"Grid Army" Croatia, independence in 1991, only participated in the World Cup for the first time in 1998, only 4 million people, the national team was established for just over 20 years, but it has won 1 World Cup runner-up, 1 World Cup third place, 2 European Cup 8 rounds, and has also had a 3:0 victory over Germany in the World Cup, 3:0 against Argentina's amazing performance. Moreover, unlike the british, French, and German naturalizations, they are completely dominated by local players, but they have created such amazing results. Croatia is located in southern Europe, its players are physically strong and technically delicate, with individual heroism and teamwork style, combining the tactical literacy of European football with the flamboyance of South American football, so although it is a small country, it is full of stars and strong strength. In my personal heart, croatian football all-time best 11-man squad (433 formation)
goalkeeper
Subasic
Subbasic was drafted by the Croatian national team in 2008 and made his national team debut in 2009 against the array of Chidenstein. He then represented the national team at Euro 2012 and was named to the squad for the 2012 World Cup, but did not get a chance to play. He made 6 appearances at the 2018 World Cup, playing 6230 minutes. He has played 44 games for his country so far. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, in the quarter-finals, he saved 3 penalties to help Croatia beat Denmark on penalties; In the quarter-finals, he again saved a penalty to help Croatia beat hosts Russia to reach the final four; After that, he won the runner-up of this World Cup with the team.
fullback
Garni
Left-back Garni, who played the role of a left-wing defender in Croatia's three-back formation in the 90s. Giarney is one of the representatives of the golden generation in Yugoslavia and Croatia, having won the 1987 World Youth Championship, the 1990 European Youth Championship runner-up and the 1998 World Cup third place. Giarney is extremely fast, often able to eat the opposing line raw, in the 1998 World Cup Croatia's proudest revenge victory - 3:0 Germany, also scored by him, he was also the Croatian national team record 88 appearances record holder, the record was not broken by Simic until 2006, but without war and suspension, Giarney's record would be far more than this data. The breakthrough is very sharp, good at advancing with the ball, the footwork is first-class, the side cross is a major feature of him, and the long-range shot is his killer skill, which is the first starting point of the team's attack.
Centre-back Robert Kovac, the veteran made 84 appearances for Croatia, playing in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, as well as the 2004 and 2008 European Championships. After his older brother Nick Kovac retired from the national team in 2008, he also served as Croatian captain until he also announced the end of his international career last year. Although the Kovac brothers are now out of football, the scene when they fought together and supported Croatia's entire midfield will always be remembered by fans.
Simic, who made his debut in the top flight at just 16 years old, set the record at the time. In the 1998 World Cup in France, the 23-year-old Simic won the third place in the World Cup as the main defender, creating a dark horse miracle. He then joined Inter Milan for €11 million, which was a record defender at the time, but his form fluctuated. After the transfer to AC Milan, he had a good start, but due to being transformed into a right-back, when the first right-back in world football history, Carfoe, arrived, he had to be reduced to a substitute. As he grew older, Simic eventually left beloved Milan and retired in 2010, bringing croatia's 98-year golden generation to an official end. After retiring from the army, Simic ran a drinking water company and became a well-known enterprise in the industry, while his son Simic Jr. has emerged and has been selected for the Croatian national junior team and the national youth team. The 18-year-old Simic Jr., who is 1.9 meters tall and plays as a center forward, has turned down Atalanta's recruitment and went to play for Red Bull Salzburg, still targeting Milan, whose father's heart is longing.
Right-back Srna, who was selected for the Croatian national team on 20 November 2002, has played six major tournaments during his 14-year Croatia career, namely Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008, Euro 2012, World Cup 2014 and Euro 2016. Srna's first goal for the national team came on 29 March 2003, against Belgium. In 14 years, Silna played in 134 games for Croatia, scoring 22 goals.
