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As we have already noted, certain sections of the media have had painful memories stirred of that fun night at Wembley two years ago when Croatia ended England’s hopes of unconcvincingly reaching the quarter finals of Euro 2008 and losing on penalties. Inextricably linked with those fateful defeats against Croatia are memories of some former [...]
Andy Murray’s been caught out three times this year in the final stages of grand slams already, by an inspired Verdasco in Australia, an irrepressible Gonzalez in France and a resurgent Roddick at Wimbledon. Last night, he bowed out of the US Open with a more listless effort against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. Disappointment all round, [...]
Quite a bit of the coverage of tonight’s clash between England and Croatia seems to have hinged on the need for England to achieve some measure of revenge for the infamous night in 2007 during which Steve McClaren stood holding an umbrella as his side lurched from one mistake to another and then ultimately crashing [...]
