Croatia’s star defensive midfielder picked up a bad knock in the 18th minute of the match against the Austrians on Sunday. He was helped limping off the pitch and replaced by young midfielder Lovro Majer.
Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Brozović should be off the pitch for about a month with a thigh injury. On the bright side, Zlatko Dalić confirmed that he will be fully healthy by the time the World Cup kicks off on November 22nd versus Morocco.
Modric is also injured now…
Only our for two weeks. Hip injury, he should be back along with Broz.
Back to Broz, see link below. Hope they won’t rush him too fast.
https://football-italia.net/two-reasons-why-inter-are-furious-with-croatia-following-brozovics-injury/amp/
Should Dalic drop Kalinic and bring Kotarski instead to the WC?
I think he should. Kotarski plays for Paok Salonika in Greece.
He’s younger, and as third keeper he likely won’t play.
Good learning experience.
Kalinic is done. Already 32, and had a couple of career breakdowns, making him very shaky. Plays in a weaker league too. I feel like his backup (Sentic) will probably be taking over from him soon.
Big test for Kotarski on Sunday.
PAOK plays first-place Panathinaikos.
We’ll see if he can keep is pretty clean record in Greece intact after that game.
Unbelievable game, once Biscan brought on the attacking players from the middle of the second half we were able to match Denmark and in the extra time had the better chances. Kotarski our goalkeeper made two excellent saves in the penalty shootout and also in the second half when we were chasing the score.
Definitely our man of the match. Before next year’s EURO I would replace Biscan, clueless.
Good that our U21s are through, but fuck, it worries me that Biscan is lingering around.
For the NT coach, we usually default to whoever our U21 coach is.
It’s kind of ironic that Igor Biscan bailed on the National Team because of a falling out with Otto Baric…and now he coaches the team in the same overly defensive way (killing our brand) like Otto Baric did.
Hahaha good one Maminjo… the ironies of life.
Agree, when you have so much attacking talent in the team he starts with a bunker and Beljo up front alone. We were lucky that they did not finish us off in the first 30 minutes of the game. They had chances. Over the moon for the players, it would have been a disaster had we not made it. Some talented players in the team
Our team is pretty stacked.
Sucic, Vidovic, Vuskovic, Pasalic, Simic, Kotarski, Biuk, etc. Many of these guys off the bench too.
May not seem like big names but almost all of our guys play in solid leagues or are actually playing first team football in a European first league.
We should be playing our brand of football AND not have to struggle against teams whose players largely play in their domestic youth leagues.
If all these guys are offensive, whats stopping them in the attack? Are they attacking with fewer players? I don’t understand how this makes sense?
Biscan is the problem and his tactics. In some key matches i.e., at home against Austria ( 0 – 0) and Finland (lost 3 -2) he employed defensive tactics and against Finland played with 5 central defenders, this is what Otto Baric did regularly 20 years ago when he coached our senior side.
We were very lucky to eliminate Denmark, over the two legs they had a lot more chances than us and looked far superior to us in all segments of play, except it turns out at taking penalties.
Having said that once Biscan made some changes in the middle and towards the end of the second half and brought on three forwards in Biuk, Matanovic, Simic and attacking midfielder Pasalic things turned around. We started attacking in numbers and were able to put pressure on Denmark and eventually score. In extra time we kept on attacking and had the better chances to score. Had Biscan employed similar attacking tactics against Austria, Finland and Norway we would have come first in the group and would have avoided the play offs.
Marko Pasalic scores and we win
Sixth taker Kotarski saves
Sucic 4 – 4
Kotarski makes a save and Matanovic misses 3 – 3
Soldo 3 – 3
Fruk 2 – 2
Penalties Vuskovic 1 – 1
It is on Max sport 1 in Croatia.
Penalties.
what channel has the game?
None of the Croatian ones are carrying it
It was on youtube
U21 FT Denmark 2 – Croatia 1 ( 3-3) we are going to extra time.
We were ultra-defensive in the first half and were down 2 – 0 after 20 minutes.
Middle of second half we brought on Biuk & Matosevic and towards the end Simic and Pasalic. All attacking players and we managed to get a goal in the 86 minute when Biuk crossed for Simic on the far post, who in turn headed the ball across then goalmouth where Matosevic had a simple tap in.
We are holding our own in extra time.
Correction the goal scorer was Matanovic.
So I guess Biscan keeps his job the same way Dalic kept his job after the last ditch effort in Euro2020.
All is forgotten because you went all-out offensive in the dying minutes of the game and managed to score.
Ultra ultra defensive coach. We have missed a couple of great opportunities in extra time. We should be leading.
Simic , Matanovic and Pasalic making the difference.
Would you guys want orisic or brekalo?
Orsic
Orsic 💯
Biscan is really bad coach he chokes so much even with talented players. Only player looking good is sucic he will be very good for us in future.
Anyway going back to Dm broz replacement some croatian media and pundits say gvardiol can play that no problem just like tudor did back for us.
So Broz backups are Moro Jakic Misic and maybe sunjic one day.
I think this list unless injuries happen the 26th man will be jakic.
Looks like CC Pongracic Brekalo Colak Musa Will miss out this world cup and the mighty Skoric will not be in katar.
Canada down 2-0 in the 35th minute to Uruguay. But more importantly than the score line, both teams look awful.
Our U21 team is down 2-0 less than 20 minutes into the game.
Other than Sutalo, Igor Biscan had everyone at his disposal.
Hate to cheer against our boys, but if Biscan is the issue with this team then it’s probably best we lose by enough to get him fired.
I agree.
