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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: April 22, 2014
Paolo Maldini and Roberto Baggio did it in 1990; Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry in 1998; Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger in 2006. Neymar will probably do it in 2014. They are just some of the players who got (or, in Neymar’s case, should get) their World Cup debuts in their respective native countries. Eduardo Alves da Silva has a chance of joining that club. Only, if he’s selected...
Published: April 8, 2014
On the surface of things, Croatia’s double playmaker midfield looks very promising. But underneath lies a true conundrum—and how manager Niko Kovac attempts to solve it is very likely to be crucial for the nation’s chances at the World Cup. Both Real Madrid’s Luka Modric and Sevilla’s Ivan Rakitic are among the best central midfielders in this season’s La Liga, a...
Published: April 2, 2014
In the spring of 1995, Hajduk Split hosted Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League quarter-finals and drew 0-0. It wasn’t a bad result for the Croatian champions, as the Louis van Gaal-lead visiting side was the best in Europe that season and made up of Edwin van der Sar, Frank Rijkaard, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Patrick Kluivert, Jari Litmanen, the De Boer brothers… They would later...
Published: March 21, 2014
There is a chant that Hajduk Split supporters, collectively known as the Torcida, only sing on special occasions: “If you don’t become the new champion,” the crowd roars with a sad, but beautiful melody. “Torcida will mourn, will forgive you… Because all of us still know that you’re the best, and we’ll never turn our backs on you…” Usually as...
Published: March 4, 2014
On Wednesday February 26, Alen Halilovic played the best game of his career. As his table-topping side Dinamo Zagreb went down 0-2 away to third-placed Rijeka, coach Zoran Mamic already had a substitution lined up to replace him. But then the 17-year-old Croatian wonderkid worked his magic and levelled the score with two beautiful back-to-back goals, just 90 seconds apart from one another. The first...