Marcelo Brozović came on in the 53rd minute and scored two minutes later for Inter Milan with a right-footed one-timer from 17 yards out to give his side a 2-0 lead. Inter ultimately won the game versus Cagliari 3-1 to keep pace with leaders Napoli on the weekend; remaining two points behind. Brozović has made an impact coming off the bench since his injury return and is playing alongside Ivan Perišić, who played the full match and assisted on the first Inter goal.
Brozović one-timer from 17 yards out
Mandžukić heads home for Juventus
Juventus striker Mario Mandžukić got back to his scoring ways with a beautifully placed header against Crotone in the 52nd minute Sunday to open the scoring. Juventus would win 3-0 with Mandza playing the full 90 minutes after remaining on the bench midweek against Barcelona in Champions League. Juventus remain four points behind leaders Napoli.
Sampdoria left back Ivan Strinić, who has caught a second wind in the Croatian squad after a one year absence, was taken off in the eighth minute Saturday due to an unknown injury. Sampdoria lost the match 3-0. More on Strinić this week as news becomes available.
Luka Modrić came off the bench in the 62nd minute Saturday vs. Malaga in a 3-2 win which closed the gap between them and leaders Barcelona to eight points. Mateo Kovačić also returned to the bench after missing the past two month due to injury; but did not play.
Ivan Rakitić got the start Sunday and played 68 minutes as Barcelona came back to force a 1-1 draw against second place Valencia. Barca still lead the La Liga table by four points and Real Madrid by eight points.
Dejan Lovren was left off the Liverpool squad list Saturday as the Reds drew Chelsea 1-1 at Anfield.
Sta snaci ” But ” Mozda si mislio ” Samo jedna Istina postoji”
Ti previse seres.
Fake truths comments above yet again… It doesn’t surprise me that many want to be the truth
But ima samo jedna istina
Huh…my home town of Slavonski Brod!
Here are the other Croatian women that lost out to her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJeUvc12xdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TZ83iPeBI
Her English is good as well.
Ilija says some funny stuff though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McobL1gvQEU&app=desktop
She is a pretty girl and speaks better Croatian than 97% of the posters on this site. She looks a bit like a Ciganka.
Some posters here a just to brainwashed listening to their drunk fathers and grandfathers.
Crnkovic and Slavonac from Canada. You guys post the best stuff here lately. All the other stuff is just white trash noise.
I bet no Icelanish player tore an ACL because those guys are fucking hardcore who can beat Hrvatska any time.
ACL tears in soccer only happen to pussies. I played rugby for 9 years and nobody on the team tore an ACL.
I clearly remember many people saying the Pjaca injury was due to an unnecessary game played on a terrible field in Estonia.
for the record, an ACL is a tendon and not a muscle….he most likely twisted his leg and this has nothing to do with muscle mass or anything like that. His last injury prior to this was his fibula…a bone on the outside of his shin…again, not a muscle related injury.
@crnkovic, I’ve played the game and know the risks and serious injuries that can happen. most players, if not all, at his level…are very agile and flexible, which does help them avoid injuries. those guys get heat and cold treatment along with massages and physio quite regularly. yeah, some guys are more injury prone, I agree…but this injury he had was not because of his body type…it has more to do with how he turned or twisted.
nice one brate. personally i still believe elvis walks among us
CRNKOVIC,
i have actually been to Graceland LOL.
on the miss criatia argument. my personal opinion is that it is ckearly a bit ridiculous to pick her to represent croatia and reveals that like the european song contest its really some kind of political friend making excercise. secondly she she is nowhere near the most attractive croatian girl imo. but at the end of the day its a ridiculous misogynistic concept in the first place who gives a fuck about it. ignore the whole thing i say. see?
@slavonac, i hope you’re right. however certain players can be injury prone and usually there are underlying reasons for this in the way they move or play. this is many times overlooked which is one of the reasons i need to find employment in coaching/scouting.
@the truth, yeah you trying to be realistic which i respect but at the end of the day i havent seen any evidence from your posts that you have an insight into the game other than a kind of distant probability model. what if brekalo is the next robben, coric the next silva etc etc. how would you know? you wouldn’t. so you’re guessing based on probability and calling it the truth
@elvis…we can’t go on forever, with suspicious minds…
Sorry meant than her.
