CROATIA
A MAJOR QUESTION IS VRSALJKO’S FITNESS
Croatia go into this tournament in an unusual new role. The 2018 World Cup runners-up carry the weight of expectation like never before; after finishing third at France 98, the Vatreni failed to even qualify for Euro 2000.
In the past three years, Croatia have had to make a partial shift of generations – never an easy task for a country with so small a talent pool. The situation was hardly helped
