Photo: Net.hr
STARTING XI vs. Macedonia: Pletikosa – Srna, Ćorluka, Šimunić, Strinić – Perišić, Vukojević, Modrić, Rakitić – Eduardo, Mandžukić
The cardiac Croatians were at it again Friday night in Zagreb.
After a hot start against Macedonia which nearly saw a goal from Eduardo in the opening minute, Croatia had little to show for the next hour in their opening qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Dortmund man Ivan Perišić whipped in a perfect cross in the first minute of play with Eduardo heading the ball off the left post. Macedonia, with only 36% ball possession in the first half, had the better chances as a header following a corner needed to be cleared off the line by captain Darijo Srna and Goran Pandev’s rocket from 22 yards out rattled off the bottom of the crossbar after the Croatian defense let him stroll in for the shot.
Ivan Rakitić looked horrible in the match, passing and shooting alike, and was subbed out for Niko Kranjčar at the half. After an active first 45 minutes, Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modrić looked quiet after the restart and couldn’t rally his troops to an opening goal. Modrić moved back to his natural ‘distributing’ position in midfield in the second half after being played as a supporting striker in the first.
Nikica Jelavić was brought on for Eduardo in the 63′, and coach Štimac will be happy with his decision. Six minutes after the move, Jelavić headed home in front of net for the game’s lone goal and secured Croatia the three points they were looking for. Modrić started the play in front of the box, chipping the ball to Mario Mandžukić on the right wing, who in turn headed the ball to a running Jelavić for the goal.
It would be all Croatia would need on the night even though their play was anything but charismatic. All eyes are now on defender Vedran Ćorluka as he injured his left ankle in the closing minutes of the game. He was in pain and immediately carted off the field. His status for the away match to Belgium on Tuesday is unknown at the moment.
Oi? Are we in Australia?
oi! SOMEONE SHOULD CREATE A DOWNLOADABLE POST MATCH FOR US!!! WIsh i knew how.
POST A LINK IF YOU DO
@Allen…..I try……thanks.
And for those who are offended by my jokes….well, do what Joe Paterno. Turn your back and pretend it never took place.
Remember my friends, there is only one Ziva Istina and its not you.
@ dannyj
Nah, that Bosnjak comment came from me. I was just messing with Armada87.
I went on Google translate and typed “I will eat your children” and it gave me that arabic script.
For the people worry about FIFA 13, there is something called CEP. with the patch you will be able to play with Croatia and even you could play HNL league games (Only if you care).
@jerseycro Not only Netherland, Japan (The Asian Best Team), Ghana, Some Brazil Serie A teams (there were just 16 or 18 teams in the most part of the versions of the game), and a several South American Goog teams such as Chile, Paraguay and Colombia.
It seems like EA wanted to pay less this time to the HNS (EA just wanted to use the Croatian Kit and present a Squad with fictional players) But the HNS refused the offer and they denied to sell any rights (No Kit, No original Players, and finaly no team).
For the people who don’t have a clue about who the fuck is Jerry Sandusky check the link: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8319135/board-says-jerry-sandusky-fits-predator-status-according-report
Get ready for a red card on Tuesday as Mallenco is a card fanatic! Why do we always get the incompetent refs?
http://www.football-lineups.com/referee/76/
it could be something as simple as the “geniuses” in the HNS not signing licensing agreements. I know in the older versions of FIFA the Netherlands wasn’t in the game
whose the muslims stalking the site… can’t you go to bosniasports or something…
i think im just going to start sharing pork recipes on here, that should work
@Ziva If that doesn’t Sandusky reference doesn’t win post of the year, I might leave the site forever.
Ziva arnt normial . Realy ass . Yer nat smort my fiend
We arnt all American I don’t understand droit analogy. Kthxbye
Any grown adult crying about a video game should be sent to the Penn st locker room for an anal exam from Jerry Sandusky.
It’s bullshit India is even in the game!
http://www.ea.com/uk/football/news/fifa-13-leagues-list-02
SIMUNIC ODJEBI VISE.
@Armada87
وسوف يأكل الأطفال الرضع الخاص بك!
@ Armada 87 U have no Clue . Be quiet
why is the Saudi Pro League one of the leagues you can chose from? who the fuck cares about that league?
They might as well put the BiH First League in there…
after watching that scotland/serb game, the only thing that would worry me about playing either team is retaliating against their thuggish behaviour, having the ref red card us and ruin a chance at a good result because we play a man down. both teams lacked any creativity in the final 1/3 of the field.
as long as we can earn a draw tuesday, i like our chances to finish top 2 in the group.
any news on corluka? seems like we have conflicting opinions on various websites i have checked
And now on the fifa13 ea sports website it does not show Croatia.
