England Should Rest Easy As Rivals Can Only Bore Them Into Submission; Croatia Fail to Exploit 10-Man Swiss in Dire Group Opener
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They are here to make up the numbers. Croatia and Switzerland are simply awful. If England do not punch holes in this shocking Swiss defence in Lisbon on Thursday, then they should catch the first flight home. Never mind Emmental. The errors were elementary, the defending quite suicidal. Croatia's Dado Prso will regret the day he didn't tie up the Golden Boot on his first outing in these championships.
Take that gloriously bizarre moment in the first half, when a Croatian free-kick, hoisted from afar, prompted five red shirts to pull an offside trap. Unfortunately, Ben Haas was not privy to this tactic and stayed put, allowing no fewer than five Croatians to take up positions, unmarked, in front of goal. Siminic, with a well- saved header, and then Olic, scandalously from point- blank range, both failed to take advantage.See the full content of this document
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England Should Rest Easy As Rivals Can Only Bore Them Into Submission; Croatia Fail to Exploit 10-Man Swiss in Dire Group Opener
Croatia will surely rue that moment in the weeks ahead, when they consider where it all went wrong. Although they talked a good game before the kick-off, with Rangers' new signing Prs...
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