England have reached their first World Cup Semi-final since italia 90 28 years ago and frankly it was due. The strong heritage of football within the country and attraction of the Premier league has always bred talent for the English star, playing for the best managers and around the world's best players.
Croatia v England
Croatia has proven to be resilient but never looked particularly organised to an individual situation/game. They have proven several times to scrape wins against lower opposition. England however have proven the opposite, examining the differences between the Columbian game and the most recent game vs Sweden the game management vs Sweden was very good. Sweden were made to look average and for the size of the occasion and quality of players they posses this was a huge performance for England.
Odds...….
Croatia standing currently at 13/5 seems close to right.
England is 11/8 for the win in 90 minutes! honestly I would expect evens, 11/10 maybe but at 11/8 I feel the value is there.
The past 2 times England have faced Croatia they have been comprehensive wins 5-1 back in 2009 and a 4-1 victory in 2008. (understandably those are different teams, but still hold a few key players and I'm sure many will agree this England team looks better than the England of the past 10 years).
11/8 England win is good value.
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