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Hello and welcome to another episode of the big interview at the World Cup today.

Graham Hunter and I will be previewing England versus Croatia, the second semi-final of Russia 2018.

And I want to take a look at the captains in some depth, but first let's talk more generally about the fixture

it's a match up that we've talked quite a bit about one way or another and I'm not just talking

about this iteration that's coming our way tomorrow as we record this.

I'm thinking about Croatia versus England more generally and specifically about the big

interview you did with Slav and Bilich about a year ago.

What were you thinking about when you sat down with Slavin and Craig?

Not in general, but when Croatia versus England, you know, was written on your notes, heavily

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