In a turn of events, Croatia will now play Argentina in London on November 12th instead of the United States. It was supposed to be the Yanks and the Vatreni at Craven Cottage, but a finalized deal could not be reached between the two sides. Now Croatia will take on Lionel Messi and World Cup runners-up Argentina four days before their duel with Italy at San Siro in Milan.
It will be an attractive matchup for Croatia as they are currently riding a 4-match winning streak after a disastrous World Cup.
njemack if you know anything about soccer than you would know Kovac is a bloody idiot. Period!
Yes…a dry sandwich it was…but damn good!
@JSZ……and Kum Kovac deserves to be the coach???? Based on what????? His experience???? It is good to be a kum with the right guy, i guess.
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Haha!
I’m skinny as fuck too even though I eat like a horse 🙂
lol poglavnik just like my mom… straight up massive pieces of cheese and meat… i guess can credit my skinny dalmation genes for not being a complete fat ass now
I wonder if Bandic landing in jail will have any impact on Mamic and his cronies?
Kovac was supposed to be coach 2018 Wc after his under 21 tenture like Bilic in 2006 Suker is an ass and hope they take down the HNS Ajmo USKOK!
About an inch of meat, cheese and bread. No mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato. So dry it took me about 20 minutes to eat. I credit those sandwiches for giving me a strong jawline..
Also about 6-8 cookies, a piece of fruit and a juice box.
Not an embarrassing lunch but nothing fancy.
@JSZ, well said. Kovac is not the problem and the team is in first place and he has them playing well. Many still respect Kovac but hell we are talking about croatians in general, they will take their own down.
ok we are quick to knock down stars but no one says shit about that young cro boxer…. he should have the book thrown at him. ya he is young and full of rage and hormones but only way he will learn if book is thrown at him
in other news… other boxer while didn’t have to fight him could have maybe grabbed a hold of him… thats some serious pussying out
Well, Kovač wouldn’t have been hired if we had a capable president.
Nobody should be using the National Team to kickstart their coaching careers.
I don’t blame Kovač for trying but now he ruined his reputation as a hard working patriot, and he can’t blame anyone for it but himself. He’s now seen as someone who used his connections to get a position he’s not experienced enough for, putting his career aspirations before his country. He’s quite the opposite of what he was viewed as before.
Kovac is not the problem HNS is the Problem beacuse Suker is not fit to be president
so going back to the stuff we were chatting about earlier in this thread…
no one really messes with jota and manestra on here, huh?
blows that garbage from dalmacija, pasticada, out the water…
all joking aside, pasticada is bomb, wish my fam made it!
Friendlies are garbage no one tries….why should they risk of injury and the game means nothing……
Terrible planning by the clown squad aka the HNS. I’m all for tough friendlies, but why 4 days before potentially our toughest qualifier in the cycle. Yeah, we beat Bulgaria one more time and more or less seal #2, but fuck it, i want to take points from Italy and go for #1.
I’m not a huge fan of the overly tough friendlies. not much yo ucan get from it when players will want ot rest and not get injured. particularly in fornt of big game with italy
Ziva- most of the Croatians I know went to grade school…and most of our parents used to tell our teachers they have their permission to spank us!
looks like Ziva beat me to it, sorta… here’s the link I came here to post:
http://www.vecernji.hr/nogomet/suker-smjestio-niki-gauci-su-mu-vazniji-od-azzurra-968657
@Toni like the vevernji link, perhaps Suker’s thinking since Euro qualifying is basically guaranteed anyways then it makes more sense.
To Ziva’s point I don’t like leaving Niko out of the situation or going against his wishes, etc
Rest Luka and Rakitic. No reason to have them injuried. Stupid move by HNS.
@ IvicA
once Pomorac cut ties with Rijeka, the club went into a tailspin.
