Cliff on March 24th, 2007

Darijo Srna and Eduardo da Silva lifted Croatia to a 2-1 victory over Macedonia. Croatia is still at the top of its qualifying group for Euro 2008. They had to come from behind to get the win (Srna in the 58th minute for the tie and another goal in the 88th minute by da Silva. [...]

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Cliff on December 12th, 2006

Well, who thought you could make tourism out of dental work, but it’s being done in Croatia: “Croatia has decided to take an unconventional approach to tourism – with dentists taking a starring role. [...] Croatian dentists are offering treatments for a fraction of a price of those in Britain, Switzerland, Italy or the United [...]

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Cliff on November 15th, 2006

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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Cliff on October 11th, 2006

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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Cliff on September 17th, 2006

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 [...]

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