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Croatia is now at the top of its qualifying group for Euro 2008 , with a 4-3 victory over Israel. Eduardo got a hat-trick and Runje did a good job replacing Pletikosa (who was out with the flu). Still, I find Croatia plays better with Pletikosa as keeper. It was a hard fought match and [...]
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Croatia got past England, 2-0, in their Euro 2008 qualification match! Croatia (for) now sits at the top of its group (remember that the 2 first teams in each group automatically qualify for Euro 2008). Croatia worked hard for the win (even if the second goal was an English own goal) and is definitively a [...]
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Hajduk is at the top of the Croatian Premier League (Prva Hrvatska Nogometna Liga, 1.HNL), undefeated since the start of the season! Seven wins in seven games, which is a far cry from last season’s dismal performance (in which they finished 5th, barely). Niko Kranjcar was sent to Portsmouth with no-ill effect to the team [...]
Congratulations to Italy for winning the 2006 World Cup! I would have liked it to be settled during regulation time (I find there were quite a few games decided via penalty shots during this year’s tournament), but that does not take away the fact that they are the champions (they made up for the 1994 [...]
With the 1-0 victory over Sweden in Zagreb, Croatia has qualified for the World Cup in Germany in 2006! With the qualifications completed, they have a chance to do better than in World Cup 2002 and Euro 2004 (in both cases, they never went passed the group stages of the tournament), and that should be [...]
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