Despite the mistrust exhibited by Croatia U-21 coach Nenad Gračan, Dino Mikanović is unfortunately really injured, and thus unable to join the national team. The doctors' papers were duly sent, but Dino was nonetheless forced to interrupt his rehabilitation and waste an entire day traveling from Split to Zagreb and back, just to ascertain something that was known as early as Friday.

Unlike the Croatian Football Federation, the Georgian authorities did not insist on checking that their and our Giorgi Iluridze is in fact injured. Gio sustained his injury earlier, and Hajduk offered their apologies for his unavailability, explaining that the player is still in the initial phase of his convalescence.

Avdija Vršajević, on the other hand, is in fine fitness, as well he should be, having qualified for Brazil with his Bosnia-Herzegovina. The team is flying across the Atlantic, with our Avdija on board, the destination being St. Louis, USA. They are set to face Argentina in a friendly match, which sadly will not feature the injured Leo Messi. We cannot help but wonder if the Argentinians asked to double-check the findings of Barcelona's medical staff.