Croatia - Scotland: Friendly.

[Cro_Sensation]

Roster was named today.


OBRANA/Keepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak M.), Mario Galinović (Panathinaikos)

OBRANA/Defenders: Vedran Ćorluka (Manchester City), Dario Šimić (Milan), Robert Kovač (Borussia D.), Josip Šimunić (Hertha), Dario Knežević (Livorno)

VEZA/Midfielders: Niko Kovač (Red Bull Salzburg), Darijo Srna (Šahtar), Ivan Rakitić (Schalke 04), Jerko Leko (Monaco), Niko Kranjčar (Portsmouth), Danijel Pranjić (Heerenveen), Luka Modrić i Ognjen Vukojević (oba Dinamo Z.)

NAPAD/Attackers: Mladen Petrić (Borussia D.), Ivica Olić (Hamburger SV), Igor Budan (Parma), Ivan Klasnić (Werder)

Note Klasnic back in the lineup. Hopefully he can score a few and show that he still has what it takes to be in the Euro lineup.


Comments?

[13Ballack13]

2-1 za hrvatsku.........

[Gunner]

yes! cant wait! should be an incredibly boring game! lol

[13Ballack13]

Croatia would eat Scotland for diner if eduardo was back for Croatia......

[Cro_Sensation]

Yah, it would be cool if he was still around, but we'll do fine with what we have, I believe.

Still a loss though. We'll see how it goes.

[Andygers]

Muhahah you guys are doing what France and Ukraine did, you underestimate us...COME ON THE SCOTLAND!!!!

[Cro_Sensation]

Who says I'm underestimating you guys. I actually think a draw will come from this.

It's not easy to paly in Scotland when you have 40 000 fans singing

"I Will Walk 500 Miles" :D

[ulster21]

I don't give a damn about friendlies....so I will be making no predictions

[())__Green__))>]

this will be interesting to watch!

[nb-legenda]

Scotland and England play very similar style so I think Croatia takes this one but let's be safe and say 1-1 because Scotland is very tough, they almost knocked out France/Italy (2006 World Cup finalists) from Euro 2008.

[13Ballack13]

where is this game going to be played at? if its in Croatia den i would say a 2-1 victory for dem but if its in scotland, den dey will most likely come on with a 1-0 victory at home........

[Almir11]

Croatia would eat Scotland for diner if eduardo was back for Croatia......

haha one player cant do everything thing and even with eduardo i still thinnk scotland would win 2-1 but for this match with out eduardo i think it will be 3-1 scotland !

[nb-legenda]

Croatia are consistently in top 10 in ranking of the world.

[13Ballack13]

yea dey are^^..... in friendly games it really doesn't matter who wins or loses, because this game is just a warm up for croatia to get dem ready for euro 2008, when that tournaments start den u can say wether or not dere good........... or w/e

[Cro_Sensation]

Simic will not be playing.

Simunic will be taking his spot as a central defender, and Danijel Pranjic will be moved into Left-Back.

Olic - Petric duo will be starting.

[Cro_Sensation]

Finished 1 - 1.

The Scots have an amazing team!

We played very well while dominating but we couldn't make our chances. Scotland quite the team though.

Pranjic does a good job as LB.

Can't wait to see how we do in the Euros. :)

[shevafan]

i'm pissed off that Srna got injured. Hopefully it isn't anything serious.

[Cro_Sensation]

It doesn't seem to be anything serious, as of yet.

We got lazy after the first goal despite our domination int he 2nd half. Wasn't one of Robert Kovac's best matches

[Cro_Sensation]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHDA4flmQ2Y

Kranjcar's goal.

[Cro_Sensation]

Scotland's goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EkkZOpYyrw

[13Ballack13]

jooj dobar gol od Kranjcar ko granata.....

[Cro_Sensation]

By the way, Olic really needs to step up. lol...

I always knew Petric and Olic would make a bad duo up front.

[13Ballack13]

By the way, Olic really needs to step up. lol...

I always knew Petric and Olic would make a bad duo up front.

Your rite, Olic hasn't been playing that well but Petric has man iunno what to say about this guy when he scored a stunning goal against England!!!! un stopable for any goalie man.... i think Petric and Olic up front wouldn't be that bad, they could do some damage up front.... Petric je legenda kad je izbatcijo englesku iz euro :)

[Cro_Sensation]

Oh... in news related to Petric. He's linked with Juventus, and Kalinic is linked with Chelsea for a 10 MIL bid.

[Cro_Sensation]

Petric is fine. He does what he has to, but Olic is just good as a substitute cause he will run his heart out. He's very useful against tired defenders.

Budan had a decent match up. It's time for him to start already. He almost won the match for us, but Scotland's keeper kept it out.

[Andygers]

Finished 1 - 1.

The Scots have an amazing team!

We played very well while dominating but we couldn't make our chances. Scotland quite the team though.

Pranjic does a good job as LB.

Can't wait to see how we do in the Euros. :) Both teams played well and I am really happy because that was us with under half a full team :)

[Who's_the_dado]

I was the game of Wednesday, and coming from Glasgow and sitting amongst the Croatia fans was an experience.

I was also fortunate enough to meet the Croatian players at the hotel which they were staying at.

On speaking to Petric he stated he has just signed a new 4 year deal and Klasnic stated that if Rangers wanted to buy him they could come and get him, which is positive news for any Rangers fan.

[nb-legenda]

^ damn, lucky bastard