Articles tagged with "croatia"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
When Jürgen Klinsmann stepped down after the World Cup 2006, Jogi Löw did a great job gradually refining and improving the team he had put ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 24th, 2008
One Croatian newspaper has decided that citizens are so depressed by the team's dramatic quarterfinal exit, they need counseling.
After ninety goalless minutes of the quarterfinal ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
Your Euro 2008 semi-finalists are: Turkey, Germany, Russia, Spain. Of these four teams, only Spain are unbeaten. Turkey lost to Portugal, Germany lost to Croatia ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
The collective wisdom is that it's good for a national team to have players playing in the big leagues outside their own country. If ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 21st, 2008
And what a heartbreak it was. I can't even begin to describe the contrast of emotions I think every Croat went through within those two ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 21st, 2008
You'll probably read this on a hundred other websites, but Russia boss Guus Hiddink is plotting the downfall of his home nation today. Though the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 20th, 2008
To say, "Turkey wins it on penalties" doesn't even come close. Even if you add "after coming from behind. Again," it still doesn't ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 20th, 2008
Player of the Day : It has to go to Rüştü Reçber. The 35-year-old Turkish keeper started off shaky but came back strong, making ...
Posted on: Turkey Euro 2008 Blog by Musab | Jun 20th, 2008
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Sorry guys, it's 5.30 am and Croatia - Turkey is still on. Watching football at this time is only fun when watching quality play...
Turkish goalie ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 20th, 2008
QUARTER-FINAL 2
June 20th, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Croatia1 (1)
VS
Turkey 1 (3)
Klasnic 119' Senturk 120'
And now the huge question. Who the heck is going to ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 20th, 2008
I always seem to struggle in finding the right opening words so I'm just gonna say: Howdy. There, now that that's out of the way, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 20th, 2008
It's the underdogs vs. the under-underdogs.
Unless your name is "fan of Slaven Bilic" or "England," (or perhaps "Kranjcar Fangirl"), you may be ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 19th, 2008
That's right: right. Ok I'll stop. Now before I write a decent introduction to tomorrow's spectacle, I'll just bring you the latest update coming in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 19th, 2008
1980 was an interesting year in sports. The US beat the Soviet Union in the most famous hockey game ever. The Wenzels were ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo or Michael Ballack? Flying Dutchmen or Russian youth? Croatian dark horse vs. um...Turkish dark horse? World Cup Champs Italy or ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
Euro 2008 group stages, we need to talk. We've been together now for 11 days, and they've been some of the best 11 days of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2008
The group stage is over and all sixteen teams have played three times.
So what finer moment than now to do our Euro 2008 Power Rankings?
Below ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2008
Rakitic better than Suker?
The media are obviously comparing this Croatian team with the epic 1998 team that featured the likes of Suker and Prosinecki who ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 18th, 2008
Milivoj Asner is an old man, living a quiet life in Austria. But the former Croatian police chief has one of the uglier histories ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 17th, 2008
Let's face it: this tournament wasn't our league. The last game against Croatia finally proved that our players are just too poor to compete at ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 17th, 2008
Opening June 16th!
Seriously though, that was fantastic. I can't help but feel immense pride for the way our boys played yesterday. Let me try and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 16th, 2008
1. All the drama was used up yesterday
Today's action had no fizz. Seems the last five minutes of Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic in Group A ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 16th, 2008
Let's meet some of our midfielders in Meet Your Croat, volume VI:
Name: Luka Modric
Born: 9. 9. 1985 (age 22)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Dinamo Zagreb (future Tottenham Hotspur)
National ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 16th, 2008
So I guess it's Turkey on our menu on Friday. To be honest, when asked which one I preferred, Czech Republic or Turkey, I always ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 16th, 2008
Poland
vs
Croatia
Monday, June 16th, 2045 CET
Klagenfurt (Austria) - Travel to Klagenfurt
THE BIG PICTURE
Poland still ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Yuko Méd'a Orii | Jun 15th, 2008
I've turned off my damn mobile so that I won't have to be bothered by damn SMS asking me
who's doing "5W1H." Leave me the $%&K ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 15th, 2008
Will this be our last match at Euro 2008? It seems so, as we have to defeat Croatia and at the same time count on ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Mario | Jun 14th, 2008
And that's probably an understatement. As things stand (that's according to the latest reports coming in from our camp), we will introduce no less than ...
