8: Humiliation in Zagreb 1998

The game against Croatia was a warm-up for the home side ahead of a World Cup at France ’98 where they were so good, they’d  end up in the semis. The Socceroos, well it wasn’t really anything except a meaningless friendly. And it showed with the Croatians thrashing us 7-0. It was El Tel’s last game in charge before moving to Crystal Palace.

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