Headlines:    Mateo Kovačić scores from outside the box as Chelsea lose 3-1 to Everton   Ivan Perišić opens match with goal in 2-1 Bayern defeat to Monchengladbach   Luka Modrić comes off the bench for Real Madrid in 2-0 win over Espanyol   Ante Budimir scores twice for Mallorca and Ivan Rakitić assists for Barcelona in 5-2 Barca win     […]

    In what could be Ivan Rakitić’s last full month in Barcelona – because he is 100% leaving by the summer – I’d like to take this time to reflect on one of the most overshadowed and underrated European football players of the past year and a half.     Sure, we (Croatians) know who Rakitić is and exactly […]

      Questions are abound after an absolute thumping of Hajduk Split by Rijeka on Sunday evening, but no one knows where to put the blame.     Rijeka waltzed into Poljud on Sunday and handed Hajduk an eviction notice by way of a 4-0 beat down that left the nearly 14,000 in attendance shocked and angry. The loss […]

    Mario Pašalić was supposed to be Croatia’s next big midfielder in 2014 when Hajduk Split sold him to Chelsea for  £3 million. But it never happened.     As Chelsea does to many of their smaller signings, Pašalić was loaned out immediately and never got a chance to put on a Chelsea shirt. At only 24 years-old, Pašalić has […]