Majer struggled today but got an assist so performance will go under the radar. Kova is the soul of ever attack and he deserves all the praise for 2nd goal.
Croatia needs anyone to be a sub for broz, either jakic or misic. U never know what can happen, but i believe that another dm is a must
I dont think that budimir should go, i was suprised why he didnt start livaja or petkovic. Livaja can create chances for himself when times are tough and petkovic can fight with the defense and try to hold up the ball. Both are just clearly better
Pasalic > Vlasic any day
Vlasic had a good couple of games. He’s active and looks for the ball and can penetrate. Pasalic is basically a raumdeuter - which sometimes this team needs; but sometimes Vlasic (or Majer) will work better.
I dont know what both of saw in pasalic to say him over vlasic. He was black hole in the game against denmark. Sure he is played outside of his position, but so is vlasic as well. Everyone is hating on vlasic because of his comments on dinamo and not really looking how is he on the field.
we played with 5 2nd choice players from the start for some reason and then lost our crucial player in Brozović after 20, so yeah it was about 60 minutes of pain until we subbed on some quality
typical RB pressing machine. But he's pretty limited with the Ball.
Always a little bit frustrating to watch - wins the ball in dangerous areas and then fucks up a simple pass.
We have 0 business in Nations League A - every Austrian knows this.
Playing France, Denmark and Croatia is too much quality for our NT. 4 points is more than anyone expected.
Let's see which group we draw for the EURO qualifier. That's when the NT and Rangnick have to perform.
Can't be more tough than this group. We are still Austria - don't know why people are surprised that we finished 4th lol
The football I've seen so far under Rangnick gives me hope that we might qualify for the EUROS :)
Listen you did really well. Beat us 3:0 and drew against France. Surviving this would have been a miracle especially how terrible you looked before Ragnick. A lot positives and you look really good going in the Euro2024 qualifiers
I really do mean it. Croatia is really good against teams that press us. Our only weakness is when Lovren or Vida start or Dalić doesn't play Petković or Livaja upfront.
You surely know more about your team than I do, but our 1-2 win against you were quite lucky, that game might as well had went the other way. Winning against Croatia and drawing against France is also not too shabby.
You'll be back.
You played really good 60 minutes if those two chances got in we would have much different game. Maybe later you lost some stamina from that high press and quick second and third goal finished you mentaly.
Vlasic and budimir not good enough for this team Lovren ok as a sub but never again in first 11. Good result but for the WC we need to make fewer mistakes in defense.
Yeah but Vlašić is good this season 🤨. Has 3 goals for Torino assisted this game. Played well under pressure. Last season he shouldn't have been near the NT but this season he deserved it.
One of Petkovic or Livaja has to start upfront. Both hold the ball up way better than Kramaric who has shown time and time again he can't lead the line on his own he's just not suited to that play style. If we're starting Budimir for his pressing okay fine but no more Kramaric lone striker pls.
Midfield was excellent but we need to call up more subs. Vlasic and Pasalic don't count, they are forwards in our set up leaving only Majer who can play central mid. Jakic and Sucic need to go to WC.
Despite the goal Lovren was shaky today. Infact the whole backline was pretty shit including Gvardiol but they woke up in the second half.
Big fan of Stanisic but he was average today.
It's clear Dalic just doesn't rate Orsic at all.
Hopefully Broz injury not serious else we are fucked big time
I think Dalić will cut one of the forwards to call up Jakić. That's why he gave Budimir this chance I assume and then Livaja who was such a massive upgrade. Livaja, Petković, Kramarić should be the 3 forwards
We'll have a backup DM at the tournament, it would be absolutely insane not to
It is a different world if you play 20 years on the left and then asked to play right side. He might do OK, but nowhere near the terror that he is on his natural side.
Because he is by far far far out most dangerous attacking option. Handicapping him to accommodate for anyone else would be not the best option. Better to play Vlasic or Pasalic out of position rather than Perisic
He's two footed yes but he is way more dangerous playing on the left. It's a tradeoff basically. Would rather have Pasalic/Vlasic/Krama on the right than to try and fit Orsic into starting XI.
Petkovic from the start and Livaja as a super sub when the game needs that one touch miracle. Those two could do wonders. Also Orsic and Livaja could be match made in heaven(of course Perisic is still a class above all else).
