It was a tear jerker in Kiev Saturday night; and not only for the Liverpool faithful.
Liverpool superstar and England’s top scorer this season, Mohammed Salah, had to be subbed off in the 31st minute after a tussle with Sergio Ramos which led to apparent sprained ligaments in his left shoulder. The Egyptian will be watched carefully over the next few weeks as his World Cup hopes are now in doubt. Six minutes later, Real’s Daniel Carvajal had to be subbed off due to an ankle injury. All in tears after the respective incidents.
Dejan Lovren played solid at the back as he was not at fault for any of the Real Madrid goals and there was nothing he could do on the Gareth Bale bicycle kick. He assisted on Mane’s goal following a corner kick and can only be considered primed for the World Cup after this performance. Bur at the end of the day, this Champions League Final will be remembered for Loris Karius’ two blunders which gifted Los Blancos the title.
An errant pass and an extremely poor block attempt on a Gareth Bale rocket were the differences in the game. Liverpool kept Ronaldo quiet and Luka Modrić was efficient, although not at his best.
Real Madrid have now won three straight Champions League titles and four of the last five.
As far as Croatia goes, no one was injured on the night and the team will be headed into the World Cup at full strength.
Lovren assist on Mane goal
dannjy ill be there all of july
Idemo I may go in September
Thought bout going now during World Cup but think I’ll Just stay in Canada for it
I enjoy the weather In sept the Most
is ther eonline play for WC mode or just offline crap?
mine works in fifa18 @dubrovnik dude
who’s going to cro this summer
@dannyj,
Continue posting this way. It seems to be working.
Anybody tried the new world cup update on fifa 18? Im trying mine but I cant get it to work. Keeps giving a squad file error.
@Maminjo – Agreed. Balic, Perica, and Robert Muric are the three players I’m really hoping start to move toward stardom. Each has very unique skills that could potentially help our national team.
My comparisons, (not saying they will reach this level) as to who they remind me of: Balic – Platini, Perica – Dzeko, Muric- Hagi. Again, similar playing styles only, of course.
Watch Tudor turn Balić and Perica into a stars.
Then again, he’s more likely to get angry and leave the club in a fit of rage.
Tudor seems like he has potential to be a talented coach, but just way too emotional. I’m just hoping he just force feeds minutes to both Balić and Perica.
If you’re talking about vision, Andrija Balic (Udinese) has better than Coric.
@Maminjo both have great ball control… both will be signed to bigger clubs soon.
I heard Man United or Benfica are looking into Moro and I posted a link a while back about how Man city might make a deal for Majer.
But theres something about Coric …he just has the vision similar to Modric.
@Toronto Croatia
What do you think of Nikola Moro or Lovro Majer?
Ante
I tried to login/sign up but no luck
I’m not sure if i was ever signed up
But I don’t see a page to renew that
It’s only the login page which I don’t have username or password for
Good signing for Ante Coric. It seems thst every young decent Croatian midfielder can be touted as the next Modric …but I actually BELIEVE Coric has the best chance of becoming the next Modric (Sorry Kovacic).
The way Coric keeps the ball away from opponents and switches up the play is similar to Modric.
He was also being scouted by West Ham and Liverpool. Now Roma has him. Some may remember when they were calling him the Croatian Messi.
Finally some moderation. Bravo.
I understand the process at the moment is fairly labor intensive… maybe eventually it gets refined, or a better process is found. Either way, this website needs to stop just being a forum for all the trolls and crazies
Iggy,
I will be on the website 24/7 come WC. Took the weekend off my friend. Also, if you’re logged in; comments should always post.
Incidently, this is EXACTLY what i said was the problem with having a moderation system like this. There’s really no point visiting the site at all since whatever i post isn’t seen because it doesnt come through for days and days. I don’t think i’ll bother posting here at all during the actual matches (as i usually did do during qualies) if it’s going to be like this cos it’s entirely pointless
Well my comment is days late and no one will have seen it cos it was in moderation forever so this is what i said anyway:
“What’s up with the site? I posted like three times today from work (not signed in) and nothing came through. Now i know what Maminjo was talking about with posts not showing.
Anyway, what i was saying is i thjink we’ll smash Iceland, not worried about them at all; 2-0 again.
Argentina, i think we can draw.
Im actually most concerned about Nigeria cos i think they’re the trickiest and most unpredictable ! That game has me peeing me widdle panties!”
Lovre Kalinic, Lovren, and Kalinic on the starting 11 will bring a fortune to our team at the world cup
After watching those highlights all I know about playing Nigeria is we better get the calls in midfield against those tough mofos. Got a feeling Luka is gonna get mauled.
@ Iggy & Friends,
I apologize if your comments got put in moderation. We tightened up the commenting to get rid of the trolls with the WC around the corner.
I will also approve comments when I see them come through, but sometimes it takes me awhile. Just know, they are not being blocked or anything of that nature on purpose.
Took about 3 days but my post above ^ finally came through. 3 or so of my others didn’t come through at all.. hmm…
Nigeria tied 1-1 with DR Congo. Highlights if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jy7mU3u8O0
World Cup mode coming to FIFA18 tomorrow…so we can all beat Argentina as many times as we want 😀
I would prefer to see Kalinic between posts given his athleticism and length. I hope vida plays lb and caleta proves he is ready. Lovren can be the vocal leader in the back, he just needs some help around him. If it were up to me, strinic would only start due to injury.
