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SportsPulse: Fox Sports badociate Grant Wahl gives an overview of the World Cup final between France and Croatia, and explains why all the pressure is on the golden generation of Croatia.
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Croatian defender Vedran Corluka (bottom) and defender Dejan Lovren (top) celebrate their victory after beating England for the World Cup final. (Photo: Samad, AFP / Getty Images)
MOSCOW – Croatia beat England and reached the World Cup final by being sbady, bold and unmoved – and the reaction of its players followed exactly the same approach
. Head coach Zlatko Dalic left little room for humility when Croatia celebrated its first participation in the biggest football match for the first time in its history
Vedran Corluka, who spent five years in English Premier League with Manchester City and "Football does not come home," said Corluka while crossing the area of media interview at Luzhniki Stadium, just over an hour after the blow final whistle of victory 2-1. .
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His jibe was a reference to the expression "Football Coming Home", borrowed from the hit song of 1996 "Three Lions" and used constantly in England last week in the hope of a first triumph since 1966.
The midfielder of Croatia Luka Modric, whose impact on the semifinal was crucial, stated that her team had been upset by what she believed to be an overconfidence of England
. "All these words that we take, we read and we said:" OK, today we will see who will be tired. "They should be more humble and respect their opponents more."
Englishman Kieran Trippier scored a fast free kick, but Croatia rebounded strongly to send the match in injury time and seal it with a shot from Mario Mandzukic. The difference was mental, "added defender Dejan Lovren
Under the direction of head coach Gareth Southgate, the young and inexperienced English club received rave reviews, with the possible exception of Croatian defender Sime Vrsaljko
. It was a new England that changed its ways of doing long balls on the ground, but when we put pressure on them, it turned out that they did not have it. done, "said Vrsaljko
.At the end of extra time, two substitutes appeared to accidentally trample the English midfielder Jesse Lingard while he was sitting on the grbad, then they left laughing. [19659007] However, it is difficult to blame Croatia for its time, Modric and Ivan Rakitic are two of the best midfielders in the world and led Croatia to some of the best performances of the tournament, including a 3-0 win. against Argentina in the group stage.
race came in 1998 when he lost against France in the semifinal.On Sunday, he will have the chance to win everything against the same opponent.
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