Croatians have been spoiled for nearly a decade when it comes to Champions League. It all started in the 2010 Final when we saw Ivica Olić and Bayern Munich fall short to Jose Mourinho’s “park the bus” tactics as Inter Milan lifted the Cup in a 2-0 victory. Two years later, Bayern Munich returned as we all saw Olić miss a pivotal penalty after extra time to see Drogba and Chelsea win their first European title.
But in 2013, we finally saw a Croatian lift the cup (and score) as newly acquired Croatian striker Mario Mandžukić and Bayern Munich defeated German rivals Borussia Dortmund with an 89th minute Arjen Robben goal. 2014 saw Luka Modrić get a piece of the action as Real Madrid came back from the dead to score a late equalizer to force extra time, where Los Blancos found three more goals to crush city rivals Atletico Madrid 4-1. 2015 brought more magic for the Croatian contingent as Ivan Rakitić opened the scoring in a 3-1 win over Juventus as Barcelona secured their fifth European championship.
That means a Croatian has lifted the European Cup in three straight seasons with Luka Modrić and Mateo Kovačić on the brink of doing it again. Real Madrid are favored against Manchester City in the Champions League semifinals with their first leg kicking off Tuesday night in England.
Croatian fans should be rooting for Real Madrid, but who from the other semifinal would you like to see in the Final? Atletico Madrid or Bayern Munich?
(Use this thread throughout the week to talk Champions League)
It’s Alive!!!
oBama = oSama, I think that’s all BS.
Lazio,
I agree. Stalin also said he has only one enemy, the Catholic Church. That’s because it’s the fullness of truth.
What do you guys think of these OBAMA = OSAMA videos. You have to admit they’re pretty crazy.
In addition to the anatomical similarities between the two, they are both Muslim and their names are almost identical.
The one world order is here. Why should we be surprised if some day Obama becomes the one world leader.
For decades, “New Agers” (people who are eagerly awaiting the coming of this one world order), have been saying their “Lord Matrea” (one world messiah) is already on earth and that his public appearance is imminent.
Sorry Poglavnik, but I couldn’t resist I had to make one last comment.
@Horvat
I know of the plan of the one world order, part of the plan is a one world religion, and this is where Catholics have to be very careful to not lose their faith.
When we consider Judaism and Islam, neither of them consider Jesus God, so the only enemy to a one world religion will be Catholicism.
Please no name calling guys, this will be my last comment.
ZDS
^ ^
HA!
It did go in just about every imaginable direction.
Could’ve used a little more Ziva bashing though.. 😉
I’m gonna miss this thread.
@crnkovic In response to your threat, I have no desire to fight or threaten you.
Lol armada sorry bro….
BZ if you are between the age of 18 and 50, I will knock you out….just saying
June 12th can’t come soon enough!
@ Poglavnik
It’s like the looney bin released a group of whackos and were like “check out croatiansports.com, it’s a lot of fun!!!”
^^
Ha! There are some serious fruits on this site..
“Bringing us all together.”
No thank you!
Talk about embarassing. Denis, do us all a favor and close this thread.
Lazio,
I know Medugorje is not approved yet. When I said “other approved apparitions”, I meant there are approved apparitions (including Fatima, Akita, LaSalette, etc..) that echo the same thing as Medugorje.
Of course we cannot believe every conspiracy theory out there. However, a lot of what they say is true. The One World Order, is here. It’s no longer a “theory”, it’s a fact.
The scriptures do say that even now there is many antichrists, Obama is one of them, but he is not the Antichrist.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Bill burr- Steve jobs
Obama??? Oh my days. Nobel peace prize
I think lovren should play in midfield, just tackle and pass, without worrying like a hrvat. After all every croatian is a midfield genius at heart….
@Horvat
Medugorje is a fraud, also it is not approved by the Church and never will be.
Obama is not the Antichrist.
Conspiracy theories, better things to do with your time than to follow all that nonsense.
I’m a San Antonio Spurs fan.
Idemo,
Not all of this is conspiracy theory. Some of it is related to Medugorje.
God has been sending His mother to us every day for almost 35 years, for a reason.
The world needs to wake up!
Hey Idemo, YOU piss off ! We need MORE conspiracy discussion on this site and less soccer talk. Im sure we can all agree on that much !
😉
Idemo
I don’t know for sure if Obama is Osama.
However, I thought some people on this site might appreciate seeing these video just in case they are true.
I mean, if Osama Bin Laden is the president of the United States of America, that should be headline news everywhere around the world. Don’t you think?
Yo, this site is about sport, fuck outta here with that political conspiracy bullshit
This clip also shows the correlation between their hands and teeth: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZnj499B1c
Thank Iggy!
Note, these are 4 completely different videos even though they have the same image at the beginning.
Some of the videos show a number of important things that are not shown in the others.
Horvat:
The iPad was working fine. The issue is when you post more than one link in a comment on this site it is held for moderation which is why you quadruple posted. If you want your comments to appear immediately, only post one link per comment.
Sorry everyone for all these accidental posts.
My I Pad wasn’t working properly.
Here’s the last one I’ll post:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_lpaeCo1o
Here’s another:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXWPIiQrN0
And the most awkward part of the F1 last night was Vladimir Puto having a conversation with Nico Rosberg after he won the race.
Here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQ
Iggy,
I’m trying to post some better videos, however, for some reason it’s not letting me.
Here are some better clips:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXWPIiQrN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_lpaeCo1o
The best part about F1 last night was Vettel losing his head and swearing his head off after Kyvat analled him nice and hard
That Obama = Osama video gave me aids
Pazi se bolan!
It’s all good. Love the banter!
Poglavnik I love the epl…watch it steady…I’m not saying the league sucks…it’s the richest league in the world…I’m trying to say the last few years it has slipped. Txting and driving lol.
i enjoy reading the arguments on whats a better league but its may 1st boys… euro is very soon approaching… we have bigger fish to fry
i know everyone has their team picked out but what is the opinions in cro what the actual starting 11 will be and formation?
