[ad_1]
Croatian media on Monday called their team of heroes after the historic success of the small country by reaching the finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup where France beat them 4-2. "Thank you, hero!" "You gave us everything!" read the homepage of Sportske Novosti. "Vatreni" (the "Fiery Ones" in Croatian), you are the greatest, you are our pride, your names will remain written in gold forever! " the newspaper said. He showed a picture of Captain Luka Modric who received the Golden Ball from the tournament's best player, holding a trophy, but with a sad face after defeat.
"Brave hearts – You made us proud," says Jutarnji Daily List.
"Croatia celebrates you, you are our gold!"
He notes that the team of coach Zlatko Dalic "made Croatia better" last year
"They made the pride, ripped it from pessimism "reigning in the country whose economy remains among the lowest.
More than 100,000 Croatian fans in red and white were to host the home team later on Monday in the capital Zagreb
. Croatia dominated the first period and was desperate for 2-1 at half-time thanks to Mario Mandzukic's own goal and a controversial penalty from Antoine Griezmann.
The smallest country to make a 68-year World Cup final Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe added to the top of France before Mandzukic got a goal in return.
"Although I think we deserve better, we can not change anything," said Croa tia star Modric. "We can not be proud of what we did – we never gave up and fought until the end."
Source link
