Croatia got the job done in Finland on Sunday by securing a second straight clean sheet with a 1-0 victory. ‘Super Mario’ Mandžukić scored the lone goal of the game in the 18th minute when he cleaned up Andrej Kramarić’s shot (which appeared to be headed in the back of the net by itself) in front of goal. Nonetheless, the lead up to the goal was solid as right back Šime Vrsaljko put in a long cross from the sideline with Kramarić heading the ball down into the ground to fool the Finnish keeper. However, Mandza beat his defender to the spot to ensure the ball got in the net with a header. Mandžukić seems to have awoken during this international break, scoring four goals in the last two matches as his goal scoring has cooled down in the past year with both Croatia and Juventus.
Rijeka defender Matej Mitrović got the start at center back for Vedran Ćorluka in Croatia’s starting XI with Mandza and Kramarić getting the nod up top in a 4-4-2 formation. Croatia managed fours shots on goal with zero from Finland and managed ball possession 59% of the match. With the win, Croatia are tied for first place atop Group I with Iceland on 7 points. Ukraine trail with 5 points.
Croatia host Iceland in Zagreb on November 12th in the last qualifier before the new year.
Kramarić and Mandžukić team up for the lone goal
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Alright. Alright.
Let’s all calm down.
Yes, Mandžukić scored a hat trick on Thursday and finally showed a pulse after nearly one year of doing nothing for the national team. It’s awesome to see the Juventus striker score all three goals in the first 35 minutes as well, but let’s be serious here, it was against Kosovo. A team that has to be put in the same category as San Marino, Andorra and Faroe Islands in Europe.
Super Mario could score another 2-3 goals against Finland on Sunday and I wouldn’t be impressed.
Why? These teams aren’t that good. (Finland drew Kosovo 1-1 in their first qualifying match)
What was great is the fact that:
1) Croatia won comfortably without key players
2) No one was injured
3) No one was carded
With a win in Tampere on Sunday, Croatia would start pulling away from the competition in Group I with only one match remaining in 2016; a home game in Zagreb against a new and improved Iceland side.
The goal is always the same: make the tournament. And only top spot in the group will be guaranteed a berth in the final 32 at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. There will be some tricky matches in front of Croatia. At Turkey still remains. Ukraine has always given the Croatians problems. And who knows what this Icelandic side is all about now after that miracle run which saw them defeat England in the Round of 16 at Euro 2016? (Iceland came back to defeat Finland 3-2 Thursday with two goals in injury time.) So Croatia will need to grab all the points they can against the rest of the competition.
Bernie sold out and is a coward period!
As I walk through my old neighborhood and parts of New Jersey I feel as far removed from the America I was born in as you can be. I’m a stranger in a strange land. Vote TRUMP!!
This person says you can be an atheist and still have a spiritual connection with things like nature and fellow human beings.
Bernie was America’s only true hope.
Really sad how most here would prefer a facist theocracy.
Can someone disprove Hillary’s involvement in Benghazi?
If not, she has American blood on her hands whereas Trump tried to get picka a decade ago.
Crnkovic says “God created the universe,” and you Poglavnik are an athiest!
The “smart” person says “God created the universe,” what does the stupid person say?
Crnkovic you are a smart and compassionate man. These others are a fucking embarrassment to the human race.
Crnkovic,
Yes, there are many unfaithful Catholics in the Church (perhaps more today then there’s ever been). There always has been and always will be till the end of time. Remember, Judas Iscariot was one of the apostles.
However, the Catholic Church was instituted by Christ himself. He loves his Church even though there are many, many Judas Iscariot Catholics, including many priests, bishops and cardinals. They will be judged for their actions.
@Crnkovic
Now to answer your question on “how can anyone have allegiance to a corrupt institution?”
Or if the moon seem even now obscure to them, because they would make it uncertain which is the Catholic Church, and they strive to convict her by the sins of those many carnal men whom she contains; what concern is this to him, who says in truth, “In the Lord I trust”? By which word every one shows that he is himself wheat, and endures the chaff with patience unto the time of winnowing.
– Saint Augustine
Expositions on the Psalms 11:4
For the sacrilege of schism is most clearly evident in them, if they had no sufficient cause for separation. And it is clear that there was no sufficient cause for separation, if even the presence of notorious offenders cannot pollute the good while they abide in unity.
– Saint Augustine
Against the Donatists – Book V – Chapter 1
Crnkovic what religion were you before you embraced Islam so your wife would marry ya?
Get a life dude! Vote Trump fir the best things to happen in your life! No ISIS, no criminal Mexicans and radical Muslim terrorists, no crooks like Hillary therefore the only option we have is Trump.
Sorry no hard feelings. Do want you want. People say bog I hrvati, but god doesn’t hate Mexicans, or Muslims or Serbs. God loves us all. Is that hard to understand? The Catholic Church is corrupt as hell. Just like all the other massive institutions, how can anyone have allegiance to a corrupt institution? God is god. The creator of the universe. He doesn’t live in Rome, or Washington, D.C., or Moscow. If you love god you will love all the people. You will pity the innocent children who are dying everyday across the world as a result of corporate greed. If not you are a hypocrite and a liar. Bog I hrvati, think motherf*****
First of all I’m not your buddy (body), second, I’m not speaking as you can see it’s a process of writing going on between us. Trump is honest guy that’s why you all are scared for him to come to the power.
Buddy the way you speak English I’d be careful if trump wins. He’ll probably throw you out with the Mexicans and Muslims. Lol
@crnkovic
That wasn’t an answer I was waiting for. Avoidance is the type of menthal problem that takes you away from the real life. We are not same as you. majority of Americans are with Trump, don’t be manipulated by the mainstream media. Join the Trump campaign to make Anerica Great Again
Get a grip buddy
@crnkovic
He is going to build a great wall to Mexican border to avoid for illegal criminals to enter into US, he will also make them pay for it. I think you don’t want that. You want all the rapists and drug dealers to come into America and ruin our country. If it’s not fucking your country why do you fucking instigate our own affairs? Are you a communist?
Real croat, fine vote for trump, let him make America bankrupt. I don’t care it’s not my country. Hilary is just as bad, maybe even worse. It doesn’t matter. Sad state of affairs, but it has been for a long time
Elvis, trump and soros are friends, they’re part of the same criminal conspiracy to sell out the ordinary working man
You can’t be serious Crnkovic, would you like us to vote for rapist’s wife? No fucking way! At least Trump has a vision and plans on what to do when he becomes president. Hillary is not an alternative after Obama. We must vote for Trump to make America great again!
Lol. Trump and Hilary both scum. Republican and democrat parties both scum. Whole system rigged. Banks and corporations run the whole thing, ordinary people get fucked whichever way it goes. Left wing vs right wing is a false dichotomy, people like elvis, BZ and several others here are pretty much the dumbest assholes on the planet. It’s good to finally see a few others starting to use their brain…
Many people may not be aware that religious freedom in the US is under serious attack and that the Democratic Party is at the forefront of this.