@ Jarac – cheers brother.
@Jarac – agreed 100% I’ve seen way hotter full Cro chicks from Cro than here.
@Slavonac – I see what you’re saying which is why I said I don’t know his injury history. I’m hoping he’ll be fine. As you mentioned it was a shit field which I agree on so only time will tell if it has less to do with his size vs pace and just a one off injury.
Just the fan in me jumping to conclusions.
@Croatianperson
Thanks for sharing the link…
@Croatianperson
Damn I stand corrected she can speak the language very well. I don’t have an issue with her as a person. She is croatian, although I do believe people born and raised there deserve a spot more. I do have an issue with her looks though..lol…I Just think there are hotter chicks in croatia then her…and since this competition is about looks why do we always send a 2 out of 10 instead of our 10 out of 10’s…
Pjaca hirt himself on a shitty field where the game never should have been played in the first place. He’s a strong guy. Big build, those injuries can happen to anyone…not sure what some of you are getting at?
Thank you Jarac for having a post with logic to your opinion and not name calling. Splitcabke are tall and hot! I agree. Do you think she’s the best we had vying for this position or do you really think as you mentioned this is a liberal race card push?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McobL1gvQEU
Check the link if you’d like, she speaks Croatian but I get your point and I think we played the race card also.
You can walk around split and find a splicanka who is a 10 out of 10….we always misrepresent our beauty with our picks…..this time we misrepresented our beauty and our country….she wasn’t born there she probably can’t speak the language and doesn’t represent croatian culture…so therefore she should not represent croatia…..some reason we went with the liberal race card strategy and got us out the first round lol…
@Croatianperson85
Be honest, you don’t want answer my question because you’re not sure of yourself you piece of yugo shit.
^
You don’t want to answer out of fear, you fucking dumb cunt trash!
@ TC/Anon – If this we’re Survivor or Big Brother I’m sure myself and most people would have voted you off the Island every round. I don’t think I’m wrong.
Cue the multiple aliases backing up TC now.
@ Anon/TC and the other aliases – regardless of how I answer your “wise man” question, It’s clear that If I don’t respond in kind or to your liking you’re going to post something rude or dismissive so there is no incentive to play your game. We’re past the point of entertainment now.
@Croatianperson85
Don’t be scared Yugo, answer the question? You feeble minded cunt.
@ the real Zee – I could sense that it wasn’t really you even online where we don’t know or actually see each other. It’s cool brother, judging by your past posts I knew it was TC doing what he does best and not the real Zee making the dickhead post. TC is not a good liar.
Thanks for the message as well Zee.
Elvis and anonymous you got 4 days to go to detox till the world cup draw and we talk about our group not this crap.
@cp85 that last post telling you to f off is not me. Somebody using my name. I don’t do that.
@Anonymous – who is this wise man you’re quoting?
TC you’re back at it arent you? You’re a sneaky Pete you are. The real Zee agreed with my earlier post. I find it hard to believe they would now bash me for zero reason and then coincidentally Anonymousr chimes in with a similar remark.
Again TC, if you’re going to pose as somene else, wait a few minutes before you post so it’s more believable. Maybe then you will achieve your goal of lying to Croatian diaspora.
@Croatianperson85
I once asked Elvis this question and he didn’t answer it.
A wise man once said,
“Whoever loves something in itself and for its own sake consequently loves all the things in which it is found: for example, he who loves sweetness for itself must love all sweet things.”
Using that logic, I’d like to ask you, do you love white people for themselves and for their own sake?
Let me ask you, do you love Croatia for itself and for it’s own sake?
Crnkovic – I suggest eating a fodmap diet, as you gotz ein bad case of diarrhea, verbal diarrhea. You post straight bullshit.
PJACA > DYBALA lol. Nobody dat stoopid.
If you are Croat, please represent with half decent abbreviations and structure. Enuf writing shit like a inner city youth.
Cp85 is a Cetnik
fuk off cp85
Elvis why throw mud? Zee said nothing wrong.
Is Finkle Einhorn again?
Wow, Elvis are you a Croat living in N America or anywhere else in the world other than Croatia? I’m from N America.
And I’m not being a smart ass here but are you TC also? TC admits when he’s another alias so I figured I would ask now rather than find out later.
