Soccer Football - World Cup - The Croatia team return from the World Cup in Russia - Zagreb, Croatia - July 16, 2018 Croatia fans REUTERS/Marko Djurica
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Croats in red and white chequered soccer shirts and scarves poured onto the streets of the capital Zagreb on Monday to welcome home the national team and celebrate their run to the World Cup final in Russia.
Croatia achieved their best-ever result in the tournament in losing Sunday's match to France, surpassing the third place finish of 1998. "They lost the final, but won the world," was how daily newspaper Jutarnji List summed up the mood.
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