Donald Trump is no Mother Teresa. However, he is by far the least of two evils compared to Hillary.
Here are two video clips from a solid Catholic website that talk about what it means for Christians if Hillary wins the election:
http://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-new-world-order
http://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-hillary-wants-to-outlaw-the-church
Sometimes getting nothing passed is good (especially bills from Obama administration) I,for one, love when congress pushes back and nothing gets done. In true capitalism there is an answer for damn near everything, very little government needed.
These progressives have infiltrated your sacred church including this pope and some still have doubt over who to vote for?
The establishment is in panic because Trump is a direct threat to them. Hillary is the most corrupt candidate ever. Do we want our leader to be a pussy licking self serving open borders crook. Vote Trump!!
Doesn’t matter who is president.
No matter how many great ideas anyone in this country might have, Republican or Democrat, you cannot get any of them passed with a bought Congress and a corrupt banking system.
People in charge of passing laws never look after what is good for the country. Only what is good for the people who put them in charge of making laws.
Need to get money out of politics. Otherwise, nothing will change – only get worse.
This is a clip from a news anchor that criticizes both parties and nails the entire problem on the head. Worth the watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3BHujm3cpY
A guy calling himself Poglavnik likes a communist Jew like Sanders whose supporters are a collection of Insane Clown Posse rejects.
…is biased…
Never liked Trump in the past, but his policies are damn near exactly what I want in a candidate. Way better than democratic cucks we had in 2008/2012 (mccain romney)
I am happy we are where we are, this crap needs to come to a head. No other anti-clinton candidate would be within 20pts of the rigged system, as most people don’t even realize Mainstream media isn’t biased.
Ps Trump denied that story about Serbia, stating clearly he was never interviewed by the source–quit reading liberal propaganda…and start reading right sided propaganda on Breitbart.
They’re both scum but Clinton is way more competent. Too bad the person that really wanted to shakeup the status quo wasn’t given a chance. And policies aside Berne was about 100 times more likable than either of those two. Wouldn’t it be nice if the future POTUS was actually likeable?! I can barely look at their faces without cringing.
What do you guys think of a LUCHO call-up for LB?
The fix was in against Croatia vs Portugal. Two red card stamps not called-28 fouls 1 yellow card and a handball in the box in the dying minutes of the game. Being physically stronger isn’t going to do anything if the ref puts away the whistle.
As for Trump he has used over $100 million of his own money in this campaign which means he is free to do as he has promised because he isn’t compromised by establishment money. Hillary as her wikileaked emails reveal is as compromised as a bought soccer ref. She claimed she was broke when her husband Bill left the white house, yet now the family is worth over $250 million. The media is in the pocket of the DNC which wikileaks has also revealed. The Fix is in.
Trump is trying to beat the fix using social media vs MSM. It will be interesting to see if he can pull off the upset.
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/10/trump-campaign-calls-serbia-story-a-hoax/?cat_orig=politics
Trump 2016!!!
America is a stupid country filled with stupid people, and the majority of these stupid people will vote for Clinton because they got Trump on a tape from 11 years ago engaging in some “locker room talk,” no, you can’t vote Trump, vote for the wife of the rapist.
11 years ago! I’m sure Trump isn’t the same person he was 11 years ago, people can change. If people can’t change then that would mean that Billy is still a rapist and cheats on his wife, but then again I do know that Shimon Peres used to occasionaly roger Hilary Clinton, don’t know why WikiLeaks aren’t releasing the emails exchanged between the two them.
I’m just so angry that these two fools, these bozos have gotten to were they’re at.
Brisbane Lions? Have to wait and see what happens after the trade period.
You guys might be losing Hanley and Rockliff, they’re both really good players, hopefully your new coach can persuade them to stay, get a couple of good young players in the draft and who knows what can happen.
Brisbane showing interest in Billy Hartung from Hawthorn, and may be getting Jack Frost from Collingwood.
Only thing worse than Trump are his supporters.
This world needs a pandemic!
@Anonymous
I do wonder if his Slovenian wife has his ear on this. Perhaps she doesn’t like the muslims?
@Anonymous
Um that has to do with the bombing of the muslims. Remember Clinton denied us our Bosnia. Fool.
some of you really should watch what you’re reading and from where
His camp denies he ever said that
Jadan mali narode……………..
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-apologizes-to-serbia-for-yugoslavia-bombing/ar-AAiUrLX?li=BBnbcA1
I’ll leave this one right here. Sorry, but to the Breitbart and Info Wars consumers – you are a special kind of stupid. Just sayin….
@ BZ
They have tried that for the last 70 years. If the Yugo Marxists couldn’t do it neither will they. If you vote for the pervert Hillary do us a favor stop calling your self a Croat.
Your people is your greatest gift. Work together!
What’s your assessment of Brisbane then?
I don’t think Collingwood is as far from a premiership as you think Chopper, they had a lot of injuries this past season.
Treloar, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Adams and now Wells, if Wells can stay healthy that’s an awesome midfield.
Forward line not to shabby either, Darcy Moore is looking really good, Fasolo and Elliot hopefully stay healthy, that American Mason Cox will only get better, and now with the addition of Mayne that’s pretty good.
Only ? for me is the back line.
Finals for sure next season for the Pies in my opinion.
You guys talking about the AFL, you should try being a Lions supporter.. it fucking sucks balls i can assure you
@idemo
hehe, i dont like PES, i prefer Fifa, but i play the one that has Croatia in it, unfortunately for the time being that is PES.
Im not very good at the game and i don’t like it at all and i hate konami and online sucks but im forced to play it cos Croatia is in it. If you play FIFA, no Croatia :_(
Elvis – I like your style. Cannot believe any Croat would vote Clinton. You do realize the next step in the PC machine is to label all Croats fascists & let a predominantly liberal regime take it over.
“and if ISIS should launch a terror attack in the USA during these next four weeks the outcome of this election could swing on a dime.”
Who did Trump say created ISIS?
And by way, the Potugal vs Croatia game, the fix was not in. Croatia was like the little kid in the playground who gets bullied and beat up by the big kid, you can try standing up to this bully and fight back, but ultimately you just end up getting more of a beating, so they were fouling us, stomping us, what were we supposed to do. Could be that our problem isn’t mental, but physical, yes, we are physically weak.
Go Cubs go. That is all.
Caddy to Tiges is junk! No way is Deledio worth as much as Caddy. I say cats let Deledio go. Pies have done alright this window but they’re still years away from a premiership.
iggy u play pes? r u ok?
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/daniel-ricciardos-ultimate-f1-track-looks-like-this/
I wonder how long a lap on that track would take.
I really hope that there is no F1 race in America anymore, Americans don’t deserve an F1 race.
