will win this group, then it will be about integrating the various parts into a cohesive whole thay will dictate how far they go….Kovac doing a goid job.
Problem is that the starting 11 have too much dead weight seeing Pjaca Rebic Badelj Kovacic Halilovic Kramaric Strinic not getting called and leovac on bench makes me sick sometimes you think when it was 3-0 take Olic out put Pjaca or Rebic or the mujo tako mandzo off for krama and modric out for badelj bad coaching thats why cro fail at tournaments too kuch dead weight in 11
I have been a Srna fan for quite sometime, but I agree he has lost some pace.
He still recovered/defended well when Norway transitioned into attack.
Pranjic is way more of a liability at LB. Doesn’t defend anywhere near as well as Srna and doesn’t offer much of a threat on overlapping runs.
Not criticism, just pointing out the flaws in his game. Smart player, good technically, but slow. Last time STD Corluka was in a big game (Mexico) he let guys 10 inches shorter than him rise above him in the air. He is still a starter
What’s with the criticism of Corluka? Is one of our most consistent always , what do some of you watch?
Im happy with 5 goals but the formation with some player kovac likes is not work with pranjic olic the play suffers both are bad technical players and rakitic is not his best for croatia Srna played well but his gas is running out. A 4-2-3-1 Mandzo is isolated and Im sorry all olic pranjic lovers they are not for a starting 11 im sorry its true. Perisic and Modric top Brozovic deserves the 11 spot i think NK needs to make a stronger 11 with strinic or leovac in lb and cbs are all ok sifo carli vida jedvaj and even kikser lovren. I just like cro to play 4-4-2 and sto bude kramraric mandzo upfront and maybe raketa needs a wakeup call and go to bench maybe what do i know ajmo nasi
Subasic is the real deal.
Brozovic continues to impress.
Perišić provides power and pace.
Modric is pure class.
Hvala Za sve:
Srna – boze mi moj, hasn’t provided width on the right flank in 5 years.
Olić – gotovo.
Pranjić – Sranjic
Ćorluka – slow and stubborn kao magarac
Credit to Norway as they came to play their game, unfortunately all that counter attack takes even the youngest of legs out.
Once we get some young studs at the wing backs then we will become world beaters.
Good news is our spine is powerful.
Modric Captain for Italy?
It’s clear to me that Rakitic will never dominate for the Vatreni until Srna steps off. Srna has no speed and cuts into the middle every time. Once again Rakitic gets one more pass. Need him for Italy.
Uvijek vjerni
I’m far from a homer, will call a foul every time I see it…neither were a foul….Croatia did very well in spite of the poor officiating in this case.
Does anyone else think Brozovic looks like a Rakitic who actually hustles?
Serb Subasic probably playing himself into a transfer this summer, especially if they can go one more round in the Champions League.
Don’t be a homer……they are both fouls, called 9 of 10 times each time.
Ziva istina
Your comment about no-one knowing the game assuming Corluka being sent off was not legit? I have to say, based on the replays neither action was a foul…touche, you have no clue.
Very surprised we won by this margin. It’s looking a lot like the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign so far. Unfortunately missed the game, is there any links available of the full match?
What a nice stadium. Anyone here been there?
http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-content/uploads/poljud_front.jpg
I’d much rather they play in Split than ZG
Right now Subasic, Modric, and Rakitic are our 3 most talented players. Since they began starting together, Croatia have been a completely different side.
So let’s be nice to Sveti Subasic and not give him any unflattering labels. He’s got “Cat-like” reflexes, excellent positioning, and is good at organizing our defense.
Brozovic was the man of the match though. Stvarno je Frajer bio “DC-10” na terenu!
Broz sure brought his shooting boots, but just don’t confuse him with another Broz, lol.
@mishko…..he didn’t say anything about ZG. He seemed to be under the impression we would be playing Italy in Split. Seemed odd considering g it has already been announced.
@darko….no label. Just being accurate.
I know, serbs are born everywhere in the world. Was just wondering why you felt the need to label our goalie.
@Ziva, what did Srna say about playing in ZG?
