Having lost at home to Turkey in midweek, Croatia received another shock at the hands of Wales in Cardiff on Sunday, courtesy of two goals from Harry Wilson. With 15 minutes to go, Mario Pasalic netted for the visitors, but it wasn t enough for his team to avoid a second defeat on the trot in the Euro 2024 qualifications.
Croatia pale
Actually, this was the first time in 10 years that Croatia linked a pair of losses in any qualifications, since the process that preceded the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In the meantime, they played in the 2018 World Cup final and in the semifinals in 2022, rightly establishing themselves as one of the best national sides on the planet.
It all makes it even more unusual to see them perform like they did for the entirety of the match against…