Croation FA Drop Compensation Claim

Quite bizarely the Croation FA have dropped a compensation claim against UEFA for the cost of their campaign to win the hosting battle for the EURO 2012 campaign with $2.71 being the figure quoted.

Apparently we all missunderstood the fact. The Croation FA vice-president Ivan Brlekovic said that the figure mentioned wasn't for campaign compensation but for funding soccere development. (cough)

Speaking to Jutarnji List he said:

"This is not about seeking compensation for the failed bid. We'll only ask UEFA to help funding our soccer development programs which we couldn't focus on properly during the last three years as we were occupied by the Euro bid."