The Croatians here by the Adriatic did their best to make this rivalry feel the way it used to. They filled this tiny little stadium with thousands of schoolkids to get round the fact this was supposed to be a behind closed doors game.
In the crowd on the far side some of the children even held up a banner.
‘It’s not coming home,’ it read, in reference to a familiar Croat poke at perceived English arrogance.
They even had a familiar face on the touchline. After an absence of 14 years, Slaven Bilic – architect of his country’s most famous victory over
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