Motherfuckers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_13
It says Croatia is still in the game. Wtf are u guys talking about?
No Croatia on fifa13?
errrrrrm wtf …
I can’t find any mention or articles of it online. Link?
Not too impressed with stimac so far!! First publicly calling out a player is not professional at all, if anything he should blame himself for not having the team ready to play. A win is a win and that’s all that matters but, a few things vuko needs to go watched about five games these past few days and did not see one defensive midfielder that comes close too playing like vuko, all he does is complete fouls. Don’t have a problem with playing the system he went with but once again our coaches have players playing in wrong positions, modric and rakitic should have swoped and da silva who im a fan of has no business playing on the wing if he’s not playing regular football, should of had ilicevic there, also what did schfio do to get regulated to bench get simunic out of there!! hopefully stimac gets his act together as there’s no time to learn on the job with this group!
Bez Čarlija u Belgiji: “U 25 godina rada nisam vidio da netko igra s takvom ozljedom!
http://is.gd/mOLnN9
Final: Serbia 0-0 Scotland
Good result for Croatia.
Serbia defended well, but have very poor offensive players. Can’t seem to get anything going against a clumsy Scottish side, and only dominated possession for a five minute period, with the rest of the half being kind of “meh”.
It’s bad news when your most creative offensive players are your defenders and maybe Zoran Tosic (who was mediocre at best).
Hopefully both Scotland and Serbia continue to play like this. No way they get a full six maximum points against any team in this group if they do.
0 – 0 that’s good for us.
LOL. Now Scotland with the injury time pressure. Almost scored.
Yikes. Just as I finish typing that Dusan Tadic had a breakaway, lol.
Good save by Scotland, lol
Anyone else watching the Serbia Scotland match?
This game is the same as the 2nd half of the Macedonia Croatia match. Luckily for Cro, neither team have difference makers to create scoring chances out of nothing. There was like one decent chance the entire second half.
I wouldn’t be surprised if these teams lose points to Macedonia and Wales this Tuesday as well. This group is going to be a disaster. No team is safe. lol.
Anyone watching the Serbian game? The Scots play like it’s a rugby match.
i read on one of the websites that he will probably be out and that he should have never played in yesterday’s game because he was carrying the injury. This is what pisses of the club teams. An injured players comes back injured even more.
I head Corluka will be good to go on Tuesday. Where did you see otherwise, ziva?
Serbia and Scotland 0-0 at half.
i dont care about video games, but can someone post an article stating they are banned because of actions of our fans. The usual reason teams or players dont make it in these video games is because they refused to release their likeness for the game and did not sign the paperwork.
If this is true (big if) and if there is one adult male upset over this they should be maimed in public.
BTW, Corluka looks to be out for Tuesday.
Anyone know where Petric is? I thought he was called up?
I don’t blame EA Sports but wow Croatia is pretty popular to do that to. I haven’t bought Fifa in about 2 years and certainly won’t be buying it now. If France or Portugal did that, i’m sure they’ll stay in. Pretty lame but hey saves me 60 dollars.
Does anyone have an update on Schifo? I used to be very harsh on him but he’s won me over. Anything is better than senior citizen Simunic at this point.
stimac is a fuck head, no public relation skills whatsover, no coaching skills, worst game eva, that shld have been a 3-0 easy win…. stimac out !
A good portion of the stadium was filled last minute only after free tickets were handed out.
Srna: Očekivao sam više ljudi, pa napravili smo ‘bum’ na EP-u
Early reports are saying that Corluka will play on Tuesday.
http://is.gd/nuFkgN
@Allen Steven
Your so cute when you get angry hahah
Stimac calling out Rakitic is the wrong move in my opinion. It was Stimac’s fault for placing so much responsibility on a guy that we’ve seen not do well under pressure.
Rakitic is not set for the role that Stimac put him under in the first half, pure and simple. Modric should have been that position the entire night, but I can understand with his lack of fitness that the coach would let him live up front a little. Rakitic is a good player, and he typically won’t make a mistake but to ask him to be a creator is a little out of his league. If a professional is given a task like this, we all expect him to step up to the role. But to criticize him for not filling that role immediately is absurd.
Wow, you’re right. Croatia was excluded from FIFA ’13. All articles (even wikipedia) calls out that Croatia is no longer included in the game, but none of them state a reason.
