Macedonia have knocked Italy out of World Cup qualifying. Italy have now missed two straight World Cup tournaments but are reigning European champions.
Would you rather be in Italy’s situation: 2 straight missed World Cups with a Euro championship
OR
Croatia’s situation: 6 straight tournament berths (3 WC/3 Euro) with a World Cup Final match…but no trophies.
Trophies are forever and engrave your nation into football history. On the other hand, with Italy’s football prowess, how can you miss two straight World Cup tournaments? How?
Italy have four World Cup titles and only trail leaders Brazil (5) by one. Croatia have only missed two tournaments since independence with zero silverware.
Which situation would you rather have?
‘92 Olympics put Croatia on the map.
‘98 World Cup run put us on the world football map
2018 solidified both!!
2022 we take our place as world footballing power.
Spremni
Yeah i think Goran finals at Wimbledon in 91 also and Euro 96 smashing the reigning champs 3-0 didn’t hurt : )
Qatar is a shit time zone if this is anything to go by, the slovenia game is fucking midnight here. Is this when our WC games will be? Cos that’s fucking dogshit if so.
Italy haven’t progressed out of a group stage in a World Cup since winning the trophy in 2006. This goes to prove it was a fluke they won the European championship. Three out of four games went to extra-time. Two games won by penalties including the final. Similar to our route to the final. The 2010 World Cu in South Africa we did miss but Italy were dreadful. Lost to Slovakia 3-2, drew New Zealand and then Paraguay. 2014 in Brazil we had a tough group but so did they. Italy lost to Costa Rica and Uruguay. They’ve only registered one win since getting the fourth trophy. We’ve never missed two consecutive tournaments but have missed a Euro’s and WC. For a nation of 4.2 million and only independent for 30 years. It’s impressive the achievements. Itlay was on a slope anywyas before this happened. A draw against Northern Ireland, two Switzerland draws and a Bulgaria draw. I recall them losing to Sweden back in 2017 and it was still a two leg playoff and that was a disaster, but to lose to a team like North Macedonia is a new low. The defenders are aging and they need a new manager. Croatia may not have trophies but we manage to make it every year. And to whoever said it took until 2018 for our mess to clean up? Euro 2012 they played well and had a tough group and Euro 2016 was going smoothly until the Portugal game. I heard were in pot 2 now because of the Uruguay win and could be demoted to pot 3 if Sweden wins.
I thought we just needed to secure a draw in next two games to be in pot 2?
I’m quite certain we can get at least one win
So will that be enough still?
Would you guys take a foreign stud keeper to make us win the World Cup?
The cavaet, he is a Serb. A real Serb, save the subasic comments
A question for everyone… is Rakitic a better player (or more useful) than Brekalo, Vlasic, Jakic or Pasalic?
I think he still has a lot of value as a penalty specialist, great shooter from outside the box and huge experience in big games for both big clubs and Hrvatska.
Should he get one more kick at the can if he wanted to play?
This year, he’s been better than average for Sevilla which is a better than average team.
There’s no one on our team who I have more confidence in for taking penalties
and it is well known from 2018 how important penalties can be in the WC.
Look forward to seeing any opinions.
Bog i Hrvati
Does he deserve the call up after retiring and not playing qualifying?
I like him. He had his wishy washy moments but I respect his efforts and for doing teh right thing and coming home to play
I feel he has much to offer
Obviously leadership qualities, obviously puts in effort when he plays. Tons of experience
The obvious set piece and pk capability
Also capable of shoring up the defensive side and a calming presence
And not immune from a big goal
With all that being said. Is it fair to the other guys? Like this is not a rebic type situation and as far as we know is not some toxic presence
I think he would play balls out like luka and Perisic and I think those three can somehow will us some magic and who knows what will come
He also posed with Thompson after one of our wins last WC so he must be ZDS-approved surely
To add to that. Do we actually need raketa in the midfield? Probably not. But we need a pk guy
I think we need a brekalo for offensive swap and game changing abilities
Vlasic… I love him but it’s no question he has dropped off. He was probably juicing in Russia
Jakic can’t really bring anything in midfield that rakitic doesn’t offer I do think he is a big piece going forward for midfield depth
Badelj type guy for minutes?
I still think majer is going to add something special up front
He will be a going concern for others to watch.
It’s nice to have so many different potential attacking options that can offer something a bit different
I do believe pasalic can also be an X factor He has poaching type qualities which I think we need with the service we can create from all different angles
Ok that’s enough rambling today
But we do need a bloody keeper!!
