It wasn’t the way it was supposed to go. This Croatian U-21 side was three matches away from a first ever Olympic birth for the nation in soccer.     Instead, a 4-1 opening loss to Romania and a controversial 1-0 loss to France ended Croatia’s hopes before getting to the final group stage match against England. With […]

    On June 21st 2018, the magic began!     The 2-0 win over Nigeria got the party started. But a 3-0 thumping of Argentina didn’t just get Croatia out of group stage, it made the team – and Croatian fans alike – believers in a World Cup Final run.     After a dicey first half which saw […]

    Croatia Starting XI: Posavec – Uremović, Borevković, Katić, Sosa – Šunjić, Moro, Ivanušec, Vlašić, Murić – Jakoliš     There is tons of individual talent on this Croatia U-21 side, however, the team never came together at Euro 2019 to win the group and book Croatia’s first ever berth to the Olympics. France showed to be the better […]

    Croatia U-21 Starting Lineup: Posavec (Hajduk) – Uremović (Rubin Kazan), Benković (Celtic), Katić (Glasgow Rangers), Sosa (Stuttgart) – Šunjić (Dinamo)- Halilović (Standard Liege), Moro (Dinamo), Vlašić (CSKA Moskva), Brekalo (Wolfsburg) – Jakoliš (Admira Wacker)     The Croatian U-21 team is stacked with talent. Vlašić, Halilović, Brekalo. Romania should not have been a problem for them in their […]