I don’t know what Kum Kovac expects when he is critical of the crowd. Yes, hey were not lid and kind of dead. That is what happens when you have to beg people to attend and give discounted or free tickets to kids and their parents. 10 year old kids are not gong to cheer or sing all game.
Does Srna know something we don’t know. Because it has already been announced we are playing Italy in ZG. I wonder if the players can voice their concerns to the savez.
OMG, if Croatia would have won 100 – 0 some of you fuckers would still complain. The field was shit or some other crap like that.
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Uzeir Mustafa aka Srna wants it in split and demaded it after game because that navijanje was mls like baseball like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzI8ANkLbM
Poljud Vs Gruzija 2-1 goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cUtGCQ4fBI
What Makisimir use to be like
Let’s put this to rest right now. The game with Italy will not be at Poljud. It has already been decided. The savez is scared to death in playing that game in Poljud and they fear what the fans would do.
@niko……..the game wasn’t a sell out…..ban had nothing to do with it. There were still 5,000 or so empty seats.
@Darkocanada…..so, there are no Serbs born in cro?????
I have no issue with Serb Subasic. Let’s not forget what the father of a former girlfriend did to him.
No hate. You play the game in Zagreb. Poljud has the drainage issues.
Anywhere else maybe Osijek would be a good place. Small but passionate fans.
Vs italy no injuries Subasic Srna Vida Lovren Pranjic Modric Brozovic Olic Rakitic Perisic Mandzukic thats kovacs vision
my vision and most fans Vs italy Subasic Vrsaljko Jedvaj Lovren Strinic Modric(C) Brozovic Perisic Rakitic Kramric Mandzukic!
Poljud Kantrida GV is the place for repka games imo even Pula vs Cyprus was better atmosphere, Maksimir beacuse if HNS lost the Myth and legendaryness in my opinion Man i cannot believe all the hate for other cities when are there problems on poljud when everything is good ive been to many derbies and never have their been probems afew bengalke but not on pitch so who cares come on man Poljud games rule now we play italy i that dump maksimir man why? the Bulgaria game should be in poljud imo Suker odjebi
I feel sorry for Subasic.
I’m sure there are plenty of Ziva Istinas out there who like to constantly call him by his grandfather’s ethnic ancestry instead of who he is and where he and his family are born and raised.
Here’s Subasic’s response to this:
“Moj otac Jovo je Hrvat pravoslavne vjere, moja majka je Hrvatica, Hrvatska je moja domovina, Zadar je moj grad.”
Točno je da se moj otac zove Jovo, ali tvrdim da on sa srpstvom nema veze. On se izjašnjava kao Hrvat, ali pravoslavne vjere. Točno je i to da je moja majka Hrvatica i katolkinja Brkljača iz Raštevića”
“Ne znam koliko puta moram reći da sam Hrvat i katolik. Hrvatska je moja domovina i Zadar je moj grad, u kojem sam rođen. Uostalom, kršten sam u katoličkoj crkvi , imam sve katoličke sakramente”
To be fair to Olic it looked like he did touched the ball. Maybe he did and maybe deep down he believes it. He was falling to the ground when it took place. Either way who cares. We won and discussing this is a waste of time.
I am impressed with Kovac selection and tactics. Corluka will be a loss for us vs Italy but maybe the kid Jedvaj can step in. It will be a great game in the capital.
Saw way too many gold iphones and yoga pants. Playing in Croatia is not like it used to be. The hostility isn’t there anymore. MLS style atmosphere. No buzz.
@ Maminjo Olic didnt touch that ball he always pulls shit like this go back to Bulgaria game Clean Own goal and he raised his arms claiming it Uefa should give him that goal if anything its an own goal or mandzo goal look at replays! ans Sranjic needs to go but looks like him and olic are semented in 11 players i feel are only locks Suba Srna beacuse hes the C Corluka Modric Perisic Mandzukic everyone else needs to earn spot imo.
Subasics father is an orthodox hrvat and ziva likes to bust balls and call him a serb he has nicknames for all repka players!If you guys watch south park i think Modric looks like Timmy and Kovacic Jimmy lol and Kranjcar is cartmen hahhaah
Olic robbed Mandzukic of a goal, lol.
Now that I watched the highlights with the multiple replays, there’s no way Olic touched that ball.
