Croatia and Kosovo played for 20 minutes on a water logged pitch in Zagreb before captain Luka Modrić came over to the referee to complain about the conditions. The ball would not move. Players were sliding all over the place. It only created a dangerous playing situation. I’m surprised they even started this match how bad it was.
More on when this game will be replayed. But Croatia have to travel to Turkey for a pivotal match on Tuesday.
Croatia Starting XI: Subašić – Vrsaljko, Vida, Lovren, Pivarić – Modrić, Kovačić – Brozović, Rakitić, Perišić – Mandžukić
Before Croatia kicks off with Kosovo, they will receive good news as Finland defeated Iceland 1-0 earlier in the day clearing the way for Croatia in the group. The Vatreni will regain sole possession of top spot with a win or draw, but anything short of three points would be a travesty.
The final four games are upon us. Croatia host Kosovo this Saturday before taking off to Turkey on Tuesday for a pivotal Group I game. They wrap up in October against Finland and Ukraine.
Croatia dropped the ball in June against Iceland and are now level on points with the Vikings atop the group. Turkey and Ukraine follow two points behind.
Kosovo should be an easy three points at Maksimir but the Turkey game could be tricky. Turkey drew Croatia 1-1 in Zagreb last September and know a result against the Vatreni will is vital in their World Cup qualifying campaign.
Čačić does an excellent job at picking and deploying the first 11.
LB situation is limited, Pivaric puts in a good shift and till we produce better, it is what it is.
Perišić provides so much power and presence on the LW, that it almost dares the opposition to throw bodies down our left flank.
Vrsaljko looked his dynamic self, skipping crosses in the box despite the deluge.
Seeing our players on that pitch was Croatian struggles in a nutshell :
World class talent bogged down in a Jugo stadion playing in a Balkan mess.
Install a new field that has a state of the art drainage system.
The squad is worth hundreds of millions in the transfer market. And they are playing on that crap field ?
Team qualifies for every major tournament of which it gets millions.
Pays stric Čačić a pittance (not even sure he actually gets what they claim).
I hope the stadion in Rijeka gets finished sooner than later and can host many national team matches.
I for one was glad that called off that Vater Polo match.
Kosovo is on a wonderful football tour to show our neighbors their shrinking influence in the region.
We on the other hand need those 3 points with a heavy goal differential to qualify for yet another World Cup.
Iceland slipped on the banana peel yesterday.
Curious to see how they respond against Ukraine?
Istanbul will be sunny, warm and dry all week.
Can’t wait to see that crew be able to play there football.
@iggy
for the checkers!
That game was a joke. Shocked they let it go on for that long
A clear massive disadvantage for Croatia. Turns out modric is not that good when he can’t dribble and any pass he makes gets stuck in a puddle
Reckless in terms of injuries. It was like taking a 200 million dollar Ferrari out off roading after a thunderstorm
cigan – is that 3-0 for them or us?
im sorry for beeing a n00bfactory but i really dont know what u meant
if we show up to istanbul with the lineup we had today it will be 3-0
watched most of turkey game. they’re not fit to clean our boots. but its a funny game so lets go collect 3 points.
Iceland should have dropped points to Finland when they played them 11 months ago only to score twice in injury time to come from behind to win 3-2. Not a huge surprise they dropped points. I figured a tie was on the cards but this was a bonus.
I told you guys that Iceland would lose points to Finland
Thanks guys!
@ Danny either or is terrible
Anyone ever hear what happened to Ziva????
Still no word tomorrow or October?
It’s saying rain in Zagreb again tomorrow
Just getting home from work. Catching up now. Might be a blessing in disguise. Nice Finland result i see. Any make-up date for Kosovo anyone know?
how is a stadium in Macedonia head and shoulders above maksimir……shame
…unless it happens tomorrow… hoping that’s wrong.
Obviously incase of red cards and injuries there should be an exception for the starting 11 but u never know
That could have gone either way. Those conditions made it a toss up, so good that they called it. Also, means our guys will get some additional rest for the Turkey game. Playing in Turkey will not be a breeze so hopefully we bring our best.
fifa twitter says the game is tomorrow, sports novosti says the tweet is wrong
@Iggy-good stuff. Wonder what happens if they schedule it later, but 1 of the original starters tears an acl prior to game.
Pitch was a disaster….so we’re the stands and my umbrella even got ripped off at the gate…..boh…..funny game to watch for 20 min though….looked like little kids parading around and past balls….lol…the crowd was laughing….
Or maybe not not. Looks like a new date will be found.
sigh…
Le Sigh
Le Le Sigh Sigh..
