BAD TATZMANNSDORF, Austria, June 18 (Reuters) - Croatia
striker Igor Budan will miss the rest of Euro 2008 with a knee
injury, coach Slaven Bilic said on Wednesday.
'He will undergo arthroscopic surgery in Italy and
unfortunately he will not be able to help us for the remainder
of the European Championship,' Bilic told a news conference at
the team's training base.
'We will consider calling up a replacement but only after
our quarter-final match with Turkey, should we progress to the
semi-finals,' he said.
Croatia, who play the Turks in Vienna on Friday, have
already lost defender Dario Knezevic to a knee injury after he
limped off in their 1-0 Group B win over Poland on Monday.
Midfielders Darijo Srna and Ivan Rakitic are nursing minor
knocks and should be fit for the match with Turkey.