Tyrone Vickery has gone to Hawthorn, pick 26 to Richmond!
Sam Mitchell has gone to West Coast Eagles.
Hawthorn aquire Tom Mitchell from the Swans for pick 14.
Tigers still working out a deal with the Suns for Prestia, I hope the Tiges don’t give away pick 6.
Bulldogs showing some interest in Brett Deledio, but the Tigers prefer a trade for Josh Caddy from Geelong!
Chris Mayne to Collingwood.
Daniel Wells to Collingwood.
Not just Breitbart
Gateway Pundit
Info Wars
Drudge Report
Don’t believe the lying media!!
What do you guys think of giving Lucho a call up to the national team?
I wouldn’t be so fast to write Trump off. These emails keep leaking everyday. She may end up dying a death of a thousand email paper cuts and if ISIS should launch a terror attack in the USA during these next four weeks the outcome of this election could swing on a dime. Fascinating to watch-incredible how much is at stake.
There is no way Trump is taking a dive. You just have to take a look at CNN and see how absolutely biased and vicious they are against him-I have never seen anything like it. Her wikileaks emails clearly reveal she’s earner her nickname “Crooked Hillary.” America and its influence around the world is open to the highest bidder-its incredible.
I’m so sick of this election. Why would you all soil this thread about the WC qualification with this garbage?
Trump is finished anyway, so it’s time to start thinking about nominating a real candidate in 2020.
Meh, he’s Croatian. He has to gamble. It’s not like he gambled on games that his team was playing in.
Olic suspended for betting on league matches.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37634771
Even if you can give two shits about America, voting for Clinton is voting for Muslim violence proliferation. Clinton’s campaign literally has emails stating how they want to destroy the catholic church.
If you don’t care about Catholicism, eg Atheist, Islam is literally the worst thing for you. Your opinion about religion will get your head chopped off.
Quit watching cnn,bbc,sky news,and even fox. Only news source to trust is Breitbart.
Deplorable!
Everyone wanted a candidate outside of the system and you got it in Trump. As far as his comments about women I have heard much worse in my life come out of women’s mouths. Try happy hour in a Manhattan bar one night. Trump will get rid of the government leeches and corruption. The highest income in America is in the DC suburbs.
oy, why arent u shitcunts watching, liking and subscribing to my YouTube content?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYw7VRcJtA
As for Cacic, he’s okay now, he’s learning for sure
our main criticism of him was not making subs during euros and as i said during the stream the other day, he made 3 in 70 mins, so clearly he is learning and being better
coach is fine, players are great, this isnt a bad combo
i expect to smash iceland in nov… i dont just want to win, i want to crush them and demoralise them cos they are a threat
What Lovro said makes sense!
The Democrats stole about one-third of Mexico’s territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, and now the “Republican” Trump wants to keep Mexicans out of old Mexico by building a wall!
So what does a Mexican do? He votes Democrat, the very party that stole their land.
Trump was sent by the Democrats to disrupt and destroy the Republican party.
Biggest con job in history – and so many Republicans still have not figured it out.
I mean, do you really think that anyone like Trump who could live a playboy lifestyle for over 50 years can just suddenly change his lifestyle to become so restricted and responsible?
Trump and Hillary will be laughing together in the end.
Trump owned Hillary in that debate-no denying it.
I agree both candidates are flawed but I have to say that
Hillary is the most corrupt politician I have ever seen.
Just reading her leaked emails shows she is in the pocket of her wall street backers and will do anything they ask so long as they pay. Shes owned like an Italian soccer ref.
She screwed Bernie-The Fix was In there clearly.
I also think the establishment fears Trump may actually change the system-because he has funded a lot of his own campaign and is not beholden to doner class/establishment which is why they hate him. This is why the media/corporate blogs are so biased against him. They act like they are an arm of the DNC-which her emails show they are. Fix is In.
I am not American but if i was there would be no way I would ever vote for that woman- it would be like voting for Sepp Blatter.
I just want to say I told all of you during the Euros that Cacic did a great job but the fix was in against Portugal.
As you can see he is producing a successful national team that plays a very successful and entertaining brand of football.
Having said that a possible solution to the LB problem can be to use Conte’s 3 5 2 system and simply play with three center backs. Another possibility at left back is to call up former Dinamo man- Lucho and see what he can do there. Croatia has a very weak group and thus can experiment.
Lots of guys are taking the money and going to China.
Italy’s starting striker, Graziano Pelle, just went and is getting PAID like a motherfucker. Hulk went too. So did Jackson Martinez. These guys are all only 30 and have a few years left, but the money is too good to turn away.
I was just reading an article listing the highest paid Croatian internationals.
Do you want to guess who is #1 on the list?
Sammir.
Mandzukic to China? WTF?
SportsAction. It’s a British Columbia lottery. They don’t give the best odds but I like dealing with cash rather than credit.
He’s going to be compared to Edin Dzeko.
http://www.goal.com/hr/news/7081/hrvatska-reprezentacija/2016/10/11/27271192/perica-najbolji-napada%C4%8D-mlade-reprezentacije-jo%C5%A1-od-eduarda?ICID=AR_FS_3
@Poglavnik – which sports betting website do you use? I’m on with bookmaker.com
@alen strk
Hey alen I think we can beat Ukraine and Iceland with no real problems, you give those two teams too much credit, we have so much depth it’s not even funny, Lika Joey where you at?
Hvala Zuti!
Had a 2 game parlay with an Azerbaijan draw and an England draw. $5 won me $72.
Joe Hart gets a big thank you too!
Just noticed after 3 matches 3 of the 9 European groups are topped by Hrvatska serbija and crna gora.
Interesting..
@Iggy – Denmark was my favorite team at the World Cup 1986 – Michael Laudrup and Preben Elkjaer were fantastic players. They played the most attractive soccer and, similar to the Dutch team in 1974, had many neutral followers.
Sigh… sad about that.. my mum was a dane (neilsen) – so i support denmark too, sad to see them so garbage these days 🙁
Montenegro with a huge 1-0 win away in Denmark. Fatos Bećiraj, who played four seasons for Dinamo Zagreb scored the only goal. First place in their group.
@Mr Black
Slovenia produces good coaches.
Matjaž Kek, Srećko Katanec, Edoardo Reja are Slovenian. Heck, if Fabio Capello was born a couple of miles east, he would be Slovenian too.
Hajduk’s current coach is a Slovenac now. Let’s see how he does.
Žuti does it again with Azerbaijan
0-0 on the road in the Czech Republic. Good for 7 points in 3 games.
I’ve just watched the Slovenia-England games. 0-0 but Slovenia played extremely well, Joe Hart really saved England. The Slovenes showed a lot of passion. We should really consider their coach Katanec next time we’re looking for a NT manager.
A nation built on gold is not a nation.
