The Croatian Football Podcast

Richard and I sit down to talk about our 2-1 loss to Portugal and the aftermath of the entire situation with the ball sensor and the likely exit of Zlatko Dalić and Luka Modrić from the National team.

Richard and I cover our 3 group stage games and how we slowly got better and ultimately played a good, typical Croatia game vs. Ghana. Our mistakes in the first two games and then we move to previewing Portugal. Talking about Ronaldo and our predictions. At the end, Richard has a rant about Scotland, and I have a rant about Hajduk's situation with Livaja.

Richard and I walk you through Croatia and the things we learned through the two friendlies vs. Belgium and Slovenia before moving on to the World Cup as a whole, and the problems that come along with it.

Richard and I are back after a month to recap everything that happened in August and the recent sacking of Radomir Đalović and the appointment of Víctor Sánchez at Rijeka.

Richard and I are back together to comment on the opening HNL round, which saw all the favourites win except Varaždin. We also cover the European matches that happened last week and our club's play-off draws.

I go over the upcoming HNL season, but I open the episode with a disgraceful start to the season due to the reinstatements of Bruno Marić and Toni Dadić. Richard and I weren't able to get together, sadly. But Richard was here in spirit and in the form of text as he wrote out his predictions and thoughts!

Richard and I are back to comment on all the finished transfer moves and the rumours, team by team. We put focus on the European ties that Rijeka, Hajduk and Varaždin have.

Richard and I go over all the events as club football in Croatia crossed the finish line last week, we touch on the national team, transfers and other news that have been in the spotlight for the past few days.

Richard and I go over the dramatic last day of the HNL, after which Rijeka got crowned as the Croatian champions! We also cover the new transfer news, and Gonzalo Garcia to Hajduk!

Richard and I preview and talk about the most interesting and tight HNL race in modern Croatian football history, as the top 3 clubs are set to decide the winner of the HNL on the last matchday!

Richard and I try our best to cover the past 2 weeks in an hour and twenty minutes as we talk about the worst/most interesting title race in HNL history!

Richard and I cover Dinamo and Osijek's collapse in the last two weeks: Rijeka and Hajduk's title fight and the Semi-finals of the Croatian Cup. 0:00:00 Dinamo 0:26:54 Osijek 0:46:30 Rijeka and Istra, Cup Final 0:55:15 Hajduk 1:04:30 Rijeka, Fruk 1:18:18 29th Round Preview

Richard and I cover the Nations League quarter-final between Croatia and France, Croatia's qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup, Rijeka vs. Hajduk and the rest of the HNL with 10 matches remaining in the season!

Richard and I return after the 25th round of the HNL to comment on the ongoing in the HNL and the massive title fight between the top 3 sides: Hajduk, Rijeka and Dinamo! Intro - 0:00:00 Dinamo - 0:04:00 Rijeka - 0:23:00 Hajduk - 0:34:22 Nenad Črnko's comments and our title favourite - 0:53:19 Osijek - 1:03:19 The rest of the HNL - 1:06:56

Richard and I return after a long hiatus to give our insights on the first half of the HNL season and how we think each club is doing at the halfway point and compare it to our predictions at the start of the season. We also touch on the many transfers and rumours.

Richard and I go over Dinamo's win over RB Salzburg in the Champions League, the HNL weekend which saw some controversial calls in the games of the leading three sides. 0:00:00 Salzburg 0-2 Dinamo 0:16:52 Gorica's new majority owner 0:22:20 Varaždin 2-1 Gorica 0:27:16 Slave 0-2 Hajdu 0:39:23 Istra 2-2 Dinamo 0:50:28 Šibenik 1-3 Osijek 0:58:12 Lokomotiva 2-2 Rijeka 1:06:55 HNL 11th Round short prev...

Richard and I are back for a quick episode to cover Croatia's Nations League games in October and quickly go over the HNL and Dinamo's match vs. Monaco in the UCL.

Richard and I go over Bjelica's appointment and his subsequent 2nd debut at Dinamo which ended in a big 5-1 win, the Adriatic Derby in which nothing happened apart from a kid's spit and the rest of the HNL games. 0:00:00 Bjelica & Dinamo 5-1 Lokomotiva 0:19:15 Osijek 2-0 Varaždin 0:26:52 Šibenik 0-0 Istra 0:29:18 Rijeka 0-0 Hajduk 0:40:25 Gorica 2-1 Slaven 0:50:05 Dinamo - Monaco Preview 1:00:...

Richard and I go over the turmoils going on at Dinamo as they sacked Jakirović and are still searching for his replacement. Dinamo's 4-1 loss to Slaven, Hajduk's and Rijeka's wins heading into this week's Adriatic Derby. 0:00:00 Jakirović sacking 0:14:51 Slaven 4-1 Dinamo 0:28:16 Hajduk 4-1 Gorica 0:41:36 Varaždin 1-0 Istra 0:50:22 Lokomotiva 0-1 Osijek 0:57:00 Rijeka 3-0 Šibenik 1...

Richard and I go over Dinamo's very bad week as they lost to Hajduk in the Eternal Derby and to Bayern in the Champions League. We also go over the rest of the HNL matches and a little bit of Chappell Roan. 0:00:00 Pre-Podcast waffle & Chappell Roan 0:05:15 Dinamo v Hajduk 0:24:32 Istra - Lokomotiva 0:32:47 Gorica - Rijeka 0:39:43 Osijek - Slaven 0:49:18 Šibenik - Varaždin 0:55:15 Bayern -...

Richard and I cover Hajduk going in circles again and making a circus of the club, yet again. We preview the upcoming Eternal Derby and the rest of the 6th HNL round and go over Croatia's games against Portugal and Poland. 0:00:00 Hajduk's Circus 0:21:30 HNL 6th Round Preview and Transfers 0:42:07 Croatia Nations League

Richard and I go over Dinamo's Champions League League Phase draw, Čavlina at Osijek, the HNL 5th round and the transfers happening inside the league. 0:00:00 Rijeka - Olimpija 0:13:52 Dinamo UCL 0:29:59 Transfers and Čavlina comments 0:52:50 Lokomotiva - Varaždin 0:59:37 Gorica - Šibenik 1:02:23 Slaven - Istra 1:10:26 Hajduk - Osijek 1:19:39 Rijeka - Dinamo 1:31:25 Nations League, Šibenik pro...

Richard and I cover this past week's action, covering Dinamo's 3-0 win over Qarabag and Rijeka's 1-1 draw to Olimpija in their respective European play-offs. We also cover the HNL 4th round where we focus on Kulenović's fiery form, the transfers, and the games.

Richard and I get together after missing last week and comment on the disastrous week our clubs had in Europe and inside their clubs. We touch on Perišić's exit, Rijeka's sacking of Sopić, Osijek's lost to Zire and the upcoming play-off games for Dinamo and Rijeka.

Richard and I covered the 1st round of the HNL season, which featured a lot of goals and another controversial decision from the referee. We also discuss Mierez leaving Osijek and the play-off draws for all four of our clubs.