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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Modric and Rakitic are world class, and Mandzukic, Perisic, and Pjaca are good pieces but it's not like they are stacked at every position.

Personally I wouldn't call winning a tough group in Euro 2016 and then losing to eventual champion Portugal in extra time underperforming.

They are undefeated in the current World Cup qualifying campaign, lead their group, and have qualified for the last 3 major tournaments so it's not like they are failing to qualify and losing to lesser teams.

It's just really tough to win a major international tournament.

Since 1994 only 7 teams have won a World Cup or Euro Cup: Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Portugal. Only three other countries have been in a finals (Czech Republic, Netherlands, Argentina).

So in 12 different tournaments you've only had 10 different finalists fill the 24 available spots.

The only one of those teams that I would say Croatia is clearly better than is the Cinderella Greece team that lucked their way to Euro 2004.

+ Kovacic too. I'd love him at United.