Croatian national team stepped into the 2018 World Cup final. They became the country with the lowest FIFA rankings in the World Cup finals.
Currently, Croatia are in 20th place FIFA rankings as of June 2018. They become the country with the lowest FIFA rank among semifinalists.
In comparison, the England they defeated in the semi-finals are currently in 12th position. Belgium (3) and France (7) are even in the top 10 positions.
In addition, Croatia also became a World Cup finalist country with the least population since Uruguay (1.9 million people) in 1930.
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Based on the 2017 census, Croatia has a population of 4.2 million and is ranked 129th in the world. By comparison, Indonesia currently has a population of 265 million or the fourth largest in the world.
For Croatia, the success of stepping into the final is the best achievement in the history of participation in the World Cup. In fact, while still a part of Yugoslavia has never been.
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Their best achievement is ranked third in the 1998 World Cup. After that, they ran aground in the group phase in three World Cups, until finally became finalists this year.
At the 1998 World Cup, Croatia must lose to France. Two goals Lilian Thuram reversed Croatia's lead through Davor Suker's goal.
"It has been a discussion in the last 20 years and now we are focused on the final game," said Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic at FIFA.com.
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Croatia national team managed to beat the England team with a score of 2-1 in the final round of the 2018 World Cup through extra time in Luzhniki Stadium, Wednesday (11/7/2018) or Thursday morning GMT.
England goals scored Kieran Trippier in the 5th minute. Meanwhile Croatia scored a goal back in the 68th minute through Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic scored the winner in the 109th minute.
The 2018 World Cup final will take place at Luzhniki Stadium. The French vs Croatia party will be played at 22.00 Western Indonesia Time.