Then he goes about pumping his fist with his arms raised as if he did, ha ha. I guess that’s one way to break a 4 month goal-less streak.
I don’t tend to read too much about player’s personal lives, however what makes Subasic a Serb? I thought he was born in Zadar?
Great atmosphere considering the ban we had on fan attendance. Of course we did not have a full stadium some here did not realize that a ban was in effect.
This win must really upset all you Kovac haters. Etc. as for Pranjic never crazy about him but he had a good game today.
Up 3-0 with less than 20 minutes to go, STD Corluka should have let him go. Try to catch him or let Serb Subasic try to stop him.
When has Corluka ever been that over-aggressive/reckless? The only time I recall him getting sent off was against Belarus for some stupid delay of game (that was so terrible). It’s harsh to say he should have been pulled immediately. You’d hope that he would play with more composure from playing three major tournaments, along with several other big games. Just a rough game (hopefully).
Link below of the major moments – except the last goal
http://hoofoot.com/?match=Croatia_5_-_1_Norway_2015_03_28
When Corluka got whistled for the PK, he should have been pulled immediately. Norway was doing nothing up to that point, and then he pulls a WWE move on their forward.
I think a lot of us could see that he was going to pull another stupid stunt before the game was over. At the very least, someone like Bilic would have told him to chill.
Valid point Ziva.
Italy ties Bulgaria wow. So they should be aggressive in the matchup to get three points in June, otherwise Croatia will pretty much win the group. This should make an even better game now. No eight men back like the last time these teams played.
Croatian-Americans don’t watch out for their own, especially here in the Northeast. I don’t know if it’s as bad on the left coast.
By the way, another one of Italy’s foreigner’s score as they almost pull one out of their ass with a 2-2 tie.
It was Malta, enough said. No need to force the kid. The bosandzero will play himself into a spot.
Franjo
Don’t blame you at all. I just prefer watching games out, since my parents don’t care and I like being around an atmosphere. Scorpio is the only place left. Veslo closing down really bummed me out, such a great place.
Ziva
Have you forgotten that Halilovic started against Malta? Granted it’s Malta but it was the first qualifier. Pretty significant no?
@franjo……good point. yeah, think about that. They invite him to show up so they can kiss his ass and jock sniff him all day, then they allow him to let him leave drunk. So much for hrvati watching out for fellow hrvati.
The bosandzero has to earn playing time. You can’t just expect Kum Kovac to give the bosandzero playing time without earning it, do you?????
Lovren remains an enigma. In the way he plays in big games and in his lifestyle. Just a strange dude.
@Allen
Scorpio is the place that let David Diehl walk out drunk (yes, I know he’s responsible for his own actions).
They will never see me there again.
This may be unpopular, but I prefer Lovren to Schifo for Italy game. Just think Schifo is slow and Italy has some pace up top with Immobile and Zaza. Too early to tell, but I’d prefer Schifo as emergency backup like today at this point.
Will see, maybe Kovac starts warming up to Jedvaj.
Also can’t help but mention that Srna’s free kick today was one of the worst free kicks I’ve ever seen. What in the world was he aiming at?
@allenstrk thanks! Too bad, I think we could use him although I thought the defence did a good job overall of limiting chances…..too bad about Corluka today, played with too much intensity considering the lead they had.
DarkoCanada
Yes he’s hurt. I want to clarify this before Ziva comes up with one of his classic comebacks.
I would have liked to have seen Halilovic as well, with such a lead they could have played him (although not like I can argue with any of Kovac’s choices today)
BTW
Didn’t run into anyone from the site at Scorpio. That place must really be unpopular on the site lol. Maybe another trip to San Pedro in June is needed.
What’s up with Lovren these days, is he hurt?
Holland 15 minutes away from falling to 4th in their group.
Corluka was very careless today, which is rare for him. It was a pretty disappointing performance from him, when he’s supposed to be one of the anchors for the team. Maybe the rust from the long layoff in Russia affected him. Can’t dispute him getting sent off, even as one of his loyal defenders.