Zee you’re just a brainwashed liberal pussy
Well elvis you dreaming! Not in this age we live in.
Ethnic cleansing. 100 percent Croatian Croatia
Correct. Croatianperson85. What would you say Elvis and anonymous?
Ok Elvis. So if Jeremy Toljan was a left back because I think he’s a right back (half black American and Croatian born in Germany) ends up playing for our national team (which he won’t at least I can’t see him playing for us if he’s given a shot at the German men’s team) and he “solves” the LB problem, are you ok with that or is he taking the spot of one of our true Croatian players?
I am apologizing in advance because this is a sports site.
Look I think this whole mass migration to Europe is orchestrated because of the Sunni/Shiite beef over the oil pipeline and is an East vs West proxy war. People also know there are better social welfare programs in Europe than moving to let’s say S Arabia which is run by royal families making up 20% of the population where a robot will be given citizenship before you! People need to survive and will do what’s in their best interest. Human instinct.
However (and this is where things get complicated) why was immigration ok for your parents to come to N America but not ok for others to go to Croatia? You can’t have it both ways and thats what people don’t understand. That’s one of the flaws of Capitalism. They use the BS “birth rate is low” argument to bring in cheap labour when if corporations paid people accordingly they wouldn’t have to. Other citizens of that country would take that job.
This is way more complicated than we know. You can’t pick and choose when you like globalization and from where. You may not like it but it exists. The goal is to turn Europe into North America and often diaspora Croats don’t like it because they want to vacate there for 2 months on the beaches in “Europe” and get away from Globalization but it’s happening everywhere. I just don’t like that it’s being artificially created via a bogus oil pipeline war between the US, EU and monarchies in the Middle East vs Russia, Iran, China and supporting countries in the other side.
Fake truth comments above again
@crnkovic
My goal is to provide the balance and truth that is needed to counteract the blatant homerism
Widespread beliefs on this page, in the cro media, and the diaspora are
1) Croatia is some kind of soccer power… They are simply an above average European side
2) Croatia has a massive pipeline of youth talent:
Once again false. Croatia has tipping talent that will keep Croatia as an average to above average European side. Nothing more unless lightning strikes…i hope it does strike
But halilovic is not the next messi. Pee ass a not the next Ronaldo. Bozo vic not the next xavi. Brekalo not the next robben…..coric, kovacic, rog etc etc etc NOT the next modric
My balance continues to be proven right. Croatia struggled to make the world cup. And i don’t see any of these youth showing you they are future superstars
Geez anonymous. Relax man!
I promote our folk. We don’t need blacks in Croatia.
They are a fucken problem wherever they are. They are not our burden. Norge would be better than this but would prefer both sides Croat.
@ Crnkovic – bingo that’s it, that’s what I was looking for. Change of direction. He has a lot of torque than most people his size. Good posts!
She took the spot of one of our sisters and some of you animals say stupid shit like oh I’d fuck her. Fuck you you don’t deserve an identity.
Geezus Elvis – I get the political argument, pushing diversity et. some people on here have brought up but one of her parents are Croatian, is she not Croatian?
Question for you Elvis – if she was half Croatian half Norwegian (or any other predominantly white country) would you carry the same sentiment towards her?
Glad that ugly fake Croatian black did not win.
What a disgrace she doesn’t not represent my Homeland.
@croatianperson, agree completely. its his stepovers and quick change of direction that can be dangerous for his relatively big size. lets hope he stays fit for a while
yeah? hehehe nice one zee
@ Crnkovic re Pjaca – agreed it’s almost like he’s too quick and explosive for his body size so I do see your point about potential injuries, mind you it’s just this one. Do you think he carries more muscle or size than Ronaldo or Bale who are also tall and fast making him more prone to get injured? I don’t know enough about his injury record.
I don’t think they do and I think Pjaca has a quicker first step than Bale but he’s not as fast as Bale (he’s still fast) once he’s in motion and has the engines going. Ronaldo and Bale have that long 400 metres body where Pjaca is closer to 100 m sprinter/200 m type of physique which requires more fast twitch muscle fibres and explosiveness. He’s not as wirey. I used to be a personal trainer and compete on an amateur level, sorry for the work out talk. I just feel that it’s harder to be a bigger more muscular guy and move around like you’re 5’8 than someone else whose carrying less muscle mass.
