Don't forget about all those welcomes in other cities from where the Croatian footballers are. Zadar, Split, Omiš, Livno, Varaždin, Karlovac. So the number rises to about 800 thousand of Croats who welcomed footballers.
It's almost 5 years since Oliver left us and I still can't believe he's gone. I'm a grown ass man in his fifties but I cried like my own father died. That's the best way to describe how beloved he was.
Oliver was soul of Dalmatia so what can Dalmatia do for him after he is gone? A funeral worth of a King, i still am emotional when i see images from Oliver's funeral, it was just something you can't see so often .
Dear mr Bradbury, so many Englishmen fought in Croatian war for independence. A serious respect and honor to them, my beautiful homeland is their home any time if they wish. And thank you for promoting this small martyr nation telling the truth to the World! God bless you!
If you are interested, we recently filmed a really interesting podcast with one English volunteer who has lived in Vinkovci for 30 years, and even has his own English pub. Very interesting chat - ruclips.net/video/TJdEEdvdgqk/видео.html
@Paul Bradbury Croatia & Balkans Expert thank you ...since it's not coming home this time ...we are going to avenge England to beat France in final ...and make even for last time we have lost by France cheated. Croatia 2022 WC Champion 🇭🇷England 2026 WC Champions🏴 hopefully
Awww , thank you for the nice words. It was crazy how the atmosphere changed in just 2 weeks... from pure joy and happiness to pure sadness. I never experienced that here, especially in Split (I live close to it). Even 4,5 years later we cant wrap our heads around what actually happened at the WC and as well as that Oliver is gone. It was like a family member died to be honest. And also whats happening at the WC 2022... I guarantee you that no matter how this ends there will be a massive party again. Being twice in a row in a semi final and potentially final is something you could not make up.
Wow, this is such an interesting way of seeing all this. I never thought of it that way, since I'm on the inside and it's so normal to me. Thank you for the video and such a cool perspective.
During 1996 Euro in England we as a nation noticed that our football team was more than average. The spite, the grit, the artistry and lately the unbelievable endurance made them the respectable force they are today.
Thank you Paul for saying it. Much appreciated. Both mentioned events moves me deeply to the core. Nation that can produce such talent, welcoming and farewelling the same deserves a genuine attention ❤ Paul ♥️
thank you dear sir for your very kind and honest words! i do not know if you speak the language but Oliver is like Sir Elton John...I think if he sang in english he would be more popular then him. If you do not understand croatian put some oliver songs here on yt,find english lyrics and you will see why he was loved by so many people
Very nice description of our mentality Mr. Bradbury. Thank you for that and also for every time you tried to open eyes of many Croats who are not aware what country they have. I have read some of your texts earlier and I liked them very much. Especially the one about Slavonija since I was born there. Here is a very interesting piece of information for you if you already didn't hear it. On the day of the finals will be the 31st anniversary of the murder of Modric's grandfather. Wouldn't it be mindblowing if he manage to raise that trophy in honour of his grandpa whose name, by the way, was also Luka?
Thank you very much for your comments, appreciated. Slavonia is a magical place and there are lots of positive initiatives happening there. Yes I was aware of the 31st anniversary - what a fitting end that would be to this amazing story. Good luck!
My understanding was that it was 550k in Zagreb, and 850k in all towns around the country. Do you have a link to an article with the 850k in Zagreb? First time I heard it.
@@PaulBradbury learn geography and history.. River sava is border geographical Historical we were live under germans dominance ..serbs lived under ottomans dominance We "live" together only between 1918-1991
@@PaulBradbury Geographically, we definitely belong to the Balkans. But some of us are too proud to admit that, because the word brings some negative connotations, like being mixed in the same pot with other Balkan nations, which we (sometimes desperately) want to differentiate from, mostly in cultural sense. So, when a Croatian tells you that we are not part of the Balkans, he actually knows we are a part of it, but still wants to express his resentment toward being mixed with other Balkan nations. That's just our pettiness talking, as we want to be recognized as an independent nation, which belongs to the Western (more civilized) culture and society. I hope you understand.
Oh my god it’s okay. In politics we’re usually thrown into balkan group and I don’t know why would anybody have a problem with that. Partially we are a balkan country and so he haven’t said anything wrong
The year was 1983, December 21, Split. Jugoslavija - Bulgaria. It was my first proper football game and the scenes in Split when Jugoslavija got the 3rd and qualified for the European Championship were out of this world. Nothing before or after that game will beat it. Croats, Paul also have another characteristic - A collective amnesia. No one seems to remember anything pre-1991.