I like Pasalic – if I had to put my finger on it , I ‘d say he looks most like he can score with the fewest amount of chances- he just looks more confident than other younger guys – like to see Pasalic get some more time- he’s my vote
And correct me if I’m wrong but they sort of play him in different spots in Atalanta. He seems versatile enough
I know some have knocked him with his actual ball on the feet play but he has a knack for putting himself in good positions.
I think that’s a big part of becoming a poacher no?
Portugal will fill in Macedonia like U7 team with no goalie and only 7 players- I don’t know what the hell Italy was doing but as my Italian friends in Toronto say-“it’s an attack on Italian culture” to not be in 2 WC’s. I do say I love the Italians . They turn on their own far worse than Croatians and their so dramatic. It’s fun to watch some of the Youtube coffee shop commentary about Italian soccer. Close Seri A , fire everyone, shoot some guys, have a full fledged commission on Italian soccer and see why they can’t score one goal on Macedonia. It’s over the top but God love them -they are entertaining.
We are just as dramatic, and would react the exact same way.
We qualified for 10 tournaments and missed two (and we missed out on by a single qualifying point in those two).
…and not too long ago, we were ready to throw Modric under the bus for perjury and we were blaming Mamic for our apparent failures in football.
Had we been bounced in the first round of that World Cup 2018 “Group of Death” that we were in (which would have been completely understandable considering Argentina was a defending Finalist, and Nigeria and Iceland were the top seeds in their respective pots…with Iceland coming off a Euro2016 quarterfinals appearance)….
Modric would have likely been run out of the team and Mamic (to this day) would still be blamed for our failure.
I agree we would throw everyone under the bus if we lost to Macedonia at home
Not a chance for anything less
Love how everyone is saying Canada still hasn’t qualified. Yes, technically they haven’t 100% qualified. But they would have to give up a 12 goal difference in two games with Costa Rica to miss direct qualification. If anyone sees Canada losing say 3-0 twice and Costa Rica winning 3-0 twice, I have some swampland in Florida I can sell you for a good deal.
Who is “everyone”?
I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about Canada and this World Cup to be honest. Maybe Canadians, but that’s it.
They’re in CONCACAF, so I would expect them to qualify (it’s not difficult to come out of there). They have some players now, so maybe they will surprise, but nobody is talking about them because they play in CONCACAF, have never done anything in football, and (despite having a couple of good players now) will probably not be enough to do something special.
If they get into an easy group, they may surprise and squeeze themselves into the knockout phase…but we’ll have to see.
A lot of teams who play well in qualifying, do nothing in tournaments. It’s a different beast once you’re on the big stage.
Look at us. Our best tournament results come from our most narrow qualifying campaigns where we barely squeezed in.
Yet there are many teams who top their qualifying groups, and look great in qualifying…get regularly bounced and look out of sorts in the actual tournament.
Canada will qualify and be bumped in the first round. They will be seeded in Pot 4 and even if they find themselves in the Group of Life, will fail to advance. They have a decent midfield, Alphonso Davies, and a couple of competent forwards, but on the whole they lack composure in the last third to trouble their opponents. During the game against Costa Rica there were several occasions where a properly weighted though ball would have caused problems, but of course these passes were over hit.
Ok everyone on Canadian sports TV. There are a lot of Canadians on this site.
When will people learn that if you don’t respond to trolls like ‘Frenchman,’ they won’t keep it up. The guy baits someone into an angry response every single time and probably sits at the screen with a smirk on his face while reading your angry responses only to respond with more bait to wind you guys up even more.
Agree, when i am reading comments and see one from him i dont even read it, just scroll by.
@Iggy
Most of my comments were addressed @LAknat (the Mohammedan), so weren’t for you, now if you were to say read @LAknat’s comments then you might read mine also, but if you were to read his and not mine, well that’s telling, so do you read @LAknat’s comments?
Congrats to Makedonia!
Imagine beating Italy and Portugal, both at home, just to qualify. That would be no small feat!
Unfortunately, I do think Portugal will beat them handily (the main difference between Italy and Portugal is that Portugal can score goals…usually.)
I’ll still be rooting for Makedonia nonetheless.
The Makedonac coach said it best- that they beat Italy with an Italian style win… defend for 90 minutes then score one at the end.
Feel a little bad for Italy- no world cup from 2014 to 2026. 12 years is a long time without. That hurts. And they still gotta qualify for 2026. Ouch!
