Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said his team had to keep its feet firmly on the ground despite an impressive 3-0 win over Croatia.
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Euro 2024: ‘Raised the bar too high’ – Modric, Croatia still hope to make impact
Croatia head into Euro 2024 with cautious optimism despite a tough draw, and despite still being heavily reliant on the 38-year-old Luka Modric as he nears the end of his remarkable career. Expectations remain high in the Balkan nation which, with its population of barely four million, has long punched above its weight at international […]
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Roster: U.S. under-15 men’s national team
The U-15s are headed to Croatia for the Vlatko Markovic Tournament.
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FC Dallas pays record fee for Croatian forward Peter Musa
Charlotte FC loaned Karol Swiderski to Italy’s Hellas Verona … Colorado acquired Lamine Diack from Nantes. Both loan deals.
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Watch: Ivan Rakitic's stunning volley inspire a new nickname: 'Ivan Rocketic'
Ivan Rakitic‘s goal — a volley from 20 yards out — for Barcelona in its 4-2 win at Tottenham inspired Dutch announcer Sierd de Vos to try to imitate the goal, complete with sounds of arocket lifting off and a new nickname for Rakitic: “Ivan Rocketic.” The Dutch call of the Rakitic goal isbananas and […]
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Spain hands Croatia its worst defeat in history: 6-0
A change of coaches has worked wonders for Spain. Spain struggled for goals at the World Cup, exiting to host Russia in a shootout in the round of 16. But under new head coach LuisEnrique, La Roja handed 2018 World Cup runner-up Croatia its worst defeat in its history with a 6-0 victory on Tuesday […]
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Croatia, Europe and beyond
The World Cup in Russia showed the dominance of UEFA and Conmebol countries over the other confederations. Among the two confederations; UEFA was the more dominant one with all four semifinalistscoming from Europe. The quarterfinals had two Conmebol teams and the rest were from UEFA. This has been the trend since 2002, the last time a […]
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The case for … Croatia
In opposing France on Sunday in the World Cup final, Croatia will attempt to emulate what the French team did in1998: win the final in its first appearance. On its way to the world crown, France beat Croatia, 2-1, in the semifinals and became the seventh nation to win the tournament as host bydefeating Brazil, […]
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World Cup Today: England unravels after dream start
Soccer is a funny game. For an hour, it looked like England would be headed to Sunday’s World Cup. The Three Lions took the lead on a terrific free kick by Kieran Trippier in the 5th minute. The Tottenham defender bent his shot from 25yards over the wall with a shot with his best imitation […]
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Luka Modric is eager to fulfill 'great expectations' placed on Croatia
A penalty kick that star midfielder Luka Modric failed to convert could have shattered Croatia’s World Cup campaign in the round of 16. As the players lined up for apenalty-kick tiebreaker with Denmark, only a few minutes had elapsed since keeper Kasper Schmeichel snuffed Modric’s weak effort to push Croatia in front. Instead, overtime ended,1-1, […]