Thousands of Croats welcome the national team

Thousands of Croats welcome the national team

MORE THAN 300,000 Croats wearing red and white plaid shirts and scarves spill into the streets of the Zagreb capital on Monday to welcome the arrival of the Croatian national team which successfully advanced to the World Cup finals.

Despite losing to France in Moscow on Sunday, Croatia achieved their best result at the World Cup, surpassing the third place won 20 years ago at the World Cup in France.

"They lost in the final, but won the world," the headline of the Jutarnji List newspaper headline read. The success of Croatia brought a real joy to the small Balkans of 4 million people and the celebration was broadcast live on national television since the plane from Moscow approached the Zagreb Airport.

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Cahill Retires

Cahill retires from Australian national team

The Australian team's biggest goal scorer, Tim Cahill, decided to retire from the national team on Tuesday (17/7). It was the end of a career that led him to appear in four World Cup events.

The 38-year-old scored 50 goals from 107 appearances with Australia. He last won the Socceroos squad when appearing as a substitute in the game against Peru in the 2018 World Cup.

"Today, I officially retired from my international duty with the Socceroos," Cahill said via Twitter. "There is no word that can describe the meaning of defending the national team for me.Thank you very much for you who support me as long as I wear an Australian jersey," he added.

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