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Alex Z Lawless is a national soccer Hall of soccer Hall of Famer former defender for the United States men's national team

For a long time couple of World Cup appearances now Fox Sports always well appointed. Okay my friend

I want to start with the Croatia upset of Brazil Jason McIntyre is crushed

It opens the door potentially for for messy in England and France how shocked I always feel Brazil is as skillful as anybody in a World Cup

But there was opportunity

Were you shocked by the upset

Shocked in the sense that I too picked Brazil not only going to the final but winning it however

I mean this is a Croatia team that was in the final four years ago

I think a lot of folks including myself thought that this was kind of a you know an anomaly

They went up and now they were going to revert back down to a good team

How having said that they refreshinged a little bit they got themselves a goalkeeper that has just been phenomenal

Throughout this tournament they added some young players are still the old garden and some of the usual suspects and

It's just a trition. I mean look

I know you talk a lot about football and we've seen those games where it's just bashing back and forth back and forth

Waiting for that moment and in a game like soccer where there's so little scoring

Brazil got their goal and it was strange name our wonderful goal a wonderful moment

It was kind of destined to be that moment for him and then they kind of felt entitled that that was it the game was over and Croatia

Absolutely never gives up they got their tie in goal

They went to penalties and again in penalties this team that is just so good in penalties in particular

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