OMG, the servian stench is very strong in the comment from Zoran Orlic. Yeah, we tend to forget the horrible times when we were part of the freak backward communist country which name is starting with Y...
@@willi19391 I was there fella. Nothing and I mean nothing can erase it from my memory. Grown men in their 50's going potty, teenagers literally jumping off the terraces,. Mental, I mean mental. Regret? Yes, missing the live TV broadcast from Mladen Delic. Pa ljudi moji, pa je li to moguceeeeeeeeee?????????
Geographical is the River Sava the boarder, Zagreb and More then the half of the Country is Not Balkan! Politically Croatias East nighbours are West Balkan countries! These are facts😎
So you are saying that some of Croatia is Balkan, but the rest not? I will be doing a video next year on Croatia and the Balkans. There is a lot to discuss, and there are a lot of different opinions.
Paul (off topic), is there an english word for term "uhljebi" (even "uhljebi" isn't croatian word, the croatian word would be "ukruhsi"), for people doing nothing in made up jobs by government or so... Is there a similar term one word or more that has same meaning? Thx
Haha, I get asked that a lot. My favourite 'translation' is 'an inbred in bread' - but I wrote a long article which you might enjoy - Welcome to Uhljebistan - a Foreign Appreciation of the Cult of Uhljeb. Let me know what you think - www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/16403-welcome-to-uhljebistan-a-foreign-appreciation-of-the-cult-of-uhljeb
@@PaulBradbury Thanks, let me say, something I just remembered... I once needed something burecratic thing for my car, I, as native and modern guy, read all the laws, prepared well, even printed laws and regulations. Then, all the officials were telling me wrong things, they even made up laws... when I caught them in lies, they pretended "its how its done", they called "upstairs", nobody knew what to do. Then they had to "break law" not to "break law"... so many stories, keep up the good work!
So, let me get this straight... The Adriatic sea is not Balkan in Croatia, but it's Balkan in Montenegro and Albania? Likewise, Croats are not in the Balkans, but if Bosnia is in the Balkans, what about Bosnian Croats? Why should we be ashamed of being a Balkan nation? It's not the region to blame for all the bad things we experience in our country, it's our own fault.
Frank, ali ne broji se cijela Hrvatska u Mediteran.... obalni dio je, a Zagreb sigurno ne. Mi smo više stvari, jedan aspekt je mediteranski, ali bome imamo mi i balkanskog u sebi. I bit dio Balkana nije nužno loša stvar. I nije Balkan samo regija bivše Juge....Balkan je i Grčka npr. Riječ Balkan ne triba gledat u negativnom kontekstu.
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Don't forget about all those welcomes in other cities from where the Croatian footballers are. Zadar, Split, Omiš, Livno, Varaždin, Karlovac. So the number rises to about 800 thousand of Croats who welcomed footballers.
Yes very true, impressive all round. Some of the footage in the video is from the Split welcome.
It's almost 5 years since Oliver left us and I still can't believe he's gone. I'm a grown ass man in his fifties but I cried like my own father died. That's the best way to describe how beloved he was.
Yes, I didn't expect anything to beat the emotion of the Vatreni retuning to Zagreb, but Oliver's final journey was incredibly emotional.
Oliver was soul of Dalmatia so what can Dalmatia do for him after he is gone? A funeral worth of a King, i still am emotional when i see images from Oliver's funeral, it was just something you can't see so often .
Oliver was the King.
@@NenadBach Long live the King!!!
@@AnteGV1950 Oliver is immortal. His voice will live forever
Passion and EMPATHY!!
Dear mr Bradbury, so many Englishmen fought in Croatian war for independence. A serious respect and honor to them, my beautiful homeland is their home any time if they wish. And thank you for promoting this small martyr nation telling the truth to the World! God bless you!
If you are interested, we recently filmed a really interesting podcast with one English volunteer who has lived in Vinkovci for 30 years, and even has his own English pub. Very interesting chat - ruclips.net/video/TJdEEdvdgqk/видео.html
Were there many of them?
This time we are going all the way 🇭🇷🏆Greetings from London.
You certainly have a great chance. Good luck!