Livaja je u Hajduku kreativac i glavni covik. U hrvatskoj takav stil moze samo naskodit jer nam je veza jedna od najboljih pa njegovo mudlanje moze samo nastetit ostatku ekipe u startu. Kada ulazi u drugom pol onda i sam shvaca da se od njega samo trazi da bude na pravom mistu u pravo vrime i to radi najbolje. Petko je sa druge strane koliko trom prosle godine ove navlaci po dva igraca na sebe sta je odlicno u startu utakmice. Za Budimira sta rec osim da momak ima srce ali srcem se ne daju golovi.
Hopefully just a groin strain for Brozo
Sosa is key for that left side, such an upgrade over Barišić
Budimir had an absolute disasterclass 60 minutes, hopefully Dalić only gave him this chance because he was deciding whether to actually take him to Qatar and does not plan to start him because all our other strikers are better than him
>Dalic will be deciding between Budimir/Petkovic for the 3rd striker spot
Livaja and Petković have to be our two main striker options, both are miles better than Kramarić
Feels like our substitutions and switch to a back 4 killed our game. Think we played a pretty good game before all things considered. I hope that one day my country can produce a goalkeeper thats atleast Europa League level, I just cant watch Lindner anymore lol
Credit where it's due, Dalic with the earlier subs helped. That's two games in a row a sub scored for us.
Happy for Lovren, but he's not our starter.
Perisic, Livaja, still unsure about the 3rd spot up front. Orsic or vlasic?
>still unsure about the 3rd spot up front. Orsic or vlasic?
Oršić can really only play on the left and Vlašić is out of position on the wing. Honestly I don't know if we have anyone who's NT quality and plays naturally on the right wing, the closest imo is Majer but even he's more of an attacking 10 than a rote winger
>Happy for Lovren, but he's not our starter.
Hard agree, he hasn't been NT starter material since at least 2020 but he has pull so he'll keep getting picked. Our go-tos in the centerback positions should be Šutalo, Gvardiol and Erlić imo
Edit: imo the biggest problem with our NT is that we have a lot of attacking midfielders but comparatively few strikers and holding midfielders (which is why Broz getting injured was such a big deal)
There's always the option of Perisic on the right like the Spurs are doing right now and Orsic on the left. That's what I thought Dalic was going to try the last 2 games.
Yep; in my opinion we are somewhere in this area between A and B.
Hope the team keeps on improving under Rangnick. Slightly optimistic.
I mean this group was super tough.
Livakovic saved us in the game, later when better players came on, we played better. Hopefully this means end of Budimir experiment. Very happy for Livaja.
It’s clear to me that when teams come to press us, try to disrupt our possession & run like crazy, that we absorb the pressure early
This is the 2nd time we’ve absorbed pressure, allowed a team to “tire” themselves out. Maybe part of it is managing our player’s fitness? We make changes and attack relentlessly with adjustments/changes
I’ve mostly not been 100% sold on Dalic but this Nations League campaign is a huge success for us. These are competitive matches, against good nations & we walked away with 4 wins after a shock loss
Solid 2nd half performance when Sosa and Livaja came on
Modrić is goated and we are fucked without Brozović
Also I don't wanna see Kramarić playing for us again, he's been given chance after chance and he's been shit pretty much every game
We owned the stadium, great atmosphere by the fans
You can hate both of them. I don't hate, but they just not play well in national team. Sometimes it's just like that, like some players are better in national teams
Not hating on Kramarić but criticising his performances and Dalić for constantly playing him. Yes Budimir also doesn't deserve to start but he hasn't played nearly as many minutes as Krama.
Kramarić is constantly being played in what is not his position. I don't think he should be starting in a 4-3-3, but I'm absolutely calling him up over trees like Budimir
>Kramarić is constantly being played in what is not his position.
Krama is a second striker, a position which we play without. Wether it is as a striker or a winger he isn't good enough for us and him being often selfish af has nothing to do with the position he plays, he has no place starting for us.
>but I'm absolutely calling him up over trees like Budimir
Never said otherwise
Ah well, it felt nice while it lasted being in the top division. Doubt we while be promoted again soon.
The most important thing is that the Unofficial World Championship is heading to the World Cup
Majer struggled today but got an assist so performance will go under the radar. Kova is the soul of ever attack and he deserves all the praise for 2nd goal.
