Can anyone (including PPV, although he may be less than unbiased) clarify something for me:
Is it just me or have Croatia, over the last decade or so been the most violent and aggressive national football team in Europe? It just seems that in nearly every game of theirs I've watched, they've been flying in with studs up, hacking at legs, etc etc.
Obviously every team fouls to a lesser or greater extent, but Croatia seem to be worse than most at it. It's a shame, as I had initially wanted to be able to root for them as an underdog* in some competitions, but their apparent behaviour stamped out that urge.
(* - Obviously they're nowhere near an underdog these days. In fact, they're probably the most likely candidate for a rank outsider to next win a European Cup, albeit probably not this one.)