Group D

[Dylan]

Group D

Croatia

Czech Republic

Spain

Turkey

Match schedule in Group D link.

 

[Besnik]

Toughest group of the tournament. You cannot write off a team like Spain, but I would love to see Turkey and Croatia qualify to the next round. On another note, Czech Republic is playing very good football and they had great games during qualification games. Should be difficult to predict who's going to qualify.

Croatia will make it though

 

[ADRossi]

Croatia prelim squad. Best midfield in the Europe possibly?

 

[TheNetworkZ]

I always forget how good of a squad they have, damn.

 

[Y&h]

okerface:

 

[Ronin]

Why was Torres not called?

 

[J..]

Aduriz has been incredible for his team and will be valuable with his physique and great heading skills. He really deserved to get picked this time.

I'm surprised that Paco Alcacer didn't get the chance as he has impressed me in Valencia when taking into consideration the situation they have been in this season and as he has done well for the national team.

The names of some of the absent Spanish strikers:

Torres
Paco Alcacer
Diego Costa
Llorente
Negredo
Soldado
Rodrigo
Iago Aspas
Lucas Perez
Joselu
Munir El Haddadi

Many great names.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Brozovic and Perisic will most likely both start versus Turkey this afternoon.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Volkan Babacan -----Danijel Subasic
Hakan Kadir ----- Balta Darijo Srna
Gokhan Gonul ----- Domagoj Vida
Caner Erkin ----- Ivan Strinic
Mehmet Topal ----- Vedran Corluka
Ozan Tufan ----- Ivan Perisic
Selcuk Inan ----- Ivan Rakitic
Oguzhan Ozyakup ----- Marcelo Brozovic
Cenk Tosun ----- Milan Badelj
Arda Turan ------Luka Modric
Hakan Calhanoglu ----- Mario Mandzukic

NAPRIJED HRVATSKA!

 

[thatdude]

I was hoping to see Vrsaljko, thought he might play at LB. Srna is just too important a figure to bench for Croatia.

 

[YoramG]

Croatia taking a leaf out Mancini's book and playing Brozovic on the wing.

 

[Universe]

What's up with perisic. He's been slow to every ball and his first touch has been shite. Good cross just then though. Completely forgot our new boy Caner is playing too.

 

[Doffy]

looking forward to the introduction of boy wonder blivious:

 

[JJM]

Modric what a goal eh

 

[Universe]

Good goal from modric but rubbish keeping too.

 

[Dylan]

This Erkin guy seems underwhelming.

 

[JJM]

Mandzukic overrated

If we sell Brozo we deserve shit thrown in our face

 

[YoramG]

Perisic's crosses have been fantastic this game.

 

[Universe]

Mandzukic is a turd. And Brozovic should swap places with Rakitic. Rakitic hasn't done a fucking thing today.

 

[thatdude]

Both Perisic and Brozovic have looked good today.

Erkin has looked decent, however as Croatia continues to pour on the pressure he doesn't look as strong.