I wouldn’t trade missing the WC for winning. Keeps us humble and hungry!!! We’ll win one eventually…this one!
Bring back Rakitic! We’ll need him for penalties and has an excellent shot from outside the box. I’d say he’s still a better player than Brekalo and Vlasic.
Ajmo!!!
Bog i Hrvati
Two World Cup misses are devastating.
It took 2018 to recover from our 2010 miss.
HNL with Macedonia represented yesterday.
Italy has the goal keeper and Jorginho as world class players.
The rest .. meh?
To lose at home seems particularly egregious.
Last time to Sweden sans Zlatan?
Being in early was big time this go round. This new playoff format is fun to watch as a neutral but is a gauntlet as a participant.
Have we ever had more depth and talent across the squad heading into a WC?
Need a keeper and a striker to emerge and we are world beaters.
Nice for the boys to get a Qatar run out this week.
I want to see the young crew competing for places.
I wouldn’t swap the vatreni and hrvatska for all the gold in the world!
The US and the rest of the Allies did indeed warn Japan in advance. They chose to ignore it. This ultimatum stated that, if Japan did not surrender, it would face “prompt and utter destruction”.
I JUST HOPE Putin’s not a complete budala to continue this insanity..it will not end well..thank god for nogomet..I’ know our boys will coast into the 2nd round easily..🍺
PM Trudeau, in recent months, under your quasi-liberal boot, Canada 🇨🇦 has become a symbol of civil rights violations. The methods we have witnessed may be liberal to you, but to many citizens around the🌎it seemed like a dictatorship of the worst kind.
Here’s what mislav said..dont forget justin is a puppet like almost all world leaders ..totally controlled by their dog handlers..puppet masters..whatever..so it’s better to say shit.Thats what putin was allowed to do..no one said shit..did shit..nows it’s a nightmare..no country has balls anymore.. Mislavs statement will fall on dead ears.ma fuck em..hope putin doesn’t press boom boom button till after quatar.
Has trudeau moved to the far right then?
Anyone know where to watch Croatia U-21 vs. Austria U-21 Friday from the States?
try this: https://www.youtube.com/c/HrvatskaNogometnaTelevizija
In Politics, did anyone see the Croatian mp go at Trudeau hard!
He went Straight zds on him
I do like the fact that we are there pretty well all the time
Showing course we are not the best but any given day to can beat anyone
And we are not some fluke team. We consistently show our quality
We are always at the party
Sure we aren’t France. But we play with our own and maybe it’s racist or nationalisitic but fuck em
As long as we play hard I’m happy cause if we play hard with our talent we can indeed catch lightning in a bottle
We have a 2nd and a third
There is no reason to think we can’t win it at some point
Shit look at it England… they don’t exactly have a better record then us since we came in as a country
Someone step up for a keeper and we are just fine
Psst@dannyj we poach other countries
Germany and Austria come to mind.
You mean ethnic Croats from the diaspora? Not really the same…
Ya we poach with Croats
Sure we had dudu and jebeni sammir but cause a guy like stanisic comes to play for cro, to quote the English he is only coming home
I’d prolly rather be there. I don’t watch a WC or Euro when Hrvatska isnt in it, i have no interest whatsoever and dont care. So if we aren’t in it at all, it means i have nothing to look forward to regarding international soccer for years and years on end, whereas we all can look forward to Qatar with hopeful hearts. The anticipation, the hope, the thrill of being there to me takes up 90% of the time compared to the actual results of the tourney.
You’d rather titles than participation awards. But, if you’ve never won a title, and more than likely never will, of course you may see it differently, it’s whatever makes you feel better I guess.
With France being the WORLD CHAMPIONS, winning a Euro with us in it is very impressive if you ask me, but then some of my friends actually try to diminish our WC triumph because of who our opponents were in 2018.
Lol, some have even forgotten who our opponents were, I tell them “Croatia,” and they say “who?” I answer them “a people that were formerly Yugoslavs,” then they say: “Yugoslavia never won one so why would anyone expect Croatia to ever win one?”
So you can see why some would diminish our world cup champioship. So if someone asked me “who would you rather beat in the World Cup final, Croatia or Italy?” I’d answer Italy, the more prestigious team of course.
That’s why I believe the world cup should always have automatic berths for former champions like Italy (who the fuck wants to see Nth. Macedonia lol!), because I am starting to see why some don’t rate our 2018 world cup triumph.
