It was neat how Croatia missed a goal by this much when a shot hit the inside post and it bounced all the way across goal and out, but then a partly blocked spot kick hit the same post and went in.
FIFA World Cup 2018 - Quarter-finals
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Croatia is certainly the better team, but I would have loved to see England knock Russia out of the World Cup for all the politics between the two nations.
He’s amazing. Hard to believe he played for spuds.
LOL I meant to say "Croatia vs Sweden", but as of right now I was wrong about that- still pulling for Croatia vs France in the final, I've seen that since the first matchday
A game between England and Russia would have been a bloodbath - in the stands as much as anything. Let's not forget about this two years ago:
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...keep-it-up-after-condoning-euro-a7079861.html
And this in the aftermath:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/05/russian-mp-legalise-football-violence-sport
Things always get violent when Russian fans come into contact with English ones...
Things get violent when Russian ultras decide English fans circa 1978 are what they aspire to be and then test that proposition on English fans of today.
Current FIFA Executive Committee Member Sunil Gulati