@ ante do I poll about which formations we should try in the friendlies.
@svimaaaaa Idemo u Rusiju!!
i wouldnt mind mandzukic and pivaric starting against nigeria. also, i would prefer to have kovacic and vida starting as well. however, against iceland we need brozovic, rebic, and strinic as starters, kramaric forward, and mandzukic bench.
^^me
zds lifestyle- I agree Subasic should not go unchallenged at goalie, but his backup’s name is Lovre Kalinic. Using Lovren is gonna confuse some people. I knew what you meant.
houston rockets with some midget mentality right now
What about Mitrovič. Has never played a bad game for the NT.
Strinic, Čorluka & Lovren should be in the MLS.
Subasic is also below average. Lovren is better and should start.
Lovren K
Vrsaljko – Mitrovic – Vida – Jedvej
Modric – Badelj – Raketic
Pjaca – Kramaric – Perisic
Bz, I agree about Rebic. Truth your just a goof.
Actually, they have a site specific for HNS gear:
http://www.hnswebshop.hr/
Here it is:
http://www.hnswebshop.hr/nike-cro-jersey-away893864-010.html
@Dannyj
Try Ferivisport.hr
They sell Cro gear directly from Zagreb. Shipping is surprisingly fast to the US. Took less than a week for my new black Croatia jacket to arrive.
I think coric will develop nicely at Roma. Good move for him. Still very young.
@Nk Susak- Surprising result vs Nigeria. Especially since the Congo is experiencing an outbreak of Ebola. Last week, three patients under treatment for Ebola fever escaped from a Congolese hospital, to seek spiritual treatment in churches.
Hope they get that outbreak contained.
@Stipe- There are a few of us on this board who never lost faith in Rebic’s talents since he shined at the youth level. I think his body of work over the last 2years merits praise…but I don’t think he is our savior. Just another solid option on the wing. I happen to love his power game and off the ball positioning, and think it can work wonderfully with our midfield at the World Cup.
Thanks Pog
Any idea how long shipping takes from U.K.?
I’ll call them tonight I guess their morning
Chances are coric will be new rog
@Dannyj
UKsoccershop
@dannyj ordered mine from the footyvault
It may not be 100% authentic, but I’ve gotten a Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
@dannyj ordered mine from footyvault
It may not be 100% authentic, but I’ve gotten a Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
They got free shipping and they’ll put on a name and number with the proper lettering for no added cost
If coric even ready to play for Roma? Hopefully he wont just be another rog
@dannyj ordered mine from here
https://www.thefootyvault.com/products/croatia-world-cup-away-jersey-2018?variant=8121827131483
It may not be 100% authentic, but I’ve gotten a Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
@Dannyj I ordered mine from here
https://www.thefootyvault.com/products/croatia-world-cup-away-jersey-2018?variant=8121827131483
The kit may not be 100% authentic, but I’ve gotten an Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
They also got a buy 2 get 1 free offer right now and what’s good about them is they put names and numbers on with the proper lettering on with no added cost.
@ Toronto Croatia, absolutely…I hate these friendlies so close to the tournament.
Truth aka goof…your really under rating Mandzukic…he is really effective when he gets proper service. Mario is a big game player…mind you he had a horrible euro.
@Dannyj I ordered mine from here
https://www.thefootyvault.com/products/croatia-world-cup-away-jersey-2018?variant=8121827131483
The kit may not be 100% authentic, but I’ve gotten an Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
They also got a buy 2 get 1 deal right now and what’s good about them is they’ll put on a name or number with the proper lettering for no added cost.
Ordered mine from here
https://www.thefootyvault.com/products/croatia-world-cup-away-jersey-2018
It’s probably not a 100% authentic kit, but I’ve got an Inter Perisic kit from them before and the quality was top notch.
They got a buy 2 get 1 free offer right now and what I like about them is they’ll put on the players name and number with the proper lettering on with no added cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG1pzNiL6RY
I dont know a whole lot about this Nigeria team, but it looks like one of their regular starters was injured today and reports are he might miss out on the whole tournament. They were held to a 1-1 draw by Congo at home.
Guys I want to buy an away jersey but no luck on Nike Canada for a large
Help a brate out!
I find it funny when i read news outlets talking about Croatia s star power with modric, rakitic and mandzukic…. They only got 33 percent of that equation right as rakitic now average to slightly above and mandzukic is average at best
My Croatia player ratings is as follows
Modric
Kramaric
Perisic
Kovacic
Rakitic
Vrsaljko
Lovren
Subasic
Vida
Mandzukic
Strinic
@ BZ Modric is attacking under Dalic. But let’s see where he plays when Suker fills out the line up card for the World Cup. I’m not talking about exhibition games against Brazil and Senegal. I’m taking about the World Cup. Modric is our best player. But Perisic has contributed more then Modric has in the past two tournaments. And nobody loves Modric more then I know do. I hope your right brate
@ BZ who took our penalty against Greece in Zagreb ? Even though he scored. Modric isn’t meant to take penalty kicks just how coaches say Wayne Gretzky was horrible on penalties and break always. Rebic played one great game. It was a championship game against Bayern Munich. But damn , I’m not saying you or calling you out specifically. But since that game everyone on this website has anointed him as our savior. What he do in the 2014 World Cup ? Nothing. Especially when we needed him against Mexico. He’s a good player, off the bench.
and the other coric signs for roma
Coric with a win over the 22 seed at the French Open
@Stipe-??