midfielder
Modric
Modric made his national team debut in a friendly match against Argentina in March 2006. At the World Cup in Germany in June, Modric also gained 30 minutes of playing time in the group stage against Japan and Australia. In June 2008, Modric scored a penalty in the first match of the European Cup group stage against host Austria; In the group stage, Croatia led by Modric won all three matches and advanced to the quarter-finals; In the quarter-finals croatia vs. Turkey, the two sides drew 0-0 within 90 minutes. In extra time, Croatia scored a semi-goal in the 119th minute, but Turkey equalised in the 120th minute and the two sides entered a penalty shootout. In a penalty shootout, Modric missed a penalty that led Croatia out. In June 2012, Modric led Croatia to a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage at the European Championship, but failed to help Croatia qualify from the group. In June 2014, Modric led Croatia to the World Cup in Brazil, croatia's return to the World Cup after an eight-year hiatus. In Croatia's 3-1 defeat to Brazil in the first round of the group stage, Modric suffered a foot injury. Although Modric did not miss the next two group games, he failed to help the team qualify from the group. On 12 June 2016, in the Euro 2016 group stage match between Croatia and Turkey, Modric scored a volley from outside the penalty area in the 41st minute of the match, which was the only goal of the match. On June 26, in the Quarter-final of the European Cup, Croatia was killed in the 117 minutes of the match, and Modric bid farewell to the journey of Euro 2016. On 29 August, Modric replaced Dario Srna, who had retired from the national team, as captain of the Croatian national team. In 2017, Modric helped Croatia qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier play-offs in Russia and helped the team beat Greece to qualify for the World Cup in a two-legged play-off, with Modric scoring a goal. On June 17, 2018, in the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Croatia against Nigeria, in the 71st minute, Mandzukic made a penalty and Modric took a penalty into the bottom left corner to help Croatia beat Nigeria 2-0. On 22 June, in the second round of the World Cup group stage between Croatia and Argentina, Modric scored into the world wave from a distance in the 80th minute to help Croatia win 3-0. On 2 July, in croatia's match against Denmark in the quarter-final of the World Cup, Modric conceded a penalty in extra time and missed a chance to kill, but in the penalty shootout Modric scored a penalty to help Croatia take a penalty 3-2 and advance 4-3 on aggregate to the quarterfinals. On 8 July, during Croatia's match against Russia in the Quarter-finals of the World Cup, Modric assisted Domagoi Vida in extra time and scored a penalty in a penalty shootout to help Croatia reach the semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate and 6-5 on aggregate. On 15 July, Croatia lost 2-4 to France, with Modric's Croatia finishing second and his individual Ballon d'Or. On September 25, 2018, he was elected FIFA Male Footballer of the Year. On December 3, Modric won the 2018 Ballon d'Or.
Boban, Boban entered the first team of the professional league at the age of 16, became the captain at the age of 19, and was born a leader-type player. In 1987, the World Youth Championship shined, he and Prossinez and others helped Yugoslavia win the World Youth Championship, and Boban became the team's top scorer, gorgeous style, elegant demeanor, one-hit winning goal, won the nickname "Zorro". Due to his suspension, Boban missed the opportunity to represent Yugoslavia in the 1990 World Cup, representing Croatia at euro 1996 and the 1998 world cup, and finishing third in the world cup with Sukh and others. Participated in the 98 World Cup and 96 European Championships as the core of the midfield, and was a former South player. He was once the midfield core of Serie A giants AC Milan and was an absolute world-class superstar. As the team's midfield commander, he has first-class dribbling skills, is good at reading the game, and methodically directs the team's attack. The field of vision is wide, the pass is very creative, good at advancing with the ball and breaking through the score. Long-range shots are an important scoring tool for him and a master set-piece. The style of playing is very elegant and very ornamental.
Rakitic (Rakitic) was awarded the Slovenian U21 youth team for Switzerland's U21 youth team on 15 November 2006 and scored one goal in the match. On 8 September 2007, Rakitic made his debut for croatia by replacing Nico Kranica in the European Championship qualifiers against Estonia. Rakitic represented Swiss youth teams at all levels in Europe for many years, but he decided to play for the Croatian national football team. On 13 June 2008, Rakitic made his European Cup debut in Croatia's 2–1 victory over Germany in the second round of the UEFA Euro 2008 group stage in Austria and Switzerland, where he delivered one assist. In the end, Croatia lost 2-4 to Turkey in the quarter-finals and was eliminated. Rakitic made 3 appearances in the tournament and scored 1 goal. In June 2012, Croatia was eliminated in the group stage of the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, and 4 points, Rakitic started and played in all three group matches. In June 2014, Croatia were eliminated in the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with 1 win and 2 losses and 3 points, and Rakitic started and played in all three group matches. On 26 June 2016, Croatia lost 1-0 to Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 in France. Rakitic made 4 appearances in the tournament and scored 1 goal. On June 22, 2018, in the second round of the 2018 World Cup Group D, Argentina lost 3-0 to Croatia, and in the 91st minute, Rakitic pushed into the net in front of the penalty area, 3-0, Croatia won Argentina. On 2 July, the fourth match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals began at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Croatia eliminated Denmark 4-3, a penalty shootout, Rakitic's low shot into the bottom left corner hit. On 8 July, the world cup quarter-finals began in Sochi for the final match, Russia and Croatia drew 2-2 in 120 minutes, a penalty shootout, Rakitic advanced to the bottom left corner, Croatia 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.
striker
Sucre
Perisic, Perisic made 104 appearances for Croatia, scoring 28 goals and 22 assists, and on June 4, 2018, the Croatian national team announced the 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia, and Ivan Perisic was selected. On 27 June, the final round of The World Cup Group D began a match at rostov Arena, and before the finale, Badley assisted Perisic in the final round, and Croatia advanced to a 2-1 win against Iceland. On July 11, the second semi-final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was played at the Luzhkini Stadium in Moscow. Croatia conceded a goal shortly after the opening, and in the 68th minute of the second half, Perisic received a pass from the right side of Vrsaliko to grab the point and shoot to equalize, and in the 109th minute of extra time, Perisic's header assisted Mandzukic to complete the winning goal. Thus defeating England 2-1 in a comeback to reach the World Cup final for the first time in history. On July 15, in the World Cup final, Croatia lost 2-4 to France and finished second. In the 28th minute of the game, Perisic scored.