Sounds like you could watch a bit more Prem footy too 😉
Unless it the big guns I’m not that interested.
I even prefer mid table Italian or German soccer.
Not to say that La Liga’s not better than those two.
Maybe I’ve just got a problem with Latino’s..
Crnkovic Lovren at times is very technical….at other times his man marking and technical play is horrible.
The video I sent above isn’ a good one”
Google videos of, ” is Obama Osama”
The video above sucks:
These are much better:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQgp
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXWPIiQrN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_lpaeCo1o
testing
Forgive me everyone:
The video above is not a good one.
Here are some better ones:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQgp
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXWPIiQrN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_lpaeCo1o
Sorry everyone.
The video I posted above isn’t a good one.
Here are some better ones:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXWPIiQrN0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_lpaeCo1o
Poglavnik watch some laliga before you comment. I saw real betis yesterday and looked better than man u today lol.
Thanks for the unneeded refresher on Torres’ career.
And it was Mourinho that couldn’t mold Luis.
BPL>La Liga and only getting stronger.
Torres was incredible while at Liverpool. Scoring almost at will! That why chelsea forked over the biggest transfer amount in league history at the time for him. I’m notaking that big on him as a player..
He socked in series a also.
Luis found a manager who could mold him! In my opinion the best manager in Europe! That fag guardiola isn’t close to Simone the last few years.
Torres was a star at Liverpool…the biggest transfer in epl history at that time for 50 mil pounds to chelsea. He was shit at chelsea!
BPL busts like Luis and Torres look like studs on Atleti!
Apart from 3 teams, La Liga is weak.
@ziva, I appreciate your comments. I fear that my lifestyle is a long way from being ZDS. I appreciate this website a lot, I will speak to cousins next time I’m there. Maybe watching the games on the big screen by the harbour in Rab…after a few drinks, I will ask my cousin “hey bro, I want to live the ZDS lifestyle what can I do?” Man they gonna laugh….
Since we’re talking about Muslims, here is a video everyone must watch:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4IkSMTNBg7Q
There are a lot of Christians who suspect Barack Obama could be the anti-Christ. Of course, no one knows for sure.
There is a lot of evidence the Iliminati orchastrated this whole “war on terror”. Let’s not be surprised if they made Osama Bin Laden the President of the United States. Again, there is some evidence of this, however, we will need to wait and see what happens.
Our Lady of Medugorje and other Church approved apparitions have been warning the world of an unprecedented tribulation about to befall humanity. Let’s turn back to God before it’s too late.
@crn Your arguments suffer from a plethora logical fallacies. I don’t have the time or even need to debunk much of what you are saying on a Croatiansports website. It all just seems like an excuse to sympathize with radical islamic terrorists, which is not the zds lifestyle. We all suffer from some sort of oppression, and I never make excuses for someone who commits atrocities on innocent populations whether the perpetrator is Catholic, white, black, illegal immigrant, or muslim.
Yeah maminjo. International gangsterism. Assholes…
@lika joey, for me if a player is capable of spraying 50 yard passes inch perfect and pulling off perfectly executed cruyff turns to carry the ball out of defence, then technically they are extremely good. I’ve seen lovren do all that and more this season. Why do you think klopp rates him? Whether he can maintain the right focus for 90 mins week in week out, I have my doubts like everyone else. His problems are psychological not technical. Certain things you see a player do, it means they have it in their locker, whether they can keep doing it is only down to psychology and some other things. For example mahrez for leicester in the championship scored a goal which was just “ok this guy can do that” other players could play for 50 years and never pull it off. Lovren has quality technical skill set. He’s just a muppet…with a clothing label
Poglavnik said Lovren should go to athletico…he would fit in great with the best defensive team in Europe at the moment. Lovren isn’t worthy to carry Godins laundry. They are technically and mentally on another level.
Iraq, Iran, Syria…these are Shia Mulsims.
Saudis are Sunni and this ideological difference is the reason why Saudi Arabia is so hellbent on taking down these countries.
They now created the “Islamic Military Alliance” which is something like a Muslim NATO (which combines the armies of about 40 muslim countries worldwide).
The purpose of this army is to combat “terrorism” (whatever that means) and the notable countries that were not invited to join this coalition are (you guessed it) Iran, Syria, and Iraq.
The next steps for this coalition is to “enter Syria to fight ISIS” and to “combat terrorism in Iraq”…which is complete bullshit.
Everyone seems to be praising this coalition, but no Shia majority muslim countries were included in the coalition, and Iraq’s defence minister is freaking out because he knows that this is a takeover and that the “terrorists” that this coalition are targeting are going to be the Shia governments in power.
Lovren is a disaster! He was technically great today! I have seen him play technically well..but more times then not he isn’t technical enough for laliga.
Why else do you think they invaded Iraq? Come on, I thought this was kindergarten shit by now. Back to football. Another nice goal by pjaca yesterday…..
Lol. Lika Joey, lovren is technically excellent, it’s just his occasional decision making that let’s him down.
BZ the oil cartels are behind all the middle eastern wars, including the sectarian civil wars. the USA has contributed more than any other nation to the chaos and carnage we see on a daily basis. The politicians are beholden to their financial sponsors and do their bidding while playing of the common man against each other with false dichotomy left/right identity politics. Saudi Arabia are now massive players, and the gulf states, and turkey and israel. All of them are staunch US/NATO allies, their aim is to destabilise the Middle East, by the usual proxy war “rebellions” leading to cheaper access to oil for the big companies. It also leads to waves of immigrant labour into Europe allowing domestic corporations to pay their employees the least possible. More profit. They cover that one up with left wing PC garbage and set up the nationalist blockheads (see Donald trump and Nigel farage etc…) against them to keep people arguing. It’s managed by the PR gurus starting with Edward bernays. That’s all fact. Do what you want with it. Have a nice day……….. Meanwhile the Saudis with the full knowledge and backing of the Americans have been formulating a radical and heretical form of political pseudo-Islam for decades, which takes stupid, disaffected and angry losers and promises them fame and martyrdom in exchange for holy jihad, all this in order to further create chaos and obscure who is really running the show. Simple really (for anyone who didn’t know) 😉
Is not
Lovren is technically good enough to play in laliga…he would get smoked daily!