Modric is attacking under Dalic.
Modric doesn’t take our Penalties
Rebic has played at a high level for 1.5 yrs, and even played decently in 2014 except the red.
Rebic playing well against Alaba-Sule-Hummels-Kimmich is not good enough? Hard pressed to find a better backline at the World Cup.
Doubt Rebic plays over Perisic or Kramaric if Mandzukic starts, unless those guys screw the pooch vs Nigeria
@ EVERYONE
I believe Kramaric is a good player and should start. But Rebic ? I don’t think so. He cannot compete at that high level. And if I see a Starting lineup with Mandzukic playing on the left or right side I’m going to throw something at the tv. If he does start he should be starting in a ST position. That’s it. It sucks we don’t have Srna coming up the right wing giving Mandzukic those crosses for him for head in the net. I’m also worried Modric is gonna be playing too deep which I see him do a lot for the national Team. We need him up front in a CAM role feeding in through balls to Mandzukic or Kramaric. I don’t want Modric playing on the field where Badelj is suppose to be playing. I’m still Going to be positive. And I believe we will make it out of the group stage and get knocked in the quaterfinals. Imma call it now. Croatia 3-1 against Nigeria. Croatia 2-2 against Argentina. Croatia 1-1 against Iceland. Btw we will beat Brazil in the friendly 1-0 via Rakatic penalty. Modric should not be taking Penatlies for us. I have more trust in Vida with penalties then Modric lol jk I wouldn’t go that far. But I am serious about Luka not taking penalties for us.
@Maminjo – “the only thing that can hinder us” is Mandzukic at striker? Here are 4 bigger hindrances that Dalic has already proven he is open to:
1) Starting Kalinic as striker
2) Leaving Kramaric off the field
3) Starting Strinic
4) Starting Pivaric
@toronto croatia- Always an injury worry, but even Messi will play for Argentina in friendlies before the World Cup. He is just as likely to get injured as any of our players (and even more likely given his time on the ball.) Dalic needs to experiment with formation and our backline, let’s hope he doesn’t waste the opportunity.
It’s foolish to think Argentina is weak or messi is 40 percent his barca self
The last three tournaments Argentina finished second (world cup and copa America)
When they are motivated they are by far the best in the group
I would still rather keep modric and trade the rest of the starters for messi than a full Croatian a team
Rebic messi pjaca
Kovacic modric brozovic
Pivaric corluka car jedvaj
Kalinic
The Nigeria game is tough to handicap and very exposed to luck
Nigeria by far lead world cup teams in fewest passes before a goal, indicating a fast counter attacking method
Those can be random from game to game but not unreasonable for Nigeria to pop in two of those
Nigeria is much more dangerous than Iceland in that regard
And is anyone else worried about the upcoming friendlies in a sense that I dont want anyone to get injured in a meaningless friendly so close to the World Cup starting?
I agree with Maminjo. Kramaric can be our ‘secret’ goal scoring weapon this tournament.
Kramaric can and does score from anywhere on the pitch. Hes not afraid to take a shot and make it count.
https://youtu.be/SoVbxBhTPPc
Have a look at some of those beauties. Its top tier goals.
@Stipe
Kramarić will break out for us.
Perišić will also step up (as he always does) for tournaments.
The only thing that can hinder this is if Dalić tries to accommodate Mandžukić, by putting him in the špica with Kramarić off to the right side. If this happens, we’ll just have to hope guys like Perišić and Vrsaljko can send in regular crosses or Mandžo will be a waste of space.
What’s up with the site? I posted like three times today from work (not signed in) and nothing came through. Now i know what Maminjo was talking about with posts not showing.
Anyway, what i was saying is i thjink we’ll smash Iceland, not worried about them at all; 2-0 again.
Argentina, i think we can draw.
Im actually most concerned about Nigeria cos i think they’re the trickiest and most unpredictable ! That game has me peeing me widdle panties!
I know Corluka isn’t 100% but I rather start him over Vida. Actually I don’t know. It’s a toss up between Vida and Lovren. Vida has been consistent with the absence of Corluka tearing his achilless heel. But Lovren does play and start in one of the top clubs in the world and in one of the toughest leagues in the world. But then again, he is below average at best. He starts because he gets paid so much damn money because he played so well with Southampton that one year which therefore got him a HUGE pay day at Liverpool. Idk about our defense. Every Team has a weak spot. But our weak spot is extremely weak.
@ Lika Joey. Our defense is the weakest part of the team, therefore Argentinas forwards are going to dance all over our defense. And we have nobody that can score for us. Mandzukic cannot play as a winger for the Repka. Playing as a winger for Juventus is a different thing. Juve has the players that make up for Mandzukic’s lack of speed and dribbling skills. Kalinic as our forward? He has had a horrible season playing for AC Milan. I like Kramaric a lot. But now everyone says Rebic is our savior ? Not you Joey. I like Rebic And I like what he did against Bayern Munich when he scored two goals in the championship game. That was some great hustle. But I do not think he is World Cup international level ready yet. So @ Lika Joey or anyone else. Who do we have to score???????? At EURO 2016 if Modric didn’t score that incredible one timer. It would of ended up 0-0. Perisic did great in the Euros. I honestly think Perisic is our best goal scorer. But he is in a position that really doesn’t score to many goals. Who else will score. ? @ LIKA JOEY and EVERYONE ELSE. WHO ELSE WILL SCORE FOR US?
