hrvatska

jelavic is a no-brainer. i would play eduardo behind him, even though his club form has not been good for 2 seasons or so. he's scored a bunch of international goals and links up with modric well.

http://i.imgur.com/ZnECS.jpg

he is going to look awesome if he ever reaches 70, like a mount rushmore figure if they stopped half way through and just left a dynamited outline

@AlexHoliga is a good twitter feed for Croatia news. Vrsalko has been called up to replace the injured Ilicevic

triffic bunch of lads

croatian fans are absolutely undrinkable at the moment

the quick passing and movement of srna - modric - rakitic - perisic - mandzukic was really impressive, and jelavic deadly in the area

croatian fans are absolutely undrinkable at the moment

― irrational angst that makes me innocuously thingy (darraghmac), Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:02 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

trying to figure out how/where i can watch this game today. probably will only see the 2nd half. come on you Vatreni!

Could they beat Italy today? While Italy were great they were kinda fortunate to be playing a Spain side with no strikers looking to play patiently for most of the game.

Not too sure about the Italian defence especially if they're going to play directly. Not too sure about the Croatian defence either admittedly.

croatia defence more of a liability, croatia will have to come out looking to score first i think.
italy are unchanged, a lot will depend on balotelli.

jelavic dropped!

Stipe Pletikosa; Gordon Schildenfeld, Vedran Corluka, Ivan Strinic, Domagoj Vida; Ivan Rakitic, Ognjen Vukojevic; Danijel Pranjic, Darijo Srna, Luka Modric; Mario Mandzukic

good lineup imo

mandzukic is in great form, is faster and more likely to unsettle piqué

4231 a must vs spain

wait i don't like must as an abstract noun

they could really use lovren right now

triffic bunch of lads

― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:15 (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

won't even get out the groups.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow)

oh yeah. my one correct prediction this year.

called it like a g

Šimunić is known for having great football technique, despite being a centre-back. His national teammate Niko Kranjčar says that, "on a training pitch, he does feints like Ronaldinho."[5]

typical aussie

gah why has it taken me this long to gis vukojevic

it seems he would appear to be a very precise splice of shawx and holty

"Fellaini can't play football," proclaimed Boban. "Seriously he can't play football."