December the 19th, 2022 - We've seen how much FIFA will give to HNS and how much each player on the Croatian national team will take home from the government for their time spent representing the country in Qatar this year, but what about the Croatian clubs themselves?

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian national team performed incredibly under the guidance of the much loved Zlatko Dalic, remaining in the game at the World Cup for the second time in a row until the very end (the last time being back in 2018), which greatly benefits Croatian clubs whose players also play for the Croatian national team.

Dinamo Zagreb, which sent five of its players to Qatar - Dominik Livakovic, Josip Sutalo, Mislav Orsic, Bruno Petkovic and Sadegh Moharrami, will earn the most of all of the Croatian clubs (HNL). Croatian clubs will all receive 10,000 dollars for each player for each day spent at the World Cup in Qatar. In translation, Dinamo Zagreb will earn 50,000 dollars per day from this alone for its players having been on the pitch over in Qatar.

This amount is paid out by FIFA for as long as the selected national team remains in the tournament, and the Croatian clubs themselves are compensated for the fact that the players had to undergo short preparations before the tournament.

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December the 7th, 2022 - Nivea, the company loved around the world for its gentle products such as deodorant, shower gel and moisturiser has managed to upset some Croatian fans with its rather poorly thought out advertisement for its micellar water.

An image depicting a rather disappointed woman wearing face paint of the classic Croatian ''checker'' colours of red and white appeared on Nivea's Instagram page recently, in an ad in which the company claimed that its micellar water (which, let's be honest, nobody had ever even heard of until fairly recently) can ''wipe away everything but the tears''. In the upper left-hand corner of the photo sits the score from the Croatia-Argentina match.

Argentina dashed Croatia's dreams of winning the 2022 World Cup by beating the national team 3-0. A disappointing result indeed, especially when that is coupled with behaviour from the ref that many disagreed with. We're not sure how Nivea could ever think, as an enormous, internationally recognisable company with an otherwise fantastic reputation based on the trust of its countless customers, that poking fun at entire nations could be a good campaign for its, erm... ''micellar water''.

While some believe that Nivea would have poked fun at any other nation in Croatia's position and used their flag for their product advertisement, others are offended that the small but mighty nation of Croatia which struggled so hard for its independence and has performed so well in the sporting world in general, not only in this year's World Cup, is being used in such a negative manner.

Nivea has also used the Moroccan flag in the same negative light to try to sell its micellar water, which allegedly ''removes face paint'', seeing not only Croatian fans but also fans from Morocco calling for a boycott of the large brand for its insensitivity and frankly ridiculous ''creative'' decision. Referred to as an ''outrageous and provocative'' campaign, many in both countries feel targeted. 

Faced with likely unexpected backlash for this utterly ridiculous advertisement, Nivea retracted their ad and replaced it with an official apology aimed at both the Croatian and Moroccan national teams. The company then issued an official statement, in which they stated that they “deeply apologise” for the move, and that they recognise the “fantastic achievement” of both the European and the North African teams in question.

It hasn't done much good, with people still calling to boycott the brand which has let itself down rather spectacularly with this move.

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December the 13th, 2022 - The Croatian chain Konzum has put having a sporting spirit before an extra hour of doing business by shortening their working hours today. They have warned people to come and buy what they need before time.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, given that the remarkable Croatian national football team has entered the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and that fan euphoria is at its peak at this moment in time, the large Croatian chain Konzum has decided that today (Tuesday, December the 13th), their stores will remain open only until 20:00.

There are several exceptions to this, with some stores located within larger shopping centres remaining open and in operatation according to their regular working hours (until 21:00)

Customers are as such invited to come and make their purchases on time, as even the people who aren't remotely interested in football and hoping to do their shopping during the match will need to come earlier in most cases.

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