TCN’s Goran Antonijević, a man who has travelled thousands of miles to support the Croatian National Team in the past, takes a look into the reasons of yesterday’s events in Saint Etienne. There is no excuse for hooliganism, and there is no excuse for breaking the law. By the hooligans, politicians, and football officials alike. But there is an understanding for those outraged by the hooligans and those outraged by the officials using football as a playground for their personal gain.

Croatia had everything, but after Modrić’s injury, the team lost its rhythm and lost it all after the flares were thrown onto the pitch by Croatian fans.