Domagoj Antolić joins

Croatia to take on Kosovo and Finland without Ivan Rakitić

03.10.2016.

Photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS

Bad news continue to flow ahead of Croatia's European qualifiers against Kosovo and Finland. Vice-captain Ivan Rakitić will also miss out.

Ivan Rakitić did not appear in Barcelona's away league match at Celta Vigo due to achilles tendon injury, the injury that will keep him out from international duty with Croatia as well, away to Kosovo (6 October) and Finland (9 October). Rakitić's recovery is expected in ten days.

Domagoj Antolić will replace injured @ivanrakitic for matches against Kosovo and Finland. Ivan, we wish you a speedy recovery!
— HNS | CFF (@HNS_CFF) 3. listopada 2016.

Barcelona midfielder joins Luka Modrić and Dejan Lovren on Croatia's injury list.

Dinamo midfielder and captain Domagoj Antolić has been called up to replace Rakitić, while Marko Rog and Matej Mitrović have been called up earlier to replace Modrić and Lovren.

Copyright by Croatian Football Federation. Quoting text from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to HNS as a source and providing direct link to the original content at hns.family. Re-use of the photographs is not permitted.