Let’s say that even now Italy could be somehow put into the world cup tournament, who would the oddsmakers have as the better chance of winning the final, Croatia or Italy?
Football is the loser for not having Italy in the world cup in my opinion.
No wins are diminished. That’s BS. So, what you’re saying is you’d rather lose to Uruguay who also has 2 World Cups same as France but 15 copa america titles? Cuz France does not have 15 European cups?
@frenchman- your a loser dude – why don’t you stick to your French frog forums instead of coming on here trying to diss a country with a population the size of cities.
Oh and Frenchman faggot – we don’t rely on African all stars to win tournaments. How many of that WC 18 squad had full French blood?… lOl
Maybe one …Lloris the goalie. You croissant eating beret wearing frogs need that athleticism from Africa or else you wouldn’t have that title.
At least 98’ you had some actual French fags (even though Zidane your best player coulda played for his African rooted country if he liked also).
Go eat some escargot you loser and keep letting your African brothers take over your country as we all know pure French athletes aren’t even closed to skilled as Croatians in physical literacy.
Check out the population difference also douche. Frenchies – they kill me lol – would love to cro cop you in the face frogger !
Nailed it @Luka
@Luka
“You croissant eating beret wearing frogs need that athleticism from Africa or else you wouldn’t have that title.”
Lol, you guys beat Cameroonian athleticism in ’14 (though they say that game was fixed), you beat Nigerian athleticism in ’18? How so? Because African nations don’t play the French way you bufoon. African football, just like Croatian football, is not world cup championship winning football, and that’s the way it’s always gonna be.
@frenchman -the FRENCH way is the AFRICAN ALL STAR way you dumb frog who forgot to accept every true fact and burn on your countries athletics I pointed out that countless athletes acknowledge.
We also beat Argentina 3-0 when you frogs/African all stars won 4-3 against them last WC and I won’t go further like your group stage squeaking through and then some but listen up imbećile, whiteflagger, tadpole, crouton…
I’m the Buffoon haha hey Frenchman tough guy – let’s organize an octagon event Me vs. U-… u know that’s another sport out country of 4 million people dominate at…but hide behind your cpu u truly are a frog double loser .,,3 hits froggy, foot to face, your head to floor and ambulance hitting 180 mph to get you to ambulance ! Je suis fantastique! Ces’t formidable hahaha
I love tuning up cocky kermit the frogs.,,there such a physically weak species …perhaps that’s why they need another continent to help them in sports…rifle-droppers and six-weekers they are haha quite excellent terms you should research Frenchman. I’m not racist though, I have color tv.
If you are African then at least call yourself African Frenchman here on this forum and stay true to your roots. Have some self respect like Drogba choosing Ivory Coast over the toads. If your actual French French (rate these days) then your just a blind loser I feel sorry for as I know True Frenchman who admit similar about there physical literacy and athletics not to mention other issues I won’t bother with
I wouldn’t even wanna drop you like 3rd period French class cause I understand that your rise in France and takeover is just how France has become.
@Luka
I’m in Melbourne Australia, you?
“I’m not racist though, I have color tv.”
You know you dumb bastard you could say that if you had a black and white TV, or did you just get your color TV recently and wanted to let everyone know about your recent purchase lol!?
If I may ask you, how many usernames have you had on this site before, because I feel I’ve encountered your brand of retard before?
STFU already you small minded piece of shit. You obviously have bigger issues. Fuck you and your colored TV. You are an embarrassment to all Croatians in the world. I know many people from Croatia and not one of them comes close to being the absolute trash excuse for a human that you clearly are.
@ guy /Frenchman …your not hrvati so shut your pathetic mouth as your the troll trash loser – is that your name Guy lol I’d change that personally at its quite the hurtin name so I see why your upset lmao prolly quite the toad ugly mofo too ahaha
Obviously guy is not my name what are you stupid? Nobody gives a fuck whether you are Croatian or not. You brag about the accomplishments of others like you were the one who personally attained them. You are indeed the troll, probably a 4 foot nothing who gets a kick out of picking fights behind a screen, and can only ever say the things you say behind a keyboard. New flash you did not play in any World Cup and did not win or lose any thing for that matter. Keep typing away and living your dreams through the athletes that I am sure do not share your views of the world. Go rub another one out and relieve your stress, out here complaining about another country winning a world cup. Pathetic.
