We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!
What would you sacrifice for a Croatian World Cup title in 2018?
What if I told you the Vatreni get to put a “star” on their shirt this year but they would miss the next two World Cups all together?
Or Modrić gets to lift the World Cup trophy in front of the entire planet but you would never be able to watch him, Mandžukić, Rakitić, Perišić play football ever gain- club or country.
What would you do?
All I know is Greece won a Euro beating good teams when everyone wrote them off after every game. One game at a time. Denmark is the next test.
@citizen of Croatia
You are blaming past on Mamic. Sorry but you are an idiot and a joke.
Let’s face it nobody wants Croatia to pull this off and win that cup. We will get hit with a lot of curves tomorrow. I think we can beat Denmark. We have played them in the past granted we have not met recently. This will be a physical game and the loses we suffered from Mexico Portugal and all the other failed tournaments are to be looked it and learned from. This cup is wide open. The players must have heart and believe that they can win. If we win the cup our entire history of failure will be washed away. Granted we May be like the Greeks at euro and never win anything elese for while. That makes no difference what the future holds. The time is now. Croatia has always had good players. Our down fall is we are our own worst enemy held down by our own jealousy selfishness greed And infighting. If we should win this cup the National team should look at how. A small country like this can continue to be successful. This generation began when bilic took this team to euro 2008. We had so much potential and under performed because of our demons. This team is where it always should of been. A World Cup victory what put us on the map. we take out some big teams we will earn the respect we always should of had as footballers. After that it’s on to euro. And when a promise talent comes along they need to groom him and show him the in And outs. Maybe with mamic out of the way And World Cup victory we might just have a chance to start managing or repka right. I pray that that can happen that we win and start a new era in our repka to improve or kids talent and watch them grow and not hold them down It’s only when we respect ourselves that when others will respect us. Let’s stop being a joke and take our rightful place in the football hierarchy
Well zvonimir said so in an article about a year ago that this might be hrvatskas year. We’ll if anyone knows it’s zvone!
Mbappe vs. Corluka. We is sorry that is funny.
Croatia has moved up 17 spots to 3rd in FiFA’s World rankings.
Unlike in the past when these meant nothing, FIFA now uses them to seed teams for qualifiers and tournaments.
The last time Croatia was 3rd was right after the 1998 WC.
This will, at least, give our younger players an advantage to keep the recent success of our national team going.
Mbappe vs Corluka
Kovacic and Rakitic would be a solid regular pair in the mid
I would be willing to give up parenting rights to the boy for a WC.Lets do it!
Well, we won’t miss anything with the new formats they’re doing.
So we’ll be good there. I agree though if Modric and Rakitic both retire we’ll be a bit short, but i think only Modric will, unless im wrong.
That leaves Rakitic to general the midfield which he does, actually better, when Modric is absent – see recent match v Mexico for example
So, i think we’ll be good. We’re not some team that only has one generation of players and is gonna disappear like Bulgaria in ’94 or something.
C’mon guys, some of u dudes are too negative. Brekalo looks AWESOME, imagine him with halilokebab and Perica up top, Vlasic on the wing and Kovacic on the midfield.
Not such a bad team eh?
We good
AJMO VATRENI !
There are articles out there pumping our tires.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6655389/world-cup-2018-england-brazil-croatia-the-best-sides-so-far-ranked/
http://www.goal.com/en/news/croatia-confident-of-lifting-world-cup/g7bwrq4iybfx1x41qyh52xakv
I believe Nestor Pitana of Argentina has been appointed to ref our game. Of all the refs available, why FIFA would choose an Argentinian is beyond me. It’s like they look for controversy. Fresh off a heated group clash between Cro/Arg, someone else would have made sense. Still have to play the game no matter who refs and it probably means nothing but just find it odd. Remember, Uefa did the same in our 2nd round match with Portugual , assigning a Spanish ref after beating Spain in the group stage.
Modric is 32 Rakitic is 30 our two best player’s if we dont go to at least Semi Finals who knows how Kovacic, Coric,Halilovic,Balic,Pasalic will turn out for the National team who knows we might miss a few Euros World Cups in the future.
My personal opinion is i’d be happy with QF
i think a lot of us said that before the start
obv now we’re getting more greedy and understandably so
but a QF would be an awesome achievement
beyond that is really, truly fantastical
Fuckn oath, i’d take a WC win for 10 years of shittiness, of course!
If we won the WC, we could FOREVER talk about it lol
and god knows i would never shut up about it !
Anonymous that was an amazing post. Do you perosnally trust our players will get it done?
Luka Modric should win the golden ball award if we go to at least the Semi Finals. If we are tied 0:0 with Denmark the referee might give Croatia a penalty as FIFA favours stars and Croatia is having a 20 year anniversary of the 3rd place finish we might get favoured by the refs.
Drawing our tough World Cup qualifying group?
I was happy.
I figured competitive matches all throughout the campaign would test us. Then the play-off was bonus.
When we find ourselves in group D eath.
I was happy.
Each match would challenge us galvanize our talent into a collective force.
So yeah anything can happen in a one off match .. but .. for the first time in decades I feel we SPREMNI.
We not losing because the TV repair man coach gets nervous and forgets we get 3 subs.
Or the young inexperienced coach lets his ego dictate proceedings.
Etc .. etc ..
We will bring our best.
That’s enough for me.
Let the pitch decide who the “winner” is.
I am proud to be Croatian and I am proud of this squad.
