Croatia will face England in their last match of Euro qualifying 2008. Croatia has recently lost to FYR Macedonia. So, they will try their best to finish Euro qualifying 2008 with win. England vs Croatia match will be held at the Wembley stadium on 21 November 2007. Earlier in the home match, Croatia defeated England. So, this time England will seek revenge against Croatia.
Croatia has already secured a place in Euro 2008 competition and they are now leading in Group E. However, for England, the match has huge importance. England needs to come up with at least a draw against Croatia to get the ticket of Euro 2008. Croatia also needs a draw to finish at the top of Group E. So, for both Croatia and England, the match has a huge importance.
Croatian coach Slaven Bilic has declared the squad for the match. Coach has included Mario Mandzukic in place of Kalinic due to his injury. Two other forwards injured are Igor Budan and Bosko Balaban. That is why, coach Slaven Bilic called Mario Mandzukic. Coach wants to include four forwards who are fit enough ahead of the England match. Croatian fans are now excited and they will be happy to see their team showing some excellent performance in the English soil. Let us see if Croatia can hold the first place in Group E point table.
The names of the players of Croatia squad are given below:
Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Runje (Lens), Galinovic (Panathinaikos); Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Corluka (Manchester City), Drpic (Dinamo Zagreb), Kenezevic (Livorno), Vejic (Tomsk); Leko (Monaco), Babic (Real Betis), Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Vranjes (Werder Bremen), Pranjic (Heerenveen), Kranjcar (Portsmouth, Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb), Niko Kovac (Salzburg); Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Olic (Hamburg), Eduardo (Arsenal), Rakitic (Schalke), Mandzukic (Dinamo Zagreb).
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