Croatian wonderboy, Ivan Rakitić, may not play in the Turkey match Soccernet.com has reported. He has had an ailing knee injury and if he cannot pass a pre-game fitness test, Bilić and company will have no choice but to sit the Schalke player. So if you don’t see Rakitić out there, this is why.
If this were to happen, I would see Bilić starting the same 11 as he did versus the Austrians, with Olić and Petrić as strikers.
Since World Cup 98 lots of people that I know loved to see such team again playing for Croatia. Thanks God this is happening again in Euro 2008. I became a real fan of Croatian team for they play very smart tactical games with gr8 confidence, I remember most of the top players in 98 and I feel sad that we will not see them again; players like: Suker, Bilic, Jarni etc. I wish that I can attend one of their top matches in World Cup 2010 in South Africa.