FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

[seafoid]

Yugoslavia won the World Youth Championships in 1987. 2 of the strikers were Croatian-  Suker and Boban. Top notch.
Croatia always produces good players.
Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí

[Blowitupref]

Croatia well capable of making final again. Population 3.8m. You have to admire them.

An example to small countries like ourselves to what can be done.

You have to remember everybody who plays a team game plays Soccer in Croatia.
Ireland has Gaelic Football, Hurling and Rugby that takes away many available athletic individuals.

They play Basketball and water polo in Croatia also winning medals in the Olympics and world championships

We win a lot of Olympic medals for Boxing. And I would not see that as a threat to any field team game in regard numbers.

Boxing not a team sport.

Basketball and Waterpolo are not field sports!

They are team games

[Main Street]

Yugoslavia won the World Youth Championships in 1987. 2 of the strikers were Croatian-  Suker and Boban. Top notch.
Croatia always produces good players.
Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí

You're contradicting yourself,

"When Modric retires Croatia will weaken. Sporting success is always temporary"

[seafoid]

Yugoslavia won the World Youth Championships in 1987. 2 of the strikers were Croatian-  Suker and Boban. Top notch.
Croatia always produces good players.
Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí

You're contradicting yourself,

"When Modric retires Croatia will weaken. Sporting success is always temporary"

They can't perform at the same world Cup level indefinitely. But when another good team comes along they have a better chance of getting to that level.
It's the same with Monaghan. Nudie was irreplaceable but McManus rolled up.

[Main Street]

Modric feeding the 'pigeons'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGQSgsj7ys

[weareros]

Game badly needed that goal.

[Itchy]

Ah what a pass that was from the greatest player to ever grace the game.

[weareros]

Ivan Yates need to calm down with Yellow Cards.

[seafoid]

Ah what a pass that was from the greatest player to ever grace the game.

What positioning by Molina as well

[Milltown Row2]

Been pretty dull ... how does messi get away with not getting a yellow?

[Milltown Row2]

Not afraid to dive either

[seafoid]

Penalty for Argentina

[seafoid]

2-0

[Main Street]

[Wildweasel74]

That Yugoslavia team had a better team than the Croatia team of recent years. But the country was always a ethnic melting pot ready to blow when Tito wen, and you had Serbian overseeing the country with only a 1/5th of the population. In a way its like the DUP up here trying to run things with only a 20% odd vote.