Bummer for my home country… we are very talented, but are not as put together tactically and some of these smaller countries like Croatia. We also sat on the result way too early. Needed to stay aggressive for a little longer instead of giving Croatia too much time to try and score…
Hope the Brazilian soccer confederation swallows their pride and hires a foreigner coach. We have the talent, but not the coaching.
Ultimately cudos to Croatia. Very well put together defensively, and beautiful execution in the PKs. They play a dangerous game, but works for them.