@guy …why don’t u report your real name then u loser pussy and I’m 5”11 actually and would love to fuck your loser ugly fag face up anyday…I’ll bet on your pathetic life and your family’s for that matter I’m 10X the athlete your pathetic genes from whatever loser nationality in which you come from.
It’s not about being Croatian loser but this is a CRO site and you bothering starting the trouble with your no point nonsense shows your the loser with no life – you and frog Frenchman need some hobbies and go on your frog forums and talk about Africa/France national team.
Your the pathetic joke of a douche. Learn how to read also frogger, I wasn’t complaining just stating facts about African all stars and France combining forces cause frogs aren’t as athletic as Croats period! Just accept it like you can accept my fist down your face… I’ll rub one out on your dirty moms frog face and let’s meet up tough guy any day. I’ll show u 4 feet tall hiding behind computer – your the joke – GUY- beyond pathetic
@Luka/LAknat
First off, lol! What’s your surname?
So the negro is more athletic than the white, but the white Croat is more athletic than the white Frenchman, but the Croats have beaten the athletic negroes of Cameroon (they say that was fixed though?) and Nigeria, but they can’t beat the athletic negro when he plays for France, but they would beat the white Frenchman without the athletic negro, because the white Croat is more athletic than the white Frenchman, that’s awesome lol!? So it’s all to do with athleticism lol!? Lol!
So all that’s left now is for you to explain why some whites are more athletic than other whites, and how the Croats can beat the athletic Nigerian negro but not the athletic negro that’s learnt the French way, like Lovro Majer is learning now and we’ll get him cherry ripe for the Croats, and he’ll reach a level he could never dream of reaching if he stayed in Croatia, and that’s a truth you have to own.
I believe you guys would never qualify for a world cup if your players stayed and plied their trade in Croatia, what do you think?
So when do you depart for Melbourne, surely you’re not coming just for me, so it’s obviously planned already (you said “soon”), and so I don’t have to be active here indefinitely you can tell me when you leave now, so I can be back here the week before you leave, I’m very interested in how you want to go about setting up this “octagon event”?
@Luka/LAknat
I’m not @Guy, but @LAknat also called me @”The truth” once and I’m not him either, so you will now be @Luka/LAknat.
@frenchman – one username always toad –
nobody likes you frogger so you probably encountered many Croats who know you troll on our site cause you got NO LIFE..
your not even worth a response but stay active here as I’ll be visiting Melbourne soon …
we could an organize a one on one or bring a buddy as everyone knows French can’t fight there way out of a wet paper bag with a hole in it so I’ll take you and a friend and bet my life on it. You got a big mouth and can tell you can’t back it up cause your one of those big mouth internet tough guys lol. After you get dummied then you cry to your African All star brothers form help as again there the only skilled athletes that France can look to, to win anything lol pizda loser
Seriously, get a life tho- nobody wants you here – if you wanna act tough then man up as Aussies say you wanker cunt
I feel like as somebody who grew up as a Christian in America
I saw how the Christians went down this route — they went down this route of belittling the teachings of their religion!!
watering it down — making it so that.. yeah everyone’s a Christian..
just believe in Jesus you’re going to heaven and that might work for a generation ..
Everyone joins in sure that’s easy let’s come together we’re all Christians!!
But from my own personal experience what happens since that –>
there’s no real solid foundation at all regarding your belief, regarding the teachings… The following generation leaves it!!
I left Christianity pretty much everybody I know who I grew up with left Christianity. The United States used to be a Christian country and there were actually signs of it being a Christian country | that no longer exists |
@Laknat aka @ god of halilovic-
sometimes I wonder what drugs your on with this random off topic nonsense not to mention I’ll NEVER forget your list ranking Croatian soccer players (you had a 1st to 4th list) and it was a joke almost like you knew nothing about Croatian soccer at all…not to mention your biased joke of an opinion on that list.
Be normal dude (if that’s possible for you) one thing you said that’s right was your 2nd paragraph. Other then that lay off the drugs or perhaps get on them depending on you and/or your weirdness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNKm1yjArag
______ you need to look at this greatest list _______
you need to access that information
to see whether there is any validity in that information
if what we do (unfortunately the majority of the people do)
–> if you otrightly dismiss something, you will never learn properly
because it will take you 20 – 30 – 40 years before you realize …
The main reason people diminish France’s past world cup is becsuse it was as much a win for the African Continental all stars.
As for football being the loser with Italy out, I disagree. I want to watch the current best, and if you currently aren’t bringing a quality team to the matches, you dont deserve to be in the World cup.
