Checking some "soccerway.com" stats for head to head matches, between England and Croatia,
And yes! Historical matches are just that, in the past, still interesting to look at.
They've met 8 times now, Croatia winning 3 times after today's game, England winning 4 times, 1 draw. Of course, the World Cup, Euro Cup and Qualifiers is where it really matters.
https://us.soccerway.com/teams/comparison/?team_ids%5B%5D=514&team_ids%5B%5D=774Croatia vs. France, they've met 5 times, Croatia has never defeated France, 3 losses, 2 draws:
https://us.soccerway.com/teams/comparison/?team_ids%5B%5D=514&team_ids%5B%5D=944Croatia, England and Spain are in the UEFA "Nations League", I had never heard of this. Croatia and England will play 2 times this year, in October and November. I wonder if this will be the men's team. I had NOT previously heard of this Nations League.
https://us.soccerway.com/international/europe/uefa-nations-league/20182019/league-a/group-4/g12057/Sounds like something new.
Also, if one looks up the information, the Russian manager, apparently, a sharp manager was previously at Legia Warsaw but only for a short time. That was interesting.
Stanislaw Cherchesov, 2015-2016, check it out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legia_Warsaw#Coaches_and_managersOf all things, the current manager at Legia Warsaw is a Croatian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legia_Warsaw#Coaches_and_managersPretty interesting, of course, I believe Legia is basically the top team in Poland, kind of the way, some "could" say Manchester United has been the top team in England and the way, one could say Rangers and Celtic have generally been tops in Scotland.
@dfwgator One might find the above of interest.
In 1994, of course, Bora Mitulinovic was our manager, a Serbian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Milutinovi%C4%87Bora is/was a noted Anglophile, like many of us, listening to British rock music, it kind of influenced him. That's a bit of an interesting side note. Sometimes, a lot of us, just tend to cheer for England. I'm certainly glad Croatia won. I've watched the England team in the World Cup since 1986 when they had Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton I believe was the goalkeeper. Yes, now, it's a different makeup.
Very well done Croatia, that 2nd goal was off of the players left foot, I doubt that was his main foot, it was just very crafty and resourceful. How great it would be for soccer/football to see Croatia win it.
France lost the last Euro to Portugal.... they won't want to be losing again.