Vlasic and Males out, Tudor and Ivanusec in for China Cup

Two days after he announced the list of 18 players that will represent Croatia at inaugural China Cup in Nanning on January 11-15, Croatian national head coach Ante Cacic had to make two changes.

Due to legitimate reasons talented 19-year-old midfielder Nikola Vlasic from Hajduk Split and 27-year-old Rijeka midfielder Mate Males canceled their participation at China Cup.

Ante Cacic decided to replace Vlasic with his teammate from Hajduk and Croatian U-21 national team 21-year-old Fran Tudor. Instead of Mate Males, Cacic recruited 18-year-old Luka Ivanusec, midfielder from Lokomotiva Zagreb who is a member of Croatia U-19 national team.

Croatian national team will fly to China on January 7 from Zagreb. In the first match of the tournament Croatia will play against Chile before facing the winners between China and Iceland in the final.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Andrej Prskalo (Rijeka), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Defenders: Matej Mitrovic (Rijeka), Josip Pivaric (Dinamo Zagreb), Borna Barisic (Osijek), Mateo Barac (Osijek), Josip Juranovic (Hajduk Split), Jakov Filipovic (Inter Zapresic), Toni Datkovic (Koper).

Midfielders: Josip Misic (Rijeka), Luka Ivanusec (Lokomotiva Zagreb), Franko Andrijasevic (Rijeka), Mario Situm (Dinamo Zagreb), Domagoj Antolic (Dinamo Zagreb), Fran Tudor (Hajduk Split), Filip Ozobic (FC Gabala)

Forwards: Antonio Perosevic (Osijek), Mirko Maric (Lokomotiva Zagreb). Endit