England - Croatia: Dating after half a century

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England - Croatia: Dating after half a century
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But then the darkness of more than half a century worn out, waiting for English football to step out again in the sun.

Today, the British again approached, not the Golden Goddess, but the World Cup trophy made from 5kg of 18 carat gold. The deeper into England, the more confident the game and ... more clever! 0-1 defeat to Belgium at the end of the group turns out not to be catastrophic: He fell into a breath easier, not "count" the "big" like France or Belgium. Beginning quietly from the group stage, the roar of the Three Kings grew bigger, sending their Croatian rivals on the night at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow a strong warning: they wanted to stay in Luzhniki again. , on the night of July 15, for a dream of more than 50 years become true in gold.

Dealing with Croatian players like Luka Modric or Ivan Rakitic is capable of strangling the English midfielders in the midfield, England have no other secret weapons apart from the familiar spell: fixed situations. Eight of England's 11 goals, 73%, came before the match against Croatia tonight, is from such situations!

And the Croatian players are not only eyeing every Harry Kane! The game of football, with the "love train" consists of players lined up waiting for the corner, and then thundered to distract, who prevent opponents from moving, causing any one Which England player could also score from the air. Raheem Sterling has not scored yet. But the speed of the player is still a weapon harming the Croatian defense must be very cautious, because disaster is only recognized when it happened already!

If England have to wait more than 50 years to give hope, Croatia have been waiting for 20 years to regain their record in the 1998 World Cup. ! They also have weapons that the British are good at: not war, with master Mario Mandzukic. With the top scorer in the middle of the pitch like Luka Modric, "Super Mario" can completely sow Jordan Pickford, making the reputation of one of the best goalkeepers of the goalkeeper. this is compromised.

The British have twice seen the reaction of white-and-white jersey players in their two games against Denmark and Russia's hosts when conceded. Croatian counterattacks are often quick and deadly, when the opponents are delighted with the victory and Croatia, in both games, is the last laugher!

Anyway, the British have a fulcrum to believe in: In the four World Cup turns into the "EURO Cup" ago the 1934, 1966, 1982 and 2006, three times the Italian champions. The only remaining in 1966, the British champions!