🙁
They will play tomorrow. I would guess early in the day so they can get to Turkey.
Ya saw that one iggy
Looks like they will just start it round 20 mins
Ya U would think we could have one stadium with better drainage
importantly:
“Fifa now requires matches abandoned during play to be restarted at a later date with the same line-ups from the point the clock stopped. Previously a full 90-minute replay was ordered.”
okay i was wrong on some counts, here’s the info i found
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32654117
^^^^
Real stadiums have pumps underneath the pitch
I know its raining hard but it rains hard every day in England. The field never ever looks like that. Maybe we need a stadium that can hold some water. The maksimir pitch looks like shit even in the middle of a dry summer.
Ukraine up 2-0
……….I see not everyone caught the sarcasm in Mamic controlling the weather
Sorry my bad it looks done
ukraine 2 – 0 turkey btw
:O
Looks like it’s on
okay will this is not something any of us expected, now we have to look into the rules and find out wtf happens next lol, totally unepexted hurdle thrown our way sigh
looks like it’s called off for sure
Really upset about game conditions tbh but thats life
well, i dont know the answer idemo but i dont wan a fucking draw and i dont think that would happen cos it’s so unfair
we need a chance to win the match so something will be sorted out surely?
Haha! Mamić shot himself, is responsible for every call up, every tactical move on the field, AND he controls the weather!
This is all mamic’s fault.
Iggy
Goran has been there forever
There is no other date…….what are these players going to leave their clubs?
i dont think it can be considered a draw, i believe the game needs to go beyond half time for it to be considered a result, so like i said, i think Luka was saving our skin on purpose
i could be wrong but that’s my understanding, he waned it off before half time – to avoid a dogshit draw
Ya that would be bs iggy if they got a shady tie against us
is that fuckin goran vlaovic on the HRT coverage? lol
I’d rather they replay it
Injuries or weird things happen and they somehow beat us
Couldn’t they do it towards the end in October before the playoffs
Don’t we have an extra team in our group?? If so wouldn’t the Kosovo stuff not even count?
i dont think the game will be played tmw, i think it will be played later at some other date to be decided tbh
You really can’t fit it in other than tomorrow unless they wait till the next international break in October but both sides play 2 games during the period as well.
my opinion is that’s why luka digged his heels in at that time, he didnt want to leave it till after half time cos that would’ve been declared a result, so luka deliberately brought it up in the first half so the game would be replayed
that’s my read anyway
Do they think the water is going to evaporate in the next 15 minutes??? Can’t imagine they come back out and play…
Pretty routine win for basketball over Romania. Montenegro will be a good test on Monday
The weather radar in zagreb doesn’t look like 10 minutes will be near enough
This is a sticky situation…..if this is played tomorrow very bad for us as tomorrow wer supposed to leave for turkey
What other Fifa window is there for this to be played?
well 10 mins won’t make a shit of a diff
my understanding is if the game is calledl off before 45 mins then it’s not a result and it needs to be replayed – u can’t just resume from 20 mins in etc
i could be wrong but i wonder if someone can fill us in?
the game not necessarily be played tmw, it could be anytime but it needs to be replayed, thats my understanding which may or may not be wrong
^^^^
danny: they are both on 11 points so a draw is best tbh
Ukraine up 1-0 against the turčini.
Not looking good for our game continuing. Looks like they’re going to wait it out a while and hope the rain subsides.
Who do we want to win the Ukraine game?
Called off for 10 min break
I’m thinking they play it tomorrow if abandoned. Maybe starting in the 20th minute as it seems around the time they started the discussion on field.
ukraine is beating turkey 1-0 btw
does anyone know what the process would be if the match was abandoned?
okay so now there’s a convo about how stupid this is
Ya man I don’t like this
In these kind of conditions anything could happen
But can u actually call these games and have time to make
It up??
i dont think ive ever seen us play in conditions like this
this is crazy
how are we gonna get a goal like this.. fuck me sideways
Ukraine up 1-0 …..it was offsides
Should of been postponed until tomorrow. I know both sides have to travel for games on Tuesday but this is bordering on ridiculous.
Surely the weather for tomorrow in Zagreb doesn’t call for a monsoon.
Johnny boy!!!
A rakija for you too!
@ Poglavnik
This is all Johnny Cvjetkovic. He helps run St Anthonys in Los Angeles. Thank him.
althought he current run of play is encouraging
Beauty!