Big question now is who plays alongside Vida (who continues to impress, wow has he done a 180 on his career or what) against Italy. Schifo, Lovren, and Jedvaj (highly unlikely) are all in contention. Can’t believe someone mentioned Suspension Joey haha. I’d rather have Robert Kovac than him at this point. Who knows who’s fit at that point as well. Schifo looked slow, but Lovren in big games has to be concerning. Oh well it should be a good test for whoever.
Not a great performance, but it’s nice to see some goals from long range. Brozovic continues to improve, despite not really pushing the pace or providing any killer passes. Long-distance shooting can prove to be vital, which Brozovic proved today.
It’ll be interesting what happens in 2016. Hopefully Kramaric or Rebic breaks out to replace Olic. Then Strinic or someone else for Pranjic. Besides Olic/Pranjic, I’m reasonably happy about the squad. Brozovic is still relatively unproven, but he’s tolerable compared to Olic and Pranjic.
Perisic is a goal scoring machine. Hard not to become a jock sniffer of a player, when he’s scoring in almost every qualifying match.
I thought we looked pretty good, and definitely were the dominant team. I thought Mandzukic looked a bit lazy at times. Impressive when you score 2 goals down a player. Hopefully this gives this team all the confidence it needs to finish the qualification round strong.
The game was a bit boring in the beginning, however the result was worth sitting through it. I have to say I don’t really like this version of the blue kits, they kind of look a kids’ racing pajama.
Looking forward to the next game!
Anyone have a link for a replay of the match? I missed it earlier and want to check it out now
A sign of a good team is getting a result when you don’t play well……we did that.
We are going to qualify with ease, which means we won’t play any tough games heading into the Euros. That is a concern for me, because we won’t be tested at all until the tourney. Some nations that is not an issue because that is normal for them, not for us.
Still, we have room for improvement and that is great.
Anyone who thinks STD Corluka didn’t deserve to se sent off, then none of you have played or understand the game. Fear red card, last man.
I saw the game at Maksimir. The atmospere was not impressive but not horrible either.
I agree with Vatrena cast about his rating of the players only Srna was great. He often ran from his position to the center of our defence to solve tricky situations. If he would go to England, he would be one of the best Rb of the Premier League.
Corluka though really looks too slow.
This might be the worst Italian team I have ever seen.
Croatia played likr shit because Modric and Perisic are not 100posto and still played better than some players at 100 like sranjic and olic. Mandzukic needs service like kramaric upfront with him Rakitic sucks for national team Brozovic is a good player hes been good in qs. But id like to see Subasic Vrsaljko Jedvaj Lovren Strinic Modric Brozovic Perisic Pjaca Kramaric Mandzukic.
Bulgaria up 2-1 against inept Italy, early in the match.
It’s odd watching them without Buffoon in goal.
Italy down 2-1 early
@Mate
Corluka grabbed the Norwegian forward’s hand and then quickly let go, thinking he’d get away with it. Since he was the last defender, it’s an automatic red card and nothing to argue about.
You can be die hard fan, but arguing this play is silly.
@Tom
Kovac is still dogshit
the team is performing well DESPITE him, not because of him
that’s actually how good the players are..i mean u dont willy nilly produce the odd rakitic or modric
A few great individual efforts changed the entire outcome of this game….if Brozovic and Perisic don’t score the way they this game may have ended up differently! Once we got that 2 goal lead, we settled down and played a bit better.
I agree with Kovac, we can’t play like this and be a great team….there was far too little pressure and off the ball movement….at times I felt we were about to start walking!
Great result for the NT. I’ll miss Corluka for Italy. What do all you Kovac haters think?
Ziva, even u jave to admit the corulka red was kind harsh
Nothing like the atmosphere of a half empty maksimir.
Very impressive after a long hiatus. Niko Kovac continues to bring us the results and first place. Well done to the team. Plus Kolinda at the game. Gotta love the atmosphere at the game. Fans were great.
He pulled the guys hand as the last player no where near the ball.
Any of you who think that second yellow to Corluka was warranted need to get their eyes checked.
Modric was only mediocre (for his standard) and was still clearly the best player on the pitch. Mandzukic should have scored the 4th and if he had, Luka would have created 3 goals in the match. Pranjic was clearly the weak link despite his goal.
Just heard Kovac was very critical of the team’s performance. Despite the score line, it was not a great showing.