– Fourth Reich Fighting Men
@jm
No it’s not!!! For working people globalism has only benefitted the rich. Working people have regressed in wages
There is really nothing to complain about. Top of the group and getting 6 points on the road (doesn’t matter who you are playing) and missing 5-6 key players. If Cacic was English, the praise would not stop.
The results Cacic has put up so far are very impressive for any National team coach.
Well, so my wife is a cali girl, right
here’s a pic of us – i think in new zealand actually hehe
https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/12183693_10153363673789888_858072011852312050_o.jpg
and im an aussie
no biggie
but she’s been hugely embarassed by the debates and the general tone of the presidential run..
i was saying to her the other day, it’s more like a jerry springer episode than a legitimate presidential run
i think maybe we should all go watch “Idiiocracy” and then realise how close it is to truth, lol
Trump didn’t do anything illegal. He used the tax code. As far as evil rich guys George Soros is public enemy number one.
@Brkic
“My biggest concern is players like Strinic, Vrsaljko, Brozovic, Pjaca, Rog and Halilovic not getting enough minutes.”
One of the funniest comments I have ever read on this site, and yet disturbing as well. However, by you lumping Ivan Strinic in with the likes of ….
Vrsaljko, Brozovic, Pjaca, Rog, Halilovic and Kramaric
You created pure comedy gold!! And, stimulated a flat out lie.
Strinic was playing full time minutes at Dnipro during our WC 2014 Qualifiers and he was by far and away our worst player during those same qualifiers so him finding a another team to get full time minutes is redundancy at its finest in the hopes that it will help him become a better player.
Regardless
Vrsaljko, Brozovic, Pjaca, Rog, Halilovic and Kramaric
Have talent and football acumen mixed with co-ordination and skill sets and Ivan Strinic on the other hand has none of those things.
Thank you for the laugh but no thank you for the disturbance.
P.S. And before you start throwing Pivaric at me in your feeble attempt to somehow make Strinic look great, which it won’t, just remember it does not change any of the aforementioned factual material above.
We need a LB ladies and gents!
Although, we have “2” solid “shut down” LB options in Vida and Jedvaj! For those that want to keep Vrsaljko at his RB position.
@ iggy
american might not be perfect but it’s overall still very solid. the economic condition in the US continues to be significantly better than other developed economies in the world, particularly europe and japan
Danny it’s “dosadan”, dosadno is what you say about something not someone
base on my prior statement -> we have quality to win World Cup 2018, but we don’t have a good strategy to win the game!
let me tell you ..
those who’s vote Mandzukic down for his perform,
I think they can make a better decision for our lines up
than the current manager right now. believe me ‘
I have 5 times down the vote, so I have 5x better
lets sign petition after Iceland lost, to change the manager!
I agree with Alen on this one…
America pretty well sucks hard right now
I often think how is it possible these two idiots are the best America has
Either by design or plain stupidity
Either way it is so disturbing to watch as like it or not their politics greatly run the world
God help us all
I agree with iggy
The turkey game we could have easily won
Turkey ain’t no super power but you know they come to play us whenever they can
Ukraine and Iceland won’t be easy but for sure we still have more quality and as the old saying goes the cream rises to the top
Ukraine and Iceland both have enough quality to be euro champs Portugal just as we can
These are good matches as they make us play hard and hopefully prepare us for the upcoming World Cup
It will be hard but I think we will come out on top of group
@Bobby V – i don’t think we’ll lose a game this qualy cycle. Even last time we only lost one, it’s rare we lose .. 14 games running now without a loss in regular time
@anon – i agree on your trumper comments
the masochist part of me wants him to win though just cos i think it’d be fun and hilarious and anything could happen.. lol.. but i know that makes me a terrible person
Check out my latest Pro Evo 2016 / Euro 2016 Croatia online tribute video on YouTube ya bunch of bloody ingrates
https://youtu.be/TNYw7VRcJtA
Ziva would be proud 😀
….I don’t know, with our full squad, we tied Turkey in Zagreb 1-1.
Ukraine and Iceland are better than Turkey.
Having to play them both without 4 of our starters only four days apart and having to fly from Iceland to Turkey or vise-versa, it would have been very difficult to gain any points – considering we barely got by Finland.
If you think that Croatia would not have lost either match – away to what will be our 2 toughest opponents, you are basically saying that Croatia will not lose a match in this qualification.
Man I thought I was a negative Croat but damn some of you guys are bad
Ziva how bout you show some love
You talk like big Catholic and patriot but you are just a hypocrite
And I liked ziva better he was at least humerous
This new guy is dosadno
This dude is so lame……
Bobby V
Think you are overrating Ukraine and Iceland. Croatia has enough quality to muster draws against both teams. Maybe even beat Ukraine.
Eh, only thing I can say about these two wins is that we are lucky that it was Kosovo and Finland away and not Iceland and Ukraine away this weekend.
Without our injured starters, Croatia would still be sitting on 1 point.
The copycat is worse that the original, lol.
Like a very poor man’s version.
winning a world cup would make me happy. although simply not choking and playing good soccer would do the trick
in terms of why I follow Croatian sports…it’s because I’m the biggest domoljub there is. for the diaspora hrvati, a domoljub is a patriot. and a hrvat is a Croatian…you add the I to make it plural
But Donald Trump is not a burden when he admits he pays no taxes??? While assholes like me work like a dog and pay my fucking taxes??? . How about all these jerkoff corporations that receive tax credits and hide their billions in offshore accounts???. So pathetic that common people always want to blame little guys for their problems, you know like the Mexican cutting lawns all fucking day, when it’s really the rich guy in the suit and tie who fucks them from the first sip of coffee in the morning till they go to sleep at night.. And by the way Trump knows absolutely nothing about politics, he’s a complete fucking idiot way out of his league, if you can’t see that then you need your heads examined, an arrogant, self righteous fucking idiot.. She is just your typical lying corrupt politician, just like each and every one , but she at least knows the job. On zna kurac
We are extremely fortunate with our young players. Tons of talent. Of course, some won’t reach their potential, but many will.
My biggest concern is players like Strinic, Vrsaljko, Brozovic, Pjaca, Rog and Halilovic not getting enough minutes. Kramaric took his future into his own hands and asked to leave Leicester last year. As a result he got some minutes at Hoffenheim and was called up for the Euros. Now he’s getting lots of plaudits and minutes this season – he’s in a great situation.
Some of these other guys need to work their way onto the pitch or ask for a move. They can’t afford to be on the bench at this stage of their careers.
Excuse me for the spelling errors. Auto correct can be a real pain.
Not to mention that we had an easy group and some luck that got us to the semi finals.
Tell me you weren’t bitching about this team while the rest of us were celebrating.
Holland back to losing again this morning, which makes me happy : )
Before the 98 World Cup:
Boban was coming off the bench in AC Milan.
Suker was also riding the bench behind Mijatovic and Raul in Real Madrids pecking order.