I don’t really care as I stopped playing video games almost 15 years ago, but I’m sure this will piss off a few gamers. Kind of a gay move by EA Sports if the assumed reason is true.
Just read that Croatia national team
Not included on FIFA 13 as punishment for euro
2012 hooliganism
Stimac is that hot-headed Uncle that we all have. The guy who gets pissed off when he loses 5 bucks in a friendly game of cards with the relatives, yells at you for improperly tying up the boat, comes outside to mow the lawn in his checkered shorts, white socks and black shoes because he thinks your doing a shitty job..etc. The guy who looks at you with disgust while calling you a “Kobilo” and uses phrases like “Vrag te odnio”, “Jebo te Bog”, and “Pizdaria” when you aren’t doing something for him.
In other words, the guy you hope to get home without embarrassing your family too much at public gatherings…and this is who we have coaching our National Team.
Boze pomozi.
wow, macedonia is such a soccer powerhouse!
Just as I predicted – you will see players fight back by saying they will no longer play for the repka while Stimac is in charge. Wait until they lose to Belgium….if only Tomislav Ivic was still around.
stimac criticizing his players in the press! koji seljak!
@Horvat, I love ya brother, well said.
And if you remove the sports aspect of the discussion, we’re very successful in business and life. The biggest drain on us as a Culture and race has been the transition from Communism.
I personally would LOVE to move back to Croatia which I’m sure many on this board feel the same, but WTF is happening in our country, from these mafia idiots and morons in politics wanting to join the sinking Titanic for personal gains is disgraceful.
Genetically we are a “good” people, but our culture, laughter, living life etc is what makes us excel.
When you have pieces of shit like Mamic that need to be tied to 200 lbs of cement and dropped in the Adriatic walking around all smug like he built something you know the system is rigged.
If Croatia can fix the problems, get rid of the worthless politicians that only want Euros and get people involved that look out for our own people and not join the EU, we could write our own ticket.
Sorry for the rant, but we ARE really cool, fun and smart people that have morals an we make this planet a better place. I just don’t want us to go the way of the dodo bird.
And I see that happening.
Anonymous…
I agree. I don’t think it’s wise for a coach to rip a player in public as Stimac has been doing. I belive he also commented on Mandzukic and Corluka’s poor performance against the Swiss.
All I have to say is this:
For a country with a population of less then four and a half million, Croatia is and always has been AWSOME!!
The problem with Croatian fans and media is that they forget this fact and expect Cro to play like Spain or Brazil every game.
We Croatians cannot accept the fact that someone would be better than us for even 20 minutes.
Croatia has never been the best, but they could always play with the best.
Take all the countries in the world with a similar population to Cro’s and we have the best team in the world.
Does anyone have a link for the entire game?
@JerseyCro
“I’m still not thrilled with Stimac, I think he alone makes this team a bit weaker. He ripped into Rakitic after the match, you think thats the right way to go? Ripping a player in public?”
It is never the right thing to do. You talk to the player one on one behind closed doors and never speak to the media in that way. But that is Stimac for ya.
Vukojevic will probably be already suspended for one of the October qualifiers and we really have no proven/tested option at DMC with Dujmovic not being called up anymore
I expected a tough game, Macedonia is always a test for Croatia. First half was poor, second half was a little better but there are still the same problems from the Bilic era, slow build up and too much needless passing.
I’m still not thrilled with Stimac, I think he alone makes this team a bit weaker. He ripped into Rakitic after the match, you think thats the right way to go? Ripping a player in public?
Denis,
RE: “Vukojevic was by far the worst player on the pitch. What did he finish with 10 fouls! Instead of containing and pressuring the attack, dude commits a foul.”
I have been so unimpressed with this player for a very long time. I am tempted to suggest this team will not go anywhere until they find a more capable replacement for him… never mind the GK debate.
didn’t get to see the match as i was stuck at work, away from the computer. glad to see the win and hoping that we have more in the tank for tuesday and that corluka is ready….or at least not out for a long stretch.
do you guys think jelavic will start now on tuesday??
“cardiac croatians” seems appropriate……why can’t we just hammer a team 5-0 for once
If Corluka tore his Achiles we probably would have heard something at this point (about 8:00 p.m. now EST). Having said that, the image of a player pounding something or throwing something as they’re being carted away is almost never a “minor” injury.
I’m crossing my fingers that we’ll hear some good news.
haha paragraph of the year from Allen Steven! busting up laughing at work!
