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National legends Franco Jelovcic and Dario Marinovic headline Croatia\u2019s 16-man provisional squad for their first FIFA Futsal World Cup\u2122 in 24 years. Marinko Mavrovic will cut two players before they head off to Uzbekistan to face Thailand, Brazil and Cuba in Group B.<\/p>\n
Jelovcic and Marinovic have enjoyed elite careers at club level and helped Croatia reach the UEFA Futsal EURO semi-finals in 2012, but have never appeared on the sport\u2019s biggest platform. They are set to do so at the ages of 33 and 34 respectively. Marinovic and Brazil superstar Pito, who will square off in Bukhara on 17 September, are good friends, having played together for ElPozo Murcia.<\/p>\n
Other key figures included are goalkeeper Zoran Primic, the multifunctional Kristian Cekol and Luka Peric, who finished as one of the leading marksmen in European qualifying.<\/p>\n
Croatia impressed at their first World Cup, beating Australia 6-0 and Costa Rica 4-1 to progress from their first-phase group. They then finished third from four in their second-round section.<\/p>\n
The Mini Blazers agonisingly lost on penalties to Czechia in a play-off for a place at Lithuania 2021, but finally ended their wait to return to the global finals by edging Poland 5-4 on aggregate in April in their battle for a ticket to Uzbekistan 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to reach the FIFA Futsal World Cup with Croatia so badly, and now finally my dream came true,\u201d Marinovic told FIFA at the time. \u201cThe previous failures make this success even sweeter. I’m convinced we’ll make a major impact in Uzbekistan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Provisional Croatia squad
\nFilip Baskovic
\nKristian Cekol
\nFranco Jelovcic
\nJosip Jurlina
\nMarko Kuraja
\nDuje Kustura
\nDario Marinovic
\nDavid Mataja
\nMateo Muzar
\nTihomir Novak
\nLuka Peric
\nAnte Piplica
\nKristijan Postruzin
\nZoran Primic
\nAntonio Sekulic
\nNiko Vukmir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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