Iceland dont worry me at all
We’ll beat them 2-0, no probs
Argentina, i think we can draw.
Im honestly most worried about Nigeria, i think theyre the most dangerous and unpredictable
We know who the back four will be. Question is do we try out 442 and deploy two strikers in the scrimmage against Senegal.
I would prefer to see Kova in the cdm but something tells me he will pick badelj to start and kova 12th man. Then who plays RW? My vote is Rebic against Brazil and see how it goes. Maybe he kills it or flops, but he is hungry. Wouldn’t hurt to try out some formations against Senegal and Brazil. 352 or 442 but I feel as our 451 suits us best
It’s likely our back four are going to be:
Strinic-Lovren-Vida-Vrsaljko
Definitely a weakness on that left side with Strinic-Lovren there…but unless Dalic wants to experiment or do something out-of-the-box, then this will be our back four.
@ Lika Joey Our defense cannot stand up to Argentina ‘s offense. We have no proven goal scorers. None. Mandzukic Can’t play a winger for Croatia. Kalanic Had a horrible season for AC Milan. Rebic played awesome against Bayern for the championship game. But I don’t think Rebic Can you do the same thing on the World Cup level. I like Kramaric. But who cares if Have the best midfield in the world if we don’t have any good goal scores. Joey please prove me wrong!!!!!!!!!
@ Lika Joey. I understand your point. Argentina’s offense is unreal and Our defense is our weakest part of the team. You are right, Argentina is beatable. Nigeria and Iceland scare me. We have nobody to score goals for u. Mandzukic is not good as a winger for the National team. When he plays for you Juventus, other players make up for his lack of speed. Perisic is the best national team player we have then after him it’s Modric. Modric Is of course better than him in every other way but when it comes to the national team Perisic is out of this world. He reminds me of Asanovic, plays ok within his club ( though Perisic plays wayyyy better then Asanovic did for his Greek club ) but then goes BEZERK with the National Team. Kalanic had a horrible season with AC Milan. I like Kramaric, Rebic stepped up in the game against Bayern but with the repka? I don’t know. Mandzukic CANNOT play as a winger for Croatia. We have no proven goal scorers. Please prove me wrong Joey!!!!!!!
Lanzini…my bad not Lazzani.
Argentina…midfielders…Lazzani..Lavezzi…Mascherano is done…Demaria? Biligia? Fuck them…
Stipe, I would say Rakitic is 60% of the barca player with Croatia. Modric= Legenda…Mandzukic has had some great moments for us…minus the last euro lol.
My point with my post is even though we went into a play off…we had some good spots in qualifying. Argentina had none…Messi doesn’t have the support with Argentina to be the player he is with barca. Argentina has an average midfield…There attack is unreal..but they aren’t the Argentina of old. Argentina isn’t a top top team like Brazil etc.
@ Lika Joey if Messi is 40% of the player he is at Barca with Argentina then you can say the same with Modric Rakatic and Mandzukic. We qualified by the skin of our teeth and Messi scored a Hatrick against Ecuador to make to the WC With all due respect I do not understand your point
This isn’t Argentina of old. This Argentina is very beatable. Messi is 40% the player he is at Barca with Argentina. They qualified by the skin of there teeth. Pressure is on them to win the group. Nigeria is young…athletic and dangerous on the counter…we have so much more quality and experience. This group isn’t much harder than our euro group.
Nigeria is talking a lot of shit About Croatia. It’s a must win game for Croatia. And we need a 4-1 type of win. Not a 1-0 type thing. I mean a win is a win, I’ll take any type of win. But against Nigeria we need to blow them out and show the rest of the group that we mean business. Because all in all Nigeria does have a good squad. I am more nervous about playing Nigeria and Iceland then I am playing against Argentina. We always play to the level of our competition. Even though we beat Iceland and loss also, Iceland did win the qualifying group, I still fear them. And also, Argentina needs to care of business and win their games against Iceland and Nigeria. God forbid Iceland beats Argentina in the first game. It will be a nightmare if that happens. Because then Argentina will take all their frustration out against Croatia. That’s will be bad for us!!!!! By the way REBIC IS NOT READY ON THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD CUP LEVEL. HE WASN’T 4 YEARS AGO AND HE ISN’T READY NOW.
aye
https://tribuna.com/realmadrid/en/news/2749542/
You’re kidding yourselves if u don’t think whoever passed Strinic the ball in that Portugal game before he shit himself didn’t feel some amount of guilty passing him the ball. Ultimately it was Strinic’s fault for demanding the ball, but u shouldn’t be passing him the ball when you know he could shit himself in that situation.
A world class player wouldn’t have passed the ball to Strinic.
On Strinic’s shitty crosses, a part of the players expecting a cross from Strinic would go oops and feel some guilty when he doesn’t put in a good one.