Didn’t see the game, but certainly a nice goal there, we’ll take the 3 points and move on!!!
Did anyone see the handshake between Jelavic and Mandzukic at the beginning of the film? I know they watch too much damn BET over there, just trying to get to that dark meat
From my view, here at the house, on a small computer screen, Vedran Corluka is my call for man of the match. Dude played his position without making a mistake. Tough break on the injury. Hopefully, its not a tear.
Modric played well in the first half, then Macedonia shut him down until the pass to Super Mario which led to the goal.
Mandzukic was fighting all match, so I have to give him credit for that. Also, besides his Ivica Olic like hustle and speed, Mario can only contribute with his head. What a nice set up for Jelavic.
Eduardo did ok. Nice header off the post.
Rakitic couldnt get anything going. Looked to be playing a DM at times, dude just looked lost on the pitch.
Vukojevic was by far the worst player on the pitch. What did he finish with 10 fouls! Instead of containing and pressuring the attack, dude commits a foul.
Simunic looked a little rusty, the sad thing is that we dont have options. Is Schifo injured? Looks like Carli is done for at least Belgium so I hope we dont see a Dinamo Z back line of Vida and Simunic.
Perisic had a couple of nice crosses but lost the ball a few too many times.
Nice win, three points are most important. We slightly deserved to win this match. But this will be a difficult qualifying campaign to say the least. A tie in Brussels would be great. I dont see us winning that game without Carli.
@Ante B – Woah. Awesome 1996 reference there, man.
Any word on Corluka? I didn’t get to watch any of the game. What happened to him?
@Ante B.
“Do not play in Zagreb or Split anymore for the time being. Only smaller stadiums/venues like Rijeka, Pula, Osijek or Vinkovci. Today’s atmopshere in Zagreb sounded like it was NK Orijent vs. Inker Zapresic. Horor, strava, neznam kaj bi drugo dodal”
I really did not think it was that bad as there were moments when you could really here the crowd chanting. I believe the quietness was due to our lack luster play at times.
You schooling me Crippler? I’m sure you and that oversized belly of yours can last about 40 seconds before you start gasping for air and needing a break. I’ve stopped playing soccer since my high school days since I enjoy tackle american football far more and basketball here or there. That being said, I highly doubt you can last running around for 90 seconds let alone left minutes. As for fighting, please what are you 32 years old trying to sound tough trying to knock out a 19 year old. Pretty comical buddy that you think you beat me in either aspect that you called me out on.
Beautiful
7 red cards handed out in total from the UEFA games today.
Jelavic with a classic #9 header! I pray Stimac did not want to show his hand to Belgium, we need at least FIVE new players for Tuesday. Every match in our group will be intense. I suggest Jelavic upfront, Mandz off him, Olic on left, Modric in the middle and Ilicevic on right. We have too many attacking players to play so slow on offense. Modric needs guys moving into offensive spots to let his Magician out!
Awful showing for the Hrvati. At least they snuck out the three points is what really matters. Now they have to regroup and hopefully have a much much better showing next game because they are going to need to be better. Lets hope Corluka is good to go and Stimac does something with Simushit(Simunic).
@Allen Steven
I’ll school you at a game of soccer first then knock you out in the cage. We can make it a Pros vs Joes type of thing you being the JOE.
Do not play in Zagreb or Split anymore for the time being. Only smaller stadiums/venues like Rijeka, Pula, Osijek or Vinkovci. Today’s atmopshere in Zagreb sounded like it was NK Orijent vs. Inker Zapresic. Horor, strava, neznam kaj bi drugo dodal
I hope Stimac now understands we have to play a 4-4-2. When he brought Jelavic and started to play a 4-4-2, six minutes later it was 1-0. Both Mandzukic and Jelavic are strikers who work hard and who need some space. Great to see how they(and Luka Modric) made the difference today.
Here is the goal for those of you who missed the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2O88OFqP18&t=0m20s
I missed the game going to watch the replay later on tv. What formation did we play and was schildy benched or injured?
“The Cardiac Croatians. We can’t win a game solidly and it’s starting to affect my health”
HAHAHAHHAHAHAAH!
@Ziva
Achilles not out of the question. Once he landed he looked fine for a sec, and then all of the sudden when his foot came free from the turf he was in pain. Hopefully it’s just an ankle sprain.
Stimac was playing Luka too high in the first half. Rakitic was supposed to be the distributor, but they couldn’t funnel anything through the middle. The change in the 2nd half definitely helped things, as the goal started from the center of the pitch in the final 3rd. Hope Stimac doesn’t make that mistake again.
