With all attention on Croatia vs. Portugal on Tuesday, the U-21 qualification to EURO 2021 next year was overshadowed. It’s great to see such a talented group of Croatian young guns qualify for the tournament, but it’s how they qualified is what we should be talking about.     The Mladi Vatreni did not control their own destiny […]

    A much better performance from the Vatreni today compared to the Sweden match on Saturday. The boys looked determined not to lay up another goose egg, and it showed. Even though this was a friendly match for Portugal, as they could not top the group, they played their ‘Big 4’ of Ronaldo, Fernandes, Jota, and Felix against Croatia […]

    Maminjo is my “POTW”, Poster of the Week. He’s been on fire and is looking through his ‘logical lens’ rather than taking an emotional approach.     Should Croatian fans be in ‘panic mode’ after the 2-1 loss to Sweden on Saturday?     Absolutely not! Don’t even spend one ounce of your energy thinking about it.   […]

    It will be interesting to see who Dalić puts out there against Sweden. Modrić and Perišić are automatic. You can also add Brekalo and Vlašić to that list as Ante Rebić hasn’t gone 90 minutes in over a month. Marcelo Brozović tested positive for COVID and will not be playing. Would Dalić try out Kovačić as the CDM […]