In case you missed it yesterday (and you probably did because CroatianSports has reported ZERO handball this year) Croatia defeated Poland 37-23 in their final Group 1 match to make the semifinals.
Seemed like an easy blowout win right?
Well, what you need to know about the Croatia-Poland match is that the tournament is being hosted in Poland, Poland had only lost one game before their meeting with the Croatians and had already defeated the mighty French. Croatia trailed France by 10 goals in the +/- column prior to the match. Since France already defeated Croatia, the Cowboys would not only have to win, but also defeat Poland by 11 goals.
Which they did.
After a first half which saw Croatia take a 10-5 lead into halftime, they absolutely opened up the flood gates in the last 30 minutes of the match. Croatia went on an 8-0 run to open up the first 10 minutes of the second half and never looked back. Behind 11 goals on a perfect 11 shots from Manuel Štrlek, Croatia will now face Spain on Friday at 3pm (ET) in the semifinals with a shot at the 2016 Euro Handball championship on the line.
Just imagine if some these PG and SF in basketball or LB in football started playing the game at a young level.
It’s too bad rukomet never made it big in the US, Canada and Australia. I think all of those countries would be really good. I know the US has a national team but imagine if they threw some serious money their way.
Deleting of posts could only be the work of Yugo scum.
in terms of tennis, I always liked Pistol Pete.
Chill…..both been on decent form this year……Perisic is known for NT performances
Christian Pulusic debuted for Dortmund
Both Perisic and especially Brozovic absolutely sucked today against Milan. Even the color commentator mentioned Brozovic’s poor performance more than once.
Shit has to get fixed before the Euros, that’s for sure.
In a one off match, in his prime, I’d take Marat Safin.
No dick sucking, I leave that to the folks who wear jerseys with another man’s name.
Just starting a discussion here on who is the greatest tennis player ever. Djokovic dominating at a Federer-esque level right now and doesn’t appear to be done. I still have Federer at best ever. What say you Croatian sports dot com nation?
Ziva sucking that serb d***. Didn’t expect anything less.
Some tennis……at what point can the half hrvat Djokovic begin being discussed as one of the all time greats. He might be on his way to all four titles this year, certainly another year with three of them. Plus he has a shot at the Olympic Slam as we’ll.
most of the blame yesterday goes on babic, defense was too high, multiple times spanish winger ran off the wing and was able to slip in behind the d
line should of been further back, and he noticed this when we started coming back for a bit…. line further back would have made spain shoot from distance which would have resulted in high save percentage or deflections….cant blame alilovic when everything is coming from a pivot at 6m
1. I wasn’t commenting on the advantage I was commenting on our embarrassment of getting scored whilst a man up, which shouldn’t be normal
2. 6 v 5 flaster na garcia 5v4 probijau na pivot svaki put, 5v4 no one should break through the middle
man you are not serious
Giving up goals when up a man happens all the time In Handball. This is not like water polo where a man advantage can determine a match. Going up a man in handball is an advantage but not a distinctive advantage. Watching handball after handball games shows you that. It is not the advantage you think it is.
@iggy,
We’ve been getting a lot of spam lately. I’m talking 100s of comments per day. We try to get to them as soon as we can.
Usually, only the comments with a link show up in the spam folder. Good comment by the way. No complaints from me.
A couple of things though…
“have u yanks heard of freedom of speech?”
Us yanks used to have freedom of speech, not so much anymore.
“im sure if i was abusing kolinda i would get 100 likes and ur approval..”
I dont care about cro politics.
“as for we should worship the ground u and ante walk on”
Actually, I think you should refer to me as Lord. Start with “yes me lord.”
Let us know about comments not showing up. Chances are they were picked up by spam.
Iggy my friend,
Take a deep breath. Exhale. Then continue smoking your Marlboros.
Denis deleted 2 comments. I also enjoy your comments but when you go “full diarrhea of the mouth” it’s just a bit much.
You might have gotten caught in the spam file. I’ll take a look at it tonight. Sound good amigo?
:Denis has made it so my posts dont post any more, and i can’t be bothered typing out my post again so meh.. im not allowed to post anymore cos Denis”
I didnt block you. I just deleted 2 of your comments. I never said that you are NOT ALLOWED TO POST ANYMORE.:
Really??
u might wanna look into that cos i cannot post as my own name any more, i can only post as anonmyous.. so yeah,
as for we should worship the ground u and ante walk on, no
no
u made website, congrats
have u yanks heard of freedom of speech?
why are my posts being deleted because they have one or two swearwords?
my posts on djokocunt were HILARIOUS
now u should leave that be
also, i dont believe u that u apply things equally.. im sure if i was abusing kolinda i would get 100 likes and ur approval..
u guys have some complex where serb dislike is not allowed ffs
Wait what ziva
Two times WE are a man up and two times THEY score?
“That’s normal in handball”
Please bestow your knowledge upon me.
@Ziva Bustina……..negative. You need to go back and look at my comments from Wednesday. No need to apologize either, its good.