He should leave and go to Atletico.
Become a star like Filipe Luis.
Regarding Lovren, not only did he have a bad day today, he got mighty lucky earlier this week when his mark hit the post. My guess is we won’t hear much from him until he scores again. Didn’t take long for that frontrunner to falter.
Ziva
Are you willing to enroll in the military if Croatia were to go to war today?
It’s easy to talk the talk buddy. I doubt you are willing to walk the walk buddy.
Friends, ask yourselves the following………….”Am I living the za dom….spremni lifestyle?”
If the answer is yes, then you are OK. If the answer is no or if you are not sure, then may I suggest you receive help and talk it out with a hrvat that you trust.
“As for the actions of some Muslims. We could talk about a greater majority of nominal Christians whose actual religion is competitive freemarketism, or perhaps even satanism, that actually drive the circumstances world wide which create the conditions for lunatic fringe Muslims to complete the cycle”
lol what? You are a nut
Most fascist comment I ever heard on this website was when some guy tried to blame radical muslim terrorism on Christian Freemarketers. It almost sounds as though the guy believed Christian Freemarketers deserved to be killed at the hands of radical islam.
Now back to the sports…
Mandzukic’s Juve still rolling in Serie A! Bogut & co need to step it up in Steph’s absence vs Trailblazers.
Lovrens performance today is exactly what we need at euro! Lol
As I wake up in the fortified basement, get ready for church and await Mama Istina’s breakfast I do a quick search on twitter for “Lovren”. I suggest all of you do the same if you want a good laugh. Enjoy the commentary
Real betis could beat present day man United.
Armada just brought that up because I thought it was funny you think dinamo would finish 10th in laliga. Over hype Vardy is on the bench against United. Suspension over after this game?
Armada how would Liverpool and there defense today rate in the croatian league? Maybe 10th?
Don’t know, I’m watching F1.
Looks like Rosberg is gonna win again.
I’m a Hamilton fan.
Lovren playing?
This LFC defense is a joke.
Lazio. Lmfao. Jesus Christ then, whatever….:)
“Adversaries of the human race and the teachings of Jesus.”
Crnkovic, you gotta a problem with saying Jesus Christ?
Adversaries of the human race and the teachings of Jesus. Spot on iggy. Although it’s the people behind the politicians who are even more powerful and even less principled. They have a different religion with different morals, basically power is the ultimate virtue. They practise it, it’s what they mean by “selling your soul to the devil”. It’s a deal. Of course in public they call themselves Christians or Muslims, or democrats or republicans, or Croats or Serbs, but they serve the same master and they make us fight each other so they can become more powerful. That’s the true battle them vs us. So when we create false divisions between good honest folk, we are handing the advantage to the devil. 😉
He has a point when he says all those american politicians who go on about god being great are about as far as possible you could get from Jesus’ actual teaching.
Brb i have to urinate
Satan is a Hebrew word which means adversary, so what I gather from your comment is you are saying that nominal Christians (meaning Christians in name only) are adversaries, but adversaries of who?
Yes the cologne could save lives…
Ok ok lazio. We can get deeper or we can let it go. Sorry to pick on you. It’s just that you’ve made more than one comment that I strongly disagree with…and you’re name is lazio, I’m an as roma sympatizante. Given the history of the two roman clubs, and the history of many diaspora hrvati, and the history of Australia and the USA…ie nations built on genocide, prone to right wing conservatism and white superiority…I have put 2 and 2 together and decided that there is a fascist streak on this website. Perhaps I have been too hasty about that. Apologies for making assumptions without adequate evidence. Let’s just say that you support lazio and I roma. It’s fine like that. It’s just political differences within the family. As for Muslims comment, ok a joke is a joke, but if it’s not funny, then maybe it’s not worth being offensive, of course if it’s funny then it’s ok. As for risk to ziva’s life and the anyone else who is going. I pray for safety. As for the actions of some Muslims. We could talk about a greater majority of nominal Christians whose actual religion is competitive freemarketism, or perhaps even satanism, that actually drive the circumstances world wide which create the conditions for lunatic fringe Muslims to complete the cycle. You know what I mean? It’s not really a joke is it? Lots of love bro…
@Crnkovic
I think you gotta learn how to let some comments go through to the keeper.
You like cricket?
My Muslims and deodorant comment was meant to be a joke.
You remember when George Constanza was looking for a job, but he wasn’t only looking, he was also listening for a job. Looking and listening.
So using Cartwrights logic, I was trying to help my friend Ziva who is going to France for the Euros.
There’s a lot of Muslims in France, so the point I was trying to make is looking and listening could save your life, but in this case he shouldn’t discount the smelling.
Smh
Kramaric needs to work on his penalties, yikes. Pulisic up for Bundesliga player of the month.
Lol
I think it is embarassing that anyone would be offended by someone saying “muslims smell”, which are only words. It is only an opinion from one guy on the board, that is based upon the fact that many Muslims do not wear deodorant for religious reasons. I guess my takeaway is that some people do strange things in the name of religion, not wearing deoderant is the least of my concerns regarding what some Muslims do in the name of their religion.
Now back to the sports…
Rakitic scores, Modric puts in an excellent two way performance for Real, & Kramaric’s addition to Hoffenheim seems like it worked (no relegation).
Lay off the shrooms
@CroatianPerson85
Since you asked, Crnkovic’s last comment, if it’s meant to be taken seriously.
@ Lazio
What is embarrassing?
Smh, embarrassing.
