Mateo Kovačić returned from a back muscle strain Sunday, coming off the bench in the 87′, of a wild 3-3 draw between Manchester City and Tottenham. Spurs would equalize in the 90′, however, a Jack Grealish break away at the death was called back due to a Spurs foul. City should have been awarded an “advantage” on the play, however, the referee incorrectly blew the play dead. Who knows if Grealish would have hit the back of the net but the play 100% should have been left active for City. Joško Gvardiol had a rough day at the office. He played the full match and picked up a yellow card. Gvardiol only received a 5/10 grade from Goal.com as he “Struggled to keep a handle on Kulusevski and had to resort to fouling him, earning a booking.”City drop three points behind Arsenal with the draw.”
Ante Budimir assisted in Osasuna’s 1-1 draw versus Real Sociedad Saturday. He’s cooled off on his La Liga goals but still playing wit confidence. In his 76 minutes on the pitch, Budimir received a 7.5 FOTMOB rating.
Luka Modrić sat out Real Madrid’s 2-0 victory over Granada Saturday with a hamstring strain. He is expected to return within the week.
Other than that, super slow week for Croatians this weekend…
Musa is officially condemned..tengstedt is promoted from benfica b team and is first choice striker..when he cannot perform, arthur is subbed in.
Dijon will only sub in when the team is leading.
I really hope we cannot be relying on veterans all the time (kramaric, budimir).
Luka sucic just got subbed off at half?
If you watched game, then it was Ok call. He was playing OK. The other hrvat was poor. Simic did not do much in 2nd half
how do you watch the austrian games??
What a joke.
Sosa sutalo and medic on the bench..cannot make it in starting 11 for a sinking club in ajax. And they seem to get better results without them.
Sutalo ended up coming on to start the second half. He was a difference maker and had a number of clearances. Great game by him, nice to see
Thanks for the update.
Noted thanks. But it is still sad to see martha (a youth academy left footed forward, not a midfield or defender) is suddenly ahead of sosa in pecking order
Medic came to club to be backup and reserve
Man City gets a reprieve with Kova being out. Addition by subtraction.
Scrolling Bait 😅
Robert muric with a spectacular goal. He is playing in same league as orsic and livakovic.
Not sure why pjaca is ahead of muric in RW pecking order.
Apparently the Argentine, who plays as a striker for Osijek, wants to play for Croatia.
Article.on Jutarnji List.
Yeah his 5 goals in 17 games this season is exactly what we need.
Honestly tired of hearing all these interviews from mediocre diaspora and foreign players in the HNL saying how they want to play for Croatia.
They’re all parasites looking to advance their careers.
Let your game do the talking and stop putting out these paid-for interviews trying to self-promote.
Aside from the fact that he’ll be 27 in May (and never got a call up to any of the Argentina U23 / U20 / U18 / U17, etc sides)
Can he even qualify to play for Croatia ? Article says his great grand mother (you need at least one grand parent) and he hasn’t played 5 yrs etc in HNL yet
Maybe he’s thinking in the future when he’s 28-29 (and has 5 yrs in HNL) that he’ll be ready to step up for us !
Watched a lot of him. Nothing special but better than for example Musa. From what I have also read one of his grand parents has Croatian heritage so no need to wait 5 years.