The light has been shining on Mateo Kovačić, the 22-year-old Croatian midfielder who has had to fill the shoes of Luka Modrić at Real Madrid since he has been recovering from an injury. With Luka back on the pitch now, there is still hope for Kovačić to remain in the spotlight...

The Croatian National Football team gathers this weekend for a World Cup qualifying match against Iceland which will be played on Saturday to an empty Maksimir stadium. Coach of the Croatian National Football team, Ante Čačić, answered questions in a news conference on Monday about the team members and what to expect for the big match against Iceland, reports Index.hr and Dalmacija News.

Croatian midfielder Luka Modrić, who on Sunday played half an hour for Real Madrid after a break of five weeks, has said he was happy to be back on the pitch and that it is most important that he felt no difficulty, reports Vecernji List.

Dejan Lovren, Domagoj Vida, and Nikola Kalinić all scored in their matches yesterday.

It’s no surprise that football players receive overwhelmingly large salaries, with some of the top players earning as much as 280,000 euros per week. While we can’t say any of our Croatian players are pulling in that much, we do have a list of the top 10 highest paid that are doing pretty well for themselves.

Mateo Kovačić trains and plays with Real Madrid and although the media constantly transfer him to Italy’s Milan or Napoli, he does not want out of Madrid and has decided to fight for his place with Zinedine Zidane, Jutarnji List reported on July 29, 2016. Only if the club itself suggested a transfer, he would decide on that step, which hasn’t come yet

Probably the biggest football match of them all was played last night in Barcelona, and two best Croatian players left their mark on the pitch.

An expensive Croatian arrival is unveiled in Madrid.