Prosinecki was playing for mighty Dinamo. He was considered a major bust in Barcelona and Real.
Ladic was a crap goalie.
Croatia was around 18 to 20th in FIFA rankings if I remember correctly.
I’m sure you were bitching about this team before and after the tournament.
Modric was not hyped as a huge talent at 20 years old.
Perisic was was 22 when he started to shine in Belgium. Until two years ago, he wasn’t even close to being a huge talent.
Suker was scoring some goals, not a huge number of goals at that age.
Boksic was only a prospect till the age of about 22/23.
Jarni was only a prospect.
Prso didn’t even exist.
Mandzukic was a no buddy till 2012.
Srna was only a prospect till about 23.
If you are so negative about Croatian sports, why do you even follow?
In my opinion, the team we have now is almost if not just as talented as the team in 98, however, they are playing better than that generation ever did.
What is ever going to make you happy? Even if our boys won the World Cup, you would find something to bitch about.
@ horvat
as a domoljub (maybe the biggest) I was happy with the victories. although, I have mixed emotions. many days I’d like to see the repka lose to get suker and mamic out. short term pain for long term gain. but that’s just how a domoljub like myself thinks. for the diaspora hrvati, a domoljub is like a patriot.
in terms of your list horvat, you prove my point exactly. by the age of 22 modric was already proving himself in the premier league and dominating the hnl before that. he had star written all over him.
suker was putting up huge goal numbers for osijek and dynamo in what was a much stronger league
boban had already scored 13 goals in a much stronger league for dynamo by the age of 20
perisic was mvp of the Belgium league
the rest of the guys you mention…. prso, olic, petric , etc etc
are these the guys these youngsters are hyped up to be?!!!
the next olic?!
no!!!!
brozovic was billed as the next xavi. halilovic the Croatian messi. brekalo the Croatian robin. no one is billed as the next olic so no point in comparing them to him
The truth,
Please answer this question for all the players listed below.
Where were Modric, Perisic, Mandzukic, Srna, Prso, Boban, Boksic, Jarni, Olic, Petric, Suker, etc.. between the ages of 18 and 21?
What is going to make you happy? We walked away with 6 points and some attractive play with some of our best players not playing.
Ziva,
I feel sorry for you. Why don’t you at least try to get a life.
Jadnik
shall we do the weekly round up to keep you guys centered?….especially the diaspora hrvati
for all the diaspora hrvati, a hrvat is a Croatian. you add the I to make it plural
alen halilo-shit: super star???? I think not. does nothing as usual in u-21. if this guy is the next messi, he should be dominating these guys. not leading them to being blown out
josip bust-alo : once again, the next robben? more like the next halilo-shit. did nothing …buried on the Wolfsburg bench like too many other hrvati
mateo ko-crotch-itch: as usual, he is simply no modric. Croatia lost control of yesterdays game and were lucky to escape with the 3 points
marcelo bozo-vic: did he really act up at inter, or was the coach just looking for an alibi not to play this guy? couldn’t really argue with hat
marko pee-ass-a: injured?….you know who else was injured a lot? ante re-bitch….once again pjaca fits the bill as re-bitch 2.0. some of these speedy wingers are just made of glass. false hope and glass
marko rog: anyone see this guy choke away an open goal against Kosovo? this is the future of the mid field? thankfully he played in both qualifiers or else he would’ve had to play in the u-21, at which point he would’ve been exposed as just average for his age
tin jedva igra: need I say more?
d-oh-my-god can you believe this guy is playing vida: if I didn’t know any better, he was a finnish mole in the last game
sime vrsalj-koholic : except his addiction is sitting on benches. still proving that he is no upgrade over srna
for all you truth seekers, I will soon provide a basketball edition. as I feel the euphoria is starting to grow there and needs to be brought down to earth as well
Our u17 are garbage…u19 have a good team but are playing poorly…u21 just choked!
And the u21’s shit the bed.
the likes of Strinic, Pivaric, Milic, and Leovac on the pitch is because we have 4-3-3 formation, and we got the issue of being old fasion! .. use my v11 formation 3-4-3, even though you still keep Mandzukic and Brozovic there, at lease they have cover from players behind and don’t worry about counter, we have 3 defense … one thing, this formation should be very effective to recognize every individual skill.
Liverpool are looking at strinic, might be something we have missed or maybe a Lovren Balalan connection.
Milic was terrible for us when he played those few games for the repka.
Maybe he’s learned a few things since joining Fiorentina, but I haven’t been watching him to gauge how well he’s played defensively.
Maybe he’s worth a callup, but all of Strinic, Pivaric, Milic, and Leovac are in the same boat.
Winter sure is coming as we face the “White walkers” in November!
It’ll be an intense match, as Iceland has a MAJOR bone to pick with Croatia! They weren’t too happy about losing out on the WC (don’t expect Christmas cards). I still think we”ll prevail in the end, but it kinda sucks that Maksimir will be empty.
Now regarding the Achilles Heal of Repka…the left back position. I think I might have an answer….*drum roll please*..Hrvoje Milic!
The swashbuckling left back has improved this season playing for Fiorentina and deserves a look. And please don’t tell me Strinic and Pivaric are better than this guy!
Milic can put in some teasing crosses, so just a imagine him on the left, and Vrsajko on the right, so pick your poison as crosses would be coming in from both sides of the pitch.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201610101046184037-croatia-bosnia-attacks/
BTW Mexico lost the war so it belongs to America now. Imagine keeping Christians out of the Hag Sofia?
@Crotone
Illegal immigrants are an economic burden to working class people. They tax the schools and hospitals. Who pays for all of their emergency room visits? Who pays for their free public education? Most work off the books and still obtain public services. Who pays for that? Not to mention the crime.
Trump was on point last night. Hillary is a corrupt person.
@ Brkic
Iceland is the goods.
They run intelligently and energetically ALL game.
Ukraine are tough and have some quality going forward.
Turkey are in crisis but can turn it around.
Finland seem to be committed to following the trajectory of their Icelandic brothers.
Kosovo just got together and if could rally all there talent spread across Europe would become a formidable side.
I am just inspired by the depth of our player pool and the commitment of the boys. Through fan disturbance, sanctions, empty stadion, the boys have shown there love of Croatia on the pitch. Despite having a less than an elite coach they produce result after result.
Iceland match will call on Cacic to step up with squad selection, team formation AND in game adjustments. If you play straight up with Iceland for 90+ then you are in trouble.
We have many more game shifting players but if they are not set up to express there talent then what is the point?
Mandzukic to start works to put pressure on their CB’s, but half time Cacic will have to make some tough choices on how much longer to play him the second half?
Curious to know if he does not see the necessary adjustments or just doesn’t have the balls to pull the trigger early enough? Has to be the later.
Not sure what is worse … being dim witted ? Or weak?
Isti kurac !
Good: Kramaric-mandzo on pitch at same time.