@ Ziva
I know this is Norway. But still as a fan, seeing Croatia “unleashed” was Awesome to watch. They won’t score this many against Italy–so I’ll enjoy this.
I’m still going nuts that Olic and Pranjic both scored!!!! Two guys I said shouldn’t be on the team. Wow.
Subasic- good game solid
Srna- not amazing not terrible, solid. Wasn’t really tested.
Vida- good game by him
Corluka- I still think he’s our best defender. Stupid on those fouls. Deserved the 2 yellows. I say vida and lovren for Italy.
PANJIC- I know I misspelled it. Worst player on the team, bad passes, he got a goal, hopefully he calls its a career.
Modric- I said it before and I’ll say it again he needs the ball at his feet for us to be successful.
Rakitic- not great not bad. Got 2 assists but played mediocre.
Brozovic- best player in the first half. I’m impressed.
Perisic- needs to get some game time coming off an injury. A little rusty.
Olic- same as always.
Mandza- I think he needs a player like griezzman and muller to work off of him. With today’s line up we didn’t have that. Kramaric would do well off of him maybe. He’s been lacking lately.
Subs- eh
Relax guys…….it was Norway……..before we get all excited, remember the last time we played a meaningful game on the bistable…….Mexico….
Baby steps now……..
What team scores 2 goals down a man!!???
Croatian FIREPOWER was on FULL display!!!
It’s seems the Corluka red-card was just what the doctor ordered. The temperature hit Fever Pitch after that, as both sides went into 5th gear. It was Awesome to watch.
And what about Subasic! The guy was a beast!!
Pranjic was crap all game.
His passes were too strong, and he still can’t cross a ball properly. He also relied on Perisic to cover for him.
The Norway goal was largely his fault too. Watch the replay.
Strinic, Jedvaj, Vrsaljko should ALL be ahead of him for that LB position.
Good calls against STD Corluka……how were they not fouls????
Bullshit calls against Corluka , good game , I thimk Olic never touched that ball .
Give me a break both were own goals imo
Pranjic and Olic, huh?
I guess Kum Kovac knows his shit..
well, a lacklustre start, but overall i guess a good performance for Cro – cant complain too much
when’s the next game – smashing?
@Ziva, good question, but I think the fans supported him and that’s all that matters.
Anyways, off to the hospital to see mom.
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Uh oh.
This means Pranjic is starting this Euro 2016 no matter what now.
Bahahaha
Pranjic goal.
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it’s now a smashing rofl
What makes you think Suspension Joey wants anything to do with the repka after they gave him no support.
@Colin, that would still see fricken awesome to see Big Joe in the checkers.
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That’s my boy.
lol 4-1 – too easy
u know when shcildy is scoring it’s too easy haha
Goal Schildenfeld
Ha, Joe hasn’t stepped foot on a pitch in months. No way would he be ready to play any sort of game, let alone a national team game against Italy.
Iggy and as black. hehehehe.
BTW – When does Big Joes suspension expire? Bring his ass back for Italy.
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well, that goalscorer is as norwegian as my balls
Italy……….Gibraltar is a friendly
Does Corluka miss Italy or Gibraltar?
You can really blame STD Corluka……this gives him a head start on spreading some stds tonight with the jersey chasers.
Ivica Olic= Legend
Another stupid foul by out of control Corluka.
Great, now we’re going to a defense line up.
I’ll never cheer for the Wops!
Especially if it has anything to do with us.
Shout out to the post for always being there!
I rather have Italy win……rather have the game in June matter.
This one’s done and dusted.
Time to turn into a Bulgarian fan now.
Ain’t no beating Serb Subasic
it looks like cro are kinda having a picnic now
oh well whatever works haha
What a save, by the post and a stupid foul by Corluka. Kramaric on.
Gooooooool-ic!!!
He just keeps going, and going, and going…
justice done cos that was the most bullshit penalty award ive ever seen
Psghhhtt and you want kramaric in?!?!
Routine win……we are a different class than Norway
Olic…..tap in…..where have we seen this before
Goal Olic.
hahahaha rofl silly goal
Keep in mind Norway has been hustling their butts off and closing down our players quickly. They’re getting tired so we’re able to move more freely. It was just a matter of time before we wore them down.
