Pjaca about his recovery

Marko Pjaca is successfully recovering after a serious injury and collarbone surgery: - I've started with my recovery program on Monday and I work a lot. I can hardly wait to play again.

- My recovery is based on riding a bicycle and orbitrek, as well as running on a treadmill. It is not easy, but I am really motivated. People around me are asking all the time when I will be ready for a comeback and of course it is really nice to see everybody cares about you. The answer is, hopefully, till the end of the month and maybe even earlier. My plan is to play again before the end of this season and I hope I will be able to help my teammates in defending the double. Hopefully I will have the strength to raise the trophy - said Marko in an interview.

What about the important Croatia's U21 win against Spain: - Of course that is a great achievement and it is even more important they confirmed their quality by winning over Estonia also. I would like to congratulate them - said Pjaca about his teammates from the national team and continued about his younger colleagues: - Croatia U19 team is so great. Those players have proven their quality so many times, both in Dinamo and Croatia jersey. I believe they will achieve a great result on the upcoming Euro.

There are only two months till the UEFA European championship in France and Marko is optimistic: - There is still some time till the start of this year's Euro. We are placed in a tough group with quality teams and it won't be easy. We will need to face Spain and we all know they are one of the best teams in the world. Of course, Turkey and Czech Republic are also great teams. We are aware of our quality and I believe we can achieve a notable result. We will do our best in the group stage, but after that everything will be possible due to a knock-out stage. We need to go match by match and if we will have the fans' support and a bit of luck - we can achieve anything.