EURO 2008 INFO

The reactions after the fracture of tibia and fibula of the Croatian naturalized Brazilian Eduardo da Silva, Arsenal of England, emerged early in the Balkan country, where he lamented the injury of the player that bind miss Euro 2008.

The technical selection Croatian, Slaven Bilic, said that he felt shocked after seeing images of the lesion Eduardo, who suffered a tough entry zaguero Martin Taylor of Birmingham to three minutes of the match which ended in a tie 2-2 at the time 27 of the Premier League.

"Eduardo is like my son. Grew together, I like him as a player and coach. The only thing that interests me at this time is that he recovers," said the local newspaper this Sunday Index.

He added that at the moment not think of the Euro Nations Austria-Switzerland 2008, "To hell with the Euro, I just want to return to playing Eduardo. ¨ Why had to happen to him, our best player?".

For their part, his former colleague in the Dínamo Zagreb, the Croatian Ognjen Vukojevic said, "is the worst day of my life because my great friend Edward suffered a serious injury and we lost to the Varteks", in reference to the conclusion invicta carrying the streak of 23 months at home.

Likewise lamented Luka Modric, who blamed the feeling of sadness at the injury he considers to be his friend, the 2-1 defeat to Varteks Varazdin, "I am very sad and possibly his misfortune was what made us lose."

The Croatian press said that the injury front of the "Gunners" will be sensitive to a low table in the Balkan Euro 2008, but was hopeful that it can return to stepping on a soccer stadium and help Croatia to the World classify South Africa 2010.

When we were met by three minutes of the game at the stadium in Saint Andrews, Da Silva drove the ball near midfield and gave the ball before receiving the harsh entry Taylor, who strongly tachones fit on the bottom of the leg Eduardo left, broken tibia and fibula.