New team name: The Cardiac Croatians. We can’t win a game solidly and it’s starting to affect my health
Belgium is not spain….
Lackluster is the word I describe this game. Hopefully Tuesday something better can happen, but 3 points is the main goal. Just want to see more energy and please let Corluka’s injury not be serious.
a win is a win….good start. Hoping Wales can grab a goal here for a draw.
3 points for us but it wasn’t pretty
nice ot jelavic get the goal. hopefully will build his confidence playing with the repka. i believe that’s actually 2 goals in his last 3 games for croatia (full game ireland, full game italy, half game spain, half game macedonia). not a bad pace
Mandzukic fouls Srna?
Stupid yellow card by Jelavic, totally wasn’t needed and watch it cost him a game in the future.
I would be delighted with a draw in Belgium. Potentially 4 points from the first two games would be considered a success.
Here’s to hoping Lovren is available for the October Qualifiers. We’ll have to probably find cover for Corluka for the next few games.
Achilles is out for year.
i would guess jsut an ankle sprain. it looked like he landed on just one foot and off balance
I’d say Corluka tore his achilles.
Srna actually should have gotten a yellow card for that handball as he prevented a shot or cross. Extremely lucky.
corluka seems to have his ankle wrapped and looking pretty angry. is this the injury from before?
i find it interesting that the commentor on espn3 keeps talking about croatia’s lack of youngsters. they have mostly starting players that are still in their prime rather than getting old (with srna being theoldest and stil not 30). they have 3 guys starting still in the ealry 20’s in rakitic , perisic and strinic. not to mention vida who has started games as well
And there goes Corluka for the next few months.
If Corluka is out on Tuesday, I’m prepared to waste 40 dollars at Scorpios on drinks watching goals fly in Croatia’s back net.
I have to concur with Lovern. We need him.
We need to play Mandzo and Jela together more often.
They’re our best strikers for the foreseeable future and they need to develop that chemistry.
Despite what most might think of Lovren this is why we need him healthy so Simunic never sees the field.
Can’t wait for some Aussie Croat to come to Joe’s defense now
all we have to do is switch simunic and we should be good.
Simunic is playing good. Has Crna done a flop yet?
this is the point in the game where I feel totally secure knowing we have Joe Simunic out on the field…..what the hell could go wrong!
If Simunic starts against Belgium, then get ready for a bad day.
Crippler actually watching? Wow
About time Ajde Hrvatska daj jos jednu za insurance lol
Corluka ran staright to bench to tell Stimac to get Simunic out of the game.
Simunic trying his hardest to salvage a point for the Macedonians with a Hogan style boot to the chest
tHANK GOD.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet goal!
great connection from Modric – mandza – Jelavic
i feel like repeating. the jelavic mandzo combo! woo!
That was a thing of beauty. This is why Croatia is the threat that they are. Sigh of relief!
Bravo!!!!
Luka started that play.
Let’s go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JELAVIC!!!!
i may have to adjust my prediction of Hrvatksa finishing in 2nd place in this group after watching this game.
Corluka is such a boss dribbling…too bad nobody can finish.
the brusing forward combo of jelavic and mandzukic. here we go
Macedonia is playing this perfectly….they know a point on the road is a great result. laying on the ground after every foul trying to break up this game.
Here’s another link!
http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/4/60/v-446130.html
Mijatovic looks like he has not aged at all
Come on Krem Snita, do something!
Each time I see the Macedonian coach on the touch line, I keep thinking it’s Bilic. :O
the best hope for us is to get a late game winning goal and then for Simunic to pick up his second yellow right at the end of the game.
dude, its the first game and you are talking about goal diff already….come on
wales down to 10 men. not looing good for our goal differential with belgium if it comes down to it
I am not fond of Simanic in the line-up but am more concerned with how slow we are playing, drove me absolutely bonkers in the Euro qualifying like we are out on a Sunday stroll.
Absolutely don’t understand it, brutal!
Just to live up to my moniker on the site…
KRANJCAR YES OUR SAVIOR!
nm back up again
anyone got another link? the original one is down
Stepan Tomas thinks Simunic is playing well.
Stipe Miocic has more value as a defender than Simunic. Get this doofus off the pitch! Very bland first half, needs a spark. Maybe time to put on Jelavic over Eduardo.
On the bright side Wales-Belgium scoreless on 23 minutes!
Shame we have to beat teams like this. Then again we always play down to our opponent.
