Croatia get heroes' welcome after eliminating England (Reuters)
Published 11/22/2007 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Thousands of fans sporting team
shirts and flags welcomed Croatia at Zagreb airport on Thursday
following their victory over England at Wembley, which prevented
the home side from qualifying for the Euro 2008 finals.
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