You’re the man Kvartuc!
yeah this is fucking us for sure, we would have won easily on a good pitch but now i have no idea
its like an F1 race in the wet where anyone can win
This is very bad. They actually have a chance now…the game should have been called off
okay so the link i was using crashed, i still can’t watch, anyone got a working link in english that’s good?
refresh the page guys. i just embedded a live Facebook link
yeah this is horrible
i was talking about a 5-0 win or something, forget that, looking at this pitch we’ll be lucky to win 1-0 or 2-0
it’s a disgrace tbh, the ball just lands in a spot and doesnt move, it’s gobshite
god dayum i hope we still win but now im concerned :/
HOLD ME !
I’m a bit surprised this game has not been abandoned due to the poor conditions – waterlogged pitch.
This certainly does out guys no favours.
Tough to watch.
they gotta keep it in the air ffs
Pitch is unreal, should make for an interesting match
@ Iggy
not great quality but working at least
http://nowwatchtvlive.cc/hrt-1-uzivo-live-stream-watch-hrt-1-online-free/
ok i got the stream working, yeah pitch is bad, which is bad for us
wow.. the field is sooo water logged
Fucking rain….
ernest or someone can u plz post a link to the direct stream? i can’t seem to find it
Flooded pitch
Rain….
working now but we will see if there is a lag. @joeG
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/01/zagreb-strips-marshal-tito-name-from-square-croatia
@Ernest
I only see the directTV logo as well.
Your model is about as real as the coverage on Fox sports.
Truth Troll’s models, aka FIFA on Xbox
Huge result with Iceland finland. Boosts my models odds for Croatia to make the world cup from 40 percent to nearly 60 percent
does the good stream just show directv on the screen for anyone else right now?
Lineup:
Subasic
Pivaric
Vida
Lovren
Vrsaljko
Modric
Kovacic
Rakitic
Brozovic
Perisic
Mandzukic
How good will tonight be if turkey/ukraine draw and we win 5-0 or more ?
What an awesome day it’ll be, boost our goal diff and we gain points on all the rivals 😀
Need some good news like that after the disaster of yesterday’s US Open results
Rakija for the Finns. Good for us. Now let’s demo Albania lite.
Iggy,
Glad you’re aboard. Yes game in 45 mins.
Sounds like we have a few guys on here that’ll stay for the game.
@Iggy
Vodka’s fine for the Finns but when Hrvatska plays it’s rakija time!
Enjoy your breakie. 😉
That undoes a lot of the damage Iceland inflicted on us. Also, a reminder not to take these lower table opponents for granted.
A shot of rakija for Finland!
Hey Ante thanks for putting the links in the original post, i used that and easily opened the game and it’s a good link too – awesome addition man !
Anyways im gonna get started on my vodskies here at 4 am Bris time LMAO and will be here for our game which is still 45 mins away hey?
Gameeeeee
Anyone else gonna watch turkey Ukraine simulcast?
final whistle
sup guys, i just woke up and turn on the ifnalnd iceland game and the finn keeper just made some amazing saves and those guys are winning 1-0 – FUCKING TERRIFIC
remind me to add finland to my christmas card list – legends!
@slavonac
I have to laugh at times the stupidity on this site. That Mamic story a perfect example.
Still not in the bag for Finland, but I’m sure Iceland would settle for 1 point now, down to 10 men.
Basketball was down 10-0 vs Romania 10-5 right now
Iceland barely survived versus Finland 11 months ago, this time they will not be so fortunate. This will be a big blow to their qualifying campaign.
Iceland red!!!!
1-0 in the 60th
If we get a draw in Ukraine turkey and beat turkey wer a lot closer than we thought!! N
@ Faux
Fox soccer plus channel is showing it.
ok i got the links up
Thanks my guy
Damn meddlers!
Idemo,
I added Reddit, the Russian one doesn’t work though
HD streams here as well
http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=OTcxOTY№f&c=en&i=eWl2bW9iZGlzaA№f№f
Ante please add these two to posts they are excellent, so people don’t have to ask
GREAT HD STREAMS HERE https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/
Finland up 1-0.
Would be a great result, but a long way to go.
Finland almost give up a cheap one
You called him out over his Hajduk prediction? Are you ok? I called it bold then you came over with your anything is possible fantasy and your “caveats”
Maybe you should go read again pal.
I don’t care about any of that. You know what your doing when u said “bold ;)”
So fuck off prick , there’s another slur for u make it 51
@bz I’m spazzing but you writing stories ok looooool
Let’s go Finland!!!!!!
Finland up 1 nothing
@Soul-Who would you sit for Rog? Do you think we can play a 3-5-3 with him? I would love to see us try in a meaningful friendly.