Shame, out of the Rijeka clubs, Orijent (1919) and Pomorac (1921) are both older than Rijeka (1946), originally founded then as NK Kvarner
so, Kum Kovac had no clue about the Argentina game. He doesn’t want it, while Puppet Suker does. These are the people leading the savez..
http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/croatian-boxer-attack-ref-losing-fight-article-1.1981775
Crazy
one thing that peeves me in general like prsut is some big italian thing, jebi ga most of us had some nice home made cro prsut to challenge anything those wops make
how bout when your a kid and only thing you know about salad dressing is olive oil and tatas vinegar… now its cool to have that
i know slavonac… but as i found out in my recent trip to cro in general the food is of higher quality there
i expected the fruits and veggies to be good but i was surprised by the meat… cheaper of course then canada but quite good
bolan ne seri, sure did have cream cheese sandwiches. i don’t think any cro kid got peanut butter and jam… but i do love my peanut butter and banana as an adult
What kind of school did you go to. catholic grade school for this guy.
anyone have cream cheese sandwiches?
how about the way your parents dressed you for school? soccer sweatpants with a dressy sweater and some high tops?
I always brought pršut as a kid to school. All the kids brought Lunchables. Jadnici.
Canned goveđa with that gelatin forming around the meat
dannyj- you know you can buy pasteta here, right?
oh boy speaking of pasteta… folks will be coming from back home tomorrow and for sure there will be some in the suitcase among other goodies
@ slavonac from canada…………don’t worry I love slavonci and canadians
and the lard on bread with sukar……………OMG I haven’t had that for so long I forgot about it that is the best…
Anyone else is love with ribnja pasteta?
Jarac- I’ll see if I can find Medica!
Well, since we’re on this topic I want to ask…what did your moms give you for your lunch in elementary school?
when my parents first moved here my brother had lard spread on bread with a sprinkle of sugar. Later on, once my parents established themselves here the sandwiches were huge, filled with ham, salami and cheese! My Canadian friends are peanut butter and jam….hahaha….gross!
@slavonac
medica is good, most of the other rakije taste like shit. Especially travarica.
U are a true croat if the following apply, by true i mean ur born there, grew up there, or have isolated urself so much from america and american education that u dont believe in it.
1. Rub rakija where ever u got mosquito bites, itching, basically any type of skin problem and ur good
2. Olive oil, same use as rakija can cure pretty much anything and can use it to tan
3. Only drink alcohol, either wine, beer, or rakija, because water is bad for you, no really water is bad for you.
4. when your sick u follow this protocol. Caj tea, follow by med, followed by rakija, then you jump in the more to cleanse it all out.
5. You clothes all the windows in the house because of propuh this will get u very sick.
Feel free to add on the list.
If you are any of these your a domaci hrvat, u know the real ones.
Wow this is going to be an awesome match against Agrentina.
hope we have doomed 7-0 ..
and Kovac learn for something !!
but i really like he gets Fired !!
Since Cro play a big team before another big team in italy for points and is a bigger game id pike a lineup vs Argentina like Subasic Vrsaljko Jedvaj Sifo Leovac-Kovacic Brozovic Halilovic Kranjcar Rebic- Kramaric.
how did raketa play today? pretty sure landon wasn’t in champions league action;)
in all seriousness how did he do? is he consistent?
Patron is shit dude…you can’t compare the two!
@ Armada
Your team Pomorac is done.
http://www.jutarnji.hr/pomorac-iz-kostrene-vise-ne-postoji-ugasio-se-klub-star-93-godine-zbog-800-000-kuna-duga-/1229177/
Is it better than Patron?
IvicA- you know how people say they hate Tequila…most likely because they drink the shit Tequila and don’t sip it…they chug it…well…in my younger days, I chugged Sljivovica like a retard and today, I hate it. Yes, I know the home-made stuff is good, I used to make it but once I discovered how to make Loza…nothing compares!
BTW- I like Don Julio Tequila very much…you should try it!
@Slavonac
Šljivovica is only good homemade.
But have you ever tried putting your Šljivovica in the freezer and drink it cold like vodka? It’s pretty good.
