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Euro 2008 Qualifier: England vs. CROATIA (21.11.07)

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#1 ·
well the long journey ends at Wembley on Wednesday. Here is the official match thread
 
#8 ·
Cevapcici kid said:
i want the win.

All this pot2 talk, all rubbish, we will encounter good teams at euro, and if we wanna beat them, we have to play them.

so lets win. Show the world they should fear our team
Its better to let the tougher teams eliminate eachother and eventually face them later on in the tournament.

The world will fear our team if we make it to the semis of Euro, regardless of who we face, so why not take the easier route there?

We should aim for Pot 2.
 
#11 · (Edited)
I agree that finishing in Pot 2 would be great, but we'll never get a better chance of beating England at Wembley as we will in this upcoming game. And that's a huge feather in any teams cap. We'd own England for a long time if we beat them at Wembley in such an important game. That's such an enticing proposition.
 
#25 ·
i think we will play much better in this match assuming of course the pitch isnt a mud slop..england has all the pressure in the world while we have already qualifyied..england also has key injuries..the english media and fans will probably think they will win this game for sure after we lost to macedonia..thats fine let them think that way because if they do they will get beat..
 
#26 ·
Why are most so eager to be in pot 2. Recent history shows that we have underperformed against sub par teams in tournaments
World Cup 2002: Mexico-1 HRV-0 Ecuador-1 HRV-0
Euro 2004; Switz-0 HRV-0
World Cup 2006: Japan-0 HRV-0 Australia-2 HRV-2

But we beat Italy, tied France (mornar missed an open goal to win it), played our butts off against Brazil. We play much better against quality teams