Modric and Mbappé during the match between Croatia and France on October 14, 2020. -

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By force, we almost want to apologize, but we end up holding back.

Winners never apologize.

Unhappy Croats, decidedly.

Great players, great team, great crowd, in Moscow or Zagreb, but nothing to do.

In the end, who pays the bill every time?

Poor Zlatko Dalic, who can continue to say loud and clear

We also played better than the Germans before.

And we drank the same.

In a post-depression press conference, the coach of the finalists of the last World Cup looked like the late Marcelo Philippot in the Maaf ad that annoyed us so many times.

"I will have them one day, I will have them".

Still not this time.

"We played against a team worth a billion euros"

“I congratulate the boys who gave their all even though unfortunately we lost.

We almost had them!

But in the end they score us a goal.

We play against a team which is worth a billion euros, and which punishes every mistake ”.

The guy exaggerates a bit.

In the first half, the Blues did not punish many people, at least not enough in view of their thunderous first half hour.

We counted two huge balls of 2-0 (and a quiet match) after Griezmann's cannon shot.

An incredible miss from Mbappé after a one-two "flashgordonesque" with Toto Martial, then an unreported penalty on the same Martial.

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"This may be the match where they could hope for a positive result"

Then?

Curtain and curfew, to be connected with presidential evening announcements.

Fifty minutes entirely Croatian, with a team transfigured by the entry of Kovacic.

A deserved goal, hot shots in chaos in the area of ​​Lloris, and even an equalizer wasted by Kramaric in stoppage time. Opposite?

One action, only one, splendid for the rest.

And 7,000 spectators who have only their eyes to cry on.

Dalic: “I think we had a very good second half, the public has shown it to us, enjoying it I think.

But we do not have the same resources as France, where all the players play for big clubs.

With us, apart from Modric… ”.

Obviously, this kind of romantic curse doesn't raise an eyebrow at DD and his Roman legions.

Veni, vidi, vici, and for the rest, I'll let you quibble about how.

"Are the Germans from Croatia?"

We are France.

For the Croats, I imagine that every time they play us… We win every time, I hope it will last a long time ”.

Not even a little empathy, the guy.

A colleague tries his luck again.

Still, didn't Croatia get a bit closer this time?

Polite response from DD

Certainly, since we scored in the 80th when we had two goals ahead of the last two games.

It is a very beautiful nation, even if some stopped after the World Cup final, when Modric is there, it shows.

Perhaps this is the game where they could hope for a positive result.

But there ".

A curse that has continued since 1998

But there.

The Blues win games the way you buy your well-cooked tradition when you leave work, without a glance for the baker.

Thank you to Lloris for putting the forms a little, anyway: 

“ 

We expected to suffer, maybe not as much.

Even if we would like to have more control of the match, tonight there was a quality opponent.

In the middle of the field, they took the upper hand with their high quality players, which made us retreat ”.

The captain of the Blues is a type with a generous soul.

It was already he who had prevented the Croats from ending their extraordinary journey in Russia with a resounding jerk.

Without Hugo's dumpling, which made the French team aware that the windows had to be closed and wait for the release quietly, how many would have picked up cooked boiled Croats, led 4-1 in the 60th?

A set of tennis, or close.

It was more laborious on Wednesday, but France was more German than ever.

Lloris again: “I believe there is a winning mentality in the France team.

We have been trying to cultivate it for a few years, like our trainer ”.

The Maaf guy didn't come out of the inn.

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