Nothing is Strinic’s fault, it’s the other player’s fault for putting to much expectations on Strinic.
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovren, Strinic and Corluka are solid MLS quality players.
If both Strinic and Lovren play we are out in the group stage.
I agree guys, Strinic is awesome. When he single handedly lost the game vs Portugal I thought, “if only he beat that guy one on one, then he might have been able to send in one of his patented shitty crosses.”
Serbia should beat Costa Rica, but it will be a painful game for Serbia.
I don’t think the Serbs have what it takes to comfortably beat anyone. Every win will be a grind-it-out win (similar to their qualifying campaign).
Serbia were lucky to be drawn in a qualifying group with several other teams at their level (Ireland, Wales, Austria, Georgia) where anyone can win or lose to one another.
I see this World Cup group (Brazil excluded) as having three teams on par with each other, and one will squeeze out.
Switzerland don’t really have that much talent (and are pretty overrated), but generally do well because they are well coached and organized. Costa Rica have even less talent, but they will work hard and run a lot. Serbia has some talent (but their team is also largely filled with overrated scrubs), so it will be interesting to see which team comes out on top out of these three (and get the honor of losing to Germany in the Round of 16).
They are not tricky sometimes these African countries win games in the World Cup 1:0 by fluke. Do you guys think Serbia will lose to Costa Rica?
Surprised that site poll is so optimistic. Im really concerned about Nigeria, i think they may be the trickiest opponent in our group!
How could Real Madrid’s team be called the greatest ever when they got third in their league? Can’t understand this but I’m not a close watcher of club football except for an occasional match. I know they won three in a row but this team the greatest. Just a media hype to watch the game.
i dont know why everyone is portraying the big bad ramos as intentionally hurting the innocent little muslim:
https://i.imgur.com/kfxEg3G.jpg
Lovren immense. Perfect game
Didn’t know that was the reason he was benched.
Let’s hope he is in form.
“Being left out by Sampdoria? When you have a contract that’s expiring in two months, a club can do one of two things.
“They can concentrate on getting the most out of you for the time left, or they can decide not to play you anymore.
“So I played only three games in the second half of the season, Milan wanted me and said they didn’t care that I would not play much for the rest of the season.
“The fact they wanted me anyway is a good thing.”
When Strinic plays regularly and gets into the groove, he can be solid.
He played really well in the first half of the season for Sampdoria, but when the club’s brass found out he was gonna sign with Milan half way through the season (and not sign with Sampdoria long term)–they decided to bench him.
I hope Strinic is solid for us this summer…
I always thought Strinic was a decent left back when he was in form.
He has been shaky when he wasn’t playing regularly, like now.
I was happy to hear he made a move to Sampdoria thinking he was going to regain his form for the world cup. So sad he lost his starting position.
Who knows how he will perform in Rssia?
Our back four consists of players from :
Milan – Besiktas – Liverpool – Atletico
Not too bad ..
Strinic, has some good games for us…Italy in euro…the first Greece game. We just need him to play well for this tournament. I hope Dalic can keep the boys mentally on point.
Strinic signs with Milan .
Lovren played like a stud.
https://www.pagineromaniste.com/coric-sbarca-a-roma-oggi-la-firma/
Looks like Coric is going for his medical at Roma
But a treble is when you win three things in the one year, ie, league, cup and champs league.
a three-peat means you repeated three times.
Like when the Brisbane Lions FAMOUSLY won the AFL flag from ’01-’03; it was called the three-peat.
Ahh.. when Brisbane weren’t utter gobshite, man those were the days 😉
It’s not a farken 3-peat! It’s a treble!!
Are we honestly plugging in Caleta-Car into a hypothetical XI for the WC? C’mon guys…
Cheers for the link TC although iht won’t let me view the vid in my region unfortunately (Aus)
https://www.tsn.ca/fifa-world-cup/video/croatia-has-no-doubt-it-can-be-successful-at-fifa-world-cup~1393637
If u demand a pass that gets picked off a part of you says oops. When he was sobbing like a little girl u don’t think that crossed his mind? The 2 players crying hardest were Karius and Lovren. That first goal was killer.
@LIka Joey
Easy brate …. his conversation with flag man might have had nothing to do with that. The world we live in, I guess …..
Ya lika joey for sure. Maybe krama gonna get him. Lol.
Ramos will answer to Karma soon enough. The smirk on his face when salah came off was brutal.
Real Modrić can go on if they …
Sell Benzema and Kroos, rotate Ronaldo even more.
Start Kovačić WITH Modrić and also when Modrić needs a rest.
KEEP Bale and play to his goal scoring strengths.
Only thing I came away with after watching this match was feeling really bad for Salah (dislocated shoulder – out of the World Cup), Egypt, the Liverpool keeper and his family.
Somebody in a post above asked how Egypt feels about this final. Ask them now.
Rave reviews for luka from everywhere. Very well could be the best midfielder on earth.
I have bashed Lovren in the past. Tonight my hat goes off to the man. Lovren was liverpool’s best player today. Lovren has to play for Croatia!!!
I meant to say this isn’t bush league soccer…
Poglavnik, now you’re saying Lovren feels guilt? Gimme a fucking break dude, this isn’t league soccer. Based on your comment every striker would feel guilt for asking for a ball and the pass getting cut off!