Davosuk, Suk has made 25 appearances for Yugoslavia's national youth team since he was a teenager, scoring 15 goals and winning the silver boot with 6 goals at the 1987 World Youth Championship in Chile. Yugoslavia won the championship and set a world youth championship goal record, which has not been broken so far: they have averaged 2.44 goals per game, and finally scored 22 goals and conceded 9 goals. And the most accomplished of that team is Suq. A year later he also represented Yugoslavia at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, playing three group matches against Brazil, Australia and Nigeria. In 1990, he competed in the U21 European Youth Championship, where Yugoslavia eventually finished second, but Sukh won the Ballon d'Or and scored six goals in a single tournament. In 1990, Sukh was named to Yugoslavia's 22-man squad for the World Cup finals in Italy, but did not get a chance to play. On 22 December 1990, Suk made his first appearance for the newly formed Croatian national team after Croatia's independence, a friendly against Romania. However, at that time, Croatia had not yet been recognized by FIFA and UEFA. Sukh played 71 games in his national team career, including 2 for Yugoslavia and 69 for Croatia, scoring a total of 46 goals. He is the sixth player in Croatian history to play, and the record of 45 goals has not been broken.
Mandzukic ( 14 September 2004 ) , Croatia played Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 19 U19 friendly , mandzukic replaced Andrei Klic in the 75th minute to make his national team debut. On March 3, 2005, In Porec, Croatia, in the U19 friendly match between Croatia and Sweden, Mandzukic scored in the 59th minute. Since then he has represented Croatian youth teams at all levels. On 17 November 2007, in Skopje, Macedonia, during the European Championship qualifiers between Macedonia and Croatia, Mandzukic made his national team debut in the 42nd minute in place of Mladen Petrić. On 10 September 2008, Mandzukic scored his first goal for the Croatian national team when he came on in the 73rd minute to replace Yvica Oric and scored a goal in the 78th minute. In 2012, the 26-year-old Mandzukic performed well in the European Cup, scoring a total of 4 goals in 3 games of Croatia, Mandzukic alone took 3 of them, and in the first game against Ireland, Manzukic scored twice to help the team get off to the top; In the second game against Italy, Mandzukic scored a key goal to help Croatia score a point. Mandzukic scored three goals on goal in four shots in the tournament, equaling the European Cup record held by Davao Souk. Although Croatia did not qualify for the group stage, Mandzukic became the red star of the European Championship with the super efficiency of scoring 3 goals in 5 shots in 3 games. And Mandzukic tied for the top scorers of that European Championship with three goals. In June 2014, Mandzukic was selected for Croatia's final 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. On 21 June 2014, during Croatia's match against Cameroon, Mandzukic was elbowed by Cameroonian player Alexander Song before the end of the first half, and Song was sent off with a direct red card. Throughout the match, Mandzukic scored twice to help Croatia beat Hameron 4-0. On June 14, 2015, in the European Championship qualifiers between Croatia and Italy, Mandzukic alone completed the three "feats" of missing points, scoring goals and sending points, and Croatia finally drew 1-1 at home with Italy. On June 17, 2018, the first round of The 2018 FIFA World Cup In Russia Group D continued to compete at the Kaliningrad Stadium, with Croatia beating Nigeria 2-0. In the first half, Mandzukic forced Eiterbo Oolong. In the second half, Mandzukic made a penalty and Modric hit the penalty. In the 33rd minute, Nigerian player Edbo Oolong assisted Croatia to take the lead, and in the 71st minute Mandzukic created a penalty, Modric scored a penalty to help Croatia extend the lead. Croatia became the first team in World Cup history to win with just one oolong and one penalty. On 2 July, the fourth match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals began at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, croatia eliminated Denmark 4-3, and Mandzukic scored a goal. On July 12, the second game of the World Cup semi-final was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, and in extra time, Perisic assisted Mandzukic with an injury, and Croatia defeated England 2-1 in extra time to reach the World Cup final for the first time. On July 15, in the 16th minute of the 2018 Fifa World Cup final in Russia, Griezmann's dribble was brought down and France won a free kick on the right side of the field, Griezmann passed into the box, and Mandzukizi pushed the ball out. In the 68th minute, Umtiti returned a pass, goalkeeper Lowry made a mistake and Mandzukic scored a goal.
Unfortunately lost stars: Prosenetsky, Boksic, Kovac, Tudor, Radic.
This is the best team in Croatian history in my heart, and the different people in the comment area discuss it, don't like it.
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