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Game is in London. It seems like Croatians are down on their team while the English are not. This is usually a situation where England completely bombs and upsets their fans, but I doubt that's going to happen. All their games are in London, and if they win the group their R16 game is in London. Then there's one game in Rome and if they win their group, that would be the only time they have to leave the country. Their team surely must be thinking they're in a good position here.
As for Croatia, they had a easy qualifying group at first glance, but four of the teams in it qualified for this tournament. They've also done terrible in the last year or so. We've also learned in the past that a team's tournament results in a tournament two or three years before don't really mean anything. Good examples are when France had a terrible Euro 08, Netherlands fails to make a few tournaments after the WC in Brazil, Wales doesn't do anything after Euro 2016, etc. So it wouldn't be surprising to me anyway if Croatia went that route. But England could too, you know.
As for Croatia, they had a easy qualifying group at first glance, but four of the teams in it qualified for this tournament. They've also done terrible in the last year or so. We've also learned in the past that a team's tournament results in a tournament two or three years before don't really mean anything. Good examples are when France had a terrible Euro 08, Netherlands fails to make a few tournaments after the WC in Brazil, Wales doesn't do anything after Euro 2016, etc. So it wouldn't be surprising to me anyway if Croatia went that route. But England could too, you know.