You lost this debate, don’t even try waste time trying to argue any other angle, this was the keepers fault 100%!
Wow…Lovren was solid today! That run and tackle on Bale was pure class. We need a quick center back for Argentina and Nigeria. Vida has grit…hopefully they can play together. Lovren can’t be blamed for the first goal. Modric is one of the best…if not the best playmakers in history. Dude has more trophies than anyone lol.
Hey, my posts keep getting blocked.
What da funk nigga!
It’ll be funny when Lovren pulls a Lovren against Nigeria and everyone who is praising him here wants his head on a plate.
He had a good game today. This is probably the ONLY high stakes game in his entire career where he didn’t make multiple mistakes.
Hopefully this means he has his mental condition under control moving forward. One can only dream.
Going to wait for crosports.com article on how Russia continues to rig the world cup by paying off ramos to take salah down
@ Poglavnik
Point taken about Lovren NOT being world class … but he is the best we have.
@ Slavonac
Do you think Lovren has the physical tools to become a world class defender … if gains consistency over the next few years?
@ Mr. Black
Brilliant post !
Lovren is actually KEY to our success.
Nigeria and Argentina attack all game.
Iceland run all game.
If Lovren can give 90 mins in CL then he can do it for Croatia.
Uvijek vjerni
Marca player ratings:
Modric:
He put on a footballing masterclass from midfield and, had it not been for Bale’s goals, then the Man of the Match award would have gone to the Croatian. He ran Liverpool ragged with his movement of the ball.
Pogs, Karius coulda hurled it over benezema to Lovren, he coulda faked the throw, and waited for a more opportune time to release the ball…..he coulda done a million things—instead of unleashing the ball straight at benezema. I think it’s petty to blame Lovren.
Ploglavnik,
You must really hate Lovren to blame him for the 1-0. Lovren was outstanding today. He’ll be one of our key players in Russia.
Lovren was probably the best player for Liverpool tonight. Hope he can take that form into the WC. To blame Lovren for the first RM goal is like blaming me for saying I hope your cat dies the day before she gets eaten by your dog… Nonsense.
Modric is the best player from Croatia ever (best club career). The best Croatian player (based on achievements for Country) would have to be Suker. My personal favorite is Boban.
You’re kidding yourselves if u don’t think Lovren didn’t feel some amount of guilty for asking for that pass to be played quickly like that. Ultimately its Karius’s fault for releasing it but u shouldn’t be asking for something that could be picked off like that. He had no sense of Benzema’s presence.
A world class defender wouldn’t have asked for that ball..
@ Slavonac
Great point!
We LEARN through mistakes. Lovren must have a PhD by now.
@ Poglavnik
Your not really blaming Lovren for Karius throwing the ball onto Benzema’s foot?
Goal keeper is the boss with the ball in his hands.
Lovren played outstanding today and he is no longer rented mule #1 at LFC.
Kudos to Klopp for believing in Lovren when Hrvati haters took a crap on him.
It’s the goalies responsibility to look before he throws , this isn’t a child learning, he knew better but wasn’t patient enough.
We need some pace and athleticism to defend our group.
Nigeria and Iceland run all day.
Messi in the mood is … well … Messi in the mood.
Subasic is NOT a mobile keeper.
You need CB that can cover ground.
Plus I believe Lovren has goal or two in him, which may put us over the hump. His confidence is recent form will give him the confidence he needs for us.
Vida is a BEAST.
I say call Conti and ask him to set us up in a 3-5-2.
______ Vida ___ Čaleta-Car ____Lovren
Vrsaljko _______________________Perišić
____________Rakitic __Kovačić
________________Modrić
____Rebić_________________Kramaric
No team has ever scouted us in this formation.
Time to score some goals!
Can you all imagine what will happen if Lovren, Čorluka and Strinic are in the starting lineup?
Lovren made no mistakes today….nice header.
Modrič was outstanding as usual.
If Lovren’s not demanding the ball most likely Karius boots it up field.
Well u shouldn’t be screaming for the ball if u sense the forward spying on u. U need to see that not be demanding it.
Come on Poglavnik, how can you blame that on Lovren?
Lovren was the idiot calling for Karius to roll him the ball with Benzema between them.
Just sayin..
Otherwise a very solid game.
Here’s something to think about:
Often times, defenders take a bit longer to really develope, there’s a lot for them to learn and adapt to, especially at how fast things change during the game at that level.
I doubt this but maybe at this point in Lovren’s career he is learning to play smart, he’s gained more experience and he’s able to control his mind and emotions better.
Ya I thought we are trying to talk ourselves up on lovren but no doubt he was solid today
Do lovren and vida compliment each other?
We got to try perisic kramaric and rebic up top
Pace power and some finish
This is our time if something major gonna happen it’s now
Though I do believe the next group of kids gonna have a chance at something special as well
These guys have nuff experience together and away from each other that if she can mesh get hot get a bit lucky we can cause some damage
I feel way more confident then going into Brazil that’s for sure
Lovren recovery speed to catch up to Bale on a break away!
Him and Vida together have the speed, toughness and athleticism we need.
They both have grown through mistakes and formed themselves into solid defenders. Lovren actually has great distribution ability.
Bale reminding us how you always need some power and pace in the attacking third.