Nice one Lika Joey, of course, I feel the same. Religion is man made. God is god. It’s no big deal. Some people though, ignorant ones, they try to explain the world by labelling and dividing. You know. It’s just dumb that’s all. Like some people are actually proud of their ignorance. “Hey I’m ignorant as hell, like my daddy, and my Baka…” What kind of an attitude is that? That is what I was thinking earlier today. So yes officially I am a Muslim, but I’m not proud of it. It is what it is. I’m a hrvat so inside my blood is catholic, my grandfather was Scottish, so he had strong Protestant Calvinist tendencies, that is also part of me. I like the teachings of Buddha. I love Jesus. I see the Hindu gods in the clouds. Most of us are more influenced by the films we watch as kids than by our religion. Star Wars, Hollywood. We are all mixed, influenced by thousands of voices from the past. And then someone wants to say “Muslims smell” or whatever. It’s embarrassing, and sad. Does this point of view fit in with the ZDS lifestyle? Lol. Peace
^^ ^^
Crnkovic I’m not as liberal as you! Not even close!! But if your muslim and a hrvat I have no problem. I don’t want Croatia turning into a multicultural fag brigade either.
Dam phone
My post above for crnkovic
Crnkovic your my brother if your a Hrvat! Regardless if your muslim or not!!
Crnkovic your my brother if your a Hrvat! Regardless if your muslim or not!!
^^^^ never going to that doctors office
Don’t know. Can’t remember what you said. @lazio, don’t worry. Srna and halilokebab vs turkey?……I don’t like the Turks too much. I support croatia. I don’t support people based on their religion, or skin colour though. If they chose to represent hrvatska that’s good enough for. I would care less if they were a gay, Hindu, mixed race Eskimo/Jew. They’d have my support if they were doing a good job. 😉
I was just watching West Brom v West Ham. when did Jerko Leko sign for West Brom? Surprised he was still going around
Bravo Lika Joey.
You won they debate easy.
i like urinating
@Crnkovic
What did I say that was so full of shit in this post?
Who you going for in the big Srna & Halilovic vs Turkey game?
Lol lazio. I just bought some deodorant after your comments a few days ago. I realised that as a Muslim I must stink so I decided to try and cover it up. @armada dinamo would get relegated in la liga….
dammm iggy you probably just woke up
i have to urinate
The epl needs a break then lol…Friday night! Have a good weekend boys! Idemo your the man…if your in the toronto area my door is open brother! I do watch the epl…just loving my laliga on bein sports lately.
Bayern Munich not Bundesliga.
And Spain get a winter break and play less cup matches. Hence the europa success.
Laliga for the last 4 years has been better…proven fact teams are dominating europe! Going back to your world cup argument…epl had the most players…but bundesliga won the cup!
“They all end up in La Liga!”
Yeah for two fucking teams. Big deal!
Everyone here knows Barca and Madrid are bigger than anything in England.
That doesn’t prove La Liga Is better overall.
Last WC the most players came from the Prem.
Benitez, FACT!
Idemo why isn’t there one soccer mega star in the epl at the moment? How many epl players in the world team at the Ballon d’Or?
Wait I think Xabi Alonso and Mascherano also stepped up to the royal clubs lol.
Not just Suarez…modric…Ronaldo…Beckham…robben…Bale..Owen…
Idemo come on man…you don’t think Costa and Coutrois are kicking them selves on the sofa for leaving athletico….they are on the verge of a champions league final. Chelsea is? Coutrois was there on loan…he didn’t want to leave!
De gea will reach his dream of playing for real madrid very soon. You got me on Santa Cruz…maybe Jelavic was a better fit lol….I’m not a Santa Cruz fan either.
Fabergas,Sanchez,Ozil were not good enough for barca and real madrid…next best option was arsenal and Chelsea.
Which league is better?
The one you enjoy watching the most!
@Crnkovic
What did I say that’s so full of shit?
I didn’t trash Vardy anywhere you dickhead!
Do you use deodorant?
vardy= roque santa cruz????
u know roque has 5 league titles and a champions league on him?
they all end up in la liga? so explain aguero, silva, azpi, sanchez, ozil, de gea, mata, courtois, costa, fabregas
you can have the ronaldo suarez modric argument.
Good point Lika Joey. They all end up in la liga. Plus it has fallen off. Only good story this year is what Leicester did.
“Arsenal has way more talent than Barca”
Are you high, dude?
One more point every superstar from epl ends up in Spain…Barcelona or real madrid!
Idemo I love watching the epl….all I’m saying 2013 to 2016 it has fallen off…the money is there it will get back on top again.
Villarreal just knocked out Liverpool from europa league… celta vigo is a decent team they could of done the same.
Dude your delusional….Mahrez nice player…I like him a lot…in laliga top 20? Maybe 18? You can’t compare the quality…have you watched celta vigo? How can you compare arsenal to barca? Arsenal buys laliga second stringers…Ozil,Sanchez etc….Arsenal has way more talent than barca lol.
and who is talking about player development and production??? you don’t establish yourself in BPL you solidify yourself as top class…..AND WHERE DOES THAT TALENT GO that la liga produces??? to barca and real and the BPL come on son you proving all my points
an in form chelsea team finishes top 3 in la liga, celta vigo 5th in la liga would get ran over in the prem
okay since you’re judging arsenal on recent form for being “outplayed” by sunderland then we can only judge barca on recent form; worse than arsenal. what does that then say about la liga???? are the last 4 games other than Depor accurate representation of barca? falling out of champions league accurate of barca?
EPL as a whole much better, much more quality throughout and only will get better, players go to spain for a siesta.
flash in the pan, get over it, happened once with leeds won’t happen again for a while, not accurate of the league the next 20 years it will stay between city united chelsea arsenal back to normal
only way to settle this is a champions league of all the cellar dwellers and champion doesn’t get relegated!
Down syndrome comment….Leicester city isn’t a representation of the league???? No they will just be the champions! That’s my point….epl has fallen.
Idemo Spanish league doesn’t have the investment…but they produce 10 times more talent thand the epl..no one is arguing about the money in the epl.
Armada dinamo is better than Sunderland lol
Arsenal wouldn’t finish top 5 in Spain…or would chelsea! Vardy wouldn’t score 7 goals in Spain. I was over the top comparing Vardy to Nikica…Santa Cruz is more fair.
here is a question for you nerds
where would Dinamo finish in La Liga this year?