If he can stay healthy I think he can be really good for us.
On an offbeat note. Miss Croatia made it to the final 16. Just saw the chick in a swimsuit. Friggin hot. She looks Brazilian or Columbian or something. I’d do her.
Well said crnkovic!
there are ways of breaking a defence down without those threats but it takes real balls. you’ve got to let the midfielders move much further out of position making runs beyond the striker and relying on clever interplay. it doesnt have to be quick if the players make the right decision and trust each other with an awareness for the next pass.
we could play like that. one minute modruc is deep the next he is the furthest player forward scoring into an empty net. but it means he has to let 3 or 4 other players handle the ball while he continues his movement using curved runs into the box. it might mean mandzukic or kalinic going wide or dropping very deep ti create space. pull the defenders all over the place.
basically it’s what i’d call total football. complete freedom of movement. BUT if you lose the ball its dangerous because you may end with mandzukic or perisic in the centre of midfirld protecting the defense. thats why teams dont do it. but i think if any team SHOULD and CAN play that way its Croatia. these are the extreme possibilities for big success. alternatively. charlie comes back. pjaca comes back, kramaric keeps playing good for us and we should be fine and have a great world cup
corluka >> lovren
pjaca > dybala
@ Crnković
Istina !!!
We need all those kids to come through as they incisive in the attacking third.
Modrić needs to be there for us as he has more to offer there as well.
^
That is awe-inspiring all we can do is agree!
I’m scared to write a comment now.
@the truth, ok so basically it’s football…
A- international football is more difficult, teams have months to prepare tactically for the threats posed by different teams
B-iceland are one of the hardest teams to score against off crosses. they have big strong defenders
C-the difference between juve vs crotone and iceland vs croatia comes down to a variety of tactical threat available to juventus. the problem has been for us that we dont have enough variety of different ways of scoring. against iceland the defenders are set up to deal with the threat of crosses into the box. they can concentrate on that as it is our main, sometimes only, threat.
the guy who crossed for juve against crotone had space. either this was an error by crotone which iceland make few of. more likely juve were posing a threat to goal through the centre forcing the crotone defence and midfield to constrict space around the edge of the area this gave juve the chance to get the ball wide and cross quickly. the defenders would then have ti quickly try to reposition to deal with the cross.
at the same time mandzukic as we often see when playing for juve does not have to get involved with the build up play so much because juve have talented players in the attacking third to creat space, so mandzukic can focus on his run into the box where he met a perfect cross.
its because we dont have players at the moment to pose a serious threat with shots from the edge of the area, or from quick tiki taka style passing on the edge of the area, or from the ability to take on and beat defenders in tight spaces. so teams can focus on our threats much more easily.
the aim for a top team is move the ball between different threats this is what creates space and mistakes in the opposition defence. for example juventus have dybala who can dribble and can shoot. they have to close him down to prevent the shot/dribble this makes space elsewhere.
this is why we need the likes of pjaca, kramaric, kovacic, vlasic, coric, haliovic to come through. either they are quick, can shoot, can dribble and can operate in tight space in and near the area. its a knock on effect
good question. gonna think about it
Why can’t they score like that against Iceland?
mandzukic nice goal
hehe. you guys sweet. i will paragraph from now on. lmao
@Crnkovic
Your comments are fine the way they are.
@Iggy & @Razbijac
Why don’t you guys try writing some comments?
Mandzukic with a beautiful header.
Yeah exactly, please paragraph them. And also capitalize the first letter of a new sentence. Thanks man. Good posts though.
I like your posts Crnkovic dude but can you please paragraph them
Mandzukic with a goal for Juventus.
thanks brate
crnkovic- I don’t need to post as someone else, troll.
@crnkovic
You football comments are the best!
I notice a lot of these other people just regurgitate stuff you have already said.