@Paul Bradbury Croatia & Balkans Expert thank you ...since it's not coming home this time ...we are going to avenge England to beat France in final ...and make even for last time we have lost by France cheated. Croatia 2022 WC Champion 🇭🇷England 2026 WC Champions🏴 hopefully
Thank you my dear friend, nice to hear such words. Bog i Hrvati
You are welcome - good luck against Argentina
Kad krenemo gorit ce nebo i zemlja...Andrija Matijaš Pauk 🇭🇷🇭🇷 You will tnx me later Paul
Awww , thank you for the nice words.
It was crazy how the atmosphere changed in just 2 weeks... from pure joy and happiness to pure sadness.
I never experienced that here, especially in Split (I live close to it).
Even 4,5 years later we cant wrap our heads around what actually happened at the WC and as well as that Oliver is gone. It was like a family member died to be honest.
And also whats happening at the WC 2022... I guarantee you that no matter how this ends there will be a massive party again.
Being twice in a row in a semi final and potentially final is something you could not make up.
It was an amazing time to be in Croatia, that's for sure. Unforgettable.
I hope you enjoy Croatia as one of us. Thank you for nice video.
Thank you. It is a great place to live.
Wow, this is such an interesting way of seeing all this. I never thought of it that way, since I'm on the inside and it's so normal to me.
Thank you for the video and such a cool perspective.
It really is quite special. Thanks for your comment.
Im so happy to hear this, you have all my respect. 🇭🇷
Good luck tonight
Very nice explanation of our mentality, good luck with the channel
Thanks very much, and good luck v Argentina
Today I feel Croatian 🇭🇷
Bravo Sir. So beautiful review. Thanks
Thank you. You guys do celebration so well.
thank you for beautiful words!!!we are that!!!
Yes you are!
Respect..
Croatia 🇭🇷 ❤
I didn't see oproštaj s Oliverom . Beautiful.
It really was
Croatia forever 👍
This time the whole world is with Croatia if we go to Finals. Thank you for such kind words !
It would be an incredible story - good luck!
Thanks but we want to be legit World Champions.
Croatia real Rocky Balboa of sports. 🇭🇷
I think you have a pretty good chance. Good luck.
During 1996 Euro in England we as a nation noticed that our football team was more than average. The spite, the grit, the artistry and lately the unbelievable endurance made them the respectable force they are today.
They never give up, that's for sure.
Short and beautiful, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed.
Respect 🇭🇷🥳
Been in Zagreb both in 2018 and 2022 same atmosphere cant wait to get gold medal one day
They were both great times to be here
Thank you for your kind words from a Croatian..
You are welcome.
Im proud to Croatian people,im proud to be Croat ! 🇭🇷 have a big ♥️ for all nation and respect everyone ! 👐👐👐👐👐👐
Good luck tonight
@@PaulBradbury Now at saturday 🇭🇷 thank you
@@PaulBradbury ♥️🇭🇷
And we are again 3 in World 🙂! We have many good sportsmans in only less 4 milion people.
Yes, really incredible, and in so many different sports.
Thank you Paul
Cheers 🍷
You're welcome. Good luck in the semi-final
@@PaulBradbury thank you brother 🏆
Thank you Paul for saying it. Much appreciated. Both mentioned events moves me deeply to the core. Nation that can produce such talent, welcoming and farewelling the same deserves a genuine attention ❤ Paul ♥️
Thanks and good luck in the semi-final.
Yes nobody can gamble with the luck. No matter what happens we are very proud of our team. Welcome party is already in preparation
First time seeing your video and I have to say thank you for these beautiful words, also the way you pronounce Croatian words is perfect.
Thank you. Lots more videos coming if you like this one and want to subscribe to the channel.
Thank You for beautiful words!
Any time!
Yes...be humble...hope for.....dream big👍🙂🍀🎉🥳🍾👌🎶🎆🚀
Big words for small country! Thanks
You bet!
@@PaulBradbury Washington Post:Small giants from Europe. 😎👍
Thank you for promotion of our country👍👍
You are welcome - it is a great place
@@PaulBradbury YES, BUT CROATIA HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE BALKANS, BECAUSE BALKAN IS A MOUNTAIN IN BULGARIA!
thank you dear sir for your very kind and honest words! i do not know if you speak the language but Oliver is like Sir Elton John...I think if he sang in english he would be more popular then him.
If you do not understand croatian put some oliver songs here on yt,find english lyrics and you will see why he was loved by so many people
Oliver is MUCH better than Elton John
@@PaulBradbury I cosidere him as our Frank Sinatra.
