Luka Modrić will be ready for the big Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid on 19 November as he is recovering faster than expected, reported Spanish sports newspaper AS on Tuesday.

After an injury and an affair with gambling, for which he was punished with two suspended games and 20,000 euros, Ivica Olić came back in a big way and was the best player in the TSV 1860 Munich victory against Erzgebirge Aue (6:2) in the 11th round of Germany’s second league.

For months the Catalans have been talking about bringing over Darijo Srna, the former captain of the Croatian National Team, as the right side option for the Catalan giants, Barcelona.

Alen Halilović has found himself in a difficult situation with Hamburger SV (HSV), the club he arrived at this summer from Barcelona, reports Index.hr.

As if Modrić has not been in the news enough over the last few weeks, we see him making waves once again.

Great news for fans of Real Madrid: Luka Modric will return to the field...soon. The coach of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, has said that Modrić will hopefully be ready for the derby against Atletico Madrid, which is scheduled for November 20. If the recovery goes according to plan, the Croatian midfielder will be in that game.

Although the Croatian National Football Team achieved two wins away from home during their last campaign (6-0 against Kosovo and 1-0 against Finland), the new FIFA rankings show that our “Vatreni” have fallen from 14th to 16th place, reports Slobodna Dalmacija.

On this day 26 years ago, the Croatian national football team played against the United States in an international football friendly for their first international match.

After a convincing triumph against Kosovo with a final score of 6:0, making it a bit easier for Croatian National Football fans to breathe, today Croatia faces host Finland, plagued with injuries and reduced to a roster of only 19 players.