- Title: FRANCE: CROATIA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD ARRIVES IN FRANCE
- Date: 9th June 1998
- Summary: EPINAL, FRANCE (JUNE 8, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. CROATIAN PLAYERS AND TRAINING STAFF GETTING OFF PLANE 2. PLAYERS SERENADED BY A CROATIAN BAND WHICH HAD DRIVEN FROM ZAGREB TO WELCOME THEM IN FRANCE 3. PLAYERS SMILING 4. COACH MIROSLAV BLAZEVIC SAYING: I THINK IT IS GOOD IF WE ARE CONSIDERED OUTSIDERS. WE ARE THE FAVOURITES IN OUR GROUP WITH ARGENTINA, IF YOU LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY, WHICH MIGHT BE HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I LOOK AT MY TEAM DIFFERENTLY (FRENCH) 5. BUS LEAVING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: EPINAL, FRANCE
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- Country: France
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- Story Text: Croatia's World Cup squad has arrived in France with confidence after its 7-0 thrashing of Australia in the final warm-up match.
Coach Miroslav Blazevic said on arrival at Epinal on Monday (June 8) that his squad was the favourite in their group along with Argentina, despite the fact that the starting 11 have been hampered by injuries.
Croatia, who were recently beaten by Slovakia and had an unconvincing win over Iran, will meet Jamaica in their first match on June 14.
Also in the group are Japan.
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