Set pieces. Set pieces. Set pieces.     They were Croatia’s Achilles Heel at the World Cup and they were more of the same Sunday night in London. The Vatreni held a 1-0 lead against England in the 78th minute and were a mere 15 minutes away from not only defeating the Three Lions on home soil, but […]

    Croatia Starting XI vs. Spain: Kalinić – Jedvaj, Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko – Brozović, Modrić, Perišić, Rakitić – Rebić, Kramarić     The World Cup magic is back!!!     Tin Jedvaj scores twice, including the injury time winner, as Croatia defeat Spain 3-2 to keep their Nations League season alive! The Vatreni take on England at Wembley on […]

    After a disastrous start to the UEFA Nations League campaign – where the Vatreni got pummeled by Spain 6-0 and battled out a scoreless draw with England in Rijeka – the team will play their first competitive match in front of Croatian fans since the World Cup wrapped up in Zagreb Thursday night.     Luka Modrić and […]

      Bruno Petković stunned the footballing world with a brilliant overhead kick on Sunday to defeat NK Lokomotiva 1-0 at Kranjčevićeva.     The goal was the result of a free kick from about 40 yards from the goal and was lofted just over the head of Petković, who made the snap decision to have a strike while facing […]