Croatian national team have arranged an International friendly match with Lichtenstein for November
14th. Croatia still face old injury problems and several new since the announcement of the lineup.
Key players Luka Modrić, Mladen Petrić, Ivica Olić, and Stipe Pletikosa remain sidelined, while
Vedran Ćorluka took a knock and will .
Despite nicking a few decent results in recent times (a draw with Portugal comes to mind),
football's minnows Lichtenstein proved to be nothing more than than a shy sparring partner to a
mixed lineup of "Vatreni" that Bilic had come out with. Croatia came up with a convincing 5:0
victory, putting one past the visiting goalie as early as in the first minute of the match.
The days of the great broad expressway to South Africa 2010 are decisively past: the struggle
now has moved onto a narrow mountain pass. Every victory won today was as thin as it may be
decisive. And it wasn't merely Europe – many held their breath across the world today. Few
have cause to exhale yet.