People need to stop complaining about the friendlies. Everyone thinks we never get matched with good teams, but thats not true.
2006: Italy (WC Winner)
2008: Netherlands
2010: Belgium
2011: France
2012: Switzerland/Sweden
2013: Portugal
2014: Switzerland/Argentina
IvanUSAZD- zavisi koga pitas!
IvicA- I hate Sljiva too…I prefer Loza!
Excited for this game. We need to play against better competition (on the field and in public opinion). We usually play better against teams when we know we are the underdogs and we have something to prove.
Kovac tip: Have Ziva show up to the locker room before the game so he can tell them how bad they are, and how they have no chance of winning games. They’ll probably play better.
Typical Slavonac. Hates vino. Isuse!
Actually, Isus would probably be pretty pissed right now.
Bolje kruh i vino nego meso i vode…..
5 litra Vina i srdele na gradela zakon!
I never have homemade vino…I hate vino period, but I always have hard stuff and beer…kobasice, cheese, bread…amen!
12. “Have enough homemade vino, rakija, kobasice, prsut, pecenice to survive the apocalypse.”
definitely need to add that!
Za Dom Spremni lifestyle………………best thing I heard all year.
I like how things are funny with us diaspora but in Cro they would look at you funny. We diaspora are very specific.
Armada I must say after analyzing your “Za Dom Spremni” lifestyle list I am appalled at some some missing items that lead to me question your sexual orientation. The main item should be “Have enough homemade vino, rakija, kobasice, prsut, pecenice to survive the apocalypse.”
hmmm…well then, thats boring as shit! the best is playing in pairs, especially tresete…its almost required. briskula is a strategic game and you need to know where your partner is strong so signals are required…which is what makes it a fun game as well!
I only played 1 on 1 with my baba when she was still alive and I was a kid…. When you play with the big boys aka hrvati who also live a ZDS lifestyle, you play na duplo
Austrian cards?
never played it…but I like briskula and tresete in pairs…its far more intetresting that way!
More like Hans because we use Austrian cards and not the “pretty” Italian card that matches your skirt.
Na duplo is when you play TWO cards per round.
Try it. You can pretty much lose the game on one bad round. It’s a Russian roulette version of Briškula where everyone waits for that bullet.
UUUUUUDDDRRRIIII !!!~!!!!!
Fucken sedmice rule buddy , samo puni jebac
na duplo is how I play…one v one is boring!
@Armada
Triestine cards?
Mrš u Sloveniju!
Slavonac,
Have you ever played “na duplo”?
Or did you just puss out and watched others play while snacking away on your kulen?
@Ante B
Should I call you Anté from now on?
Move that kvaka from the c to the e.
Napolitana cards are the kind I’m used to the most!
Triestine cards all the way
A ti u Veneciju hebo te Super Mario i Luigi dok karam princezu.
IvicA- ma daj pliiizzzzz….I’ve heard that a million times!
I know every card that comes out so I doubt you can beat me…plus…I know how to bullshit better than the best bullshitters!
Napolitane cards are the nicest, but we always played with the Triestine ones at school.
Slavonac, I’ll fuck you up in Briškula.
Ante B, mrš u Francusku!
yes, I’ve seen both!
@ Slavonac
ever see the briskula cards from southern italy? could never get on board with using those decks….
Armada- I grew up in an Italian neighborhood…when we weren’t riding on the bumpers of buses, playing street soccer or causing trouble…we had briskula and treset tournaments…you can’t fake a faker…anytime dude!
7. Absolutely true.
10. Jebes briskulu, bela je zakon.
hahahha @ the Briskula comment – everyone is an expert when it comes to Briskula
Anybody know what’s up with Gregory Sertic?
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Love it boys!
I’d say I’m good on about 70%-80% of those.
