Croatia Starting XI: Kalinić – Melnjak, Škorić, Jedvaj, Bartolec – Kovačić, Badelj – Perišić, Pašalić, Oršić – Rebić     You know what I hate more than a friendly?     A friendly at the end of the year once your team has already qualified for a major tournament. There’s not much you can learn from it with […]

    Croatia is officially qualified for next summer’s 24-team Euro 2020 tournament. So what’s next?     Here’s a few things/dates you should know:     DRAW: The draw for Euro 2020 will take place November 30th at Noon (ET). There will be six groups of four teams chosen at the draw. However, because four additional teams will be known […]

    HRVATSKA (4-2-3-1): Livaković – Barišić, Perić, Ćaleta-Car, Jedvaj – Brozović, Modrić – Perišić, Vlašić, Rebić – Petković     It was a tale of two halves – but in the end – Croatia got the job done and punched their ticket to Euro 2020 Saturday night in Rijeka with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia.     There was […]

      Consistency seems to be a key factor in winning championships. It’s Dinamo Zagreb who has been the most reliable team to do so in recent history, but it’s smaller clubs such as Gorica and Osijek who sometimes struggle to maintain successful runs.     HNK Gorica have been the most-successful newly-promoted team in the past 10 years, finishing […]