Niko Kovač's candidates for Argentina friendly and Italy qualifier

Croatia national football team will face World Cup runner-up Argentina in an international friendly on 12 November in London, as an introduction to the EURO 2016 qualifying match against Italy at San Siro four days later.

Head coach Niko Kovač selected his squad for the Argentina match:

Goalkeepers: Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk), Ivan Vargić (Rijeka)

Defenders: Ivan Strinić (Dnipro), Gordon Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), Šime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo), Hrvoje Milić (Rostov), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer), Marin Leovac (Rijeka), Marko Lešković (Rijeka), Ivan Tomečak (Rijeka)

Midfielders: Mateo Kovačić (Inter), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Alen Halilović (Barcelona B), Mato Jajalo (Rijeka), Domagoj Antolić (Dinamo), Marko Rog (Split)

Strikers: Nikola Kalinić (Dnipro), Ante Rebić (RB Leipzig), Duje Čop (Dinamo), Anas Sharbini (Rijeka)

Preparing in Zagreb, the following players will also await the encounter with Italy:

Danijel Subašić (Monaco), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar), Vedran Ćorluka (Lokomotiv), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona), Danijel Pranjić (Panathinaikos), Ivan Perišić (Wolfsburg), Marcelo Brozović (Dinamo), Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg), Mario Mandžukić (Atletico Madrid) and Andrej Kramarić (Rijeka).

Croatia and Italy are top of the EURO 2016 qualifying group, with maximum points.

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