Barella, Calhanoglu and Mkhitaryan arrived at Pinetina with other backgrounds and other habits. The evolution they have had together is a miracle of poetry and football
Good stories always begin in the past tense: once upon a time. After years of honorable service, a constant presence and a growing technical and mental importance, to the point of mastering the craft and the team, Marcelo Brozovic had to stop: it happened on 25 September 2022. The midfielder had pulled the flexor muscle of his left thigh seventeenth minute of the Nations League match between Austria and Croatia, at the Ernst Happel Stadion – the former Prater in Vienna: the Croatians won 3-1.