MOSCOW (AP) - English fish and chips against Croatia's famous fish risotto. France's vin et fromage versus Belgian beer and waffles.
Slab Head, Rocky and 37 headline unlikely World Cup final 4
Players nicknamed Slab Head, Rocky and 37.
Welcome to the final four of a new-look World Cup, perhaps the most improbable of soccer's 21 championships.
Host Russia left in tears Saturday night, jilted like a suitor at the end of a Pushkin poem when it tied Croatia late in extra time only to lose the last quarterfinal on penalty kicks.