@Ziva
Hilarious!
It looks like the whole team would rather be eating topli sendvici right now.
Wow…
I wanna stay positive and say shit like “points are gonna be dropped in this group” but still, we need to wake the f**k up!
So sad we cant put these Slavoserbs away.
Rakitic = Simunic….isti kurac. both were bad in the first half.
Niko Kranjcar should be eating a topli sendvic on the bench and if the camera goes to him he should give a wink.
hear those whistles at the break……….i told you they were coming.
empty stadium, dead atmosphere…..just the beginning of what is to come
nah, Corluka keeps them to himself……je sebican
were is SAMMIR!!!
best defender so far. the crossbar
Pandev had so much time to shoot that even he was shocked. It was as if no one wanted to get near him because he has the measles.
u guys are talking about rakitic when simunic is the one that needs out first!
Simunic owes Srna huge for that blown coverage on that corner.
Simunic and yellow cards go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelley, water and wine
He has lost confidence in himself. He needs passion. Maybe Corluka can set him up with a babe.
You can make an argument that Bosnia is better than we are right now.
How could someone with so much promise from his showing in 08 (Rakitic) regress so much? Poor guy peaked at the age of 20
Can we send Rakitic back to Switzerland
This ref is bad!
Rakitic off, Niko on ASAP please
“Boy, we could sure use Sammir.” – nobody
Bosnia are currently up 8-1 now.
Two blown offside calls on us so far.
Belgium should not have much trouble defending vs Croatia.
Is Rakitic playing for us or for them…….
Rakitic looks like one of the characters from TEAM AMERICA: World Police
…Fuck yeh!!!!
Attack looks pretty ugly.It’s like they aren’t sure what to do when they get to the final third.
Stimac handing out instructions on the soccer field = Roseanne Barr giving weight loss tips
Definitely some contact, but he embellished it.
Pleti was lucky
A dive by Pandev.
Thank you!
http://atdhenet.tv/50571/watch-croatia-vs-macedonia
Thanks Ziva.. picture wasn’t working for some reason but found it on livetv.ru !
atdhenet.tv
So far, the picture quality is awful on ESPN3.COM. Usually, their video quality is great.
PLEASE.. A LINK…. pleaaaase.
Rakitic thinks that was a bad header from the brazilian-born hrvat
LINK?!?!?!
Have to wait and see how Simunic plays, but I would not have used him.
the last time Simunic was quality this website did not exist.
I like the lineup but seriously why is the senior citizen playing in this game. Absolutely nothing will be accomplished, put in Schifo!
@Ziva
He’s been a regular for Dinamo Moscow, usually a powerhouse, but they’re in last this season. Dont think hes injured so I’m suprised to not see him starting
I agree with you Ziva, Simunic is past his prime…….
Plus, I hope the public arrived early at maksimir for this game. Looking at the video 10 minutes before the game begins, they could pick their own section.
Regarding Simunic……not sure what Schifo has done at the club level so far this season, but based on his play at the Euros he deserves to be starting over Simunic.
Man. I can’t believe Simunic is STILL on this team.
In Canada, we were supposed to get the game streamed on Sportsnet but they pulled it for some reason and now have switched to Germany/Faroe Islands. Piss.
Jebemu Ljubuski is right…………
Someone fire me a link.
I’m at work.
WARNING: ESPN3 more than likely will have one person commentating and it’s quite likely they wont know how to pronounce the players names if this stream is anything like the past times they’ve stream Hrvatska
Got a buddy on the ground at Maksimir, trying to get the starting lineup, asked him if it is available and his response?!?!? It is.
Jebem mu ja i Ljubuski!
Noticed on FIFA.com officials are Israeli! That should go down well if any BBB show up! LOL
dudu!!!!
Starting line-up
1Stipe PLETIKOSA (GK)
2Ivan STRINIC
3Josip SIMUNIC
5Vedran CORLUKA
7Ivan RAKITIC
8Ognjen VUKOJEVIC
10Luka MODRIC
11Darijo SRNA (C)
17Mario MANDZUKIC
20Ivan PERISIC
22EDUARDO
Zach, I see it now…thanks guys.
It should be on…..hmmm
By the way, have any of you seen what Rakitic looks like. i would like to know the peice of ass he is banging that thinks his current look should continue. he looks like a bleach-blonde terrorist with his attempt at a beard.
click live games, its there
Ziva,
I went to their site and it’s not listed as one of their “upcoming games”. They’re showing every Tom, Dick and Harry, but I don’t see us on it. This is the link I’m looking at:
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#type/upcoming/
Franjo…..if you are in the NASCAR-lovin’, baseball-hat wearin’, NFL oversized jersey-wearin’ good ole’ US of A, you can watch on espn3.com
If you are in Canada, I will begin to pray for you.
