Croatia

England beat Croatia 7-0 in Rijeka, but a scoreline that big can hide as much as it shows. This piece asks how much of the win belongs to a settled attacking four and how much to a poor opponent, and what that…

AC Milan have kept faith with their most decorated midfielder for another season, but a one-year deal at 40 raises an obvious question: is this about squad planning, or simply keeping a proven presence around…

A round-of-32 tie that had everything, and then found more. This covers Portugal's 2-1 win over Croatia in Toronto: Ivan Perisic's opener, the penalty that gave Cristiano Ronaldo his first World Cup knockout…

Croatia and Ghana arrived in Philadelphia both knowing a draw would do, and for an hour they played like it. This covers a 2-1 win that swung Croatia from group winners to third and back to second inside an…

Croatia needed a win and found one, just about, against a Panama side already running out of road. This covers Ante Budimir's decisive goal in a 1-0 victory in Toronto, what it does for Croatia's Group L hopes…

England's World Cup 2026 campaign began with a nervy but ultimately convincing 4-2 victory over Croatia in Dallas. This piece looks beyond the scoreline to examine what Tuchel's half-time intervention revealed…

England used 22 players to beat New Zealand 1-0 in Tampa's humidity, and the occasion raised more questions than it answered about Thomas Tuchel's tournament intentions. This piece cuts through the…