In 1987, he said the following about
Robert Prosinecki: "If this lad makes it as
a football player, I'll eat my coaching certificate" (Blazevic was
coach of Dynamo Zagreb and Prosinecki was in that team, at the time).
He probably regretted that later though... In 1998, Blazevic included
Prosinecki in his squad at the World Cup in France where Robert scored
several goals, helping Croatia reach third place.