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TexasBushwhacker

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12. I have a friend of Croatian ancenstry

Reply to DFW (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 02:44 PM

Jul 2018

He was stunned when they made it to the semifinals and didn't expect them to win. Getting to the finals was the bonus round. He's disappointed, but not heartbroken.

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France beats Croatia to win World Cup for the second time [View all] sandensea Jul 2018 OP

Le Yay! n/t dogknob Jul 2018 #1

Ah, bon! sandensea Jul 2018 #3

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Pogba's goal I think was the best. nycbos Jul 2018 #4

Mbappe is scarily talented T_i_B Jul 2018 #7

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Vive le France! paleotn Jul 2018 #5

K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #6

Everyone standing out in the rain to congratulate and give medals except... jcgoldie Jul 2018 #9

maybe he will melt bdamomma Jul 2018 #10

We watched it from a small Croatian enclave on Cape Cod DFW Jul 2018 #11

I have a friend of Croatian ancenstry TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #12

So the Croats got croaked by the Frogs? El Supremo Jul 2018 #13

Emmanuel Macron reacts: dalton99a Jul 2018 #14

Photo - and moment - of a lifetime, no doubt. sandensea Jul 2018 #15

If you look closely, you can see Pussy Riot waiting in the lower right. Snellius Jul 2018 #26

Griezmann posted a photo of himself in blackface on his social media a few months ago oberliner Jul 2018 #16

He did? Mon Dieu! sandensea Jul 2018 #17

Hopefully he learned something from that experience oberliner Jul 2018 #18

C'est bien dit! sandensea Jul 2018 #19

Got to be careful not to place Americans history on other nations. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #21

Good point oberliner Jul 2018 #22

I have an online friend from the Ukraine who bet his entire life savings on Croatia winning ansible Jul 2018 #20

Are you serious? oberliner Jul 2018 #23

Yep, he spent 7 years saving it up ansible Jul 2018 #24

France again proves its second to none in ways to spend idle time in winning at leisure activities nolabels Jul 2018 #25