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Kramaric to come on in 10 minutes my guess.
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Finally starting to play a little faster. It’s showing.
yeah it looks like a so-so game but u cant blame HRV
theyve done the job comfortably over a previously unbeaten team
good job HRV and we’ll move onto the next game with some confidence
Very nice
And that should wrap it up
ohhh sneaky sneaky! How’d that get in the goal?
Goal Peresic
brilliant goal
Srna’s free kick reminds me of this.
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ramos.gif
u know, subasic is going up im my estimation
that was a good punch
Good thing we have all these free kick specialists
Srna blasting that into row xx. Looks like he ate a little too much wheaties this morning.
WTF was that?
hehe
im not au fait with us immigration, but aus is a bit of a paint, u pay $6.5K just to apply
bit of a pain
im not sure how US stuff is tho ?
Iggy’s free US Greencard! haha congrats.
If you do can you get me an autograph from Arnold Schwarzenegger?
@iggy online chat room?
heheh, im really luckies i know – she’s a really cool cutie ! hehe
she’s migrating to aus in a tic 🙂 yeshhh !
So since youre engaged to an American/Californian girl does that mean youre going to move to California now?
@colin
Very well put!
Geez, does she KNOW you’re engaged, Iggy? or is this some fantasy? lol
@orge
De nemoj srat.
@ Maminjo
Me too!
considering this game is boring
can i share some good news?
im engaged to a cutie – and she’s an american girl and a californian
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/11024713_10152843085234888_3039145785352210128_n.jpg?oh=f0cad04fe074c6007194a1540a8cacd5&oe=55AB327A&__gda__=1437916012_d9bcceccfab427291958a71e5f92046e
that’s us together 🙂
And yes, i went over to california recently, sorry i didnt see any of u fellas ! hehe
Wales beating Israel right now.
I hope Wales tops that group.
Boring game. The precision from Brozovic’s goal was awesome though 🙂
Jebo vas olic sada Pranjic van Olic van i rakitic van
basically a boring half with a pretty good goal for us
heh
@Orge – It’s not about ethnicity, it’s about nationality. it’s called a NATIONAL team, not an ethnic team, tho I’m sure there are many of you who do not see a difference.
ruining mankind and sports.
Yeah i did notice the nbr 5 for norway doesnt look norwegian lmao
u know, my dad is old – real old – heh, and he was telling me the other day, when he was a kid in HRV – he was saying his dad told him there are people in the world “that are black like shoe polish” lol.. and he didnt believe it cos, u know, he’d only ever lived in HRV so he didnt believe it.. lol
it wasnt till he came to AUS he realised there are actually black people rofl
Even international sports are getting ridiculous, like club teams, give someone who’s not even remotely related to the people a piece of paper and they’re all of a sudden a new ethnicity? ridiculous, gimme a break with this new internationalism bs, chinese and japanese don’t fall for this crap. Like yeah, the african totally brings to mind eric the red or vikings, who are suit and ties kidding? when they’re not busy lining their pockets with money ruing mankind.
I have no clue if Olic meant to pass it or he was trying to stop the ball and it flew in him…..
Živa, you’re joking right?
That pass back to a wide open Brozović was the only thing he could do. He did nothing to create that goal. That was just a very nice and super precise shot by Brozović.
Note to the few Olic haters- He assisted on the goal.
Could Norway have found a darker player?
Good things happen when modric pushes up
Look at that, people bitching about Olic and he actually had the assist…
Nice goal!
GOAL.
well that is a great goal in a boring game haha
This is like watching an old man try to get a boner it’ll be slow unless he takes some Viagra
Sto sam reka slusaj strikana
Where is Slaven Bilic cough cough
So far, this has the feel of an exhibition match.
With so many creative players we are playing like a team that is blind
Playing very slow
Yeah 0 colin – i was gonna say that… why does it sound so dull?
not good
sighh it looks like a 0-0 draw all over .. sigh
Man our center backs are so good passing the ball back and forth to each other
Sounds like the crowd fell asleep. Surely those seats at Maksimir are NOT comfy enough to sleep on.
