It's not 1988 anymore.
For starters, in footballing terms, Croatia didn't exist until two years later.
Not that this Ireland side would have beaten the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia either.
But from the moment Croatia softly took the lead, right up until just before half time when they struck again (softly), Ireland were the better side. And the men in green made us believe that we might still be living in a time when the Iron Curtain divided Europe.
A time of West Germany and the USSR:
THE STORY SO FAR
Match of the tournament: Poland 1-1 Greece
Player of the tournament: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
Goal of the tournament: Di Natale (Spain v ITALY)
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