Luka Ivanušec scored from the top of the box Thursday night and was given MOTM honors with an 8.7 FOTMOB rating in a 3-1 Feyenoord victory over Go Ahead Eagles. Ivanušec now has two goals, four assists in 21 Eredivise matches this season.
Should Ivanušec be the starting left-winger at Euro 2024 over a 70% Ivan Perišić?
Kramaric with 2 today
Odlicno!
He’ll probably be our top scorer this tournament.
I hope there is room for everyone on The roster that deserves it. I don’t understand other times Dalic wasting spots on bringing so many goalies. You don’t need 4 ? You have a backup in case of injury other than that it’s not really needed. So you should be able to gain a player by eliminating at least one back up back up back up goalie. Vida is great for support and as a veteran presence.
I would definitely bring him.. but not as A player on the roster. Just bring him as a cheerleader and hype man. That frees up 2 unnecessary spots right there plus they expanded the roster to 26 so everyone that has skill and can contribute and has earned a spot should be called up.
Nice breakdown of Orsic production
He really needs to be on that plane to Germany for euro 24. He has earned it. He’s like a secret weapon for the National team. The more playing time The better
I’m really looking forward to this Euro and hope that we have our best team ready and everyone is healthy and in optimal form.
Orsic not being called up for the Nations League finals is the reason why we lost to Spain.
That game got stale and we needed that spark off the bench.
Orsic for sure would have scored in that game.
100% agree
If not, he would have been there and able to score for us during that botched penalties kick loss. That cost us big time.
I would rate Orsic over Ivanusec and Perisic.
Not selecting Osric at this very moment, vs Ivanusec or Majer, is like playing Jelavic over Perisic the last 16 years. Does not make sense at all.
We are playing people on a hopefully potential image of who they are, rather than what they really have ever produced. If that is the litmus test lets go ahead at call up Balic, Coric , or Halilovic .
Just look at the little body of his work, that he has had on the National team. He must have a goal or assist every 90 minutes of playing time at least. I would be surprised if his rate of production does not rival Suker’s or Da Silva’s, if not higher.
It is truly the definition of insanity.
Yea, I just did the math.
Orsic has played about 215 minutes for us in tournaments, and has scored 2 goals and 3 assists (and he also had a PK shootout winning goal on top of this).
It’s a small sample, but Orsic definitely produces. That’s the equivalent about about two and a half games played and he was directly responsible for 5 goals and a PK shootout win.
At Euro 2020…
Orsic only played in one match (Spain) and he came on in the 67th minute and played until the 120 minute mark. He had 1 goal and 1 assist in this game despite only playing about 55 minutes.
At World Cup 2022…
Against Morocco, he subbed in as a 90′ injury time sub
Against Canada, he came in at the 86′ mark and assisted on Majer’s goal
Against Belgium, he did not play
Against Japan, he subbed in at the 106′ mark
Against Brazil, he subbed in at the 114′ mark and assisted on Petkovic’s game-tying goal (and Orsic also scored the winning PK in the shootout)
Against Argentina, he was subbed in for Sosa at the half (46′ mark)
Against Morocco (for the bronze medal), he started the full 90 minutes and scored one of the goals of the tournament
In total, he played about 160 minutes at the World Cup and had 1 goal and 2 assists (plus the winning PK against Brazil).
Puno Hvala Maminjo:
I would note that it was great hustle on Majer part trailing him on the Canadian break away, but if he was not there, Orisic would have easily put that in. Like Rebic he is fast but unlike Rebic, he is not a nervous nellie wreck around the goal. Everything is on frame, where the goalie is forced to perform.
Also important to note, that his rocket of a shot in the extra time match against Spain at Euro2020 could have won the game for us.
If Unai Simon wasn’t such a great keeper, he wouldn’t have saved that on target top-corner shot that Orsic put on goal in extra time.
Nice breakdown of Orsic production
He really needs to be on that plane to Germany for euro 24. He has earned it. He’s like a secret weapon for the National team. The more playing time The better
I’m really looking forward to this Euro and hope that we have our best team ready and everyone is healthy and in optimal form.
I hope there is room for everyone on The roster that deserves it. I don’t understand other times Dalic wasting spots on bringing so many goalies. You don’t need 4 ? You have a backup in case of injury other than that it’s not really needed. So you should be able to gain a player by eliminating at least one back up back up back up goalie. Vida is great for support and as a veteran presence.
I would definitely bring him.. but not as A player on the roster. Just bring him as a cheerleader and hype man. That frees up 2 unnecessary spots right there plus they expanded the roster to 26 so everyone that has skill and can contribute and has earned a spot should be called up.
Perišić cannot be a starter imo but great super sub i dont think he will be ready to start games
Orsic would be a great super sub
And ivanusec has a lot of potential and I hope he hits his stride at the Euro..
I hope everybody is healthy
That is his first goal for Feyenoord in over 7 months. Perisic is coming on as a sub for Hajduk and is getting some 20 minutes or so each match. With Perisic I have noticed that opposing players are not going in and tackling him, which is good, however this will need to be tested sooner or later to see how the knee copes. Orsic on the other hand has come on twice for a combined 15 minutes and his chances of being picked by Dalic for EURO are slim even though teams will be able to take 26 players rather than 23. If he was playing in Croatia, I’m sure that he would be getting a lot more playing time than he is at the moment with Trabzonspor.
Pjaca is also playing well for Rijeka so I guess it will come down to form between Ivanusec and Pjaca for the spot on the left wing with Perisic in all likely hood coming off the bench?
Pjaca starting is a bit premature, especially if Ivanušec is at full health and playing well for Feyenoord. Ivanušec was our starter at LW before his injury, and he started against Tunisia in this latest friendly (even though he wasn’t in full form). I think Dalić is pretty dead set on starting Ivanušec there.
Rijeka winning the HNL may strengthen the case for Pjaca a bit… But Dalić still likes to default to the familiar lineups and it likely won’t be enough for him to actually start.
The more interesting convo would be to see if Dalić tests Perišić at LB again (assuming he’s in full form and playing 90 minutes).
I think that was the lineup we rolled out against the Netherlands in Nations League, with Perišić behind Ivanušec.
Sosa did start at LB in this recent friendly against Tunisia… But Dalić started Gvardiol at LB in the second game against Egypt. I don’t think Sosa has done enough this season to change Dalić’s mind about him. It looks like Dalić is still experimenting with the LB position.
For the Euros, Gvardiol probably still stays at CB (in hopes of replicating his World Cup performance there), but I’m curious to see the lineup in those preparation friendlies to see if Sosa is in that LB spot.
I would not start Sosa at LB against Spain or Italy. Providing there are no injuries? our back four will be Erlic and Sutalo as the CB’s and Gvardiol at LB with Stanisic at RB. It is a shame about Perisic and his knee injury because I’m sure that Dalic was keen on playing him at LB.
Ivanusec did not play well against Tunisia (like most) and has struggled for form and playing time at Feyenoord, same as Majer at Wolfsburg. There was recently a list of 17 players named in SN certain of being selected by Dalic for the Euro and Ivanusec was not on it. He was named among a dozen others competing for the nine remaining spots now that the squad number for the Euro has increased from 23 to 26. He needs to be there and Dalic will be silly not to take him.
Vida was also not named in the 17 but I’m sure that Dalic will take him.
It was also suggested that one from Luka Sucic and Martin Baturina will miss out on selection. To me this is a no brainer, and I would take both as they are our future, and I would leave Vida behind as he is unlikely to get much playing time.
It does seem his form has picked up second half of season
Both him and orsic could have stayed at Dinamo and enjoyed better luck but I get it
It’s good if we have options