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I have the usual Celtic tendency to cheer anyone who is playing against England. And also I enjoyed the hospitality of the Government of Croatia at a very fine embassy reception in Tervuren immediately before the match. But to be perfectly honest, England played better and Croatia deserved to lose.

...but it's perfectly true:

Croatia's Euro 2004 squad warned against "acrobatic sex"