Croatia did what they had to do. It is still way more fun to watch teams that attack and play a high skill offensive style and so its totally understandable that neutrals aren't psyched for them unless they have an axe to grind with Brazil. Everybody is gonna hope for the 4-3 game instead of the 0-0 game unless it's a team you like or don't playing.
I think that Croatia executed on their gameplan and got by, and results speak for themselves but I also think they showed when they opened it up after going a goal down that they could have had success playing that style too and been a bit braver in the first 105 mins.
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