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Croatia’s Kranjcar scored a screamer to give the Croatian side the lead over Scotland. Later Kovac’s slip allowed Kenny Miller to control Darren Fletcher’s long ball and score a deflected shot from a tight angle.

Croatia’s Brazilian born Eduardo suffered a horrific broken leg as a result of a fierce tackle by Birmingham defender Martin Taylor.

“The tackle was horrendous and this guy (Taylor) should never play football again,” Wenger told BBC television.

“I’ve seen some bad ones before but you are not always punished with a broken leg.

“The minimum is that the season is over and we’re scared it is much longer.”

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The weakest team of Group B, and Euro2008 for that matter, are hosts Austria. It is difficult to see them make any mark on the tournament, especially in light of their dismal preparations for Euro2008. Germany are the obvious favourites to go through, and Croatia will probably follow them.

Poland should put up a fight, but Croatia have a more capable team. Coach Slaven Bilic has inculcated a winning mentality in the side, and with exciting players like Luka Modric and Eduardo da Silva, Croatia will be confident of going through to the quarter-finals.

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England fans now know Croatia well. During qualification for Euro2008, Slaven Bilic’s side conquered a hapless England twice, each time with a brand of football that made the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard look distinctly mediocre. How different it was at Euro2004, when England swept Croatia aside with minimum fuss. Four years on and Bilic has transformed Croatia’s fortunes by introducing both exciting new young players like Luka Modric and Eduardo da Silva into the mix and a much more carefree style of football than former coach Zlatko Kranjcar had in place.

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