Milan Badelj, Marcelo Brozovic, Marko Pjaca, Ivan Perisic, Mario Mandzukic, Nikola Kalinic and Marko Rog are all in Croatia’s provisional World Cup squad.
The septet are Croatia mainstays, as is Sampdoria left-back Ivan Strinic, and should all feature in Zlatko Dalic’s final 23-man party.
The Vatreni have been placed in Group D for the Russian showpiece, which kicks off next month, alongside Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria.
Milan Badelj, Marcelo Brozovic, Marko Pjaca, Ivan Perisic, Mario Mandzukic, Nikola Kalinic and Marko Rog are all in Croatia’s provisional World Cup squad.
The septet are Croatia mainstays, as is Sampdoria left-back Ivan Strinic, and should all feature in Zlatko Dalic’s final 23-man party.
The Vatreni have been placed in Group D for the Russian showpiece, which kicks off next month, alongside Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria.
Provisional Croatia squad for World Cup: Subasic, Lovre Kalinic, Livakovic, Letica; Corluka, Vida, Strinic, Lovren, Vrsaljko, Pivaric, Jedvaj, Mitrovic, Barisic, Nizic, Caleta-Car, Borna Sosa; Modric, Rakitic, Kovacic, Badelj, Brozovic, Rog, Pasalic, Bradaric; Mandzukic, Perisic, Nikola Kalinic, Kramaric, Pjaca, Rebic, Cop, Santini