Marcus Speller

And as we mentioned, the likes of Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Joseph Guardiola, these are big players.

Yes, some of them are lacking match fitness, you might argue.

Yeah.

They are not a side who turn up and worry about, oh, has he got enough minutes?

They know what they're doing.

And under the current coach who has been so successful with them at tournaments, they are... I mean, Ivan Perisic is probably going to play.

And I mean, how old is he?

But he's still got the engine.

He's still got everything about him that made him such a weapon for Croatia in previous World Cups.

Yeah.

You know, this is like, lads, you just have to be so aware of the opposition.

Oh, completely.

Just as I'm reminding myself of Croatia, I'm like...

I mean, that last World Cup was outrageous.

They knocked out Brazil, which denied us a Brazil-Argentina semi-final.

I think they beat Morocco.

Did they finish third in the World Cup last time?

They definitely were in the third-place play-off.

I'm pretty sure they got a medal again.

Sure.