@@biserkasertic1208 that would be Ivo Robić whose song Sinatra stole
@@zagrepcanin82 You talk about "Strangers in the NIght"? As far I know Robić sold this melody, it was not stolen.
Very nice description of our mentality Mr. Bradbury. Thank you for that and also for every time you tried to open eyes of many Croats who are not aware what country they have. I have read some of your texts earlier and I liked them very much. Especially the one about Slavonija since I was born there. Here is a very interesting piece of information for you if you already didn't hear it. On the day of the finals will be the 31st anniversary of the murder of Modric's grandfather. Wouldn't it be mindblowing if he manage to raise that trophy in honour of his grandpa whose name, by the way, was also Luka?
Thank you very much for your comments, appreciated. Slavonia is a magical place and there are lots of positive initiatives happening there. Yes I was aware of the 31st anniversary - what a fitting end that would be to this amazing story. Good luck!
You're welcome. Thank you!
Just found your channel and subscribed, keep up the good work !! cheers from Canada!
Thank you
You're welcome
so true,thank you
You are welcome
Republika Hrvatska Croatia🇭🇷✌🏼😁😂🤙🏼🤙🏼🤘🏼
tnx great video
thank you
Yep...thx Paul.....you got us.
Haha
Thank you 🇭🇷😉
You're welcome. Good luck tonight.
You should of talked about the Hajduk Split fans Torcida 70th anniversary celebration. Great video non the less👍
Thanks - and yes agreed. Those Torcida guys sure know how to put on a show. The 100 years of Hajduk in Split was nuts.
Anniversaries are the only things you can celebrate these days anyway. :P
Ne trpajte se svuda
♥️
Little correction....ut wasn't 550K of people in Zagreb. It was 850K. That is almost 1/4 of the whole population of Croatia ✌️🇭🇷
My understanding was that it was 550k in Zagreb, and 850k in all towns around the country. Do you have a link to an article with the 850k in Zagreb? First time I heard it.
❤❤❤❤
true
Croatia and ''balkan'' don't go well in the same sentence.
Exactly, different mentality.
wtf you talking about?
E sve si fulo u jednoj rečenici
Same exact thing. Croatia is Balkan, if you want to be a "westener" move to the west!
Croatia is still very Balkan . Although evolving at a fast pace
Thank you Paul
Proud to be a Croat
Good luck v Argentina
@@PaulBradbury thank you very much
Thanks Paul, but we are not Balkan, we just border with Balkan, but we are Central Europe
Haha, well that is the subject for another video. Where is the border exactly in your opinion?
and the Medditerrenian Europe
@@PaulBradbury learn geography and history..
River sava is border geographical
Historical we were live under germans dominance ..serbs lived under ottomans dominance
We "live" together only between 1918-1991
@@PaulBradbury Geographically, we definitely belong to the Balkans. But some of us are too proud to admit that, because the word brings some negative connotations, like being mixed in the same pot with other Balkan nations, which we (sometimes desperately) want to differentiate from, mostly in cultural sense.
So, when a Croatian tells you that we are not part of the Balkans, he actually knows we are a part of it, but still wants to express his resentment toward being mixed with other Balkan nations.
That's just our pettiness talking, as we want to be recognized as an independent nation, which belongs to the Western (more civilized) culture and society.
I hope you understand.
Oh my god it’s okay. In politics we’re usually thrown into balkan group and I don’t know why would anybody have a problem with that. Partially we are a balkan country and so he haven’t said anything wrong
ty..... 🥃🇭🇷
np
Let us all become Croatian at least for a day....
This is nothing compared what happen for a Hajduk Split 100 years celebration, that is some next level shit
You are right - that was an amazing night in Split.
👍👍
Sir I subscribed
Thank you!
@@PaulBradbury no worries, interesting to see your take on these lands :D
Thanks for the thoughts and wishes!...but it's probably better not to use term '' balkan'' with Croatia.
Haha. We will be looking at that topic in depth soon. Good luck tonight.
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Hrvatska ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Haha
Thank you for analysis.
Any time!
The year was 1983, December 21, Split. Jugoslavija - Bulgaria. It was my first proper football game and the scenes in Split when Jugoslavija got the 3rd and qualified for the European Championship were out of this world. Nothing before or after that game will beat it. Croats, Paul also have another characteristic - A collective amnesia. No one seems to remember anything pre-1991.
Haha
OMG, the servian stench is very strong in the comment from Zoran Orlic. Yeah, we tend to forget the horrible times when we were part of the freak backward communist country which name is starting with Y...
