gotta love croatia...!!!

[BacheLot]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=232266&cc=5901
gotta love them...!!
no one gives them much respect in europe, but time and time again they manage to humble even the best that europe has got to offer..!!
now imagine if they had some stability in their country, how far their football would go..!!

[perspolisi]

no one gives them respect because they suck!

this was absolutely a fluke win... even the commentators agreed to that...

1) off-side wrongly called against Germany
2) Germany's goal wrongly disallowed
3) a few fouls wrongly called against Germany
4) fluke second goal... absolute fluke! something you see once every 100 years

overall... yes germany didn't play too well neither, but the croats got lucky... AND their coach is a Akbar Misaghian of his own!! constantly hassling the ref... low-life cheap move

[perspolisi]

also... you gotta be realistic... germany is a strong contender in all sports (winter and summer olympics) what do these countries like portugal and croatia have? they are just like iran... siphoning down all their resources into one sport and not winning anything at the end of the day... that shows how crappy they are no being able to achieve anything with all those resources

[purple_haze]

no one gives them respect because they suck!

this was absolutely a fluke win... even the commentators agreed to that...

1) off-side wrongly called against Germany
2) Germany's goal wrongly disallowed
3) a few fouls wrongly called against Germany
4) fluke second goal... absolute fluke! something you see once every 100 years

+1

The commentators here were saying that the refereeing so far in this tournament has been very good, but today the ref didn't have such a good day. The Croatians, well actually almost all the former Yugoslavian countries (Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia etc.) and east european countries, with exception of Poland maybe, are all known for performing dirty off the ball tricks and playing mind games, deliberately getting on the nerves of their opponents (kind of like Arab countries, but Arabs are physically less aggressive) and in any important matches they are involved, the officials must appoint an experienced, seasoned ref that puts and end to that as soon as he signs of it.

... AND their coach is a Akbar Misaghian of his own!! constantly hassling the ref... low-life cheap move

I remember him clearly from his playing days, he was one of the dirtiest players I've ever seen in my life. Master of foul play and dirty mind tricks. I remember at least 2 occasions where he kicked players lying on the ground in off the ball situations. He is a real low life and I was utterly surprised to see him appointed the national coach in a country that produces many good coaches!

[LoriMagician]

over-rated

[Darvish11]

so it looks like its gonna be portugal vs germany next round...interesting

[persian boy]

so it looks like its gonna be portugal vs germany next round...interesting

except portugal actually are gonna try this time, unlike WC06 bronze game

[MoJo23]

If they can get past Turkey or Czech then maybe..

over-rated

Agree!

[futbol>>>IRAN]

how is Croatia over rated?!!

They came 3rd in France 98

And they qualify to every major tournament whilst beating big teams like England and Germany.

[Pharaoh]

how is Croatia over rated?!!
They came 3rd in France 98
And they qualify to every major tournament whilst beating big teams like England and Germany.

[MoJo23]

how is Croatia over rated?!!
They came 3rd in France 98
And they qualify to every major tournament whilst beating big teams like England and Germany.

I'm not talking about the past.
IMO right now, analysts are just rating them way way too high..

Trust me, they will lose to Czech republic or maybe even Turkey if they somehow advance.

[Ting_a_ling]

they're iranian.

[KC McElroy]

He already loved Croatia, in fact He has loved Croatia ever since they beat Spain 2-0 back in 1994.

[PersianMadrid7]

they are a great team, but unfortuneately Eduardo who could have created some real attacking chances within their solid squad isn't there.

the team that is overrated is Germany. They are "tournament favourites". but all their goals have come from scrappy plays by a Polish kid.

[b_tonymontana]

viva Hrvatska