God bless these boys for representing all of us.
ZDS.
Only morons believe that what they say or do makes a difference to what the end result of a football match may be, Lol!
Bad Karma, Lol! I can’t believe some parents raised their kids to believe in that nonsense.
Has Croatia got better players than Denwark? Yes
Should Croatia beat Denmark? Yes
Are Croatia favourites to win? Yes
It’s up to the players now to get it done.
Do we trust in our players to get it done? No
But that doesn’t mean they wont get it done this time.
I’ll be watching to see what happens, and hope we win. That’s all I know.
@ BZ
AH the Klondike bar .. the go to back in the day!
@ Dejan
Will you come back and post when we win beat Demark, Russia/Spain and whom ever we play in the final?
Just write: “I was possessed by the shadow cynical Hrvat and I now see the light of my world class Self.”
Bog i Hrvati
I plan on watching the game in the square in Zagreb since my family is staying here until Monday. Should be fun! Anyone else doing something similar other than the guys who run this site?
@ CP85
We have been dealing with this CDM conundrum since Niko Kovač retired as our captain.
Compounded with this challenge was getting our two best players to perform at their world class level together.
Brozovic transformation at Inter the second half the season to a deep lying playmaker has been a revelation for him personally and has given relevance for the Vatreni.
Badelj has been solid and played excellently against Iceland.
Brozovic seems to have a touch more class going forward and blew us away against Messi and Argentina.
I would start Brozovic and bring on Badelj to shut the door in the second half.
Hope I’m wrong but looked up denmark stat,says their on 17 game streak and referees are not announced yet..other than that we have still win no matter who it is.
Lets stop dreaming. Croatia will not win the World Cup. Even if we some how made it to the final we would lose to Brazil or France. Its very possible that the dream is done in 2 days. If we make it to top 8 we will lose to Spain. As much as i would love us to win it wont happen there is too much that happens as the tournament goes on even with VAR they can screw you. I wouldn’t be surprised if Argentina goes far and we all will say how its that possible we destroyed them and Nigeria saved them!!! This is football.
For a World Cup title, I’d forego the klondike bar I am going to eat tonight.
https://www.croatiaweek.com/world-cup-2018-croatian-army-sends-team-video-message-of-support/
Croatian armed forces sending nice team support video for our vatreni.
Badelj to Perisic for both goals vs Czech and vs Iceland. Exact same play except for Perisic shooting low and taking on a man vs shooting high with more space.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t0JxUd7xDiI
Czech.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFA1P0S66XI
Iceland.
Say what you want but we have Badelj and Brozovic who operate as different CDM’s which make us more versatile.
I know Hrvati that wont touch a Heineken because of that fucking red star.
Plus the next WC is in Qatar. I’d be more than fine with winning in Russia and not even going to Drkadrkastan but first, Denmark. One game at a time. We’re sounding like Lovren now with all this WC champ talks.
100% ok with not making back to back WC to win one but before that, Denmark.
Ha!
All the cynical Hrvati won’t know what to do with themselves.
Could you imagine after the World Cup win Luka gets the Balon Dor ?
Bust .. to Balon Dor.
Zadar .. to the Zenith of World football.
I baptize all my kids in Nin.
The Kings town!
Time to claim our footballing Kingdom.
U boj .. U boj !!
Some crazy knockout matchups already lined up for tomorrow.
Don’t forget Truth Troll. He’ll be there with all his stuffed animals, “hosting a party”.
Mamic, Kalinic, Svircic and Ziva are watching the game Sunday in is Mom’s basement.
Hope that bitch has cevapi and Karolacko lined up.
Denmark.
Ha!! Love the confidence and positivity Soul Champ! We keep playing like we did in the group stage and with luck on our side – anything is possible….
Have no fear Momci ..
Believe in the power and presence of our beloved Vatreni.
We have suffered enough.
It is our time to take our rightful place in pantheon of World Cup winning nations.
I believe we are the best and I have posted for 10 years consistent with that belief.
Dalić is the best coach to have ever managed Croatia.
Modrić makes everybody play better. There is no doubt that he is the best nogometaš ever.
I am ready to see us win the World Cup AND the next Euro!
Ridiculous, we are talking about winnng it all. Need to take it down a notch and recall what Dalic said before the tournament.
Also as SLAvonac mentioned a prayer or two would be good as well. Beat Denmark first and we can discuss the next round.
I’m kinda superstitious when it comes to the topic of the World Cup and Croatia. I can not even think to negatively comment on another team, never mind talk about winning and the future!
I usually pray with two of my kids every nighT. For the last couple of weeks we’ve added the National Team to our prayers and ask Godnto give them the strength, wisdom and good health to push through and play their best.
I have an after shower routine. I dry off, put on my underwear, put on my right sock and then the left…then I brush my teeth and then pit stick…and the rest of my clothes.
I don’t comment on England, Mexico, Brasil, Belgium, Denmark or anyone else in any negative way cause I don’t want bad karma.
I know you like to put up some TMZ type of comments every once in a while Kvartuc, this is a bad omen…don’t do it bro!
I’d take not seeing croatia qualify for a tournament for 20 years (seriously)….a title goes down in history and can never
Be taken away!
You win the World Cup ,you get a star on your shirt. Pretty straight forward. Brazil has 5 stars. Germany and Italy 4 etc. What’s the issue?
Bad referenc to a “star’. That reeks of jugo crap.
As the post said. If they win boil mi kurac sta bude.