Ante Budimir scores La Liga goal #11 in Osasuna’s 2-1 win over Celta Vigo Friday night. Budimir has now scored in four straight matches.
Luka Modrić and AC Milan have the weekend off and will play again vs. Pisa 2/13
Luka Vušković and Hamburg take on Heidenheim Saturday 9:30AM (ET)
Looks like Sucic just got subbed off due to an injury right after he scored. For fuck sakes. We can’t catch a break with injuries this year.
You scared me for a sec.
I thought you were talking about PETAR Sučić.
Is nice to see Luka Sučić score. Unlike many here, I still think he has the talent to recover and become a player for us.
But Petar is already irreplaceable and cemented in our starting eleven for this tournament.
Vlasic suspended for today. Pongracic would be a decent sub too. Sutalo looks out of form so far.
Matanovic might be our missing piece or a suprise for us. Only four matches started and he has five goals and 1 assist. He has appeared in 18 games too. 7 goals and 2 assists in 27 games isn’t too bad. He’s also 23 so lots of more time to develop. Sucic just scored today too. Caleta-Car would be a decent substitute for a centre back if Gvardiol isn’t healthy. Our defence look so strong when healthy. We have combo of older players with experience for forwards like Perisic and Kramaric. Players like Orsic or Petkovic might not even make it and they’ve had their big moments last World Cup. Change the tone.
Don’t know what happens but looks like he got injured. He’s subbed out
Luka Sucic with a goal on 24 mins.
I got two Ghana tickets
Is there more drawing done?
I really only need to go to Toronto one
So I’ll literally pay a small fortune for a single ticket if anyone knows how to get ?
Just off fifa will be the way?
Just keep posting on here as we get closer to the tournament.
I am already hearing from several Croat colleagues (from the US and Canada) who got various tickets in the group stage and knockouts in this lotto (and they all have extras but haven’t really confirmed who they’re going to sell/give the extra tickets to).
I would wait another couple weeks once the payments go through and the tickets are confirmed.
A lot of people are going to stupidly have their tickets cancelled, unless they preload their credit cards with thousands of dollars worth of credit once this charge comes through next week.
Btw…are you selling your Ghana tickets?
Matanovic with assist looking lively.
@ Tin U I think.Sucic situation is looking a lot more promising January was a big step in right direction club seems fully invested as coach and director announced. Had nice assist in last game. I was very sceptical that he could tirn it around with his attitude as he managed to piss off fans and club but he has. I expect him to start today.
We really need one of our strikers to step up above the rest, so it’s nice to see Budimir start a scoring streak and Matanović finally doing something on the field (after being nailed to the bench all year).
We have several “okay” strikers who are all roughly in the same ball park (Budimir, Matanović, Musa, Ivanović, Petković) with guys like Kulenović, Beljo and Franko Kovačević making a late push to be considered.
I hope to see ivanovic move to another club..but he has played in two european clubs this season..i just hope mourinho gets sacked asap. Anyway we have budimir matanovic musa kramaric.
Anyone has idea over juranovic? He played well in a couple of games and now he is injured again..our defence is thin and we do hope to have him back esp for LB position.
We have Stanišić at LB because we have three decent options for RB right now (Jakić, Smolčić, Valinčić)
Did the nose-pickers enjoy travelling to Verona to only see Bradaric played the 2nd half vs. an injured Semper ? Did they learn anything by seeing him against a fellow relegation side ? I mean go watch Verona vs. Inter or AC Milan or something logical. Morons
Some more selected matches
Saturday
09:30am Luka NEEDS three points today to get away from relegation zone – pls pls pls
10am Pandur vs. Bristol City
11am Franko vs. Ujpest
2:45pm KULE & Vlasic vs. Pong
Sunday
9am Mlacic on bench? (doubt it) vs. Lecce
10am Biondic first start? vs. La Louviere
10am Kotarski vs. Erlic
12pm Pero
2pm Jagusic debut/minutes? (PAO 5th) vs. Olympiacos (1st)
2:45pm Basic vs. Juventus
3:30pm Franjo start/minutes?
Seems Sutalo stuck at Ajax now in the run up to WC. Rumour was Wolfsburg tried to acquire him, but a deal could not be reached. Not sure that Wolfsburg would be a step in the right direction for him in any event.
Luka Sucic stays at Real Sociedad.
Those two, Šutalo and Sucic, would have benefitted from a transfer after their poor first half of the season.
The good news is that a number of other players seem to be getting on a roll.
With Modric, Kova, Petar Sucic, Baturina, Vlasic, Majer, and even Jagusic in the midfield, if Luka Sucic is not in form we probably are just fine.
Sutalo is more critical. A fair rank of our defenders: Gvardiol, Vuskovic, Stanisic (or Stanisic, Vuskovic) and then an in form Šutalo is the fourth best defender. I would have liked to have seen him transferred.
Would the four friendlies against Brazil and Colombia, and then again two more in June, give Šutalo enough of an opportunity to help turn things around and regain form and confidence, or does it all really depend on his getting starts at Ajax and finding his form with the club? So far this season, it has not gone well at Ajax.
The Gvardiol injury really compounds the issue.
Šutalo is not needed if we roll out a CB partnership of Gvardiol/Vušković.
But Gvardiol being injured means we need to hope to God that Šutalo just steps it up at the World Cup (regardless of his club form) and doesn’t have any “kiks” moments.
This is FURTHER compounded by the fact that there’s a very good chance Dalić makes the wrong call and decides to keep Vušković on the bench simply due to seniority (and rolls out a Šutalo/Pongračić lineup again like he did at the last Euros).
Massive risk to our backline, and a complete roll of the dice that could end our tournament early.