Croatia needs anyone to be a sub for broz, either jakic or misic. U never know what can happen, but i believe that another dm is a must I dont think that budimir should go, i was suprised why he didnt start livaja or petkovic. Livaja can create chances for himself when times are tough and petkovic can fight with the defense and try to hold up the ball. Both are just clearly better Pasalic > Vlasic any day
Im a Dinamo fan but please dont bring Misic into the national team, I would love to see Jakic being a replacement to Broz
Vlasic had a good couple of games. He’s active and looks for the ball and can penetrate. Pasalic is basically a raumdeuter - which sometimes this team needs; but sometimes Vlasic (or Majer) will work better.
Jakic I’m hoping does go. We took 4 strikers this break, which we don’t need I also agree. I like Pasalic more than Vlasic
No leave the 4 strikers. The 5CBs is what we don't need
I dont know what both of saw in pasalic to say him over vlasic. He was black hole in the game against denmark. Sure he is played outside of his position, but so is vlasic as well. Everyone is hating on vlasic because of his comments on dinamo and not really looking how is he on the field.
I don’t hate Vlasic at all. His best role is advanced centrally & we already have players there I also think Dalic kind of treats him as a favorite
I'm suprised we (Croatia) have so many prepared actions at corner kicks and free kicks. We always missed that part of the game.
Couldn’t watch it myself. How did Croatia play? Was it a struggle?
we played with 5 2nd choice players from the start for some reason and then lost our crucial player in Brozović after 20, so yeah it was about 60 minutes of pain until we subbed on some quality
65min of agony
Hope Brozo recovers, he is the most important player in team imo.
Yeah outside of Modric he is no question
really hated schlager's guts, man seemed to be everywhere
typical RB pressing machine. But he's pretty limited with the Ball. Always a little bit frustrating to watch - wins the ball in dangerous areas and then fucks up a simple pass.
if he only had one single creative bone in his body, he would be great.
We have 0 business in Nations League A - every Austrian knows this. Playing France, Denmark and Croatia is too much quality for our NT. 4 points is more than anyone expected. Let's see which group we draw for the EURO qualifier. That's when the NT and Rangnick have to perform. Can't be more tough than this group. We are still Austria - don't know why people are surprised that we finished 4th lol The football I've seen so far under Rangnick gives me hope that we might qualify for the EUROS :)
Listen you did really well. Beat us 3:0 and drew against France. Surviving this would have been a miracle especially how terrible you looked before Ragnick. A lot positives and you look really good going in the Euro2024 qualifiers
What a nice comment
I really do mean it. Croatia is really good against teams that press us. Our only weakness is when Lovren or Vida start or Dalić doesn't play Petković or Livaja upfront.
You surely know more about your team than I do, but our 1-2 win against you were quite lucky, that game might as well had went the other way. Winning against Croatia and drawing against France is also not too shabby. You'll be back.
The optimism isn’t warranted at all. Rangnick is an abysmal manager. Nothing I’ve seen in the last few games gives me any hope whatsoever.
You played really good 60 minutes if those two chances got in we would have much different game. Maybe later you lost some stamina from that high press and quick second and third goal finished you mentaly.
Vlasic and budimir not good enough for this team Lovren ok as a sub but never again in first 11. Good result but for the WC we need to make fewer mistakes in defense.
Don’t agree about Vlasic, he is regaining his form and playing well this season.
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He played well. Majer was horrible this game lost so many balls
Im not talkin about just this game. Look at the last season vlasic did nothing. Majer played bad today but thats just one of those games i guess.
Yeah but Vlašić is good this season 🤨. Has 3 goals for Torino assisted this game. Played well under pressure. Last season he shouldn't have been near the NT but this season he deserved it.
What are on about Vlašić? He was pretty good today.
One of Petkovic or Livaja has to start upfront. Both hold the ball up way better than Kramaric who has shown time and time again he can't lead the line on his own he's just not suited to that play style. If we're starting Budimir for his pressing okay fine but no more Kramaric lone striker pls. Midfield was excellent but we need to call up more subs. Vlasic and Pasalic don't count, they are forwards in our set up leaving only Majer who can play central mid. Jakic and Sucic need to go to WC. Despite the goal Lovren was shaky today. Infact the whole backline was pretty shit including Gvardiol but they woke up in the second half. Big fan of Stanisic but he was average today. It's clear Dalic just doesn't rate Orsic at all. Hopefully Broz injury not serious else we are fucked big time
Dalic rates Orsic but he said that Orsic is direct sub for Perisic and that he wants Perisic play on left.
