England lost a gut-punch of a game to Croatia in the World Cup semifinal yesterday, ending the English dream that “Football’s coming home.”
Croatia probably deserved to win the game, considering how the only English shot on target in the first 90 minutes was Kieran Trippier’s free-kick goal in the fifth minute, but that didn’t make Mario Mandzukic’s game-winner in the 109th minute any less heartbreaking for the English.
The cruel thing about the World Cup is that England now has to wait another four years for a shot a redemption. The fans, though, are surprisingly taking the defeat in stride.