Croatia did well to get this far but they were far more impressive in 2018 than now. Even if you look at their run til now... they really didn't play well this world cup.
- 1st game vs Morocco, bore draw
- 2nd game hammered Canada, good game from them
- 3rd game, got hammered by Belgium but Lukaku kept missing the chances
- 4th game vs Japan, even game, won on pens
- 5th game vs Brazil, got hammered in the 2nd half and extra time, keeper bailed them out/bad finishing, won on pens
- 6th game vs Argentina, got hammered, opponent finally took their chances
Fair play to them for making it so far, but it was far more of an upset story. Morocco on the other hand genuinely have just played well and deservedly beat pretty much every opponent, or at the very least, deserved for it to go to pens/get draws/whatever.
Shame we didn't get the Brazil vs Argentina semi final. Argentina have improved immensely as the tournament has gone on - but have had an England level fixture list. Poland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia all shite teams in the group, Australia easily the worst team in the Ro16, Netherlands finally a good side (albeit lacking the squad quality that France/Portugal/Brazil/England have) and then Croatia pretty average for the semi's. Can only beat what's in front of you, but will be interesting to see how they are against France in the final, assuming France wins tomorrow.