SecondWar said:
I think it’s unfair to judge an entire country on what happened in the past, that stuff being 80 years ago - at least 3 generations before those in the Croatia squad. Even the more recent Yugoslav wars which saw atrocities committed by all sides, these players were children then. Many ended up as refugees in the conflict. Other players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Xherdan Shakiri, Granit Xhaka et are of Yugoslav origin and ended up abroad and for other countries as a result of that conflict. Also Argentina is often talked about being a country where many Nazi survivors went in exile to so… (I’m sure I’m going to regret going down the political rabbit hole here) |
Yeah, I saw WWII era stories of Croatia and didn't want to hold it against them. But then I saw some pretty recent stuff, even things some current national team players said that were pretty awful.
Anyway. Football.
