Popovic Plays His Final Match

June 20th, 2006 | By: Matt | 3 Comments »

Tony Popovic’s calf injury means he will not play against Croatia on Friday, nor will he be likely to ever play in another World Cup Finals ever again. At 33 it appears Popovic has done his dash, the injury proving to be a sorry way to bow out of World Cup football.

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By Dave | June 20th, 2006 at 11:42 am

Tony’s been a great credit to the team, his loss creates an extra hole in our defensive stocks with the other Tony (Vidmar) retiring due to a heart condition. It’s even worse as he has Croatian heritage and won’t play Friday. To both Tonys, thank you for your efforts and cheer the lads on Friday!

Posted from Australia

By Martin | June 20th, 2006 at 3:17 pm

At least Poppa can say to the grandchildren that he played in the WC. Some greats can’t even say that (ala Mr Ooh Aah Cantona, now Mr Jogo Bonito, heart, honour).

Posted from United States

By LiverpoolFC | June 20th, 2006 at 4:08 pm

Yea Cantona lol wat a funny bastard, jogo bonito his fly kick anyway yea tony was great for Aus soccer and he should be very proud of his career and the fact that brazil didn’t score a goal till he left