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Croatia has stubbornly slow-played its way to another surprising World Cup run

Por: The Boston Globe Sports December 12, 2022

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Luka Modrić was learning how to dribble a soccer ball when the fighting began.“We had to flee from our home and go take refuge in hotels,” recalled the Croatian captain who was 6 when his homeland’s war of independence from the remnants of Yugoslavia began. “You’d hear those sirens, those bombs dropping, the missiles.”After four years of brutal civil war, Croatia secured its independence in 1995. And when its soccer team established... + full article



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