Euro 2012: Croatia relief as Corluka gets the all-clear
Corluka, regarded as Croatia’s best defender, complained of an injury to his left hamstring at training on Thursday, but doctors in Warsaw cleared him to play in Croatia’s Group C opener against the Republic of Ireland tomorrow.
“They’ve done a scan this morning, and the scan showed, thank God, nothing, no rupture ... so we are expecting him to play on Sunday,” Bilic said. “It is a relief because Corluka is one of our generals, like a senator, and he’s the leader of the defence and he’s one of the most important players for us.”
Bilic denied that the Ireland game was make-or-break. “Nothing will be decided after the first game. We can come closer to pass the group stage or make our chances lesser.”