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"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QGvbOO5ImM/WytFDwsVlXI/AAAAAAAAA_c/upkWOn9j93IBtOYU3HIhHjUeQMOq5oAtQCLcBGAs/s1600/4D5E870700000578-5856029-image-m-2_1529322703462.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"409\" data-original-width=\"634\" height=\"412\" src=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QGvbOO5ImM/WytFDwsVlXI/AAAAAAAAA_c/upkWOn9j93IBtOYU3HIhHjUeQMOq5oAtQCLcBGAs/s640/4D5E870700000578-5856029-image-m-2_1529322703462.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">IMAGE SOURCE: DAILY MAIL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\">Nikola Kalinic becomes the 6th player to</span><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> </span></span><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">be sent</span>&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\">home from the World Cup after he refused to come on as a substitute during Croatia 2-0 defeat of Nigeria.&nbsp;</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Croatia will have to finish the tournament with 22 players as the 30-year-old cannot be replaced.&nbsp;</div></span><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kalinic, who played for Blackburn Rovers scored 15 goals in 41 appearances between 2009 and 2011 for Croatia.</div></span><table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8pwUb8p3c5E/WytFcvprrsI/AAAAAAAAA_k/o-O06y7JmkU2lWPtlnbPqNm3BmhZjraFgCLcBGAs/s1600/3282-2188-2.26711269.jpg.gallery.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"433\" data-original-width=\"650\" height=\"213\" src=\"https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8pwUb8p3c5E/WytFcvprrsI/AAAAAAAAA_k/o-O06y7JmkU2lWPtlnbPqNm3BmhZjraFgCLcBGAs/s320/3282-2188-2.26711269.jpg.gallery.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">Nikola Kalinic</td></tr></tbody></table><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Croatia's opening match against Nigeria which they emerged victorious, Kalinic was warming up and was supposed to come on in the second half said Croatia coach-Zlatko Dalic.</div></span><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“However he stated that he was not ready to come on due to back issue”.</div></span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The same thing happened during the Brazil friendly in England, as well as before the practice session on Sunday”.</div></span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I need my players fur and ready to play, I have made this decision”. Dalic was quoted in a press conference.</div></span><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward spent last season on loan at Milan from Fiorentina netting six goals in 41 appearances before making the move permanent this summer.</div></span><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Croatia beat Nigeria 2-0 to mark a winning start to their world cup campaign courtesy of Oghenekaro Etebo's own goal and Luka Modric's penalty.&nbsp;</div></span><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><br /></span></div><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next up, They face Argentina on Thursday and finish their Group D campaign against Iceland on Tuesday.</div></span></div>"
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