A thrilling World Cup debut for Croatia 

Jade Martin actually World Cup 2010 Germany 4-0 Argentina

2010 Argentina (Maradona as coach) lost 4-0 by Germany

I meant 'in 1998' when it happened,...it was the biggest loss....

yeah, but maradona as a coach counts as handicap

And the funniest is in 1998 Croatia faced Argentina in group stages. But this time Argentina won 1-0.

+Matt Matton at that time there were at most 4m people

karlo dpw yeah

Matt - Now maybe 4 mil

Well, all that players came from the great Yugoslavian school and strong Yugoslavian league, and many of them were U-21 world champions, playing later for the best clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Juventus, Parma, Lazio, Napoli... Also, the war just gave them motivation, so the success was quite expectable.

JuxChannel lol yeah they almost half croatians immigrated to rich west/north europe. North amerika. And australia/new zeland 😂

So maybe 2038 they will have a golden generation again

20 more years and the world cup is ours

@ᆞ I know what 2018 squad was at least 2 times stronger than 1998 one lol.

And here was I, thinking that only generation that wins gold can be called golden.

They only participated in 5 world cups, but two times they were in the top 3 teams, that‘s what I call awesome! I‘m proud to be half croatian!

Prosinecki Jarni Boksic & Ladic

Lets be fair. 8 Million worldwide. Players like Rakitić, Kovač bros, Šimunić are one of those raised abroad.

Like Bosnia most of the team were born in other countries but have parents who were born in Yugoslavia for some like Zlatan Ibrahimovic is called a traitor because he played for the country he was raised in.

Hajduk najjaci

Josip You guys are quite popular here in Brazil, greetings.

Josip He used to play for Arsenal

Schnipp08 Yep

They’re in the Final!

Germany’s worst World Cup Result in History It’s 2018

They did it even better than 1998

They are in finals!!!! Congratulations both France and Croatia

paul6082 Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico!!!!!!!

Al Ram love Mexico too. Como estas mi amigo? mucho gusta Mexico. haha

paul6082 yup that's why I'm going to lead a revolution to over throw the Mexican government along with the cartels

Al Ram why you don't like the government? pero me gusta mexican bonitas haha

Al Ram Ok, you beat us in Brasil but you will never have success like we had in 98' ;).

And great result in 2022 world cup again

And where are you from?

Janica Kostelić,Ivica Kostelić, Blanka Vlašić,Sandra Perković,Branka Pelegrin,Mirko CROCOP F,Stipe Miočić,Skelin brothers,...

Finals of the Russia World cup 2018😱

Ćiro (the coach) also made a mistake for not putting Prosinečki in the game from the very beginning, not to mention that Bokšić was injured and didn't played in that World Cup. Bokšić was a world class striker, just like Šuker

+MegaGoodoldtimes because it was a mistake of the line-up

Bokšić, so underrated, he was beast player, he was Batistuta's teammate then.

ghida44 they Most lose they Cant ein france give much money

"The mistake he made in the semi-final allowed France to equalize immediately after Croatia had fought hard to earn a one-goal lead.[15] To make matters worse, Boban was injured and wanted to come off at half time[16] but stayed on until the 65th minute"

No they didn't. They didn't show real skills during this WC.

@@sebastiencharles7105 at least they never had african refugees on the team like france more like africa

They deseved that world cup for than france croatia won in my heart

@@AS-rf6rw What is the relation with the merit of winning a WC ?! First, there are French overseas territories in Africa since more than 500 years, thus there are black French people. Maybe these players don't really represent France because France is mostly white but the fact is that France isn't white people and Europe only. So stop with this type of racist comments which shows your lack of knowledge about France. Second, Croatia had the easiest possible course. In 2014 they failed in group stages because they faced Brazil and Mexico, if this year they faced them they would have surely lost. I don't know why they've won your heart, if you wet your pants because a little team reach a WC final by beating weak teams that's your problem but don't say that they deserved more than a team who have beaten a great team like Belgium.

@@sebastiencharles7105 they did not deseved the world cup croatia did i wanted them to win that trophy😢

Helaman Carrasco Yeah that's lit if you can qualify for your first world cup and then reach the semifinals

We are on the right track to at least repeat the 98 this World cup.

marko21 Imagine they win the world cup this year, that would be mental but probably get knocked out in the group stage in the 2022 world cup if you know what I mean😉😂

Matt - Yeah and it's important to know that the minority teams can win also

I think i know what u mean, that it's mental that Croatia is actually competing with an international dream team against the best players from France, Algiers and a couple of Arfican countries which includes their best players.

100% Incorrección Política just wanna remind you of this comment haha

haha raizen

Raizen hahahah 😂😂

perfect

luka LP Croatia in Basketball is badass.

your vision is right on Powder Skier :) Croatia might be a medalist in 2018

They won against Argentina, maybe they get to final.

