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Croatia punch above their weight year after year and they beat England in the 2018 World Cup semifinals where they were runners up, while they also finished third at the 2022 World Cup as head coach Zlatko Dalic has done a consistently excellent job.
Ghana will kick off their World Cup ​campaign seeking to regain their prowess as a globally competitive soccer nation, with their opening test coming on ‌Wednesday against a Panama side eager for their first-ever win in the tournament.
England fans heading to the World Cup have said they cannot wait to watch the football. Waiting for a flight at Gatwick Airport to the US, Andrew and Kelly and their 10-year-old son Christian told the BBC they thought the Three Lions would do "really well".
England's 6-1 rout of Panama is the biggest winning margin at this year's World Cup. However, it falls well short of the tournament record.
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