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Manchester City Announce Signing Of Croatia Midfielder Mateo Kovacic | Football News
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Manchester City Announce Signing Of Croatia Midfielder Mateo Kovacic | Football News

[ad_1] Mateo Kovacic joins Manchester City© TwitterManchester City on Tuesday announced they had completed the signing of Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea following the loss of captain Ilkay Gundogan. The treble winners said the 29-year-old had signed a four-year contract after the clubs reportedly agreed an initial fee of 25 million pounds ($32 million), with a potential 5 million pounds in add-ons. Kovacic joins Pep Guardiola's side after five years at Chelsea, where he won the Champions League and Europa League and made 221 appearances.He is City's first signing of the transfer window and his arrival compensates for the departure of Gundogan, who joined Barcelona on a free transfer on Monday after seven years at the club."This is a brilliant move for me and I cannot wait ...
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Luka Modric’s Croatia Aiming For First Trophy Against Boosted Spain | Football News
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Luka Modric’s Croatia Aiming For First Trophy Against Boosted Spain | Football News

[ad_1] Luka Modric has been Croatia's driving force on the way to Sunday's Nations League final, where they could earn their first ever major trophy against a Spain team he knows inside out. Questions surround the veteran midfielder, 37, over his future both in international football and at club level with Real Madrid, with his contract set to end this month. Before resolving them, Croatia captain Modric is aiming to lead his country, with a population of only four million people, to glory in Rotterdam at De Kuip.The Balkan nation has consistently over-performed on the world stage over the past 25 years, starting with their third place finish at the 1998 World Cup.They followed that up by reaching the 2018 World Cup final, where they were beaten by France, and again finished third in Qat...
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Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Playoff: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Football News
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Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Playoff: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Football News

[ad_1] Croatia face Morocco in the third place playoff match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday. Croatia, who finished as runners-up in the previous edition of the tournament, crashed to a 0-3 defeat against Argentina earlier this week. On the other hand, Morocco's dream run in the 2022 FIFA World Cup came to an end with a 2-0 defeat to defending champions France in the semi-finals. By progressing to the last 4, Morocco created history having become the first African team to do so.When will the Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Playoff match be played?The Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Playoff match will be played on Saturday, December 17.Where will the Croatia vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Playoff match be playe...
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Brazil vs Croatia, 2022 World Cup Quarter-Final: Head-To-Head Details And Previous WC Match Records | Football News
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Brazil vs Croatia, 2022 World Cup Quarter-Final: Head-To-Head Details And Previous WC Match Records | Football News

[ad_1] FIFA World Cup: Brazil take on Croatia in the first quarter-final© AFPFriday will witness a blockbuster FIFA World Cup quarter-final clash between Luka Modric's Croatia and Neymar's Brazil. The five-time world champions will be looking to make the semi-finals of the showpiece event only the second time, since winning the tournament way back in 2002. Croatia, the runners-up of the last edition, on the other hand will look to continue their impressive run in big tournaments.Brazil have a start-studded line-up and are one of the pre-tournament favourites and have so far lived up to that billing. Croatia depend of the greatness of Modric and class of players like Ivan Perisic and Mateo Kovacic.Brazil vs Croatia Overall Head-to-HeadThe South Americans have a clear advantage over the Eu...
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Croatia Coach Hails New Generation Ahead Of Brazil World Cup Clash | Football News
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Croatia Coach Hails New Generation Ahead Of Brazil World Cup Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic hailed his country's new generation of players just for making it to the World Cup quarter-finals but skipper Luka Modric believes they can pull off a shock result against tournament favourites Brazil. The Croatians have followed their remarkable run to the final in Russia in 2018 by reaching the last eight at this year's tournament in Qatar after qualifying from their group ahead of Belgium and then ousting Japan on penalties in the last 16.Only four of the players who started the defeat in the final against France four years ago, including Modric, were in the line-up at kick-off against Japan, while the emerging star of the new team is 20-year-old centre-back Josko Gvardiol."This is a new national team. We have 18 new players who were not here four yea...
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