Dejan Lovren opened up Zenit’s account in Champions League this season with a 34-yard bomb that bounced off the post and the back of the Club Brugge keeper for an own goal Tuesday night in St. Petersburg. The goal would make the game 1-1 but Brugge would score an injury winner to send the Russian champions to a 2-1 defeat. Nonetheless, it’s great to see Lovren sending long-range rockets toward goal.
Lovren Goal
Chelsea and Sevilla played out an uneventful 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge as Ivan Rakitić got the start for Sevilla and Mateo Kovačić came on for Chelsea in the 65th minute. Kova played well defensively but did not have much opportunity to do anything offensively.
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Champions League is back!
Sevilla captain Ivan Rakitić will lead his side into Stamford Bridge Tuesday night to take on Mateo Kovačić and Chelsea. Kovačić wasn’t part of manager Frank Lampard’s side this weekend and was not listed on the injury list, so hopefully he gets some PT against the reigning Europa League champions.
Dejan Lovren and Zenit St. Petersburg host Belgian side Club Brugge. Defender Matej Mitrović has been ruled out for Brugge with a heel injury and is expected to play again in early 2021.
Wednesday’s Champions League group stage games include Luka Modrić and Real Madrid hosting Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. Ivan Perišić, Marcelo Brozović, and Inter Milan host German side Borussia Monchengladbach. Is it possible that 18 year-old wunderkind Luka Sučić gets his first CL start against Lokomotiv Moscow?
Mario Pašalić and Atalanta the on Midtjylland while Duje Ćaleta-Car and Marseille face Olympiakos.
Once again, tons of Croatians to watch int he Champions League. Will one of these players make it an incredible NINE years in a row that a Croatian lifts the Champions League trophy?
“Pero” is a typical pathological liar and/or psychopath accusing other people of what he is guilty of.
He writes a nonsensical comment about “white fish” and “yellow fish” etc, as you can all see, b/c he’s too stupid to understand what my original comment means, and then he calls ME “incoherent”.
Notice how “Pero” doesn’t even attempt to refute anything I’ve said? He just attacks the messenger, as any liar and guilty person would.
I know moron, telling the most important truths nobody can refute makes one “mentally ill” in your sick mind. Right?
Armada I find you to be abhorrent
Not me above, the ZDS lifestyle is abhorrent to me.
I just try and live a ‘ZDS’ lifestyle.
Everybody trying to be me.
Im flattered.
White privilege is a problem in Croatia as well as America. I’m so glad I’m Canadian first.
Ok.
Croats above everything.
Answer the question Maminjo!!
@Maminjo
Wasting a CL roster spot on him at least indicates that they have plans for him.
Anonymous you come on here because this is the only platform you have isn’t it?
You’re obsessed and I’m sure your family and friends.. if you have any are sick of your nonsense.
It’s becoming obvious that you are probably mentally ill so please get help for gods sake.
You’ve passed the point of becoming pathetic Or even coherent with your constant rants.
You’re a real drag on this site can’t you go find something else to do or talk about ?
@BEĆAR
Yea, he is listed as a part of Red Bull Salzburg’s CL roster.
It’s confusing because Luka Sucic has played for both Liefering (in the second division) AND for RedBull Salzburg (in the first division) this season.
He played a couple of games for RedBull Salzburg in late September, then played three games for Liefering this month.
I believe that Liefering is Salzburg’s feeder team in the second division (or some team that they just have a partnership with).
Not sure if he will get any Champions League minutes, but it would be funny to see him play a season where he plays for two different teams (including some Champions League games).
The only traitor is slavonac
That wasn’t me above. LOL.
@”Maminjo”, you still don’t get it? Answer the question: How can you be loyal to Croatians and a traitor to Croatian’s race at the same? Just answer the question if you’re right.
@”Maminjo”, I’m sick of you antiWhite TRAITORS.
I’m sick of this racist.
@”Slavonac from Canada”, you don’t deny that I keep proving you antiWhites are two faced morons, just that you’re not actually being exposed in front the entire world, right? Because I really believe the entire world is reading this, right? You’re reduced to arguing semantics now you lying rat. You’re so fucking stupid, you keep talking about phantom “cetniks” then call me “insecure” for telling the truth you’re too much of pussy to face.
Why did blm/antifa rioters knock down a Christopher Columbus statue? B/c he’s Latino, or b/c he’s White?
Are Nigerians the black race too?
Are Hattians the black race too?
Blacks fought wars against each, enslaved each other and sold black slaves to other races. But what would happen to a black man in Nigeria who claimed to be pro-Nigerian but was a traitor to the black race? He’d get his shit for brains bashed the fuck in LEGALLY and his family would be forced to clean up his shit for brains off the street.
“I have to show the world”
Retarded would be believing that you’re showing the world something by writing comments on little ol’ Croatiansports.com. That’s retarded, delusional also.
@Pero, talking to you is like talking to a retard.
@Crnkovic: ‘Oh, it would be ballsy to write your ethnic based comments with your real name, but you’re to insecure for that.’
How many fucking times do I have to show the world what a two faced moron traitor you are?
My goldfish has a great memory it remembers when I forgot to feed it so it pisses on me from the fishbowl it’s in.
It’s not really a goldfish it’s a whitefish ..you know the superior Breed of fish.I tried integrating yellow fish from Shanghai or black fish from Detroit but white fish just ate Them alive.
It might even have some Aryan DNA to truly make it a superior species.
Who needs goldfish when you can have whItefish the superior breed of fish.
Are Serbs the white race too?
Are Italians the white race?
And of course, not one refutation of anything I said in my original comment. When liars can’t deny the truth, they change the subject.
