The Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic dropped Matej Mitrovic (FC Brügge) on Monday as the last man from the preliminary squad, which was reduced to 24 players two weeks ago. Jedvaj, with eleven full international caps to date, is one four Bundesliga players with Croatia at the World Cup in Russia alongside Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim), Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Marko Pjaca (Schalke 04; on loan).
Croatia are in Group D at the World Cup along with Argentina, newcomers Iceland and Nigeria. Croatia play World Cup participants Senegal in a friendly on 8 June.
Bayer 04 Women missed out on victory in the Google Pixel Bundesliga as they were held to a draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Estrella Merino Gonzalez had put the Werkself ahead directly from a corner at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, before Laura Freigang levelled for the visitors as it finished all square between fourth and third on Matchday 7.
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Freiburg have made an impressive start to the season, unbeaten in nine games across all competitions, with eight of them wins. Now the Bundesliga leaders come to the BayArena on Sunday to take on the Werkself, but Julian Schuster’s team will be missing their top scorer. Here’s the lowdown on our next opponent.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without attacking midfielder Martin Terrier for the time being. The Frenchman sustained a muscle injury to his left hamstring yesterday, Thursday 15 October, during the Europa League game against Polish champions Lech Poznan (4–0). Terrier is not expected to be available until late December.
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Following the international break, the Bayer 04 women’s team face their next head-to-head clash in the race for a top spot in the Bundesliga. In Saturday’s home match (14:00 CEST), the fourth-placed side host third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. Head coach Roberto Pätzold is well aware of the great opportunity this presents for his team.
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