For over a decade, Darijo Srna was one of Europe’s most complete right-backs, shunning wealth and prestige to remain loyal to his club side Shakhtar
Tag: croatia
This feature is part of The Masterminds: 10 Under 45 In 560 BC, the mathematician Pythagoras lived in a small village in what is now known as Calabria, the southern part of…
THE EXPLOITS and activities of elite football clubs in the current era are often ruthless, both on and off the pitch. Every European superpower has a youth system filled with talented players, plucked…
Another round of international fixtures yielded another unsavoury incident in the stands in the Balkans recently as the Group H fixture between second-placed Greece and third-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina was marred by…
The renowned San Franciscan columnist Herb Caen once wrote, “I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.” Nowhere in world football is that sentiment more relevant…
Throughout its history, Croatia has seen the ideals of unity and fraternity thoroughly trialled and tested. But in the southern region of Dalmatia, it can boast a football team that has arguably done…
There is one man who towers above the rest when it comes to the uncomfortable entwining of football and politics: Zvonimir Boban. The former AC Milan midfielder enjoyed a richly successful club career,…