Italy did not qualify through the group stage, and they failed in the playoffs- you can argue all you want about their potential and their history, but the fact remains that they shit the bed.
You have friends?
Man are you ever an idiot. “France” won the World Cup because FIFA couldn’t allow a small country that’s not on it’s payroll to win. It would cost millions in revenue. They even had the French WC winning shirts, hats, etc. done before the final. And they had a puppet Argentine ref do his job. Why have an inexperienced South American puppet ref a final between two European teams? To ensure France wins. And France doesn’t have French players. If they only used French players, they wouldn’t even qualify for the World Cup. And the fact that you come on the board of the team you “defeated” in the WC final shows that you know it is a tainted win, and it makes you feel better to belittle them. What a sad, pathetic excuse for douchebag.
@Mile/genius
“”France” won the World Cup because FIFA couldn’t allow a small country that’s not on it’s payroll to win. It would cost millions in revenue. They even had the French WC winning shirts, hats, etc. done before the final. And they had a puppet Argentine ref do his job. Why have an inexperienced South American puppet ref a final between two European teams? To ensure France wins.”
Fuuuck, are you serious, I remember the Patriots won a Superbowl once and they had their superbowl champions t-shirts and hats on right after the win, it’s because it was fixed, I never knew that man, it was a close game to so they couldn’t of started printing them at half time either.
I’m not watching sports anymore now, if it’s not a level playing field what’s the point.
So is Croatia on the payroll now? Because some here believe that Croatia is a chance of winning in Qatar, you should let ’em know not to bother if being on the “payroll” is required to win!
Also, “knowing” what you “knew” before the Final and still watching would make you a?
I feel bad now knowing you couldn’t even watch the final.
“And France doesn’t have French players. If they only used French players, they wouldn’t even qualify for the World Cup.”
You tell me what a Frenchman is then?
“Love how everyone is saying Canada still hasn’t qualified. Yes, technically they haven’t 100% qualified.”
You dumb bastard, Canada wouldn’t even qualify if they had only Canadian players would they, what the fuck is a Canadian anyway, can you answer that?
Do you care how Canada go in Qatar with negro players in their team?
Man are you ever an idiot. Think before you speak you moron, I know you have a couple of negro Croats that follow this site, you don’t want to alienate them do you? We have many half Croats here too, so just be careful, not everyone here is a full Croat, not everyone here has been raised the Croatian way, many here don’t even speak Croatian because they’re products of mixed marriages!
What would Drazen Petrovic be? He’d have to be a Serb wouldn’t he because of his dad (he wasn’t a Jew lol), so why then did he choose Croatia?
You don’t get silver in ’92 without Serb Petrovic.
What about Subasic what’s his dad? You don’t get anywhere near the Final without him. Someone here said he’s a Serb?
So would you guys rather lose with pure Croats, or win with half Serb Croats?
I would take the European Championship over missing 2 straight World Cups in a heartbeat.
Can’t change history we’ll always have backup.
My Greek friends still talk about theirs and I got no comeback.
Now knock off Portugal
Now they need to knock off Portugal
Wow I can’t believe Italy lost
Just goes to show all you need is lightning in a bottle
We would be throwing every body under the bus with missing two world cups and in that fashion to lose to Macedonia
I guess our qualifying campaign wasn’t too much of a disaster after all
Pretty much this.
World Cup is everything. The entire World watches it.
The Euros are good, but most people don’t follow it from other parts of the World. Each continent largely follows their own tournaments…but they all watch that World Cup final.
I would’ve loved to sacrifice this past shitty Euro2020 tournament (that Dalic and the HNS tried to sell as a success) and the next one in 2024, if we managed to win this upcoming World Cup.
I think a Christmas World Cup will work out pretty good.
Most people will have time off to watch games, and most people are indoors in December (and will tune in).
Hopefully we impress. Would be great time for Ivusic to turn into an average keeper, so that Croatia can easily sweep their way into a World Cup trophy.
If it was a World Cup then I would take it – more prestigious then euro (although old euro format of 16 teams had higher prestige, less watered down teams as current format ) otherwise I’d rather not missing any tourneys for a euro championship. People forget euro champions, no one ever forgets world champions. Let’s just as Greece euro 2004. Who ? …Exactly …I wouldn’t trade a European championship to be like a Greece where they made I don’t even know (half the tourneys, if that since winning 04)
Za Dom Spremni
I would keep Croatia’s situation. This way, we get to see the repka play more, and the silverware will come eventually