No fluidity at the moment. Can’t get a rhythm going
Lol fuckoff živa I knew you were going to post that!
do u think rakitic tries to do too much now.. since he’s a barca player
seems like he wants to do everything himself now
wat da piss
why arent we winning yet
LOL Pranjić passing it to the opposing goalie. He’s so shit.
Olić starting? Really?
http://sportska-tv.in/lag/27
http://sportska-tv.in/jumb/3
http://sportska-tv.in/free/9
Links for everybody!
I like how the 25k attenance was justified as “safety protocol” by limiting attendance. Like they had a choice…
Any links?
Play
Olic should at wearing that little šubara
Thanks, hope he doesn’t play…
Shout out to the strizivojna flag!!!! Felt good to see that in the crowd
He says 25000 thousand due to safety reasons. Hahahabha
It doesn’t look very atmospheric
I have been looking forward to this weekend since the Italy game finished
Odegaard from minute 1 tako se to radi mi sranjic oldica u 11 hahahahahah
Yeah he has been. I don’t know if they’ll start him in such a big game.
Is Odegaard playing for the senior team already?
Subašić, Ćorluka, Srna, Vida, Pranjić, Perišić, Rakitić, Modrić, Brozović, Mandžukić, Olić
Starting XI for today
Ilicevic?????? That dude doesn’t deserve to be on the squad, plus he doesn’t even speak Croatian.
Odegaard a new walcott born in maksimir another nocna mora for sranjic
@lican……..Croatian school was closed today, huh
I don’t get pramjic and olic either. But to nikos defense, qualifiers have gone pretty well so far, do maybe don’t fix what’s not broke. Also strinic out so not much choice but pranjic and hopefully Norway can’t challenge him to much on d so won’t be a big issue
Ya I agree, we just have a deep squad with lots of talent. Olic and Pranjic are the safe and experienced players to go with. Personally I’d take the risk with Kramaric. But we just have to be happy to have some many great players after injuries to Kovacic, Strinic, and Jedvaj. And Illicevic, I thought he would be a lock starter for us as Olic got older.
Super pumped to see the boys back on the field!!!
@ziva
I’ll let you handle this one
Meant imamo
All hrvatska today, umami previše igrače ko su super, nečemo mi zgubit!!
Can’t blame Olic and the weirdly tattooed Pranjic for wanting to play. It’s up to the coach to decide if they play or not.
I think all of us are surprised why Kum Kovac insists on Pranjic. I don’t know Pranjic’s situation as much as I know so e of our other players. Maybe Pranjic and Kum Kovac have the same agent or something that connects them. Hell, maybe Pranjic and Kum Kovac are kumovi. That is the only reason Mamic got Kum Kovac as the coach, so nothing would shock me.
Hopefully, we can decide this match in the first 45 minutes and coast through.
To vatrena cast i could live with that but starter and on RW omg Kovacu if its 0-0 and uzas od igre and you throw kramric halilovic rebic or badelj in and they play better and win 2-0 odjebi with the great subs by niko us fans wants those player in 11 or a major part of team
I don’t think olic would be bad as a substitute. A boost of energy, however, he isn’t a starter in my book.
What’s puzzling here is that Pranjic and Olic insist on playing for the national team.
Usually when a player hits their mid-30s they retire from the national team, to save their strength and energy for the final years of their club career.
@Strikan
Love the way you use age and stats to say horrible things about people.
You all know Olic will start hes auto starter what year is it 2002? Retire asshole trudi se i drugi se trude 100 caps 19 goals jadno srna has 21 as a wingback . Olic pranjic out. I still like srna but those 2 we play with 2 men down everygame
@Poglavnik
I have workmates from Scotland and Ireland working in Australia who say the same thing about our women.
Dumb it
Anszing*
Yes their women are
Slightly off topic but their women’s team might be the best looking around!
Major babes up there.
Is Tore Andre Flo still around?
He was alright for a minute.
I have never met a Norwegian in my life.
@ VatrenaCast. Cheers!
A “big name” would riise but he’s getting up there with age. John Cardew is another. And the “next wonder” odegaard
Who the fuck plays for Norway, no offence to my scandivanian brothers?
Ideeemmmnmooooo
Good Luck Boys, Love watching the Vatreni!