Call me a homer … as many do … I would have started Kovačić over Kroos. He makes Casemiro and Modrić work extra hard on D and is predictable offensively.
We are healthy and ready to go into camp!
Lovren was absolutely solid. Nice assist, jumping over Ramos was the icing on the cake. Great performance from him and Modric.
Lovren! Can breathe a sigh of relief. Two MAJOR blunders were made–and he wasn’t responsible!!!!
Excellant performance by Lovren, he was solid at the back, made a last man tackle, and got an assist. Let’s hope he continues to play like this for Vatreni! Maybe, a solid performance like this will boost his confidence.
And Modric was so impressive, neat and tidy in possession, the glue that held the Real Madrid midfield together. Without a doubt, one the greatest players of his generation. The Legend of Modric grows!
And good news! No Hrvat got injured! Next up gentleman, the World Cup!
Lovren baby!!
Name our toughest grittiest starting 11 of all time
You can mix the eras
Stimac bilic kovac..:.
Somehow lovren gonna get blamed for that goal!
I really hope this game doesn’t end like this!
Ramos is bad ass!
Rafa Marquez smashed one of our forwards while going for a head ball in the last World Cup and in my opinion, that was the beginning of the end for us. Today, Ramos purposely grabs Salah’s arm and takes him down for an awkward fall and injures him. These parts of the game aren’t usually nice but they happen in every single game. We need tough players like that….Bilic and Stimac were both terrible for any attackers to play against and I’m wondering if we have anyone like them on our NT!
Each team has these types of players, it’s a necessary evil!
Damn players dropping like flies, hopefully our boys just get out of this game injury free.
Jurgen Klopp deserves the highest marks, this Liverpool team looks organized!
U ime oca i sina..
Good News.
Ivan Strinic will be marking Leo Messi 🙂
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/sport/28597-dalic-on-world-cup-it-will-be-easiest-against-argentina-hardest-against-nigeria
I guess if you post with multiple devices, some are being blocked
I guess posts are being blocked now?
May Pizda Istana rot
Crnkovic makes a bit of a point but with that said, anyone with some pride for their motherland (or parents motherland) feels pride for something they relate themselves to. I don’t care for skiing but when Kostelic won gold, it made me proud…it’s the same concept for tennis or waterpolo or UFC…
With regards to top 4, I think Modric has to do better for Croatia for him to be bumped up…I always said Maradona was better than Messi because he did more for Napoli who had less quality and were at the bottom of the table when he got there and also, Maradona won a World Cup…and he was very instrumental in Argentina winning it.
If Ziva really did get sick, I hope he’s ok! I didn’t like how he attacked people about their personal lives but I never wish bad things for anyone.
The Truth did kinda out himself though by mentioning betting also as his only interest in the game; that was always a big characteristic of his
The talk about Ziva was he made some bet on here and lost. He bet something like if we beat Spain at euro2016 he’d quit the site and never come back and of course that happened (i can’t remember if that was the exact game but it was something like that)
@Crnkovic-I can guarantee most Brazilians root for the team with their favorite Brazilian players, unless they are a club soccer jocksniffing moron. The LB on my club team is Brazilian and loves Marcelo, which is the only reason he is rooting for RM tomorrow. He isn’t the only one.
I don’t respect club soccer (too corporate for my tastes.) I do respect international soccer.
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Not sure what Prosinečki did to warrant the #1 position for us. He moreso had the potential to be #1 but other than winning the simplified version of the Champions League with Zvezda… He did nothing else spectacular.
I’m pretty sure Modrić playing a pivotal role in a Real Madrid three-peat tops that, let alone the multiple team of eleven FIFA awards, Club Champions League MVP, etc.
I think if Žuti didn’t smoke and had that knee injury early in his career, he would be the best.
At the same time, you could argue that Modrić would look even better for us if he had prime Šuker playing with him.
I just can’t see how Žuti had a greater club or NT impact than Modrić.
Not sure what Prosinečki did to warrant the #1 position for us. He moreso had the potential to be #1 but other than winning the simplified version of the Champions League with Zvezda… He did nothing else spectacular.
I’m pretty sure Modrić playing a pivotal role in a Real Madrid three-peat tops that, let alone the multiple team of eleven FIFA awards, Club Champions League MVP, etc.
I think if Žuti didn’t smoke and had that knee injury early in his career, he would be the best.
At the same time, you could argue that Modrić would look even better for us if he had prime Šuker playing with him.
I just can’t see how Žuti had a greater club or NT impact than Modrić.
@Poglavnik – Sick jersey. Good find.
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Never seen this for sale before.
Suker
Prosinecki
Modric
Boban
@poglavnik, good point. I’m actually on my way to liverpool tomorrow with my little son and daughter. my son supports liverpool and if they win they’ll remember tomorrow for the rest of their lives. my good friend and his dad are scousers and liverpool fans for generations, we’ll be watching the game with those guys. i hope none of our guys get injured but i’d definately be over the moon if liverpool win. As i’ve said before i think it backfires a little having players at the big club as it’s only the vatreni that counts for me not individual accolades. for that reason i believe that modric has to take us on a very good world cup run before he can be considered the top croatian player ever. quarters at least
1.boban
2.suker
3.prosinecki
4.modric
5.bilic
if guys like rakitic, perisic, mandzukic produce the GOODS this tourney then they can jump right in there
Pizda Istana was sick.