Perisic,Mitrovic,
Bad:Badelj,Kovacic(has so much potential drives me crazy) Brozo,pivaric
I give Mandzo credit for the goal, had he not been there the Finnish defender likely would have cleared the ball. That said, it was one of his worst hustle/defending games I have seen in awhile.
If we don’t win this group it will only be because we played down to the level of the competition. No offense to Iceland, Turkey and Ukraine, but it would be hard to argue that any of them have more than a couple players that would make our first XI.
Will San Antonio, California, Nevada, Utah etc, be on the Mexican side of the wall?
If the answer is no then the wall idea sucks, imagine that, keeping Mexicans out of Old Mexico!
Anyone see that fat Muslim women ask a question? That was hilarious!
A good politician is like an innocent man in prison.
With that being said, neither party represents the average family and the Democrats are thinly veiled communists.
Trump is sniffing again, he’s on drugs!
America is not good, Hilary lying again!
Now, it’s Trump’s turn to talk shit!
I give Trump’s hair a 1 out of 10.
Bill Clinton is a rapist.
Trump respects women, and he shows this by grabbing them by the P word.
The smart American will not vote in this election.
These are two of the filthiest people ever running for President.
Just to add on… Perisic was invisible for much of the game. His best moments came when he got the ball on the right side of the pitch. I think this was more the result of Pivaric and Brozovic having poor games than any short comings on the part of Perisic.
Beyond the defense, we need a LB who can allow Perisic to do what he does best since he’s such an important player for the team.
awww shit iceland won? piss off.. well, we really need to beat those cunts in nov.. it sucks the two home games with no fans were turkey and iceland, arguably the hardest two matches where we couldve used fans the most..
and to think we’re STILL being punished for that swastika shit from like, 2 years ago.. fucking annoying.. ah well.. we’ll beat iceland at home, right guys?? RIGHT???
I agree that we need to try Vida at LB and slot in Lovren next to Corluka in the middle.
I still think Strinic could play LB, but he needs to ask for a transfer away from Napoli and go to a team where he can play his way back into form.
Vrsaljko has been sitting a lot for A Madrid, but he didn’t miss a beat today. Brozovic on the other hand is another player whose game seems to be suffering from rust/lack of club minutes.
Strinic is worse than Pivaric not because of any ability Pivaric has over him, but because Strinic constantly tries to go beyond the scope of his capabilities.
Instead of just passing it off to the winger, Strinic constantly tries to make runs into the opposing team’s box and make plays. He does this regularly, and this cost us in the Portugal game at the Euros when he made a deep run and didn’t trek back.
Hopefully, we try someone else other than Pivaric or Strinic there (I would like to see Jedvaj or Vida tried out). But it’s tricky now that we have that Iceland game next (without a friendly to test this out). Maybe in the Northern Ireland friendly a few days later.
I am enjoying the team speed in the form of Kovacic, Vrsaljko and Perisic. Would like to add Lovren to the mix and Halilovic for Pjaca if he can’t go … but the latest is that he will be back sooner than later?
@ Svima
Is Strinic really worse than Pivaric?
Pivaric looks two levels below every player on the pitch?
Strinic has been out of form but is better than Pivaric who looks scared. Iceland will eat him alive the way they attack the flanks.
Count my vote for Vida as LB and slide Lovren in next to Corluka.
Mandžukić came correct but still needs to come off at the 70th minute.
Hopefully Rakitic will be willing and or able to gives his A game verses Iceland.
I like Rog to come in the second half to lay the wood on the Viking invaders.
U Boj
Horvat, well said brother! Cacic has been ok thus far…
Took all the points…. Can’t complain
Two thumbs up for Cacic!
Sure, one can criticize his in game decisions. however, his player selections and lineups have been good for the most part. The team is playing the mot attractive football Croatia ever has.
Pjaca will miss the next game for sure.
A stress fracture takes 6 weeks to heal. Plus, he won’t be in form.
The rest of the team should be ready. Our team is pretty damn deep considering we were missing four starters plus Lovren.
Guys like Kovacic, Kramaric, Kalinic, Brozovic can easily step in for any injured starters (and in many cases outperform them).
We’ll play Iceland at home at November 12 (with doors closed). After Iceland’s victory against Turkey today it’s obvious that Iceland and Ukraine will be our toughest opponents this time.
What about the injuries? Will Modric, Lovren, Corluka, Pjaca and Rakitic be okay this time.
Modric will be out for one month so he’ll be ready. Raketa and Lovren should be ready too. I don’t know about Corluka and you hear different things about Pjaca. Some say three months while others say he’s barely injured.
Anonymous,
Jedvaj doesn’t even make the bench for Leverkussen lately.
How the fuck does Jedvaj not start over Mitrovic. What in the hell has Mitrovic proven to be there. Looks like we have some new money grabbers in the game now.
Also think Corluka was a bigger loss than expected. Nothing wrong with Mitrovic defensively, but you can tell that he was very conservative. Didn’t want to take any chances. Corluka can set up attacks with his passing. He distributes the ball well for a center back. Vida is clearly not that player and Mitrovic doesn’t appear to be either.
the point is to make Cacic learn and become smarter.
Cacic concerns that he still use old strategy -> 4-3-3
we just need 3 fullbacks pure for defense -> 3-4-3
let 4 midfielders like Modric Kovacic Perisic Vrsaljko
to run and run, and see someone like Rakitic upfront
for tiki-taka or just breakthrough pass to Pjaca/Kramaric,
they can run fast! ^_^ here is my v11 for world cup
………………………….Subasic…………………………..
.………..Corluka………Lovren……….Vida……………..
Vrsaljko.…………Modric…..…Kovacic..…….….Perisic
……………..Pjaca…………………Rakitic……………….
…………………………Kramaric…………………………..
remember we can qualify but do over again just like before.
with a bad formation and selected players.
Just do what I say and we will win the world cup
because LAknat always right!
This was a very tough match!!!
It’s one thing to kill an animal out in the open field….but another to kill it with it’s back against the wall! And Finland certainly had their backs against the wall, fighting tooth and nail to snatch a point from Croatia–to keep any hope of qualifying alive.
Folks, we went into the Lion’s Den and emerged victorious!
Some observations though:
Kramaric is a better number 10 than Rakitic. Rakitc needs to play more like a center mid or Right mid.
Brozovic still not doing enough to dethrone Rakitic from the starting 11.
Cop an interesting sub. He brings more technical flair to the striker position.
Privaric, still not convincing.
We should top this group though, we have the quality and depth. And I anticipate some of our younger players to get better as the qualifying cycle grinds forward….
Looks like Italy and Spain have an uninvited guest at the top of the table, lol. How crazy would it be if Albania knocked one of those two outta WC qualifying?
Lovren was out too so it was actually five potential first-team players missing for these games, so you gotta be happy with 6 points in that context
After playing poor for most of the game, Badelj saves Croatia from a potential disaster. Well done.
