Croatian footballers at the World Championship and festival in Azerbaijan continued their run of good results. Rafael Peršić, a player for NK Osijek and a member of the Croatia U-15 national team, wore the captain's armband against Yemen, as his team won convincingly 5-0.
Croatia in Group N lost to Greece 1-4, drew with Aruba 1-1, beat Palestine 2-1 and Saint Lucia 3-0. On Wednesday, 28 October, Croatia faced two knockout-phase matches. In the first knockout-phase match, Croatia beat Haiti 4-3, and then defeated South Sudan 5-1. Croatia's next challenge is a match against Argentina.
The team is led by Marin Smoje and Ivo Šupe. Before the match against Haiti, the team was visited by the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Baku, Branko Zebić.
In the domestic league, attention was drawn to Krešimir Vrbanac. The 21-year-old footballer led HNK Vukovar 1991 with the captain's armband in a SuperSport Prva NL league match last weekend. The Vukovar side measured their strength against the team from BSK Bijelo Brdo. Vrbanac has made all ten appearances in the first ten rounds and scored one goal.
Both footballers took their first footballing steps at Nogometni klub Motičina. From Motičina, they sent congratulations and wished them much success in the continuation of their careers, and Mayor Željko Kovačević also joined in the congratulations.