I’d put them right behind Barca.
LOL
in all honesty, I’d put them at like 9-10?
Idemo the bottom teams from Spain will loose to arsenal? Now that’s a retard comment. Arsenal lost to dinamo zagreb and got out played by Sunderland.
@Razbijac
In regards to Spanish success in Europe;
Spain get a winter break and play in one less cup.
Makes a big difference I think.
Not really interested in the which league is best debate as one might have better top end, while others have more parity with quality. That said, la liga has best depth at the top in the past few years by far.
@ziva regarding blowouts: b/c la liga is stacked at the top, goal differential might actually come into play. I am sure Bayern would pour it on too, if they had any real contenders. I expect some more blowouts over the coming weeks from Real/Barca if it looks like goal diff might still come into play. Money making opportunity if you play your cards right.
stupidest comment i’ve heard in a while. i scrolled up and saw you also compared vardy to jealvic
the bottom teams in spain would lose 8-0 to city and arsenal on form chelsea, dude forget about leicester they are not a representation of the league
man get out of here bottom half of la liga is completely trash absolutely no investment
That’s why the bottom table teams loose 6 nil in Spain…because the top team’s are on another level..the bottom table teams in Spain wouldn’t loose 8 nil to Leicester city.
Barcelona could drop 5 of its last games in the epl and still win it.
I could easily counter your debate of champions league; if La Liga is so good how can a team drop 3/4 games still be first; if Barca is so mighty where are they now in champions league 8-0 against deportivo doesn’t speak to the strength of Barca or the league it speaks to the weakness of depor and the league while the best TEAM and PLAYER maybe in Spain idc about that the best league overall is BPL every game every match is contested
Barca in stoke on a wet Tuesday night; I don’t think so
The TV production of the epl is second to no one! Extremely great to watch. I’m talking about quality of soccer…talent…technicality when I say it’s subpar lately.
The Epl four or five years ago was a tremendous league… But as of lately it’s a shell of its old self…Leicester city wouldn’t be top of laliga or the bundesliga liga. Even other big clubs Arsenal and Man United are not even close to what they were. Arsenal buys the second string players from laliga. Ozil and Sanchez. All the stars from the epl go to Spain! Hazard will be next..
Interesting debate……when it comes to which league is better, I think some of you confuse better for entertaining. And its not the same thing.
The EPL to me is very entertaining thanks to the TV production, but I think the quality of the Bundesliga and maybe even La Liga make those leagues better overall. The only thing that cautions me about La Liga is the amount of huge blowouts we see with the bottom half of the table; 8-0, 6-1, etc. You don’t Bayern or the top EPL clubs doing that in their leagues as much as you see it in Spain.
Razbijac good post brother!
Ok if EPL is so friggin’ great, how come Spanish clubs are kicking arse in the Champions League and Europa league (ya might wanna check out what they did yesterday)
RE: Modric
I agree that guy’s efficient at recycling possession, he’s like a two-legged recycling plant. Ya feed ‘im rocks and he’ll spit out diamonds, which is vital in a tight closed game.
He certainly didn’t cut geometry class as a kid as he knows all the angles in the middle of the pitch! I must say, he’s mastered that outside of the right boot pass, which can be curved and chipped pass the opposition with ease. No one does it better than Luka!
But if he’s friggin’ 20-25 yards out, and he’s got time and space, he’s gotta take the bull by the horns and either shoot OR drive towards the 16 yard box and make something happen!
Idemo your absolutely correct about Leicester being a plain and simply outfit. Mahrez on the other hand is a tremendous player.
Malaga in 10th with 10 wins and 13 Losses compared to stoke in 10th with 13 wins and 8 loses
And regarding Barca v Leicester, leicester is a plain and simple outlier not the average won’t happen again for a while, but these two teams will meet this summer ha and maybe CL
Vardy will play for England at the euros and he will score, believe me. As for pjaca DannyJ, the guy is only 20, he’s played for the NT because he’s brilliant, he hasn’t had that moment to make the world sit up and take notice yet. But he has the ability to do it, no doubt in my mind. He can be a star. He can score a goal out of nothing. How many of our croatian players can we say that about? Pace, strength, fantastic quick feet, stunning ability to strike the ball. Top player. I don’t understand why people are down on him. Ok his goal ratio is not fantastic yet….yet…..
Like the people judging kramarics ability by saying “oh he couldn’t get in the leicester team” lmfao, IT. DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT
…which reminds me, some people saying leicester are going to get humiliated in the champions league next season. No they won’t. They have a system perfectly suited to doing damage against teams that like to keep possession. They’ll do just fine and vardy will keep scoring and mahrez will continue to take the piss out of any defender in his way. That’s how they roll. Until something changes…
Poglavnik I agree. Lazio you’re full of shit as usual. Of course vardy is a brilliant player. Sorry to be condescending but there are 2 things that some people here don’t seem to understand. #1 playing football is an activity. A job. A performance. Sometimes people do their job really good. Sometimes they have a bad day. Or year. Or ten years. Sometimes people get in a bad mood. Nothing goes right. It’s not like footballers are fixed commodities with a certain value or performance level. They’re people, they have ups and downs, they get things right, they get things wrong. The playing field is unbelievably competitive, you think someone playing in the championship is not a brilliant footballer? Lol #2 football is the worlds most beautiful game. One reason is because you can be small and skinny, or big and powerful or whatever. Wimbledon used to have a bunch of big powerful guys with limited technique and they survived how many years in the premier league? They would beat anyone on their day. They had a game plan, it suited their players, it worked. That means their players were good enough. Do you understand? Leicester tactics and game plan suit Jamie vardy. The manager has given him confidence. He runs in behind the defence and sticks the ball in the goal. Therefore he is fantastic. What more do you want? Bergkamp was a failure at inter milan, at arsenal he was one of the worlds best. Jon Dahl Thomason was a complete no hoper at Newcastle utd, couldn’t score a goal to save his life, then he went to ac milan and he was great. Football is organic and complex……. it’s not a car with certain specs that you can read out and say oh this one is better than that one. It depends on many factors. I know that’s difficult for Americans to understand, but hey, that’s soccer….
does vardy play for engerand?