Cop actually played well, despite that bizarre sub. Brozovic can’t play on the wing anymore. He doesn’t offer anything there. Either fit him in centrally or don’t play him at all (or use him as a defensive sub on the wing late in the game).
Not good performance, but you take it without two best players. Hopefully, Pjaca comes back as well.
Kovacic and Vrsajlko were solid for the most part. Wish they got Perisic more involved. All it takes is one run for him and you see what he can produce. That would have been a crazy goal.
Finland regularly draws good teams at home.
There’s no shame in a 1-0 win over there.
Iceland will lose points over there for sure. Turkey and/or Ukraine might lose points there too.
No Modric, Raktic, Pjaca and Corluka (only one half) for two difficult away games and still six points. Bravo.
I don’t understand the hate against Mandzo. Did you see him help our defence even in minute 86?
Cop came in and was impressing.
Badelj not his best game but his last intervention makes him the hero of today.
Kramaric’s second half was much better than his first one. Also Perisic stood up.
Vida (no doubt he’ll soon play in England or Spain) and Mitrovic gave nothing away. Subasic is a reliable goalkeeper.
Pivaric? Is Croatia was a clubteam, I’d say buy a new LB. But it looks like he’s our best option. He’s technically not good enough to do what Vrsaljko does as RB but defensively he played his game and even more.
I’m not worried anymore for when Modric will retire. Kovacic will be our new Modric.
6 points from 6 – job done. By no means an impressive performance today, but we need to win some 1-0 games.
We learned a bit from some of the players too. Biggest question is still who plays LB for us?
terrific win! great couple of games for us, 6 points with numerous players out.. very happy, only downside is ukraine beat kosovo, but lets hope iceland draw later on tonight
Mitrovic is very solid defensively.
What do you guys think on the Kramaric sub? Rog coming on
Perisic on the right again after finding no joy on the left today. Showing some life again too.
On the subs, we don’t really have much available. Maybe Rog, Jedval or the more obvious Kalinin for Mandzukic although Mandzukic is putting in some decent defensive work on set pieces.
a diver doesn’t deserve for NT captain.
please change him to Kalinic NOW
shouldve been a goal to Perisic there.. sigh
Cop is such a waste of a sub
hey he was listening to you LAknat
oh come on Stupid Cacic
change Mandzukic and Brozovic ><
and we will see another goal from us!
pretty shoddy second half from us, hopefully we hang on
no you just click the links and watch, dont need to log in anywhere.. just have to close some ads
Do I need to login?
this one?
http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/473788/3/watch-finland-vs-croatia—2018-fifa-wc-qualification.html
works fine for me, am watching there
otherwise just goto first row and select one of the 9 links, surely one will work
Your link didn’t work
Pivaric is obviously going to be our worst starter. But at least he just passes it off to Perisic whenever he gets the ball instead of trying to do too much (like Strinic always did). I would still try and experiment here with Vida or other youth players who can step up.
Brozovic needs to be replaced by Modric when he gets back, and I would leave Kovacic as a starter. The kid is finally paying dividends for us.
Kramaric has brought back Mandzo’s career and is the perfect polu-spica to play in that role. I would not bring Rakitic back into the starting lineup right away.
I dont know if you fellas noticed but Badelj made at least two passes around the back that went straight to Finnish players. One he got away with and another one another defender bailed him out, but it was sloppy af..
I havent even noticed Brozovic on the field which prolly says it all about him.. to me he looks deflated, and i’d say even though Mandzu has now 4 goals in 2 games, he also looks low on confidence
Agree about Pivaric.. he also looks shoddy as balls
Kova and Vrsaljko are prolly carrying the team atm but i guess we have a number of injuries so i’ll take any win and be happy in this group
For a player that isn’t very big, Pivaric doesn’t have much pace. What does he bring to the table? Don’t see much.
Perisic and Brozovic are off. Need to stop playing so many one-two balls.
Not a lot to rave about so far. Kovacic, Vrsaljko, and Vida have been the standouts.
Brozovic is a weak link.,.
better Rakitic in there. I would love to put Halilovic instead
better to get run and cover by Badelj or Kovacic than sloppy pass from this guy names Brozovic. Again, Mandzukic is not impressive for me, this team with Mandzu and Brozovic will never stand a chance against a big team!
Hopefully Kosovo scores in the second half man
Kovacic is becoming one of our key players.
Vrsaljko is great too.
Badelj and Perisic not as good as in their last games
Kramaric actually didn’t impress me.
You can see that Brozovic don’t play much at Inter.
Pivaric does okay.
im streaming here:
http://gofirstrow.eu/watch/473788/3/watch-finland-vs-croatia—2018-fifa-wc-qualification.html
@Slavonac
Bruh, you gotta spring the 14 kune and get SaaN.tv
Perisic isn’t on the right side
How are you guys watching this?
Perisic looks lost over on the right side
kind of comical Finland playing with 7 defensive players
Brozovic and Badelj are not making a good case for themselves. Still time for them to get into the game though.
damn ukraine beating kosovo now
to be expected i guess with this XI?
Brozo and Krama are playing with full confidence.
They don’t need to score, however, I would like them to score only because it would justify starting them more often over a guy like Rakitic.
we’re not in sync really… good we got that early goal
yeah kova has looked great.. badelj has made a few dodgy passes.. i’d like to see krama and brozo score if possible since they prolly need some confidence
Credit to Vrsaljko too with the great cross. Along with Kova Vrsaljko has stood out for me by taking charge through 20 min.
Kovacic is so silky smooth on the ball. Something about the way he moves reminds me a lot of Boban.
LOL, Mandzo snaked that goal from Kramaric. Headed it into the net as it was above the goal line already going in.
yeah it’s mandzu’s goal, looking at that replay
so now that we’re winning i can look at the other games.. ukraine still 0-0 with kosovo.. later on in the day iceland play the turks so fingers crossed for a draw there
Kramaric.
What a ball though.
Krama scores?
Not a surprise
really glad for Kramaric to score (i think he got the goal) cos we need his confidence up.. nice
we need to break this Finnish bunker early and open things up…
Kovacic looking great
true that was good the other day hah.. 😀
@Iggy
I like it more when you sleep through the start and then wake up to a 3 goal lead.
okies i woke up so am gonna watchies.. better be worth getting up for!
http://www.firstrows.eu
@ Lika Joey
Distinct possibility …
Good news for Halilovic is that he is at Hamburg where they simply compete and play football. He either falls in line or he will be cut.
If we had a strong manager that could focus him on a joker role for the repka then it could be a win win for all concerned.
He is now 20 and the next 18 months will let us know if he is willing or able to take his career to the next level?
