After being dumped out of the Champions League playoff round by Austria Wien, Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb have been paired with PSV Eindhoven, Chornomorets and Ludogorets in the Europa League group stage. It’s a favorable draw for Dinamo as they avoid a top European club such as Tottenham or Valencia, while having winnable games vs. Ukrainian club Chornomorets and Bulgarian champions Ludogorets, whom they defeated in Champions League qualifying last year. Dinamo can very well make the knockout stage with this draw.
Croatian cinderellas NK Rijeka, who defeated Bundesliga club Stuttgart in the playoff round, will have their work cut out for them as they were drawn with Lyon, Real Betis and Portuguese club Guimaraes. How much longer can the magic continue in their first ever European competition?
Captain Ivan Rakitić and Sevilla will face Freiburg, Estoril and Sloven Liberec while Nikola Kalinić, Ivan Strinić and Dnipro have Fiorentina, Pacos Ferreira and Pandurii to contest with. Domagoj Vida, Ognjen Vukojević and Dynamo Kiev have a favorable draw with Genk, Rapid Wien and Thun.
@Stipe, No worries brother. BTW, I was looking also, the only place to get the game is probably going to be at
http://firstrowus1.eu/
I would highly recommend you have a good anti-virus system because those sites tend to have shit in their links from time to time.
Maybe someone will have a link to HRT that’s free.
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@Nepoznat I just looked at the tv listings at for espn3.com for whats playing on the day of the game, they are playing FIBA Bball games, not the croatian game
@mishko, I know but, calling me black because I typed in caps, its fucked up, but then again i shouldnt have said what I said. Im sorry
@Stipe. Lighten up brother, I’m just joking around.
BTW – Obongo had a doctorate in law, and I’m definitely not impressed with him. 🙂
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@Mishko, I’ll outsmart you at any subject you want. As far as you calling me white trash??? College degree and a Masters Degree in Accounting,CPA, Yup, real white trash. All I did was ask a fucking question in caps.
@Iggy, naw just me poking fun at Stipe. He’s acting like white trash. So, I’ll just do my thing until he has some cultura, which the English language doesn’t provide a word for.
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there are black croatians?
and dont bring up sammir for heavens sake u know if u we do the next 50 comments will be about him
@Stipe, you still didn’t answer my question.
BTW – You don’t sound very intelligent, even for a black Croatian.
Pretty safe to say this is the most interested I’ve ever been in the Europa League.
The tourney is full of Hrvati this year!
Stipe, it will be on ESPN3.com and the quality is usually very good. I stream it to my TV and watch it there
@Mishko, what does typing in CAPS have to do with being black?
And I am an educated fella, I can make you feel really stupid any day of the week. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND
not enough crosses early game, Mandzu wuda gotten one earlier on if he had the service. Bayern got desperate near the end and botched fucking Pep and started crossing again, and won the game cuz of it. Mandzu looked great out their, especially those headers, too bad he didnt hit that last one that bounced.
In all seriousness though, happy to see that tool mourinho lose.
Yeah nigga, you need to chillax yo !!!!!
stop bashin stipe
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
lolol
anyone watching this bayern chelsea game, what a game. Mario putting on an ariel clinic towards the end of the game, but couldn’t net one. bayern score late in 131st minute. Off to penalty shootouts
San Jo!!!!
Stipe, WTF are you black? Why are you typing in caps.
Veliki Hajduk cant afford him.
Niko Kranjcar will come back to Hajduk, become it’s captain and lead it to glory.
You heard it here first, decki.
who’s going to the San Jose tournament this weekend???
DOES ANYONE ON THIS SITE FROM THE EAST COAST, JERSEY, OR NEW YORK, HAVE VERIZON FIOS AS THEIR MAIN CABLE SERVICE? I HAVE IT. I GOT TO WATCH THE CROATIA SERBIA MATCH BACK IN MARCH ON THE SPIC ESPN CHANNEL , IT DIDN’T EVEN HAVE IT IN HIGH DEFINITION. NOW WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED AT THE TIME OF THE CROATIA MATCH AGAINST SERBIA, THEY ARE PLAYING ENGLAND GAME. DOES ANYONE WITH VERIZON FIOS HAVE ANY IDEAS? THERE IS ANOTHER GAME AT AT 3:55 PM EASTERN TIME, IT SAYS “QUALIFICATIONS FOR WORLD CUP EURO” IN SPANISH, BUT DOES NOT SHOW WHAT TEAMS ARE PLAYING. I HOPE IT IS THE CROATIA GAME
Great last goal for Rijeka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOMJRchlrUI
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Kranjcar was last spotted eating kentucky fried chicken in budapest.
Kranjcar is injured or fell out of favour.
He’s still listed as an official player at DK
@Ivan did he go to Turkey or QPR?
Kranjcar doesn’t play for Dynamo Kiev anymore?
PS : Bravo Rijeka
Sign Dila Gor’s best player Giorgio Iluridze! for freeeeeee
Chornomorets easily beat Red Star…..that’s about their only notable victory
@Iggy, nothing is easy when it comes to soccer. Dinamo should progress to the next stage but you can’t underestimate any team.
Either way good news that two Croatian teams made it. It would of been sweeter if Hajduk and Loko also made it and we had four in the Europa league.
Even better would be CL play but ……..that is for another time.
Bravo rijeka,,, i love it
I can see Rijeka stealing some points from Guimaraes and possbily Betis at home…
Dinamo faced Ludogorets last year in 2nd round of last year’s CL.
Needed a 90+? minute goal by Vida to secure their spot
Ludogorets eliminated Slovan Liberec and Partizan, before defeat to Basel
Very tough for Rijeka with that draw but Dinamo got an easy one..
i have to admit i have not even heard of those clubs before..
Chornomorets ?? .. lol.. never heard of em