Milan Badelj on the injured list

HSV midfielder Milan Badelj has broken a bone in his left hand during the Bundesliga match with Werder Bremen and has been added to Croatia's injury list ahead of the friendly match with Switzerland in St. Gallen.

Badelj has his hand immobilized, and HSV medical staff will decide on a possible surgery.

The Croatian international has played the whole match, which HSV lost 1:0, with the lone goal scored by Junuzović in the 19th minute.

Due to injuries, Croatia has already lost Ivo Iličević, Igor Bubnjić and Niko Kranjčar for the Switzerland match, while head coach Niko Kovač approved Leon Benko's departure to China in order to settle at his new club.

Croatia is therefore left with 22 players in the squad, with 18 of them to travel to Switzerland. The friendly is scheduled for March 5th (20:30) a the AFG Arena in St. Gallen.

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), Danijel Subašić (Monaco)

Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Vedran Ćorluka (Lokomotiv), Dejan Lovren (Southampton), Danijel Pranjić (Panathinaikos), Gordon Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), Šime Vrsaljko (Genoa), Ivan Strinić (Dnipro), Hrvoje Milić (Rostov)

Midfielders: Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Ivan Perišić (Wolfsburg), Mateo Kovačić (Inter), Mate Maleš (Rijeka), Ognjen Vukojević (Dynamo Kiev)

Strikers: Mario Mandžukić (Bayern), Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg), Eduardo Alves da Silva (Shakhtar), Nikica Jelavić (Hull City), Ante Rebić (Fiorentina).

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