Keep educating them.
pjaca biggest problem is the sharpness of his movements combine with his body shape make injuries more likely. if he fails to achieve his potential it will be down to injuries. he has really good attitude. he works hard and he is brave and determined. he has the desire and ability to beat defenders using his skill and his speed. he also has aggresove movement off the ball so he is dangerous even without the ball and will pull defenders out of position. he is a good finisher, he can cross, he is good with his head, he is strong so he can recieve the ball while tightely marked. he is defensively aware and works hard to help the defense. he has some minor faults, technically he relies on fairly large body movements to create power in his shooting this can make it difficult in tight spaces. mentally he can over think his movements leading to slower decision. this should disappear when he finds form and gets used to the rhythm of his team. before he went to juve, i thought his best position would be as a striker converted from the wing a la thierry henry, and the coach at juve tried him there at first but he hasn’t learned the strikers movement off the ball and how to link play from that position. this could demonstrate a lack of football intelligence or it could be simply poor coaching or lack of confidence. overall he is a fantastic prospect and should play an important role for us in russia. i would like to see him go on loan for the rest of the season because he needs the confidence of playing and scoring every week. Watford would be a good fit for now, la liga would probably work for him too. he has a chance of becoming one of the leading players in europe. he’s so good. even if he doesnt his attributes make him so important for the vatreni. i hope he develops into a striker and becomes our long term first choice striker playing in front of the likes of brekalo, vlasic, coric, halilovic, kovacic and brozovic in a fluid pacy attack. long way to go until that becomes a reality. hope it pans out. advice for pjaca: in training work on stripping down some of the energy in your mkvements, go through your movements slowly and take some emphasis away from the shoulders and knees concentrating making the hips more flexible and ankles more responsive. concentrate on developing your first touch so that it becomes automatic in taking you into half a yard of space, eliminate that thinking split second as you receive the ball. first touch away from defender; then react to what you see/feel. dont think first
I think theres players with titles in top 5 leagues who are a poor mans Cristiano
pjaca has nothing but a HUGE upside right now lets not get too far of ourselves
Pjaca is a poor man’s Cristiano Ronaldo
pjaca is a much bigger talent than walcott and he is quick. therefore i’m very happy we have him. whats not to like?
Andrija Balić has been starting these past two weeks.
Hopefully all is not lost for him as a prospect.
truth what i’m saying is, i have faith in my own ability to judge the potential of players. i’m almost never wrong. i called walcott at 17, said he’d never be a top player when the press, wenger and the arsenal fans were raving about him. took the rest of the world 5-10 years to catch up with what i saw after watching him for 5 minutes. you show me a player i’ll tell what he’s got and what he don’t got. i was a player, i been a manager and i’m a coach. been coaching kids this morning. some people seem to open their mouth before switching on their brain, others open their mouth to create controversy. i don’t understand that. as a half croat, half zambian i also visit the zambian football fan webpage. you would never ever find ANY zambian talking about our players the way you do. i dont understand why you do it. maybe you should write a serious comment explaining who you are and what you are trying to achieve instead of hiding behind your “kriz” all day. just saying. peace and love. (BZ if you can come up with a comment like this one people might think its me)
perisic to LB comment not me obviously. same guy must’ve posted 15 consecutive false ID posts. smh some people
any watch vlasic 15 mins?
Young 4th grader truth troll making outlandish claims again like that he has a son, and that he reads. Such an imagination on the little guy.
Truth you’re full of shit….you don’t read. You watched moneyball. The scouts dont get it wrong you retard. Theres no reading a players mind and fears. Like we can read your mind. You little cock self hating nerd.
Sorry for not being able to really provide as much truth as usual. My son is back from college for thanksgiving and have generally been hosting family so it’s been busy
Looks like there was a truth imposter above. Readers of the sight will have to do their best to spot it out. It should be easy to tell if the statements aren’t 100 percent true
@crnkobitch
I think you put too much faith in scouts. Many of them are old dinosaurs. It reminds me of the book money ball
Those scouts had a system too…. The five tool system…. Hitting, speed, fielding, power, throwing i think…. Turns out that lead them to completely misjudging players as their equation for what won baseball games was completely off
im so silly and stupid i dont even check livescore.com to see if lovren started
Maybe crnkovic thinking perisic there to allow for kramaric pee ass a or whatever truth calls him rebic mandzukic kalinic or some combo to get on the field together
hey Crnkovic, why u bringing up Perisic at LB out of nowhere. Keep me out of ur shit show.
Howard Stern once said he’s pissed off his yidish background snipped his foreskin ..a lot of extra nerves and feel good piece of the kurac has been lost ..I assume that’s what he meant..especially gettin sucked off.poor Howey.