@@willi19391 I was there fella. Nothing and I mean nothing can erase it from my memory. Grown men in their 50's going potty, teenagers literally jumping off the terraces,. Mental, I mean mental. Regret? Yes, missing the live TV broadcast from Mladen Delic. Pa ljudi moji, pa je li to moguceeeeeeeeee?????????
Not all French like to riot, just the ones that spend a lot of time "tanning".
100 godina Hajduka i 70 godina Torcide!
These were two incredible events.
Check the 70y anniversary celebration of torcida.
Yes a few people have commented the same. That and the 100 years of Hajduk were amazing.
You need to check 100 years of hajduk Split and 70 years of Torcida Split.
Both were amazing events, as I said in previous comments.
The "french"
Geographical is the River Sava the boarder, Zagreb and More then the half of the Country is Not Balkan!
Politically Croatias East nighbours are West Balkan countries!
These are facts😎
So you are saying that some of Croatia is Balkan, but the rest not? I will be doing a video next year on Croatia and the Balkans. There is a lot to discuss, and there are a lot of different opinions.
@@PaulBradbury The Croatian regions of Prigorje, Zagorje, Podravina and Međimurje were never part of the Balkans.
"Somehow, Croatia had beaten England in the World Cup semi final..."??? Somehow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
haha
Paul it is not somehow we where better..
I know i live here 😂
Somehow Croatia beat England??🤣🤣England sucked big time.....
Hvala za video
Nema na cemu
CROATS = Stars... (written from the right.. 😁).. ✨.. 👋..
🇭🇷💪🇭🇷
look the wellcome foor ivanisevic in split after wimbeldon
Yes that was amazing too, but I focused on these two as they were in the same month but so different.
Paul (off topic), is there an english word for term "uhljebi" (even "uhljebi" isn't croatian word, the croatian word would be "ukruhsi"), for people doing nothing in made up jobs by government or so... Is there a similar term one word or more that has same meaning? Thx
Haha, I get asked that a lot. My favourite 'translation' is 'an inbred in bread' - but I wrote a long article which you might enjoy - Welcome to Uhljebistan - a Foreign Appreciation of the Cult of Uhljeb. Let me know what you think - www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/16403-welcome-to-uhljebistan-a-foreign-appreciation-of-the-cult-of-uhljeb
@@PaulBradbury Thanks, let me say, something I just remembered... I once needed something burecratic thing for my car, I, as native and modern guy, read all the laws, prepared well, even printed laws and regulations. Then, all the officials were telling me wrong things, they even made up laws... when I caught them in lies, they pretended "its how its done", they called "upstairs", nobody knew what to do. Then they had to "break law" not to "break law"... so many stories, keep up the good work!
@@niksatan haha, sounds familiar...
Respect Paul
You must make video about Hajduk Split and Jugoplatika 88-91 and perhaps you can explain what is Dalmatia
Will check it out - thanks for the tip
@@PaulBradbury anytime
We win this wc
You have better chance than England, haha. Good luck.
romans bread and games...stage where slavse make elite entertained...
Only I like people to know.
Croatia is Mediterranean country not f...k
Balkan country. We have Adriatic Sea who is not Balkan but Mediterranean area .
So, let me get this straight... The Adriatic sea is not Balkan in Croatia, but it's Balkan in Montenegro and Albania?
Likewise, Croats are not in the Balkans, but if Bosnia is in the Balkans, what about Bosnian Croats?
Why should we be ashamed of being a Balkan nation? It's not the region to blame for all the bad things we experience in our country, it's our own fault.
@@agnezabarutanski1963 1. THERE IS NO THE BALKAN NATION! 2. GREATER SERBIA PROPAGANDA FORCES CROATIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TO THE BALKANS!
We are a Balkan country. Stop talking nonsense and stop crying. Deal with it.
@@damyr 👍!
Frank, ali ne broji se cijela Hrvatska u Mediteran.... obalni dio je, a Zagreb sigurno ne.
Mi smo više stvari, jedan aspekt je mediteranski, ali bome imamo mi i balkanskog u sebi. I bit dio Balkana nije nužno loša stvar. I nije Balkan samo regija bivše Juge....Balkan je i Grčka npr.
Riječ Balkan ne triba gledat u negativnom kontekstu.
PAUL..,,we also celebrate your words...thank you very much..m..B...
Thank you so much!