I can tell you with 100% accuracy that The Truth is not Ziva.
Anyone know what took place with Ziva? Someone mentioned on here a while back that he was sick or in a bad accident.
For tomorrow’s game I am hoping for a Liverpool win.
Modric in terms of consistency is the greatest Croatian footballer if Real win tomorrow and Croatia goes deep into the WC knockout rounds. Prosenecki the greatest talent however he was constantly injured in his Barca/Real era because of lifestyle habits. We could argue Boban and Suker as well but Luka has such a massive impact on arguably the greatest Champions league dynasty in the modern era.
@Crnkovic
How do you think the people of Egypt see this final? 😉
Lovren is possibly the worst defender to ever play professional soccer. And dispora on this site think he should start in central defence?
Guaranteed that if he starts we will not make it out of the group stage. Regardless if he starts or Corluka I don’t see this team leaving the group. They need to rebuild and find a real coach. Dalic will be gone after this World Cup.
Based on recent national team performances it is very likely that we will not make it out of the group stage. You don’t turn a team around by hiring another inexperienced coach.
The truth standing up for (himself) Ziva Istina.
Good job buddy.
Greatest Croatian footballers in my time.
1 – Prosinecki
2 – Suker
3 – Modric
4 – Boban
What’s your order Maminjo?
I’d say Modric needs to make a semi final with us and carry us there for that to change for me. Final 4 with a Team of the Tournament type performance.
Prior to today, I was fairly certain that the truth is ziva. Now I am 100% certain. Why the charade under multiple alias, beats me, but you just outed yourself.
If Modric takes us to the quarterfinals at the World Cup, does he go down as the best ever Croat?
Or does it have to be semis or bust?
The Truth standing up for (himself) Ziva Istina.
Good job buddy.
@Maminjo
Best Croatian footballers during my time.
1 – Prosinecki
2 – Suker
3 – Modric
4 – Boban
What’s your order?
Someone saying modric was a bust is not actually true
That person said modric was playing like a bust… Big difference
If im not betting i don’t care who wins this as long as there are no injuries
@Maminjo
Still very arguable.
@Dubrovcan
He still hasn’t shown much consistency. Having a stable partner in Van Dijk helps.
As much as we feel Lovren is unstable we must remind ourselves that he is a regular starter in the EPL. He plays top tier football and now with the champions league final under his belt (as of tomorrow) he has to be our no1 CB over Corluka. His experience alone and the fact that he is put under pressure from quality oponents puts him far ahead of Vida and a semi injured Corluka from the Russian league.
So I guess Modric goes down as the best ever Croatian footballer, ahead of Suker, Boban, Vukas, Skoblar,and Balaban.
Man we went for years holding the NON-believers accountable for there Hrvati hating.
I believe the readers of Marca voted him the biggest bust signing in his first year, so enough tools to fill a Home Depot…
i hate to be the one to say it guys…but tomorrow is the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. not lovren and modric and maybe kovacic. the best way to create positive karma for our NT to succeed is having a little respect for the occasion here. you think brasilians are out there thinking “hmm which of these teams has more brazilian players, which one should i support? which team winning will increase the chances of the selecao winning the world cup by like 0.0005%” NO they don’t do that. Why? because they respect football. they respect liverpool FC, they respect Real Madrid. They are self confident, they don’t have to turn over every pebble looking for a sign that they are OK. and this is part a parcel of their success. All of ushere are hungry for some genuine success with out NT. I was thinking about it yesterday our little country produces all these wonderful footballers. it’s really amazing. compare us to other countries of a similar profile, we just blow them all out of the water. this is what the truth fails to recognise in his misguided calculations. to produce from that small population so many players of that calibre. its not normal. its not “oh yeah. middling football power blah blah bullshit” it’s special. Special. different. a rare flower. so lets have some pride and some self respect. as football fans….
Wasn’t there a guy on here who said Modric will be a bust at RM? Ha! What a tool.
Speaking of marbles, have i mentioned i got a couple down me pants? LEL
The Luka Modrić factor has gone under the radar for this final.
He has been pivotalk in all three finals.
Liverpool is pedestrian in the middle and Luka is versed on EPL teams.
He may have to cover for slow Kroos and full backs bombing forward, but will still find the space to create defining moments for his team. After all it’s not Real Modrić for no reason!
I also feel Kovačić would thrive in this high intensity match.
Kroos for being too slow or Casemiro for his work rate will need to come off in the second half.
Tired Liverpool will be susceptible to slalom run from Kovačić.
No matter what Liverpool will scapegoat Lovren for loss.
I hope he shakes it off and is ready physically and emotionally for us regardless of outcome.
I feel this site as grown as our boys have grown in their CL success.
This site sucks…Ante sucks…since Denis left.
First time in years that I won’t be rooting for RM/Modric/Kovacic.
Liverpool is clearly the inferior team player v player, but RM has a lot of flaws. As good as Marcelo can be going forward, they basically play with 3 at the back since he’s out of position most of the game. Both teams are unlikely to keep a clean sheet.
It would do wonders for Lovren’s confidence and we will be reliant on him this Summer like it or not.
Lovren better not slide tackle Modrić or Kovačić.