From bad to worse.     With an essential “must win” game against Finland in Osijek on October 6th and potential group decider versus Ukraine in Kiev three days later, Croatia will be without one (maybe even two) of its starters for these key World Cup qualifiers.     Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovačić is likely out 6-8 […]

    Every qualifying campaign, Croatia has their hiccup performance. It’s like clockwork.     Croatia is not Germany. Or Spain. Or England: perennial teams that cruise through qualifying without the blink of an eye.     For Euro 2016 qualifying, Croatia drew Azerbaijan and lost to Norway in the same weekend. In World Cup 2014 qualifying, Croatia lost to […]

    Croatia Starting XI vs. Turkey: Subašić; Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Pivarić – Modrić, Badelj; Brozović, Kovačić, Perišić – Nikola Kalinić.     We can blame the missed penalty call for Croatia in the first half or Subašić for not punching that ball away, but that Croatia team that has way too much potential but forgets how to play ball […]

    That could have been a disaster folks! Imagine if Croatia didn’t grab all three points against Kosovo at home.     After Saturday night’s match was suspended in the 20th minute due to pouring rain and a water logged pitch at Maksimir, to everyone’s surprise waking up Sunday morning in North America, the game was back on Sunday […]