I might be a little harsh….vardy = Roque Santa Cruz might be more fitting.
I agree that vardy will not score 22 goals next year lol.
I’d like to go on record as saying Vardy will not score 22 next year.
Doesn’t mean I don’t think he’s a hell of a lot better than Jelavic ever was.
@ziva Srna dives, but Mandzukic gets beat up all game long, taking elbows to the head/spine/temple and hardly ever gets the call simply b/c he is a big guy. I think he earns an occassional dive; Srna not so much.
@Allen Let’s say Lika’s comment gets validated and Vardy stinks up the joint in the next few years. Will you agree that your comment then becomes the dumbest comment of 2016?
@Ziva
“Although Kovacic is a fraud when it comes to his faith. He is open about it, but them goes and breaks the Ten Commandments. I guess he is a wannbe Katolik”
can you explain
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Absolutely!
I’ve never not picked myself right up when knocked down in a game.
I completely ruptured my ACL 10 years ago and hoped right up on one leg over to the sidelines within about 15 seconds.
I’ve got way too much pride to roll around like a little bitch.
I don’t know if we are doing awards this year, but Lika Joey will easily get an award for dumbest comment of the year. That Jamie Vardy comment may have been the worst thing ever posted on the site.
Does that mean you get a bit annoyed watching Cro play with the likes of Srna and Mandza who dive.
Here’s one Lazio.
Atletico scratching, clawing and manipulating their way to another victory or an all action West Ham v Leicester game?
I like to be entertained.
I don’t like screaming at my tv to “get the fuck up” every 10 minutes.
^^
Oh for sure. The Prem over pays for players like crazy! Especially if they’re English. Just look at he players who left Southampton. Shaw, Lallana, Chambers, Lambert, Schneiderlain, and the non-Englishman Lovren. All ridiculously overvalued if u ask me.
Look I’m just a lover of the game, period.
I’m still a homer. Every HNS game I can picture us winning whoever we play. And as a betting man I’ve never nor will I ever bet against us.
I just don’t like seeing non-Hrvati getting trashed when it’s not just.
Vardy scores 22 goals 6 assists, he’s a major driving force to a friggin BPL title, has teams like Barca, Juve, and Tottenham tracking him and he’s a bum?! Even gets a comparison to Jelavic?!!
That’s gotta be one of the dumbest soccer related things I’ve read in a looong time.
@Everyone who trashes Vardy and Bale
1 vs 10 as we speak.
Leicester vs Stoke or Barcelona vs Malaga?
@Poglavnik You do realize alot of players from ALL countries are overhyped, and I am more than happy to overhype a Croatian soccer player if it helps them get a top dollar contract. Here in Silicon Valley, Indians overhype other Indians in the tech industry. I don’t see many Croatians looking out for eachother around these parts, so I hope you & Ziva can understand a little irrational exuberance toward our players from time to time.
EPL best overall league in the world 1 vs 10 in EPL vs 1 vs 10 in la liga incomparable, with the new tv deal even more talent coming in.
Raz you can catch the odd game at 12 on weekends and even 230, Monday’s always have the 2:45
I personally find it tough to watch EPL games, since they take place in the mornings in the states. I usually sleep in on weekends, I just end up watchin la liga and serie a in the afternoons.
Jelavic dominates in Austria and Scotland
Kramaric dominates at Rijeka.
And there were times I read about them being compared to Boksic and Suker!?
I actually love the “hope springs eternal” attitude of some of our fans. At the same time, it does need to be called out once in a while.
“I remember when Jelavic came to Everton and he scored 12 or 13 goals in half a season, the following season we found out that it was a flash in the pan performance.”
Most of Jelavic’s goals were one touch truck-like goals.
Vardy’s lamest goals are probably better than Jelavic best.
I recall one memorable finish from Jelavic for Everton just outside the box. And I believe it took a deflection..
I actually hate most things English.
I also hate stupidity.
And where did I compare Vardy to Bale?
I simply implied that they get trashed and guys like Kramaric and Jelavic get overhyped.
@Lika Joey
“You can’t argue that the epl is lacking in talent! Jaime Vardy was playing in the second division at 28…now he is a star? Lol…can I say English Nikica Jelavic?”
I remember when Jelavic came to Everton and he scored 12 or 13 goals in half a season, the following season we found out that it was a flash in the pan performance. In answer to your first question, Poglavnik thinks Vardy is star, he puts Vardy at the same level as Bale. Onto your second question, we’ll find out next year if Vardy is a one season wonder. I guess I understood your questions differently to Poglavnik! Please feel free to correct me if I understood incorrectly.
@Poglavnik
Who laughs at Vardy and Bale?
Are you the defender of all things EPL?
“Vardy will be in the championship in two years.”
I’ll try and remind you of your bold prediction in 2 years time. 😉
Yeah, going to Barca is a huge insult!
And where is Nikica Jelavic going?
Speed kills my friend.
You all laugh at the Vardy’s and Bale’s of the world all the while pumping the tires of the Jelavic’s and Kramaric’s.
It’s good to have a peak outside of your bubble once in a while you know.
Poglavnik…wow! Vardy is going to barcelona….Suarez better watch out…Vardy will be in the championship in two years.
Pjaca has been underwhelming at the national level, but so was Perisic for awhile before he took the bull by the horns. Will it click fir Croatia this summer? I hope so, I finally got my money on them at 25-1.
The Championship is very underrated!
46 game season and those players are probably more suited and less likely to fail in the Prem than all those continental stars you love so much.
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I can’t even respond to someone that compares Vardy and his 22 goals and 6 assists to Nikica Jelavic…
The Prem team of the year is comprised of players from 5 different teams.
I doubt 10 teams total would be represented between the teams of the year of Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
Great depth in those leagues..
You can’t argue that the epl is lacking in talent! Jaime Vardy was playing in the second division at 28…now he is a star? Lol…can I say English Nikica Jelavic?