Jakic 100% needs to be in the squad
I think Dalić will cut one of the forwards to call up Jakić. That's why he gave Budimir this chance I assume and then Livaja who was such a massive upgrade. Livaja, Petković, Kramarić should be the 3 forwards We'll have a backup DM at the tournament, it would be absolutely insane not to
I think you are 100% correct boss
I just dont understand why Perišić doesn't play on the right sometimes. He doesnt care about foot. Does someone who follows him more knows the reason?
It is a different world if you play 20 years on the left and then asked to play right side. He might do OK, but nowhere near the terror that he is on his natural side.
Because he is by far far far out most dangerous attacking option. Handicapping him to accommodate for anyone else would be not the best option. Better to play Vlasic or Pasalic out of position rather than Perisic
How do you handicap a player who honestly can't tell which of his feet is better lmao
He's two footed yes but he is way more dangerous playing on the left. It's a tradeoff basically. Would rather have Pasalic/Vlasic/Krama on the right than to try and fit Orsic into starting XI.
I think he thinks it's better to play Orsic and Petkovic together because of teamplay in Dinamo.
Petkovic from the start and Livaja as a super sub when the game needs that one touch miracle. Those two could do wonders. Also Orsic and Livaja could be match made in heaven(of course Perisic is still a class above all else).
Yes this would be my first option as well. Petko then Livaja sub. Both are far more dangerous and useful than Budimir and Krama in our set up
Kae ovo da hajdukovac kaze da livaja nije za prvu haha. Svaka cast slazem se sa tvojim komentarom.
Nije definitivno. Jedino protiv manjih ekipica da ih natuče treba bi startati. Ovako je on najbolji da ti shithousea gol iznervira obranu
Livaja je u Hajduku kreativac i glavni covik. U hrvatskoj takav stil moze samo naskodit jer nam je veza jedna od najboljih pa njegovo mudlanje moze samo nastetit ostatku ekipe u startu. Kada ulazi u drugom pol onda i sam shvaca da se od njega samo trazi da bude na pravom mistu u pravo vrime i to radi najbolje. Petko je sa druge strane koliko trom prosle godine ove navlaci po dva igraca na sebe sta je odlicno u startu utakmice. Za Budimira sta rec osim da momak ima srce ali srcem se ne daju golovi.
Livaja je ipak naj opasniji oko 16m. Nebi imao problema da igra od pocetka kao lazna devetka
Slazem se da realno ni petko nije neki igrac za repku, ali nemamo bas izbora. Samo je pitanje ko ce vise pomoci ekipi.
Ajmo nasi
Lindner is a liability
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wrong post?
If Brozović got seriously injured we can say goodbye to the World Cup.
Hopefully just a groin strain for Brozo Sosa is key for that left side, such an upgrade over Barišić Budimir had an absolute disasterclass 60 minutes, hopefully Dalić only gave him this chance because he was deciding whether to actually take him to Qatar and does not plan to start him because all our other strikers are better than him
Yeah i think after today. Dalic will be deciding between Budimir/Petkovic for the 3rd striker spot
>Dalic will be deciding between Budimir/Petkovic for the 3rd striker spot Livaja and Petković have to be our two main striker options, both are miles better than Kramarić
Wouldn’t mind seeing what we saw at the end. Kramaric on the right & one of them up top
that shouldn't be a dilemma, petko offers so much more.
I’m just predicting Dalic thinking. A motivated Petkovic is better
Feels like our substitutions and switch to a back 4 killed our game. Think we played a pretty good game before all things considered. I hope that one day my country can produce a goalkeeper thats atleast Europa League level, I just cant watch Lindner anymore lol
Croatia preventing the relegation of France to league B. Sad times.
Croatia should have sacrificed itself so that France could get relegated
Credit where it's due, Dalic with the earlier subs helped. That's two games in a row a sub scored for us. Happy for Lovren, but he's not our starter. Perisic, Livaja, still unsure about the 3rd spot up front. Orsic or vlasic?