Guys, it would be greatly appreciated if you can post any links that would not be blocked out at work (ex. adthe.net)….hvala.
Formal training is very important.
Nema lijepse pjesme tako divne
do hrvatske himne
i kad stavis dlan na prsa
kad ti ponos srce dirne
kad ti niz obraze mirne suze od srece donesu
ti sto za nas na terenu ginu u kockastom dresu
Nek’ se zna da uz njih jesu oni odani do groba
Drugi probali su, od nas nisu napravili roba
Jer nas ne mogu umoriti, pjesma ce se oriti
Za vas srca kucaju, za vas Hrvat ce izgoriti
Uvijek vjerni samo tebi, zivot cemo dati svoj
dragoj nasoj majci, nasoj zemlji Hrvatskoj
jer samo tebe imamo, samo za te ginemo
samo za te zivimo i za tebe brinemo
Samo za te disemo i stihove pisemo
i pjesme ti pjevamo dok salove njisemo
i kad suze brisemo, s tobom i kad gubimo
i dalje smo ponosni pa zastavu ljubimo
Jer crvena je boja krvi, a bijela slobode
plava Boga i nebesa sto do pobjede nas vode
jedini rode, za te cu i na kraj svijeta poci
ovo je ljubav koja nikad nece proci
NAPRID KOCKASTI!
@Ziva
I have family that would def agree with you! 🙂
I’ve been with mine since i was 27, so i can’t really talk the talk. Also, she wasn’t lucky enough to have that formal training.
I don’t think any male should get married before the age of 30. Men need to live the single life and enjoy all it has to offer. If you find a good girl leave her at home with her parents so they can teach her how to cook, clean and nurture children. She will be waiting for you once you are ready to be a married man.
@Ziva
I don’t doubt the list of snappers he’s slayed. And I completely agree about pro-athletes, especially in team sports, not being in committed relationships when they’re young.
Jose posjetio reprezentativce: Želim Luki da pobijedi danas
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@Ziva
you must be wittness to some major ass slamming if you know all this. Peeping tom?
@Poglavnik
It could go either way. Either he plays really hard to impress her
or she drives him nuts.
@poglavnik…..Corluka has tagged better ass than that. he has also tagged some questionable ass as well. No soccer player should be in a committed relationship during their playing days, at least not until they turn 30.
Corluka’s girl takes the cake. Hands down!
I hope falling for a babe that hot doesnt fuck with his game.
We all know he’s a damn good defender as a single man.
For you guys tatwork FiFA has a cool fan cast thing.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/matchcast/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_box_1
Maybe orginally but i think there is a serious backlash at Sammir.
Popel on the NT have said that he doesn’t deserve to on the team. Yes Mamaic may have wanted to make a buck on him but I think we has realized that to many fans would get pissed off. Not one person I know has come out for him on the NT nut everyone said they would be pissed. Now we have our excuse to keep him off.
jelavic mandzukic
perisic modric rakitic
vukojevic
strinic schindenfeld corluka srna
pletikosa
suggested line up . a familiar one to the euros
@Elvis………Your point doesn’t really makes sense. Mamic is the one who find Sammir and Mamic is the one who wants him on the repka to increase his value.
And who hasn’t Nives ho-ed around with.
HNS u strahu od praznih tribina Konzumu poklonio pet tisuća ulaznica!
http://is.gd/jxdGBx
@Ziva
Who has she ho-ed around with?
BTW does anyone thing the massive fine on Sammir is racist and it is geing trumped up to keep him off the NT?
ESPN 3 has it in the states.
I love women, i just don’t like often-used whores. Nives is just that.
@capitals55……yep, good call. I remember that blunder and the only other blunder that I remember from Pletikosa was dring WC2010 qualifying and our home match with England. He had a very poor clearance that went straight to an England player (45 yards from goal) and they started their attack. i think it may have been Walcott’s first goal.
That said, Pletikosa is still better with one leg and no eyes than a GPS Kelava with all his limbs.
@Ziva
You really hate women don’t U.
Is ESPN working in Europe?
all you Dinamo fan boys need to lay off the Plavi kool-aid
Kelava is no where near ready to become the NT #1
Pletikosa is the clear #1, unless Kelava configures his GPS, Kresic starts playing well at Loko, Serb Subasic starts killing it in Ligue 2, Delac stops being a doofus or Blazevic leads Hajduk to a title run.
