The Croatian Football Podcast

A chaotic HNL weekend brings five red cards, Hajduk’s European setback and a big win for Dinamo. Lovre and Richard review the league action, debate VAR decisions and look ahead to Croatia’s matches against England and Czechia.Richard's Substack: https://hyfprw.substack.comCroatiaFooty Twitter/X: https://x.com/CroatiaFootyCroatiaFooty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/croatiafooty/

Dinamo have sacked Mario Kovačević. Richard and I ask whether it was the right call and who comes next. We also cover Hajduk's rotated 5-0 win and the draw with Istra, plus Europe, the rest of the HNL and the national squad.

Hajduk beat Ajax, Dinamo and Varaždin in the space of a week, and Lovre and Richard cover all of it.The pair look back at Hajduk's win over Dinamo in the rain-soaked Split derby and the Ajax win in Europe. They also cover Hajduk's win over Varaždin and Dinamo's 5-1 win over Slaven Belupo. Then they go through the rest of the HNL round, including Rudeš, Gorica, Lokomotiva, Slaven Belupo and Rijeka, and what's ahead in round 11 and Europe.

Richard and I cover Slaven Bilić's first four games as Croatia manager that saw Croatia get their worst-ever loss vs. England as the Vatreni lost 7-0 at Rujevica. We also touch on the new Maksimir design and the HNL ahead of the Eternal Derby between Dinamo and Hajduk in the upcoming round.#HNL #Croatia #Vatreni #SHNL #Nogomet #Foootball #Podcast

Richard and I cover Slaven Bilić's first squad announcement after returning to the Croatia hot seat, Dinamo struggling in the league and in the Europa League opener, and the rest of the HNL shenanigans that have gone on in the last two weeks.

Richard is back from his cruise as we catch up on all the news that happened since he's been gone, like: Dinamo in the Europa League, Hajduk qualifying for Europe again after 16 years, the HNL teams and transfers, Livaković to Barcelona and Bilić's possible call-ups for his first international break.

Richard and I squeezed in between the Hajduk and Rijeka matches on Thursday. Hajduk weren’t fully confirmed yet, but we still backed them to go through (and thank god they did!).In this episode, we break down the first two rounds of the HNL, looking at every team: the surprises, the expected outcomes, and our early takeaways.

Richard and I will soon begin the episode by discussing Slaven Bilić’s appointment, followed by a review of the European matches involving our clubs.Eventually, we go through each club, discussing them and their transfers ahead of the new season!

Richard and I sit down to talk about our 2-1 loss to Portugal and the aftermath of the entire situation with the ball sensor and the likely exit of Zlatko Dalić and Luka Modrić from the National team.

Richard and I cover our 3 group stage games and how we slowly got better and ultimately played a good, typical Croatia game vs. Ghana. Our mistakes in the first two games and then we move to previewing Portugal. Talking about Ronaldo and our predictions.At the end, Richard has a rant about Scotland, and I have a rant about Hajduk's situation with Livaja.