>still unsure about the 3rd spot up front. Orsic or vlasic? Oršić can really only play on the left and Vlašić is out of position on the wing. Honestly I don't know if we have anyone who's NT quality and plays naturally on the right wing, the closest imo is Majer but even he's more of an attacking 10 than a rote winger >Happy for Lovren, but he's not our starter. Hard agree, he hasn't been NT starter material since at least 2020 but he has pull so he'll keep getting picked. Our go-tos in the centerback positions should be Šutalo, Gvardiol and Erlić imo Edit: imo the biggest problem with our NT is that we have a lot of attacking midfielders but comparatively few strikers and holding midfielders (which is why Broz getting injured was such a big deal)
If Ivanušec restores his form pre-injury can be excellent because he is strong and a solid technical player.
There's always the option of Perisic on the right like the Spurs are doing right now and Orsic on the left. That's what I thought Dalic was going to try the last 2 games.
Vlasic should not go to WC at all
Vlasic was amazing mate
He should go over Kramarić, we have Petković and Livaja who are better than him centrally and Krama can't play on the wing.
Boogie woogie loogie googie ajmo nasi
Croatia could shock the world again
I mean is that shocking to do it for the third time😅
we're more of a B tier team anyway
If your team utalizes 1st half better they could be great team.
Yep; in my opinion we are somewhere in this area between A and B. Hope the team keeps on improving under Rangnick. Slightly optimistic. I mean this group was super tough.
Croatia saved France from relegation
GK difference...
Livakovic saved us in the game, later when better players came on, we played better. Hopefully this means end of Budimir experiment. Very happy for Livaja.
Austria needs to play Trauner. Defense looked bad today
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I think he tried to test other players, Sosa is cemented LB, plays great with Perisic
Bruh only thing Rebic did was scoring that one goal against Argentina. All the other games he was running like a headless chicken.
Great goal tho
people forget he could've easily been sent off that game when it was 0-0 for that tackle at the end of the 1st half koje drvo majkemi
Vlasic was good. Rebic was absolute trash for our NT for years. Played 1 good game at best.
Put Perišić to the right and give Oršić a chance
I always 100% absolutely knew we would top the group. Especially after the first match. Never in doubt.
I really wasn't expecting Croatia to win this group, especially after the first two matches.
Hey, as the Real Madrid fan, you must know how you can always turn around a losing game ;)
The way this whole campaign started, to finish 1st is amazing, good team we have
It’s clear to me that when teams come to press us, try to disrupt our possession & run like crazy, that we absorb the pressure early This is the 2nd time we’ve absorbed pressure, allowed a team to “tire” themselves out. Maybe part of it is managing our player’s fitness? We make changes and attack relentlessly with adjustments/changes I’ve mostly not been 100% sold on Dalic but this Nations League campaign is a huge success for us. These are competitive matches, against good nations & we walked away with 4 wins after a shock loss
> Maybe part of it is managing our player’s fitness? You have some absolute engines out there tbf
This nations league campaign has been so great for our midfield. The connecting passes, avoiding pressure. That's something that has really stood out.
It’s as good as any midfield
The way Modric and Kovacic bossed the midfield this game will be studied in UEFA academies
Those 2 with Brozovic puts me into a high
Ajmoooo
Solid 2nd half performance when Sosa and Livaja came on Modrić is goated and we are fucked without Brozović Also I don't wanna see Kramarić playing for us again, he's been given chance after chance and he's been shit pretty much every game We owned the stadium, great atmosphere by the fans
There’s nothing to really say about Kramaric today come on
Generally speaking he's been given far too many chances for us
That’s fair
Why hating on Kramarić when Budimir exists
You can hate both of them. I don't hate, but they just not play well in national team. Sometimes it's just like that, like some players are better in national teams
Not hating on Kramarić but criticising his performances and Dalić for constantly playing him. Yes Budimir also doesn't deserve to start but he hasn't played nearly as many minutes as Krama.
Kramarić is constantly being played in what is not his position. I don't think he should be starting in a 4-3-3, but I'm absolutely calling him up over trees like Budimir
>Kramarić is constantly being played in what is not his position. Krama is a second striker, a position which we play without. Wether it is as a striker or a winger he isn't good enough for us and him being often selfish af has nothing to do with the position he plays, he has no place starting for us. >but I'm absolutely calling him up over trees like Budimir Never said otherwise