Luka Modrić is 36 1/2 years old and is arguably the best midfielder on planet Earth…today! Modrić scored the game winner Sunday night as Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0 to life the Spanish SuperCup. Read full story here.
Mateo Kovačić was Chelsea’s best midfielder Saturday in a 1-0 loss to English leaders Manchester City. “Started the game like a player very much at ease with his game at the moment, effortlessly winning the ball back in midfield before hacking down Bernardo Silva and getting booked. Seemed to then lose his way a bit before regaining composure after the break. Did OK but was chasing shadows a bit.”
Mario Pašalić and Atalanta played out a scoreless 0-0 draw with Ivan Perišić, Marcelo Brozović and Inter Milan on Sunday. With the draw, Inter lead rivals AC Milan by two points heading into the 22nd Round.
Lovro Majer assisted once in Rennes’ 6-0 thumping over Bordeaux on Sunday.
Modric nice strike! 1-0 Real.
Only caught it from a distance, but looks like Vlasic gave away the ball that led to the Leeds winner. Then he was subbed off and hid his face in his shirt in frustration.
……………. Simic ………….. Vidovic …………….
Perisic ……………. Majer …………… Halilovic
…………..Brozovic ……… L Modric………..….
……Gvardiol…..Pogracic……CaletaCar…..
………………………… Ivucic …………………………..
Vlasic is not in this prophecy …
stop thinking about some players
that will put the calamities |l
Mateo Kovacic is one the worst players I have seen playing for the repka over the last 10 years. As a mid his production for the national tram is putrid, in 75 games he has 3 goals, absolutely disgraceful. He plays with full pants 99% of the time looking to immediately pass the ball off or dribble laterally. He is so timid that I really can’t see why some people praise him.
For Chelsea he has played 72 games for 3 goals. He is way overrated. When he doesn’t play for the repka that’s addition by subtraction.
You gotta be joking right?
NO . . .
He is telling you the truth
regarding this prophecy :
……………. Simic ………….. Vidovic …………….
Perisic ……………. Majer …………… Halilovic
…………..Brozovic ……… L Modric………..….
……Gvardiol…..Pogracic……CaletaCar…..
………………………… Ivucic …………………………..
to win the world cup | you need this lineup!
| NO Kovacic, NO Rebic, NO Ignorant Dalic
LAKnat I notice your posts tend to be all Friday -Sunday I’m curious when your weekend passes end ?
No. Kovacic is the most overrated player to play for big money transfers that has ever played for the national team. Benchwarmer at Real, doesn’t score goals. His shots are that of a p!(k!ca, he misses penalties and his lateral dribbling is just cowardice. He wouldn’t even be a top 10 player in the HNL. When he doesn’t play for the NT that is a boost.
Tell me you know nothing about football without telling me you know nothing about football.
lol like
Yeah I know nothing about football but I still know a lot more than you.
It would be awesome if vidovic develops as a secondary striker putting in 20 goals in the bundeslig a year. It would really change everything for the NT
Oh wait…. That’s kramaric who half the message board wants to replace with bru “no he’s playing!” petkovic aka the nikola jokic embodiment of a striker just without the production
I think most our good with krama but is he that sole striker guy for us? How do we get the most from him?
Ya he showed much more promise the last couple of matches but he has not been producing for us goal wise for a while
Maybe his role is changing and is being a better playmaker as well
But we need goals
We need a target man, please correct me if I’m seeing the situation incorrectly
We get someone who can get hot for us for a month and we have a shot at some noise again
Kramaric is fine.
He creates a lot of chances, and he was pretty unlucky not to get the goals he deserved.
In the most recent round of qualifiers (4 games)…
He scored two goals, he did extremely well to draw a penalty (that Modric inexplicably took instead of Kramaric and missed), he had another legitimate goal incorrectly called back, and he was subbed out pretty early in a couple of these games too (and probably would have scored more).
If he took that penalty instead of Modric, and if that ref didn’t call back that goal…then that would be 4 goals in the past 4 games.
