Eduardo faces fitness battle
Croatian sharpshooter Eduardo Da Silva may miss his country's October 14 World Cup qualifier with Kazakhstan after aggravating a thigh problem in Arsenal's Champions League win over Olympiakos, Federation spokesman Davor Gavran said Friday.
Croatia need a win in their final match in Group Six to boost their chances of bagging a playoff place ahead of Ukraine, England having already secured qualification.
Ukraine trail the Croatians by two points yet have two games remaining against England and Andorra.
"We won't rule out Eduardo entirely. I will examine him and then we will judge," Croatina team Boris Nemec told daily Novi List.
The Croatians will in any case be without Spurs midfielder Luka Modric, goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa and potentially defender Josip Simunic.
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