{"product_id":"gigi-romano-croatia-s-chequered-journey-9781970852349","title":"Croatia's Chequered Journey","description":"From the first matches played in the shadow of a new flag to nights that held billions of eyes, Croatia's national team has carried far more than sporting ambition. In just a few decades, a country of modest size built a football identity powerful enough to endure the fiercest pressure: a style rooted in technical courage, midfield intelligence, and a calm, stubborn refusal to break when games turn tight and time turns cruel.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis book follows Croatia's transformation from a post-Yugoslav newcomer into one of modern football's most reliable tournament nations-tracking the early symbolic years, the 1998 breakthrough, the long stretches of expectation and frustration, and the astonishing apex of 2018's run to a World Cup final. It then traces the difficult work that followed: replacing icons, surviving the modern calendar, proving standards in the Nations League, and returning again in 2022 with another medal that confirmed Croatia's greatness was not a one-off.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTold in a fact-only, narrative style, this is a portrait of a national team shaped by culture as much as coaching-defined by internal pressure, fierce debate, and repeated encounters with football's biggest occasions. Croatia's story is chequered in every sense: patterned with triumph and heartbreak, conflict and unity, and a legacy that refuses to be ordinary.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53812282720598,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/gigi-romano-croatia-s-chequered-journey-9781970852349","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}