Veteran Croatia national team skipper Luka Modric was largely anonymous before he was substituted during the second leg of the Champions League semifinal tie between his Real Madrid side and Manchester City. Croatia internationalModricbegan the second leg as part of a three-man midfield alongside Casemiro and Toni Kroos.

Croatia international Modric was unable to stop Real Madrid from trailing to a stunning strike from Algerian international RiyadMahrez. Modric was subbed off for young French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga with 15 minutes of regulation time left to play. He left the game two minutes after Mahrez gave Manchester City the lead to put them 5-3 ahead on aggregate. After the goal from Mahrez, Real Madrid needed two goals to force extra time or three goals to win the game with just seventeen minutes left on the clock. In the end, they were able to get the two goals to take the game into extra time. Read more “MODRIC LARGELY ANONYMOUS AGAINST CITY”

Croatia international Mateo Kovacic would be a major absentee for Chelsea when they take on London rivals West Ham United in a Premier League clash billed for Stamford Bridge this weekend. Croatianational team star Kovacic will miss the game as a result of the knee injury he sustained during the FA Cup semifinals last weekend.

The Croatian midfielder was an injury casualty at the end of the FA Cup semifinal clash with London rivals Crystal Palace which ended in a 2-0 victory for the West London giants thanks to the goals from the England international duo of Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mason Mount. Loftus-Cheek and Mount scored the goals in the second half to send Chelsea to their third successive FA Cup final. The reigning European champions would be hoping that they are third time lucky with the FA Cup final after losing the previous two. Two seasons ago, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice either side of the half-time break as Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1. Read more “KOVACIC OUT OF WEST HAM GAME”

Croatia national team star Nicola Vlasic was only a substitute as his West Ham United side boosted their top-four hopes with an impressive 1-0 win at home to rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are two of the teams battling to finish in the top four as far as this season’s Premier League campaign is concerned. The other teams in the fight are Manchester United and the London trio of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

West Ham United signed Croatia star Vlasic from Russian team CSKA Moscow in a £30m deal at the start of this season, but he has not been able to break into the starting XI on a consistent basis. A lot of his playing minutes in the Premier League this season have come as a substitute. Read more “VLASIC SUBBED ON AGAINST WOLVES”

Croatia international Mateo Kovacic was a major absentee as Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Premier League log to three points. Chelsea were able to increase their advantage at the summit thanks to the 3-0 win over struggling Newcastle United. Croatia midfielder Kovacic missed the game with an hamstring problem.

Kovacic has been one of the best players at Chelsea this season and the West Londoners were able to secure a three-goal victory over the Magpies without the Croatia international. Read more “KOVACIC MISSES OUT AGAINST NEWCASTLE”

Reigning World Cup finalists Croatia have maintained their place at the top of Group H in the European region of Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers following their emphatic performance at the home of Cyprus. In their latest World Cup qualifier in Larnaca, Cyprus, Croatia were dominant and they could have won more goals. The Croatians would have recorded more than the 3-0 win if they were more clinical in front of goal.

The Croatians led 1-0 at the interval through an Ivan Perisic strike in the second minute of added time. JoskoGvardiol and Marko Livaja went on to score in the final ten minutes to give Croatia a more convincing result. Read more “GROUP H: CROATIA MAINTAIN TOP SPOT”