“Great Stuff!” I thought so.
http://www.espnfc.us/club/barcelona/83/blog/post/2860556/would-alen-halilovics-development-be-best-suited-to-a-return-to-barcelona
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That news is more than a week old…
Yeah, the La Liga team would be a split of Madrid and Barca.
The Ligue 1 team WOULD be PSG.
And Germany’s would be mostly Munich with a couple of Dortmund players.
Great stuff!…
LEAKED: Premier league team of the year
David De Gea; Danny Rose, Toby Alderweireld, Wes Morgan, Hector Bellerin; N’Golo Kante, Dele Alli, Dimitri Payet, Riyad Mahrez; Jamie Vardy, Harry Kane.
Italy, Germany, Spain and P.S.G would all produce better teams of the year in my humble opinion.
Modric can continue to do his thing, but just how far has Modric doing his thing got the NT? This is why I believe that Brozovic will be our key man if we are to achieve something in France. Brozovic is the big improver since the WC.
“As a player, Modric is unique because he sees what’s going to happen on the pitch before anyone else. You might say that individually he could produce more than he does at the moment, but playing for the team is everything to him.” – Zvonimir Boban
Individually Modric could do more, he can stop being so sheepish when it comes to shooting. Like Zidane said, Modric should shoot more.
just watched that video on pjaca… sure does look like he has a killer instinct around the goal
crnkovic in your opinion is pjaca ready for the big stage right now like euro cup? will he get time.. assuming he might get some time cause mamic will want to raise his stock
obviously we don’t have ronaldo and bale on cro… but most other countries aren’t stacked either.. i don’t see why modric can’t just continue to do his thing like crnkovic says… he dictates the pace and distributes it to guys that have that type of skill set(perisic).. but i do like to see modric and rakitic give a rip when they have a chance. just like in hockey you put the puck on net and wait for the junk… we all know mandzukic is king poacher and tap in king so let him do just that.
“There was no Ronaldo” so what you expect modric to take his role gtfo that’s bale job
Sorry about the music on the video, and anyone who like it…he he. Look at the quality on those finishes though. Pure class. You can’t hide it
Marko pjaca . Dinamo zagreb . Best moments – youtube
Can’t wait to see pjaca, I believe he could make the difference. Edge of the box. Bang. A new star… 😉
…just one more thing, that’s why I think we should play 442 now. So that there is more goal threat. 442 would also force both central midfielders to do more. When there are 3 central midfielders they often end up passing it 10 yards to each other because it’s the easiest option under pressure, when there are only 2 in the centre it sometimes forces them to dribble, or break into space to escape pressure, which creates momentum and opens new ideas…
Modric lost his flair in the attacking third, first at tottenham where he found it impossible to get near the box in his last couple of seasons because of the increasing responsibility on his shoulders to structure the game from deep. Spurs had bale and Lennon in wide areas and played to use their pace, modric would have to make a 30 yard dash to get in a shooting position, at the same time leaving his position and risking the counter attack, so being the model professional he is he would stay back at wait to recycle the ball again, with perfection. Now Real is similar, you see him get forward more because zidane remembers the player he was and wants more from him, but his instincts are now so engrained against getting forward, or doing anything risky. Shame in a way, but we have other players who can make a difference going forward now. Perisic, pjaca, brozovic….and even better to come with coric, brekalo, halilovic, vlasic etc. at least we can say we have the best ball recycler in the world now….let him cycle delux. Let rakitic find space and look for the killer ball or shoot. Let brozovic run into the box for the odd goal, he can shoot too. Let perisic dribble and cross, and shoot. Let mandzukic do his thing. It’s not a one man show. The balance is not as bad as it has been for many years…I’m not bothered about modric shooting. Just attitude of the squad, if it’s there, they’ll be brilliant, if it’s poor, it’ll be painful to watch…
Boban: Croatia’s Time May Come at World Cup 2018 in Russia
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=4/news=boban-croatia-s-time-may-come-at-russia-2018-2782212.html
there was no Ronaldo on Tuesday
Modric has an incredible Shot, on the rare occassion he shoots, he always hits it flush. The way I see it, Why skydive when you can let Ronaldo base jump.
Ya Rakitic & Modric both need to change their mindsets when playing for the national team. I don’t care if they shoot or not, but they need to aggressively move w the ball at their feet, instead of look for the quick distribution EVERYTIME like they are programmed to do at Barca & Real. The ball sticks to Luka’s feet ala Zuti, but he is so quick to just distribute, that this skill is wasted. Good thing Perisic knows what to do when on the ball.
there was only one instance where he should have shot and he didn’t against man city, he was about 20-25 out with no one stepping
@poglavnik…. the way i look at it is only 30 more days; april is done , get through may and we’re in Paris
he has scored some nice goals from shots, for us v malta to begin the qualy campaign for euro 2016, i can recall a goal for real madrid vs man u off the post and in when real were desperate for a goal and he came to the party late in the game, there have been one or two others.. so he _can_ shoot when necessary
Maybe the reason he doesn’t shoot more is because he knows he doesn’t have a good shot. I don’t skydive from 10,000 feet because I know I am not a good skydiver.
45 more days..
ya i wish he would shoot more… everyone knows he has a pretty darn good shot but i guess everyone also knows he doesn’t like to do it.
i read something about zidane saying modric needs to shoot more
MF Luka Modric, 8 — As ever, the Croatian was Real’s driving force in midfield. Playing in a slightly withdrawn role, Modric looked to get Real on the front foot whenever he picked up possession. With City pressing excellently in midfield, Modric was forced to play more with the ball at his feet than spreading it about and he broke the home side’s defensive discipline on several occasions.
Modric 7
Produced some delightful flicks and touches in midfield to bamboozle City’s midfield.
Luka Modric 6.5
Had a slow start as City disrupted their rhythm but started to find his game in the second. But, like Kroos, he didn’t really create enough in the final third.
I agree with the second one.
In the first half Modric had the ball with space to run into and unleash a shot, but instead he went for a pass and the pass was intercepted. The Man City players didn’t even try that hard to close him down, it was like they knew he wouldn’t shoot.