Ziva Istina, get a a life please. You have nothing better to do than post on this site all day long? The person you predicted would wrongfully assume the role of handball expert was yourself.
Iggy……the easy solution is to create your own website. I can help you find some great corporate citizens as sponsors. Companies like Fox News, Exxon, Shell, Halliburton, Boeing and other defense contractors.
Agreed……this was not the national soccer team shitting themselves against Mexico in the World Cup or not knowing how to close a game (Turkey Euro 2008).
Spain was better. Although to be fair, there was a 90 second stretch in the second half where I saw mental midget disease show itself. We were down by one and gave up three easy goals.
@Mr Black,
Thanks for the kind words
@Iggy,
“denis said u can abuse croats (ziva), but u can’t dare attack serbs or those posts get deleted”
I never said that. I never said that you CANT attack Serbs.
“Denis has made it so my posts dont post any more, and i can’t be bothered typing out my post again so meh.. im not allowed to post anymore cos Denis”
I didnt block you. I just deleted 2 of your comments. I never said that you are NOT ALLOWED TO POST ANYMORE.
Dude, your comment had more swear words than content. If you drop a s bomb or f bomb or in your case C bomb here in there I let it slide. I enjoy reading some of your comments. However, if you continue to post inappropriate comments, I will delete them. Love me, hate me, whatever. In the end, I don’t gain or lose a dollar but I demand respect not just for me but for the rest of people on the site.
As far as Ziva Istina, some people like him, some people hate him. However, he was never out of line as far as attacking any one of us or using profanity. If you don’t like his “croatian bashing” just skip over his comment.
Lastly, this is a website that Ante and I started 8 years ago. In those 8 years, we made lots of friends and I believe have somewhat united Croatians Around the World even if its baby steps. If you are with us, you will understand. If not, all the best to you my friend.
Game over. But I don’t blame the players. They’re not mental midgets. They just faced a better opponent.
And it continues. Poland was the highlight.
Remember on Wednesday when I wrote the Poland victory was more a result of Poland shitting themselves than us being great……and then I wrote the common result in the next match is a loss after an emotional win…….well, looks like that was confirmed today. When games are tight, big teams rise to it. This game was a one goal game with 6 minutes to go and we shrank and had to chase the game after that. Game over!
that is normal in handball…..
2 times we are a man up 2 times they score
I think they are somewhere in the middle. Tough to be choke artist when you are not the best team or have huge leads.
This is not alilovic fault, theyre shooting everything from 6 meters impossible
Time for this generation of players to decide if they’re going to be choke artists or champions.
My favorite part of the Euros or World Championships in handball is when we get the people who never watch handball and then they start analyzing/commenting on what is going on. Not saying you are guys are that, but we know its coming with some way over the top reactions.
We don’t know how to come back this is not good
Fuuuuuuk
That is not how you end a half. Ouch.
I wonder if a bit of mental midgetcy is creeping in.
Game has changed. Halftime: 18-14 for Spain.
Cowboys lead 13-10 against Spain.
Iggy… mate, where is all this anger coming from? You’re just a really angry guy, it seems.
You need to have that special arrangement that I have with him.
Oh, Ziva, i did reply but Denis has made it so my posts dont post any more, and i can’t be bothered typing out my post again so meh.. im not allowed to post anymore cos Denis
Iggy…….why not embrace social media and post your thoughts and comments on Facebook or twiiter. That way you can tell us what your username is and we can follow you. Now, to be fair, I’ve yet to fully embrace social media so my responses will not be timely.
Iggy,
You’re an okay-guy and I often like your posts but this time you’re wrong.
Iggy,
Stop complaining. We all should appreciate what Denis and his team are doing. They obviously put their heart and soul into Croatiansports.com, not to mention a whole lot of their time.
So it’s only fair that they get to make the decisions.
36 hours late, but welcome to the party.
@Iggy………where do I abuse hrvati???????? Don’t confuse debate for abuse.
How about this…….if you guys don’t like what is on the site, don’t post or find a new site.
what time is this game going to be on EST?
wouldn’t mind streaming it if it’s in the afternoon
@Iggy
well said Iggy, well said, the hypocrisy on this site makes me laugh
no u’r missing the point dannyj
i said this about novak in another thread and all my posts were deleted..
so the bottom line is: denis said u can abuse croats (ziva), but u can’t dare attack serbs or those posts get deleted, welcome to crosports
i doubt it was fixed like some have said.. but im sure the spread was very nice for someone to make some serious money on
lol iggy… who cares about djokovic… let him gluten free all he wants.
though your rants are often humerous
the handball was great to watch… as a raised in canada boy, handball virtually doesn’t exsist but i find it entertaining enough to watch… for sure more then basketball on my list
good job guys!
BTW have i mentioned what djokovic is ?
The wanker actually posts stuff on his twitter saying, im gluten free, i do yoga, i dont eat sugar, adn then posts pics of himself doing yoga and bragging about how healthy a vegan he is
shoutout Norway