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Yeah they changed the name back to Dinamo. It was always Dinamo but switched to Croatia due to political motivations in 90s. However Dinamo Zagreb is the main source of producing such amazing players from Croatian national team as they built one of the best academies. I wish NUFC would collaborate with them in the future.

Kind of right, we haven't produced top class bar Gvardiol but there are many upcoming potentials like Majer (just transferred to Bundesliga Wolfsburg) Ivanusec (just got to Feyenoord, Dutch champion), Sučić (RB Salzburg), Šutalo (just transferred to Ajax and promoted to captain) etc. but we will see if they can get to top top clubs. The problem is for midfielders is how to get into midfield of Modric-Kovacic-Brozovic. It's tough to get in.

Unbelievable ugly scenes from Dinamo Zagreb hooligans in Athens. Embarrassing and disappointing. UEFA should kick them out of the competition

Literally this. It's really remarkable story from Joselu

You're welcome to come to Zagreb any time

I think it should be regardless of that

Following Dinamo Zagreb! It would be a dream come true to get to CL and get paired with Newcastle

Really proud of Croatian performance

Wish they played CL anthem at SJP. Incredible scenes at Lens

The Champions League 2023/2024 will be at Saint James' Park! Incredible achievement by the whole team to qualify after insanely long two decades. Its also the last Champions League with 32-team format so it will be special to feel this magical tournament NUFC Group Stage Fixtures Matchday 1: AC Milan v Newcastle United - 19th September, 17:45 Matchday 2: Newcastle United v Paris Saint-Germain - 4th October, 20:00 Matchday 3: Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund - 25th October, 20:00 Matchday 4: Borussia Dortmund v Newcastle United - 7th November, 17:45 Matchday 5: Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle United - 28th November, 20:00 Matchday 6: Newcastle United v AC Milan - 13th December, 20:00 Knockout phase Round of 16: Draw: 18 December 2023, Games: 13–14 & 20–21 February 2024, 5–6 & 12–13 March 2024 Quarter-finals: Draw: 15 March 2024, Games: 9–10 April 2024, 16–17 April 2024 Semi-finals: 30 April – 1 May 20247–8 May 2024 Final: 1 June 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London POTS: Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Napoli, Paris SG, Benfica, Feyenoord Pot 2: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Porto Pot 3: Arsenal, Crvena Zvezda, Red Bull Salzburg, Pot 4: Celtic, Newcastle United, Union Berlin, Lens Who would you like to have in the group stage? Personally, PSG, Real Madrid, Dinamo Zagreb and Newcastle United. This anthem to be played at SJP...

@LFEE flight booked. Landing at Newcastle on 1st April in afternoon hours. Looking forward seeing you guys and playing this game on 2nd April

For me both dates are okay since I'm flexible with dates for flying to Newcastle. If possible, would like to have this match on different day from Newcastle game EDIT: Actually, seeing that NUFC game is on Sunday 4:30 pm, then Sunday is also good for our game.

Of course Man City win. Don't see any sense in any draws or catching City. Really we shouldn't be bothered with catching City as long as we are in top 4 which is now an amazing opportunity for an incredible achievement. There will be time to push for bigger things in years to come

Yh still not decided but either ManU or Tottenham game. More likely ManU game, it would be great to play with you guys again!

I think he has some athleticism in himself but no agressiveness and no confidence. He gets outmuscled easily and always makes bad decision, it's quite remarkable to see player like that on this level

1:3 for Newcastle. Our game of the season. Arsenal is due to have a slip result.

80.000 people welcoming Croatian national team in Zagreb

Where was VAR? unbelievable

Amazing set play

Always wondered why there is this game in World Cups but never in EUROs. Even though it may seem pointless, kind of like the idea to play out for the 3rd place to bow out of the tournament. Probably better for smaller countries like Croatia.

Our coach needs to replace half of the team there and go finally offensive. Interesting to see what how our team will respond to 2:0 deficit

You are actually very correct. We got a lot of talent from diaspora especially Germany with all these players coming through their youth club systems. Even recently our left right back, Borna Sosa, had an option to choose to play for Germany or Croatia but luckily chose the former.

Guys, come on if we beat Argentina we really owe to win a World Cup after 3 semi finals

I disagree. Some countries might be specialised for some sport due to their connection with the sport (more likely Mediterranean countries would be good at waterpolo) but also because that particular sport is not popular in bigger countries. Best example is futsal. It's the closest thing to football and while England is a powerhouse in football you don't even know what's futsal because it's not popular - it would be interesting to see how many registered players are there in futsal. Since football is more global sport it's easier to compare it to sizes of countries or better number of registered players.

Because in my opinion it does show what resources the country has to produce 11+ elite footballers. To give you an example Croatia has 125.000 registrated football players (amateur and pro) while England 1.400.000 which is more than 10x more players you have than us. Now if we take into consideration facilities where we cannot match you and also investments that England puts into football which we can only dream of, we can count ourselves extremely lucky to find 11 elite players that can beat your 11 elite of the elite players. Its not easy to find from our "pool" world class players in comparison to England or other bigger countries.