B/c “Crnkovic” is your real name right? And what’s the penalty for saying antiWhite things with your “real name” traitor?
Hi my name’s “Crnkovic”, I’m loyal to Croatians and traitor to the race Croatians belong to.
“It’s funny calling a man who’s one of the very few people on the entire planet who has the balls to speak for the white race “insecure”. LOL!”
It would be ballsy to write your race based comments with your real name, but you’re to insecure for that.
No Sucic today. Is he even on their CL roster?
Because it takes SO MUCH courage saying antiWhite things, EVERYBODY does it!
It’s funny calling a man who’s one of the very few people on the entire planet who has the balls to speak for the white race “insecure”. LOL!
imagine being so insecure as a man that you feel threatened by the faux “anti white movement” lol
If Luka Sucic turns out to be the real deal, then our midfield won’t skip a beat.
We have lots of intriguing players in other positions (like Gvardiol), so we may end up more balanced with our backline finally about as good as our midfield.
I always felt sorry for Modric, Rakitic and Brozovic for having to cover for our slow (or error-prone) CBs like Simunic, Corluka, Schifo and more recently Vida and Lovren.
@Dannyj
I think if Modric retired, we would make an attempt to keep the same formation and just swap out Modric with Kovacic.
It would be a pretty big downgrade, so I dunno what we’d do.
I’m hoping Modric sticks around for WC2022 so it gives us more time.
So we’re white?
Are Serbs white too?
You know what’s funny? Almost nobody can imagine a world where whites start acting like non-whites and worry about their own best interests; even though that is the only way whites can survive now the western world is turning brown. This is pure white supremacy, everyone assumes whites are morally superior to non-whites.
A goldfish can’t remember more than one second into the past so the goldfish assumes the future will always be like the present.
So if I tell a minority your grandchildren won’t be able to live on white land in the future and the only financial assistance you’ll get from whites will be for the best interests of whites the minority will arrogantly laugh and stick the status quo in my face b/c the minority has the mind of a goldfish.
So when the minority cries about “white supremacy”, “systemic racism” and all that antiWhite bullshit we’ve all heard a million times I should laugh like the minority did and assume this white supremacy will last forever, right?
super goal from Modrić! at least Real has one Luka who can score
gorgeous gol by Luka just now . . . down 3-1.
If luka was to retire today
How would we line up our current midfield?
@LAKnat – Ha! Great one!
^
Shut up Arab.
I will just sacrifice Kovacic to the God of Halilovic
Maminjo you are so much wiser than that slavonac guy
@Anonymous-
agree with you 100%!
Hunter Bidens laptops have evidence
Of child porn. What a sleazy family.
MAGA2020
@Maminjo,
Once again, agree with you 100%!
Kovačić is too difficult to build around.
He’s not good enough to command that kind of change on your team (to move other players around to satisfy his needs).
Chelsea isn’t going to do it with Havertz, and as a result, Kovačić will have to learn how to play in the pivot.
We’re not going to do it either at NT level, and mess what Vlašić has been doing for us.
Maybe Kramarić is a good enough to warrant a formation change to get him scoring for us (since he’s potentially an elite striker)… But not Kovačić.
Kovacic is good.
Can he become excellence?
I still have hope.
Luka Sučić sutra?
Wasn’t he trying to play as a hockey goalie now?
Chelsea have signed cech as a keeper…what’s old is new again.
Kovacic played really well once subbed on. Moved the ball forward nicely a few times, plus a few timely defensive interventions.
The POTTY award don’t mean shit…
The POTY award was won because there was nobody better to give it to, not necessarily because he was so good.
The thing about Kovacic is that he always leaves something to be desired. It just always seems that he could be better, not that he’s performing poorly. Chelsea, in my opinion, usually perform better when he’s in the lineup, Lampard just doesn’t want to admit it. He leaned on Kovacic a lot last season because he had to, not because he’s a fan of his.
Kova is no good as one of the two pivots in a 4-2-3-1.
Chelsea much better with Kante and Jorginho in that formation.
That player of the year award was a joke.
Much like Jordan Henderson’s.
Kovacic not starting AFTER not even being rostered last game is very concerning. Lampard must have no confidence in him. Plus, Chelsea shit the bed last game out.
Lovren always had a knack for those longer shots from ‘down town’.
Lovrren just hit a 34-yard rocket off the post, back of goalie, to tie it up for Zenit. Absolute rocket!
Pulisic starting.
Kovačić to come in second half.
Sevilla are tough crew.
Kovačić and Pulisic will need to come in the second half.
aaaand the Chelsea Player of the Year is on the bench.
I guess these “Player of the Year” awards really are just something that was created to simply encourage a young or underperforming player to move forward.
@ Becar
Full respect to Raketa.
He was crapped on by Croatia media for 10 years, 2008-18.
His World Cup performance put that BS to bed.
Farca was even worse treachery.
My point is that Modrić has set the standard for our level of central midfielder.
It is no less than Balon D’or.
World Class Rakitic never got his due.
Easy on Rakitić guys, let’s not forget what he did for us. Realistically, he probably did us a favour by retiring from the NT when he did.
Rakitic does the dishes every night
And laundry.
All eyes on Kovačić today.
Our resident over/under rated nogometaš.
Funny how Chelsea lose balance when he doesn’t play?
Head to head with Rakitić, another maligned central midfielder who also could not live up to Luka Modrić expectations.
I see farca and Messi are thriving once they got rid of him .. NOT!!
Luka Sučić watch begins in earnest today.
CL is where you strut your stuff as a young stud.
Our senior squad need a couple of teenage phenoms.
It’s important that our players in their 20’s do not get too comfortable.
Who cares about Rakitic now
Selfish bastard
Battle of the Betas! 😉