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#3 Croatia: A team without a plan
Throughout the 90 minutes, Croatia did not seem like they had a plan. For the entire first half, they were dominated by England and made to run around the field. After all the pressing and pressurising, Croatia failed to get the ball from England.
When they had possession, they gave it away cheaply. For the entire first half, they were on the back-foot and did not pose any danger to Jordan Pickford.
They did not seem like a team possessed to take a lead while it was a necessity for them. Somehow they managed to get the lead through Kramaric, completely against the run of play.
When they got the lead, they were still confused about whether to attack or defend the lead. If they had parked the bus, they had a good chance of proceeding. But they did not defend with all their will, or look dangerous on the counter. Perisic's quick break was all they had after the goal.
When England scored a goal, it was just about 10 minutes left to play. Croatia could have stayed in League A if they had defended well, but they hardly did that. In the end, they lost out to a much better English side who had a plan, unlike them.