He played well in every game, and we’d be foolish not to stick with him.
He’s 30 years old, and is obviously the best option up there from anyone around his age.
Ride it out with him, then wait and see if any of our youngsters like Simic or Vidovic make some strides over the next few years.
Also Alphonso Davies got one of the heart things(hard to not see a covid connection)
But should open up more room on back line for stanisic
Apparently he is injured as well??
Aubameyang and Lemina too
Are we worried about that vidovic will get bullied by the Germans??
Sounds like kova was a bright spot today
He is praised for his work ethic and being a good teammate
Maybe he will be captain one day for us
Nah. Vidovic already made it. Even though he hasn’t featured for Bayern yet, there’s enough hype that other first league teams want him.
I would be worried for any player who was buried on the U19 team with a narrow chance to get promoted (with the Germans holding your career’s fate in your hands).
You have to be crafty (like Stanisic) and pretend to be full German, until they make the mistake of promoting you to the first team and giving you that exposure you need.
Once Stanisic got what he needed from them (which was a clear path to a good career resulting from that exposure) he can do what he wants and select Croatia.
Stanisic giving interviews about how he can’t wait to be called up by Germany, then selecting Croatia instead, is something that the kid needs to be recognized for. I’d give him an award for that awesome move lol.
when people said : O)
Kovacic and Rebic are good | NO AT ALL –
… then you know this lineup is the truth!
……………. Simic ………….. Vidovic …………….
Perisic ……………. Majer …………… Halilovic
…………..Brozovic ……… L Modric………..….
……Gvardiol…….Pogracic……CaletaCar….
………………………… Ivucic …………………………..
Might be the worst line up I’ve ever seen on here. Good job because that’s quite the feat.
Do you still think Halilovic is the Croatian Messi? LOL
Did Vidovic end up extending with Bayern?
I read last month on SB Nation that Bayern wants to extend him but other teams are looking to sign him, and they are all offering first team football.
The fact that he scores a lot of goals (despite it being for the Bayern II squad) and can actually play as a striker is what should make him more intriguing than any of the other young strikers we follow.
I would assume he’s probably on par with Roko Simic in terms of prospect caliber right now.
They will offer Vidovic a professional contract and he’s gonna take Cuissance’s spot in the first team.
Vidovic and Simic are both such good talents but very different profiles.
Simic is a natural #9: tall, strong, fast, lethal finisher in the box
Needs to work on the rest of his game overall, but we need a player like him so bad- just a natural striker
Vidovic is more of a false 9/ shadow striker. Can even play in the midfield, but we don’t need help there. If I had to pick the one with more natural talent, it’s undoubtedly Vidovic. Kid is so so talented, his dribbling is incredibly deceptive and even tricks the viewers in where he’s going to go. Excellent shot as well, he seems to really like slotting the ball low with power.
Do yourself a favour and watch this highlight tape of his:
https://youtu.be/cQDkBBUaDvg
Just incredible.
Vidovic imo has the higher ceiling but Simic’s work rate is incredible, can be a Mandzo type player for us but more talented on the ball in terms of technique.
Vidovic can be a true wonder kid: think Musiala, Bellingham, Wirtz type
Is Simic’s work rate that good?
I think that he has all the tools to be like Mandzo (who himself wasn’t some natural talent) but it will require Simic to become a tireless runner like Mandzo was.
Simic didn’t really run much in those few minutes he received in Champions League play for RB Salzburg. Very small sample (and I don’t watch Leifering games), but I wasn’t impressed with how he waited around for a pass and didn’t really pressure the opposing defenders like Mandzo would have done (especially since this was the kid’s first taste of Champions League football).
I think Roko Simic needs to add this to his game or he won’t be that successful. The physical element is what makes Roko an intriguing prospect, whereas Vidovic looks like he has the natural talent (like Kramaric).
Gabriel Vidović is what I am looking for this week {}
but stupid Dalic will consider someone like Petkovic on his radar .-
LAKNAT whatever you’re smoking pass it on bratko
I used to think you were pure satire but now I’m concerned 🤔