@Idemo-What kind of grown man thinks everything is a dig at him? What kind of grown man spazzes out with slurs everytime someone disagrees with him? I am talking to Bobby V about his lineup, he chose Cop over Kramaric (or maybe that was a leaked lineup) which is interesting bc Kramaric was discreetly dealing w an achilles problem last year. If Kramaric is healthy, Cop over Kramaric is bold imo. Do you not agree? If not, I wouldn’t mind hearing your opinion, but not if it comes with 50 slurs…
Yes, I called Bobby V out on his Hajduk prediction, & he manned up and altered it. It actually made me interested in Hajduk’s talent outside of Vlasic.
Game is on the sportsnet now app in Canada.
I don’t see it listed on the Fox app. They list Serbia v Moldova and Spain v Italy at that time.
Fox soccer has the game. They’ve had them all so far.
How are people watching the game in the US?
ESPN3 doesn’t seem to have much on the schedule.
I’m expecting a blow out…lets hope for a positive result….i dont think cacic will fiddle with the lineup too much….hope to see rog play too….am from TO in Canada…and am heading to Zagreb now to goto the match…cant believe how cheap the tix were….guess its cause its kosovo….my cousin from here asked me not to boo modric….lol…he expects the hardcore fans might…
Bold or a caveat?????? “;)”
What kind of grown man takes sly digs over the Internet
@ zee
Toljan has made it clear he is not interested playing for us
@ Idemo
Yes Kovačić needs to have is own team to fully reach his potential.
But there are many world class players in rotation at Real Madrid.
Mateo has played enough and progressed enough to be impactful for the repka.
@Svima
I also want to see Marko Rog offering his beast mode in the middle over these next 4 matches.
The Spain match was proof of his worth.
Our veterans are fresh now but may be a little tired in October.
Iceland was clearly a burn out debacle.
Čačić needs to rotate in fresh HUNGRY legs.
Mexico win was down to hungry Hrvati who wanted to prove something to the world.
Always need some of that in each and every match.
T-8:35 minutes
U boj …
Kova-Modric-Rakitic starting at the same time? Yes please.
There is no way Cacic can keep Kova on the bench anymore.
Strinic is not the answer.
We win WC if Pjaca gets healthy & hot; and Perisic agrees to play LB. We won’t go far with a player like Pivaric starting.
@bobbyv-Cop over Kramaric? Bold 😉 but I think Kramaric still not 100% with his achilles, so it might happen.
Get lost truth troll.
Will kovacic even start?
I say waive toljan in. It’ll shore up our left flank and also help our image with the world
It’s interesting how much the repka coaches hate strinic. He is no world beater but I’m pretty sure he’s a lit better than pivaric and pranjic.
As usual, my only regret is that pivaric does not have Bosnian roots as well.
Finally, how long can the team deal with mandzukic on the wing and me first ibiza boy kramaric on the bench”?
Gotta get toljan. Very important. Full throttle!
but will he get that chance to slalom run on NT being a bench/ rotation player at club?
I agree Soul Champ.
On a team with Modric Rakitic Mandzukic and Perisic, Mateo Kovacic should be able to be that x factor at times and have the odd unsung hero/man of the match performances. Hopefully he’s learning something in Madrid.
Im sure everyone here agrees that pivaric is our weak link. Hopefully strinic and lovren can make up after 4 years so we can sit pivabitch back on the bench. If you think pivaric is a decent player, watch the replay of the 12/11/16 iceland and the 24/03/17 ukraine game.
For years my optimistic self has been praising the talent of one Mateo Kovačić.
These next 4 matches are his time to actualize his presence as a footballer on the ptich.
He is the X factor that no team will be game planning for.
Slalom run and either score or assist GOALS!
Čačić … Ajdu picku materinu … USE ALL 3 subs every match !
U boj
@pog. Way too fuuny! Now let’s focus at the task at hand. Wcq. Go Hrvatska!!!!!!
This just in; My model is claiming there’s a 99.9% chance The Truth is a homo.
I continue to think it’s time the repka champions a gay player like lovren and gives him the captain’s arm band. It will go a long way in lifting Croatia s world image
In terms of the game, my model is pulling greater than 90 percent odds of a victory over Kosovo and 40 percent vs Turkey. Croatia odds of making the world cup i see around forty percent as well. They are hurt by the away games they have to play
@ Booby V,
Trolls hurt us. Everyone that responds to the trolls and have full conversations for them kill us. But when there’s an important thread, like tomorrow, most readers usually stay in the right lane.
