Forward of Milan and Croatian national team Nikola Kalinich will not be able to help "checkers" in qualifying matches of World Cup-2018 against Finland and Ukraine.

In the final matches of the selection at the World Cup 2018 against the national teams of Finland (October 6) and Ukraine (October 9) the Croatian national team will not help the injured striker Milan Nicola Kalinich.

"Nikola Kalinich will not be able to play against Finland and Ukraine because of a hip injury," says an official statement on the official website of the Croatian Football Union.

Ex-forward Dnipro played 79 minutes in a duel Milan - Roma, and after the match admitted that he went on the field after using painkillers, as the injury got even before the central match of the seventh round of the championship of Italy.

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