Fantastic Preliminary Round at the WCh 2013 in Madrid for Croatia is finished with serious injury of left wing Manuel Strlek who broke metacarpal bone and won’t be able to help his team-mates on the road to Barcelona, where final weekend will be held. In current situation, debutant Lovre Sprem is the only option on left wing, but Slavko Goluza is close to strentgh this position with Ivan Nincevic from Fuchse Berlin.
Croatia will play against Belarus in the 1/8 final on Monday.