@Hummer go suck yourself…. that is all. Laku noc
@Sherlock Holmes
No. Why do you ask that?
I’m here though, so what’s your problem, which one of my comments has elicited this line of questioning?
@Traditional Croat you don’t happen to be the same douche bag as Hummer are you?…. oops, I meant Hammer from some months ago? Man…. what a doucher that guy was lol!
@Iggy
I got some those buddies of yours on the other post, the “we” that you were talking about, the ones the you got to fight your battle for you. That’s very Jewburger of you!
Leave this post for sport you Jewburger.
Anyway, everything I said about you is true, you know that.
Iggy, you’re dismissed.
It’s not really us ripping each other, it is literally just TC having a breakdown from what i can see. I mean all the aliases posting are him and, well, you have read his posts over these past few threads; he is posting like someone on meth who hasn’t slept in 15 days at this point. Is he actually okay?
Sorry i must be on the wrong website. I thought i was on Croatian sports not a digfest website. Brozovic and santini scored today if anyone cares. Anyway sorry go back to ripping each other. My apologies!
Iggy is hiding his cllipped penis. Catholics do not
Deform their tool. Only Jews and Muslims do.
Modric is not croatian he is like miss croatia.
yeah, nemanja vidic
Modric is half Serb we will claim him.
There has NEVER been a world-class Serbian footballer.
“World-class Serb” is an oxymoron.
Ya’ll think Bozovic is world class looooool!
Crnkovic it is Marko pee ass a get it right. Bozovic just scored
@maminjo
pipe dream
that front 4 is stacked
Perisic to LB.
@Idemo
Shut the fuck up!
@Crnkovic
Shut the fuck up.
Iggy lies like a Jew, looks like a Jew, he’s a Jew.
Iggy the Jewish question must be answered. Will you drop your pants and show us if you are circumcised?
For YOU ?? nah, no thanks, you’ll just have to take my word for it that im not
^ ^
jealous
The only one getting black cock are your sisters who
Are squeezing our these burdens and making you pay for it.
*at Juve
Pjaca doesn’t need a loan move.
If he’s back to 100% he will start or play meaningful minutes after Juve.
for sure… pjaca has more than enough time but does he have opportunity?
a loan move for 6 months would be great
Sounds like Dannygay and Iggy are friends now too. Go home commies!
Man this site needs some work
I admit at times the crap in the past has been comical but come on guys
Nice news on pjaca. He for sure has enough time to get for Russia..let’s hope he does
I agree while not all signings work I think a team like juve so their research before dropping that kind of coin for a kid
Elvis likes cocks with LOTS of foreskin.
get off iggys back
There are Jews in the mist. Beware.
anonymous is a loser
Big black ones
Elvis likes cock
leave iggy alone. what did he do? huh?
@the truth, do you know what a football scout is? a football talent scout goes around watching players play. if the scout thinks they are players with a lot of potential the recommend them to be signed up by the football clubs they represent. how do they assess the suitability of a particular player to be signed? they dont count their goals if that was they case scouts wouldn’t exist. statisticscwould automatically inform everyone who the best players to sign are. no they assess a number of different factors. foe example the Ajax academy employs the TIPS system as a guideline. in order: technique, intelligence, personality and speed. in any case this is an expert opinion. again if the potential of players was obvious to everyone, then there would be no need for professional football scouts would there? are you a professional football scout? how much did juventus spend on pjaca? is that because juventus owners are friends with mamic? or is it because pjaca is a player of enirmous talent and potential? i’m fed up of hearing people especially you @truth talking shit about our players without even understanding what they looking at. if i said list pjaca 5 greatest strengths and 5 weaknesses what would you say? you wouldnt say shit. you’d call him a stupid name and point out he is playing for juve reserves or primavera as if that shows anything…he is not the next ronaldo. he is marko pjaca and if he stays fit…he will be a top top player
Big news guys. Marko pee ass a assisted twice for the junior juventus, team. People are saying this means he is the next Ronaldo
Iggy the Jewish question must be answered. Will you drop your pants and show us if you are circumcised?
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Shut the fuck up then you jewburger.
Is Lovren actually playing for Liverpool? I dont follow club games at all