Going to make a full afternoon out of it tomorrow. Will be cheering for Finland against Iceland (12:00PM EST), switch to the Croatia – Romania basketball game (1:30 PM – all games on WatchESPN) and then our Vatreni at 2:45PM EST.
FOX Sports Go is a great app to watch all the European qualifiers. BeIn Sports covers South America.
https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/nogomet/hrvatska-kosovo-kako-ce-navijaci-docekati-modrica—487741.html
I was thinking the same thing – came on here to get some info a few hours ago and saw a useless thread.
This site is surely hurting.
Here’s a link for some pre-game info. Maksimir is allowed 29,000 ticket sales, of which 4,000 are reserved for the away fans. As of Thursday only 11,500 have been sold.
Some concern about joint chanting with the Albanians against the Serbs, like there was in Kosovo. Members of FARE will be on hand, so, let’s hope we don’t get penalized again.
As for the game itself, Kalinic is being withheld until the Turkey game, Badelj and Kramaric look to be on the bench.
Starting line-up: Subašić – Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Pivarić – Kovačić, Modrić – Čop, Rakitić, Perišić – Mandžukić.
Yeah i was just about to say has anyone else noticed how derailedl all the topics are lately? If it isn’t gay neanderthalls it’s a Mamic conspiracy lmao
i guess when the game is actually on in less than 24 hours we can have some talk about, you know, the actual topic 😉
@Iggy- thx for the only post on this thread regarding the game, even if it was yet another classic Iggy, pre-game post about Australia ‘s time zone.
LB? Prob Pivaric, but Barisic could see the field.
Vlasic u niger cigan, hajduk coulda won the title this year
had a bit of hope….
@ Slavonac,
You are a great asset and commenter to this website. And I have always respected your opinion.
I just want you to understand that the Mamic piece was an editorial. I feel we had some miscommunication on that.
Besides the fact that he got shot, I editorialized the rest of the article, which means pure opinion.
The FB piece was an update from today.
Ya he ain’t on his game
oh ooooo not looking good
Shit he just got broken back
Late break for cilic to even the second set at 5
Starting to get his momentum back
Schwartzmann serves are weak sauce cilic got to take advantage
its just as outrageous as shooting himself!
I’m starting a new roumor….
Ziva Istina and Iggy are secret lovers…they always seemed to back each other up, in more ways than one 🙂
Croatiansports has brought people together to make a love connection…
Fake suicide attempt…..you’re going to far. He just happen to be shot in one of the safest places to get shot no severe damage…..
Whatevr. Schwartzmann just broke back 5-4 in the first
…so from now on and going forward we should keep a fake suicide attempt on Mamic cause he wants to divert attention from his court cases….come on Idemo, give me a damn break!
dude, not only have I/we suspected him of that but he is, along with most in any sort of power in Croatia…but that has zero to do with him shooting himself!
Have you ever suspected me of that? No.
Do you suspect Mamic of being corrupt dirty mafia?
Hmmmm
I also have no proof you aren’t gay…kinda a stupid example!
Cilic had a chance at a early break 2-2 right now was up 40-0
@ BZ maybe they were carrying the cross while shooting….maybe that’s why they missed
You have aboalutely no proof it wasn’t a set up just as much as the other side has that it was.
, you act like this happen to a squeaky clean every day individual. Why give the benefit of the doubt?
Slavonac- you expect credibility? If you read this site, one might deduce that Mamic was shot by a gay neanderthal.
Big day for tennis
Let’s hope both boys make it through
Borna has a chance to establish himself with a good run here
Cilic has another shot at the title with avoiding the big names going towards the finals
Really like what I was in Coric last match.
Like someone said he is not your typical Balkan big server moves very well and some of those shots he was hitting were super crafty…kids got potential
Let’s hope that last upset he pulled off doesn’t take him off the tracks
idemo…asking me if they caught the perps?
have they caught the perps for the swastika crap at Poljud?
haha…so I have to prove it wasn’t a setup? doesn’t it work the other way around?
if someone claims you’re gay, should you now have to prove you’re not gay?
Do you have proof it wasn’t a set up slavonac? Have they caught the perps?
Bball with an 11 point win to open up Eurobasket.
Kvartuc, any more news from Mamic shooting himself in the leg so he can get off his court case? you made the comment and then stuck by it…even trying to push the scenario on your facebook link under Croatiansports….where’s the proof?
or are you just gonna avoid the topic and move on??? …not credible bro!
Sunday morning 5am. Sigh, the Vatreni don’t make it easy for me to get drunk and watch with games at these times, but hey, i’ll give it a go 😉