Definitely a “veliki Hrvat” here! 😉
Armada- your Keys to a “Za Dom … Spremni” Lifestyle is quite funny and somewhat true although my playlist is a tad different…I listen to some of the songs most guys would think I’m nuts…but as you get older, you find yourself listening to music your kids enjoy…ie…Jelena Rozga, Severina, Zapresic Boys, Slavonske Lole, Thompson…ET had a song a few years back that my kids drove me nuts listening to…but they rule the house at times.
the older paintings on the wall…thats a tough one! I still have the kralj Tomislav but I’m not sure how much longer it’ll survive…it doesn’t go with the decor – the car stickers…I like my car too much to put any sticker on it – church…too far to drive to our Croatian church – flag…hahaha…my brother had one hanging outside his house during the World Cup and the neighbors starting putting up their Italian, Greek and German flags…it was quite funny, one guy had his Canadian flag out there – Speaking Croatian…I’ve always spoken Croatian, my parents wouldn’t allow us to speak English in the house but I can see that the younger generation has definitely butchered it to death – Briskula/tresette…I challenge any Dalmatinac to a game or either…they always think they’re the best at it, until they play me!
Marin Leovac? Who cares.
I can only assume that he’s being considered for a call up in the near future.
Did he recently sign one of those 30% contracts or something?
😉
Skoro/Klapa Intrade/Marsan (Pisak/Vitasovic if your from Kvarner/Istra aka “Mala Italija”) are also a big plus on the “Za Dom … Spremni” ipod playlist for #3
Ok, I think I have this “figured out”
-Keys to a “Za Dom … Spremni” Lifestyle
1.Able to speak broken Croatian and at least get half of your order right at the kafic/konoba
2. Ensure you have a “HR” oval euro sticker on your car
3. Ensure you have a combination of Machine Gun Thompson, Mate Bulic, Ivcic, Miso Kovac, Oliver, etc. on your IPod (you have failed if you have Colonia/Severina/ET on your ipod)
4. Go to church every Sunday
5. Go to local Croatian pub/watering hole and sing and chant with other Hrvati and scream “u boj, u boj – za narod svoj” even though your not clear on what it means
6. Have a portraits of Pavelic, Tudjman, Starcevic, Jelacic, etc. in either your kitchen or living room
7. Have NDH flag hanging somewhere in your bedroom in the basement
8. Ensure mama keeps a steady flow of sarme, cevape, brudet, palacinke, etc. to keep you at your fighting weight
9. Ensure you have no Serbian contacts
10. Play a few rounds of briskula/tresette every weekend
11. Root for “local” HNL team (and talk like you’re an expert on them at CSR), even though you might have only been to Croatia once and cannot fully understand the HRT broadcast
I think I got it…..
Also from HNS – Marin Leovac may now represent Croatia, FIFA confirms.
http://hns-cff.hr/news/6259/leovac-moze-nastupati-za-hrvatsku/
Also from HNS – Marin Leovac may now represent Croatia, confirms FIFA.
http://hns-cff.hr/news/6259/leovac-moze-nastupati-za-hrvatsku/
HRVATSKA BRILJANTNO OTVORILA KVALIFIKACIJE
Hrvatska U-17 reprezentacija sjajno je krenula u kvalifikacijski turnir za Europsko prvenstvo koji se ovoga tjedna igra u Mađarskoj – hrvatski kadeti svladali su Kazahstan s impresivnih 8:1.
http://hns-cff.hr/news/6260/hrvatska-briljantno-otvorila-kvalifikacije/
Good work by the savez.
Great news!
Happy to see ower team playing a REAL country of football! 😀
I prefer this. I’ve been dying to see our repka play a friendly against solid competition. It’s disheartening to watch all other footballing nations play really good friendlies and then see us play the likes of Mali, South Korea, Switzerland, Cyprus and Australia.
I want to see friendlies against Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, Columbia, Uruguay, etc.
Excited!
But oddly Donovan didn’t ask for his game worn jock back. Those two really have a love/hate thing going on
Landon Donovan filed a restraining order against Ziva Istina, so, the match could not be held.