Since none of those will probably happen, Stipe will continue to be the #1 for the foreseeable future.
right around the :32 second mark will drive you crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhKahXzcXs&feature=relmfu
Pleti already had a big blunder against Macedonia a few years back at Maksimir. Lets hope the same dont happen again.
Guys I don’t know what it’s like with other cable providers but if you have Rogers and Sportsnet World Rogers has launched a number of Sportsnet World Plus overflow channels for subscribers of Sportsnet World that allows them to show overflow World Cup Qualifying and Champions League soccer matches live. I don’t know exactly what channel number it will be on, but you should be able to find it by searching it out on your guide’s …
Anything going on at Alpine Village to watch the game?
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@Stef……….because some of these people dont understand soccer and actually think GPS Kelava is a legit GK. Based on what???? I’m not sure. It’s sure not based on his play.
That’s a weird comment.
Why would you put in Kelava especially after Stipe had a teriffic Euro’s.
@Elvis…………if you think Nives “walking STD” is hot, then we have nothing more to talk about.
Some of you guys really puzzle me? GPS Kelava????? Really?????
Pletikosa has been very good for the repka (or just watch, he will have a big blunder today). We can have this discussion once Pletikosa begins to screw up and once GPS Kelava begins to perform above average against good competition.
When Keleva could fit into a mens large jersey, not a double XL mens large jersey then maybe he’ll get his shot.
@Hrvat1
The game being shown on Sportsnet World Plus is the Bulgaria /Italy game.
@majstore, I have sportsnet and digital are they located up the channel lineup? I know these games are not on the 4 sportsnet regional, or sportsnet 1 or the world sportnet channel.
Dino has a super hot wife. I think we is the best HNS Wag.
Again No Dino Drpic in the line up? Why do they torture us?
Ajmo decki,
Croatia has a tough group.
Hopefully we get to watch good soccer every game.
I am also for a new goalie! Kelava!! Lets do it!
@MarkoB…….what games have you watched over the last few years that makes you think GPS Kelava is a better option. Not even close. Playing well for Dinamo in the depleted HNL is not a measuring stick. Last we saw GPS Kelava against good competition he was giving up about 20 goals over 6 games in the Champions League.
Cant wait to see the dead atmosphere in Maksimir today.
any links to watch this game or the eventual replay?
gk: Kaleva ..def: vida corluka lovren strinic .. mdf: Rakitic Modric Perisic Srna fw: Mandzukic Eduardo
Bog,Hrvati,Hajduk,i HNS !!!
This is going to be a tough game. I already have work taken off so I will be home for the game. I hope it’s going to go as planned but we all know Macedonia is not going to be a walk over.
Links:
http://www.balkansport.info(pay site but you will be able to watch on HRT
http://www.saan.tv(pay site but great for croatian tv)
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/(free terrible quality)
http://myp2p.mu/(free but quality questionable)
http://www.balkaniyum.tv(pay site)
Either way that is just a few links for whoever needs them.
I use Saan because I watch croatian tv but for those who don’t you might not want to be willing to pay.
FYI my fellow Canadians …
Both games are actually available to watch in Canada if you have digital cable and the specialty sports package,
http://www.livesoccertv.com/channels/sportsnet-world-plus/
I will be watching the games off of HRT / saan though …
odjebi makedonci, ajmo hrvatska, samo naprijed, bog, hrvati, i niko drugo
As long as Maloča does not start or play we will win this game!
3 Nil Hrvatska!!!!!! Up here in Canada alot of games on TV but not this match hopefully the links provided here will work!
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I think its time for Kelava to take over. Hes been Hnls best player a couple of times and I think Stipe is out of his time. I’d love to see Kelava take a few starts for hns this qualifications.
ajmo ajmo ajmo ustase ustase ustaseeee
This is going to be a tough game. I already have work taken off so I will be home for the game. I hope it’s going to go as planned but we all know Macedonia is not going to be a walk over.
Links:
http://www.balkansport.info(pay site but you will be able to watch on HRT)
http://www.saan.tv(pay site but great for croatian tv)
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/(free terrible quality)
http://myp2p.mu/(free but quality questionable)
http://www.balkaniyum.tv(pay site)
Either way that is just a few links for whoever needs them.
I use Saan because I watch croatian tv but for those who don’t you might not want to be willing to pay.