Lineup for today (no Corluka)
Subasic
Vrsaljko Mitrovic Vida Pivaric
Kovacic Badelj
Brozovic Perisic
Kramaric
Mandzukic
Really happy for kova
I hope he grows into a world class player
The one thing he will be is experienced and battle hardened
He has played on good teams but has taken his fair share of lumps from coaches and such
This will all be to his and our benefit hopefully
Soul Champ, I hope Alen halilovic isn’t turning into a Bojan Krkic.
@ LAKnat
I like the lineup but will put Ćorluka in the middle and Lovren on the right as he is more mobile and Ćorluka has more intelligence.
What happened to the GOD of Halilovic love?
ok Iggy, my hunch says our NT will go to catastrophe.
it because Mandzukic factor, he just like this man ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwXjpSo39Q
looks like tough, but really suck ><
Cacic concerns that he still use old strategy.
this game is 2am bris time so dun think i’ll be watching it so i better wake up to news we had a win !
ok.. bring this formation to WC 2018
………………………….Subasic…………………………..
.………..Corluka………Lovren……….Vida……………..
Vrsaljko.…………Modric…..…Kovacic..…….….Perisic
……………..Pjaca…………………Rakitic……………….
…………………………Kramaric…………………………..
ESPN Deportes from 11:45 am.
@ Svima
The story for me is the emergence of Kramaric and Kovacic this season.
I was at my 8 year old Son’s soccer tournament yesterday and over heard some folks from Spain talking about Kovacic and how impressive he was. I respectfully shared with them on how to pronounce his name. Point is that his game is growing at Real Madrid and people are noticing.
He is benefiting from midfield injuries to both club and country.
2018 World Cup
Kovacic – just turning 24
Kramaric – just turning 27
Prime World Cup ages with all the experience and young legs to dominate.
Prosinečki = GENIUS !
Sign him for 2018.
Ya subasic been solid
Seems to me our options in goal are much more now And future looking even brighter
Zuti for next cro boss!!
How good has Subasic been over the past 2 years. i didn’t think he was that good but he has proven me wrong.
Yeah i saw the Azeris beat norway, pretty good result for them
In other news…
Azerbaijan is tied for first in their group with Germany.
6 points in two games.
Žuti doing things in Azerbaijan nobody before him has done.
Game is on espn deportes in the states as well.
I do like the kramaric start however i dont see that lasting long. Get used to watching him come off the bench in the 87th minute.
Balaban 2.0 aka Kramaric needed way more minutes at euro
He has that intelligence and play making we need up front
Maybe the combo of Mario with karma may work
Guess we have to give it a try
The game will be on ESPN3 tomorrow.
Let’s see how Mandzukic does. We can’t judge him on his scoring record alone… if we did his 7 goals over 8 games during 2016 would make him the best striker in the world.
It’s also not fair to judge him based on games where he is the lone striker and is provided with no service. The Kramaric-Mandzukic pairing may be our best at the moment.
I feel mixed on mandzo performance
Maybe it means he’s getting his form back…. Maybe it doesn’t…. He also had a hat trick against san marino
But what it does mean is mandzo remains cemented in that starting spot…. And that continues to concern me thinking a 2 year older mandzo could be playing in the world cup
Anyone know if this game will be on any tv outlet in America?
LAknat they fought a month ago and Miocic kicked the shit out of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwXjpSo39Q
Miocic vs Overeem impending match notify appears behind
this guy’s back …
Sorry, I meant to say LB above:
“Vida has played LB regularly at Dynamo Kiev.
He should be fine to try out at LB on the NT”
Vida has played RB regularly at Dynamo Kiev.
He should be fine to try out at RB on the NT.
I’m sure the idea was floated around, but it’s just that we’ve been pretty thin at CB lately (with injuries and Lovren’s suspension).
Vida and Corluka have the most experience together as a CB pairing, so it makes sense to start them in key games for now.
But, yea, in a friendly I would like to see Lovren and/or Jedvaj tried out in the middle with Corluka (with Vida and Vrsaljko at LB & RB).
I’m just happy that Kramaric started for us. He’s that missing link between our central midfield and our center forward. Hopefully, he becomes a lock as a starter for us.
ziva i never said that bust istina never said that iggy;)
on another note its been talked about… but why can’t we slide jedvaj into the mix and push vida out to the left? he has shown he can play that… like someone else said we don’t need a scoring machine on that side we have perisic doing his thing on that side
at least perisic could be even more free with a defensively responsible vida covering
is this just a dumb idea or do you guys think this could work for us
Remember how Ziva used to go on about how Bosnia was or was going to be better than us? Heh.. Belgium 4 – 0 Bosnia this morning
I was glad to see our crosses being dominated by Perišić and Vrsaljko.
Would rather have this, than what we had before with Strinić and Srna dominating the wings.
Pivarić did not play well, but he knows his role better than Strinić does. He is not ball dominant on offence. Just does what he needs to do. He’s a fringe starter. No need to try and do too much like Strinić tries to do.
Cacic does seem to be learning from his mistakes, so I’ll give him that. My guess is he makes no adjustments (barring injury) against Finland. This is not necessary a bad thing since a confident Pivaric down the road may be valuable and based on club play, he just had a bad day. I would prefer to see Jedvaj get in there though.
My complaint from the start with Cacic was that we really needed a race car driver to drive the Ferrari at the Euros. Instead, we got a professional delivery driver who could develop into a race car driver given time, but he’s going to make mistakes as he develops.
Given that our options were limited we ended up with Cacic. I’m rooting for him, but still have my concerns.
well.. it’s only Finland and I know Mandzukic would going to start, but it can be different than our previous match Kosovo.
It seems apt that we need Kalinic into this match because Finland will gonna tough opponent on their defence. We need more run for the game, so here v11 as my suggest:
………………………….Subasic…………………………..
.…………Jedvaj.………Corluka….…….Vida…………….
Vrsaljko.………..M Rog……..…Kovacic..…….…..Perisic
……………..Brozovic………………Kramaric……………
…………………………..Kalinic……………………………
Brozovic Badelj Strinic Pivaric really concerned me for
being sloppy pass and get easier taken by opppenent,
but I rather put the like Perica there.
Ante Cacic : G:13 W:9 T:3 L:1 GF: 33 GA: 7 GD: +26 W%: 69.23%
………………………….Subasic…………………………..
.………..Corluka………Lovren……….Vida……………..
Vrsaljko.…………Modric…..…Kovacic..…….….Perisic
……………..Pjaca…………………Rakitic……………….
…………………………Kramaric…………………………..
This one will bring you to victory vs a Big team
I don’t think to bench Rakitic for Brozovic. still, Rakitic is needed for 1-2 pass. Giving place to Kalinic and even Mandzukic will slow you down, they are both suck on running.
3 fullback will make sure you that Kovacic and Modric use their tough skill. They have the ability to mobilize quickly.
and we need totally wing side who can run fast like Perisic and Vrsaljko (they are really dynimic).