Bilic Announces Croatia Lineup

January 31, 2009

On February 11th, the Croatia national team will travel to Bucharest for a friendly with Romania. Coach Slaven Bilic announced on Wednesday, January 28th, the lineup. Missing from the list is Niko Kovac, due to his decision to retire, and some of the usual faces, Vedran Runje, Jerko Leko, Dario Knezevic, and Ivan Klasnic are also missing from the lineup. However, Bilic has named some new players in their places and the return of Eduardo da Silva is expected. After missing his country’s campaign in the UEFA Euro 2008 because of injury, he has been very anxious to get back to the national team and his club team, Arsenal. Slaven Bilic had a chat with the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, and they came to the conclusion that Eduardo will play about 30 minutes or a whole half, depending upon how he is doing on the pitch.

The lineup:

Stipe Pletikosa, Danijel Subasic, Vedran Corluka, Josip Simunic, Robert Kovac, Hrvoje Cale, Hrvoje Vejic, Ivan Krizanac, Danijel Pranjic, Nikola Pokrivac, Luka Modric, Niko Kranjcar, Ivan Juric, Ognjen Vukojevic, Ivo Ilicevic, Darijo Srna, Ivan Rakitic, Eduardo da Silva, Mladen Petric, Ivica Olic, Nikola Kalinic, Mario Mandzukic

Jill Guthrie

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