The funny part was when the commentator said that Modric rarely shoots or even scores. Astute observation by the commentator!
For Croatia I would like to see him take more responsibility and shoot more.
To Israel’s fans and players, next time they play against Croatia, and hear Ustasa and ZDS chants, just take some advice from Jesus Christ and turn the other cheek.
ZDS is fine and should be chanted. But don’t fool yourselves into thinking serbs or jews are doing this. Our own idiotic fans over the years have done a good job of making the majority of us look like fools. (forming a human swastika in Italy, money chants, etc).
The absurdity of punishing a national team for any chants by their fans is embarassing to all of society. Let Mexicans chant Puto, let Muslims scream for Jihad @ a game. The team has no direct relationship to idiot fans, nor do they have control over them either. Who is to say these aren’t serbs or Jewish people trying to make Croats look bad. As an alternative, fifa/eufa should pull an Ian Poulter & post video of the jerks chanting anything offensive, such that their respective employers etc can punish them accordingly (albeit unlikely these people have worthwhile jobs.) Sorry for the rant, but I just think eufa is idiotic on this issue. And for the record I don’t think ZDS is offensive, almost every country has a similar saying.
on a hoops note
some INCREDIBLE representation by croatia in this upcoming draft
Croatia will have 5 players who have declared…4 of which are very likely to be draft
Dragan Bender (top 5 likely)
Ante Zizic (trending ever higher…now projected in low 20s)
Ivica Zubac (late first round to early second round)
Nik Slavica (mid to late second round)
Marko Arapovic (late second round to undrafted)
This is the new “golden generation” that nearly won the u-19 finals against the US a year ago without either bender of zizic (their two best prospects) for most of the tournament
Yeah the thing about cunts like Mihaljovic is because they have a Cro parent they feel the need to go above and beyond the usual serbian cuntery to prove their serbishness, so those “half Hrvat” serbs are the worst of the bunch tbh with you.
It’s the same way diaspora hrvati are often more nationalistic than those born in Cro (think Aussie Joe Simunic). Except in the serb case it just leads to an exacerbation of their usual disease of cuntishness
ya seriously whose the idiot that books a game with israel
they should know asking our fans to not do anything that could get us in trouble vs israel is like asking a fat kid to watch over the bday cake
luka had quite a good game from all the reports yesterday
@Tomo
Wow, great article until I got to the last two paragraphs and then I almost got sick to my stomach. Whoever thought our fans could handle a match against Israel should be fired, especially after some of the recent incidents.
breaking news:
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2016/04/27/croatian-police-swoop-fa-chief-dinamo-zagreb-bosses-corruption-probe/?utm_content=buffer7ed4a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
did the Azeris throw Zuti a boatload of money?
I know he didn’t do much at CZ and not sure what happened for him in Turkey … but was he just not getting interest from any semi decent European side, club or NT?
So is Sinisa Mihaljovic’s…
Djokovic his mother is a croatian.
I agree about Zuti being the brain….probably the best coaching option we have.
I’m not claiming he is a half-Hrvat, I just saying that he is because his mother is born in Cro. I’m only going by the same requirements that some of you use when claiming diaspora hrvati are hrvati but don’t know anything about the country other than having a parent born in the country.
I dont know why you would _want_ to claim Novak as half Hrvat. The guy is a cunting cunt so you can tell immediately he is 100% serb.
Speaking of Zuti, he was the brains behind Bilic and the tactics in 2008. Much was lost when he left the national team.
tko ga jebe, njegov problem
Idemo Zuti put up the same symbol!
Maminjo:
I agree with you that Brozovic and Perisic will seal our faith at the tournament. Perisic and him are probably the only players that can make something out of nothing. Kovacic was suppose to be that guy too, but something went wrong. I know he is still young, but he hasn’t shown the mental maturity of a 5 year veteran. Croats are late bloomers in the world of football though so you never know.
we’ll go ahead and take his word that he’s not a half hrvat as well
http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/images/2013/1/27//2013127125356847734_20.jpg
@Dejan………..You do realize what sarcasm is, right????? Plus, considering Zlatan himself has come out and said he is not a hrvat, I’ll take him at his word on it
@Lika joey……….blow up doll? hmm, I guess I should try that. Usually the old sock or t-shirt is good enough.
Ziva one day you will fuck something besides a blow up doll.
Ziva we can’t all be 40 year old virgins.
Ziva
So you call Novak djokovic the half hrvat
But ibrahimovic is not a hrvat at all?
ok, those two will make or break it for us, the stupidity on this site. ummmmmmmmmmmm
Kovačić is on the bench now at both Real Madrid and the National Team.
He’s better for us off the bench anyway.
Starting both Perišić and Brozović and playing them the same way as they are at Inter Milan is a must. Those two will make or break our tournament.
This is true…….I believe Modric knocked his up and that is why he got married. Poor guy, but credit to him for taking responsibility
Although Kovacic is a fraud when it comes to his faith. He is open about it, but them goes and breaks the Ten Commandments. I guess he is a wannbe Katolik.
Mateo Kovacic has a better looking wag than Luka Modric. So he shouldn’t be worried about bench warming.
@idemo……plenty of hotels in the center of Paris. Still plenty of Airbnb options to select from. I have a hotel room reserved in Paris, but can cancel two days before I get there. I’m still undecided on how many days to stay in Paris. Part of me wants to spend most of my time there and then day trips to the two Cro games outside of Paris, another part of me wants to get out of Paris once the Turkey game is done and travel to other cities and then hit St. Etienne and Bordeaux on the way.
as long as Modric stays fit and healthy for the euros is all I care
@ Ziva
Mateo is holding onto the matches that will light the torch. Gotta keep those nice and dry on the bench.
Was a typo on Ante’s end.
Is Kovacic really carrying the torch when he is on the bench or not even dressing for Champions League matches?
for the guys traveling to euro in paris, my airBNB just canceled on me after 2 months confirmed, any recommendations of hotels or accommodations close to the center of paris?