Now they are in the final with big possibilities to be the next world cup champion

Powder Skier u sick. Nice call

Wow

now they are in the finals

Seems like If Croatia gets Argentina in their group they get to play 7 games....

Opet protiv francuske u finalu...samo je prije bilo u polu fibalu

Mark Bada-Bing Yeah haha Argentina is lucky for us.

CRO BEST

Wooa waves Croatia is doing good for now in Russia.They won against Argentina and Nigeria easly.

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOO, WE WON AGAINST RUSSIA

As I said before the world cup it would be great for Croatia be in the next phase and now you're in the final. Croatia could be champion and I support you. Greetings from Costa Rica

And today they got knocked out again by Croatia, history is weird

Tchek republic, serbia, croatia all the East USSR satellites come out great technicians. Croatia was definitely the unexpected new comer. But Brazil, Germany was favorite. France barely made it in the finals due to their early loss in the last world cup. The fact that the final was in "Stade de France" brought another level to the game. Homecoming sort of speak. Then Zidane scored 2 times with the head which was insane to think about Brazil, the current champ. France went insane that night.

That was a great match England Vs Argentina(98).

@@einc70 Croatia was never USSR part haha

Jure Šibenik Funny why did he say that 😁

+Henri Galvão He had a fight with the coach and he didnt put him in cause of that. I belive thats the reason Croatia didnt won the world cup.

Nobody knows why except Blazevic himself?! If Prosinecki played we would probably be World Champions...When he played with him against Netherlands for 3rd place we won that match and INHO Netherlands was the best team on that tournament..

Yep, our team against Holland was the real final.

CRO & ALB ❤💪

ha you guys would have lost in penalties in anyway

VelvetGlove Sta je reka lose, ajde mi reci? Da je Srb onda bi bilo okej jeli?

Aviation 12345 idiot

Luka Veselic no

That's right, it came out of the old Yugoslav system didn't it.That was a superb Croatia team back then.

Iz tvojih usta,u Božje uši !

LOL, not a chance in hell little buddy. today's croatia is weak

I don't think so

Back then, we've had so many leaders in that team. Each one of them could pull the team to the victory if needed: Boban, Šuker, Prosinečki, Asanović, Bokšić, Stanić, Jarni, Vlaović - even Bilić and Štimac as defenders and Ladić as goal-keeper - all strong personas. Almost all of them renown coaches and football figures now. Today, who is of the leading kind? Modrić, ok. Who else? No one else. That's our problem today. I wish them luck. They're going to need it.

1lacas Marked

I was 11 atm aswell, and dont remember any other big competition as that one.

Yeah Suker was dangerous striker. Then you have Klinsman in Germany, star like Ronaldo in Brazil, France with Blanc, Deschasmp and zidane. It was tight.

einc70 Also Romania that beat England

I thought you can only play semis with someone who was in your group, not final

Argentina lost against Croatia

yeah Croatia is my favorite team

Me too, everyone thought I was an insane fanatic.

I'm actually a Malay

Not all of them

and portugal in 2016 intresting

Phunkation recs ya and we tied Italy and should have beaten Spain except for that stupid offside

Jonathan Duru portugual wasnt even champions when they played

The Ref got us out! Offside goal for spain and no penalty on corluka as bousquets got him down tearring him on his jersey. Also a penalty not given on mandzukic... referee 1 : 0 croatia

Portugal was Euro 2016 champions and Croatia (after beating Spain, among others) lost to them in the last minute (119') in the knock-out phase on that tournament

No, griezmann is like suker

You lost me at "high intelligence". I don't think Suarez finished the third grade. One of the dumbest players ever. An immature, mentally underdeveloped animal. Actually he's nothing like Suker. Suker was a civilized human. You should have realized it was a poor comparison as soon as you had to use parenthesis.

Petey Pete I hate to be the one to tell you this but there is a difference between football intelligence and book smarts ....I thought it was self-explanatory but i guess there are still people like you who have neither football-IQ or overall intelligence ....Im sorry for that and I will try to be more clearer next time so you can comprehend what would be obvious to someone with even average intelligence.....

+Frank Champion Why are you insulting me or questioning my intelligence? I didn't insult you or question yours I just disagreed with you over the comparison and Suarez's intelligence. I'm well aware of the difference between football and book smarts and Suarez has neither. He plays purely by instinct, like an animal. Diving, cheating and biting (which you forgot to mention) should have raised a flag that Suarez is nothing like Suker. Next time I'll try to be more clear (not clearer, lol). Peace.

Petey Pete i can tell you have never watched him play ..... he is a cheater and a diver but hes also highly intelligent ....the runs he makes , the passes ( most assists in la liga) etc

Brazil was weakest ever and in Finals and against that team we could won it all! Boban was injuerd and he was begging Blazevic to change him for Prosinecki but Blazevic didn't want to hear about it... After that Boban lost that ball 16 meters in front of our goal and Lilian Thuram scored 1st and minutes after his 2nd goal that were and still are only 2 goals in his international career...

no chances against Brazil sorry