Why not Ljubicic?? Why not some other players who would be worth pursuing to see how they do. Not sure that Biscan is a good coach personally. I said this before.
Yeah I haven’t seen enough of him to truly judge him.
But he always seems to get the top prospects from BOTH the Senior team and the younger U19 group.
For example, he gets Roko Šimić, and he gets Luka Sučić.
He gets to have both quality and depth.
He has the biggest names on his team relative to the other teams in the group, and we couldn’t top the group.
I admit I haven’t watched alot of him, but our U21s can’t seem to dominate possession (which is weird for a Croatian team).
If he loses, it’s time for a change.
Four weeks I feel is a bit optimistic. I have had hamstring injuries in my playing days, and you need to be careful not come back to early. I’m sure that there will be pressure from Inter Milan that he starts playing ASAP. However, if he comes back too soon and reinjures the hamstring, that will be the end of his WC and a massive blow to our chances of a good result.
yea, he’s our second most important player.
At least with Perisic, we have replacements like Orsic, Sosa, and others who could provide support on that left side.
Kovacic can’t do what Broz can do, and other CDM players like Jakic are not good enough to play for our National Team.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but, maybe we should call up Rakitic as insurance now.
This is what he said
If by any chance we were ducked he would come….
How’s raketas form this year? I know he was quite good last year
As a potential just in case
I say we take him
I know they expanded the amount of players
Who would have to stay home if we called rakitic
I agree, have to name Rakitic now as insurance policy
Group F
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1) Marocco ……. 2 (W) ……. 1 (D) …….. 0 (L) –> 7 points
2) Belgium …….. 2 (W) ……. 1 (D) …….. 0 (L) —> 7 points
3) Croatia ……… 1 (W) ……. 0 (D) …….. 2 (L) —-> 3 points
4) Canada …….. 0 (W) ……..0 (D) …….. 3 (L) —-> 0 points
{{ Hit the Brick pal and Beat It }}
— because you are going out —
p.s. It’s All Dalic fault
-> playing Lovren vs Marocco
-> blaming youngster afterward
Does anyone else think this lovren shit guy is just LakNOT?
On the real – Dalić needs to call up a destroyer for Brozo backup duty. Jakić, Moro, Bašić someone but Kova ain’t cutting it alone and it puts Luka hendikep like when he only plays with Kroos in midfield. Since we have Šutalo and Erli why not try Joško at cdm???
Livaja or Petko should start given recent form and performances. Still though Čolak deserved a call up tho. Hopefully Majer gets his mask off by WC.
It’s Turkey or Frenchman or whoever it is
Comes out always before tourneys
Also we will get the luka is hurt during training post soon by someone
Yup. You can tell by his makeshift emojis.
Well, yea, the giveaway was the writing style.
The other giveaway is that he has Morocco in first place, because he’s muslim so he’s gotta have his religion-mates in first place in the group, ha ha.
LA NUT you’re not fooling anyone!
Back to the >>>meds and you might have to double up the doses!
You have your Muslim cousins<<topping the group that says it all!!
Dalic will be in attendance at Uruguay 🇺🇾 Canada 🇨🇦 game tomorrow!
And he already scouted Canada 🇨🇦 vs Qatar earlier last week.
As a Canadian Hrvat, I do want them to do well. That said, they looked pedestrian and have no idea what world class Teams or players are. The Qatar game showed one thing: Qatar stinks. Canada played well in Concacaf vs weaker US and Mexico teams- I think this tourney will be a real awakening for the Canadian MNT.
I think Canada’s coach being an Englishman will help them get prepared…but nothing can really prepare them for Croatia.
They really don’t have a chance.
I feel bad for their coach because Canadian fans seem to be pretty ignorant about football, and I’ve seen articles suggesting they could move on to the knockout rounds because Croatia is an old team. Unrealistic expectations.
They may surprise but luka and Perisic can take Canada out by themselves
I am Canadian but wouldn’t mind seeing like a proper batina
It’s not all Canadians or broadcasters, but yes some are pretty ridiculous. They base the age commentary on the few players they know- Modric, Perisic, and have zero clue about the Majers, Gvardiols, Sosas of the world. If you check the rosters average age, Canada is older or on par with our team. It’s also amazing that some of the hardcore Voyageur fans can recite some second rate Norwegian team that one of their players plays for but pay no respect to the extensive amount of players on Croatia who play in the top 5 leagues Globally. Hoping for a drubbing as I think it will help show Canada the level they need to get to in order to compete in 2026.
Voyageur?
https://www.thevoyageurs.org/
It’s the Canadian soccer supporters club….like BBB but instead of flares and fists, it’s more like beer and maple syrup.
Yes, in the article I read, they had Domagoj Vida as one of our key players along with Modrić and Perišić.
Our three headed monster haha.
All they had to do was Google the current squad, lol.
Surely you want Hrvatska to body them? As an Aussie there’s nothing i like more than Hrvatska giving a beatdown to the Aussies, like the 7-0 in 1998 for example. That felt good down Iggy’s panties, i must say!
I want Croatia to destroy Canada.
I hope that Canada does well against everyone else, but I will always be Croatian first, and Canadian second. Its a huge accomplishment for Canada to finally make a WC (not since Mexico 1986), but they need be put in their place.
I would have routed for Canada as a Canadian but after what their goalie said I refuse to just on that alone.
Same. I never will as long as he’s their keeper.
Yah, Inter is garbage without Broz. Hopefully he’ll be recovered and ready to battle for us, just in time for Qatar. We have depth in midfield, but Broz is irreplaceable imo. He works so hard, and allows Modrić to work his magic offensively.
Thats good news for Us but not Inter.