Uefa chose the best young footballers for the Champions League and Europa League, under the conditions that players are less than 24 years old and have not made a significant footprint in Europe until now. Two young Croatian footballers have made the list!
Three Croatian footballers entered the list of Champions League goalscorers on Tuesday, as part of the elite European club competition's fifth round.
At the beginning of last season, the Croatian Football League led a fierce fight to be 15th place in the ranking of the best European leagues - Rijeka was in the playoffs of the Champions League, and Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, and Osijek in the playoffs of the Europa League. The start of the current European season, however, has been completely the opposite - and Croatian football has experienced a great downfall, reports Index.hr on October 27, 2018.
Croatia national team player and Barcelona midfielder, Ivan Rakitić, has been awarded for his unbelievable strike on Wednesday at Wembley against Tottenham.
In almost half of the clubs playing in the Champions League this season, there is at least one Croatian footballer in the team.
Dinamo failed to advance to the Champions League group stage after the Young Boys celebrated 1:2 at Maksimir.
After the first leg of the playoff, the Croatian champion is one step closer to advancing to the Champions League group stage.
Luka is in front of Messi, Griezmann, De Bruyne, and Hazard.
It hasn't been the best European summer for Croatia's biggest clubs.
The Croatian champion has surpassed Astana in the third qualifying round of the Champions League to reach the playoffs.