The Golden Generation beginning to show their age
The celebrations may not have matched those which greeted Goran Ivanisevic's triumph at Wimbledon, but it took several Tannoy pleas before Croatia's drum-banging, flag waving supporters finally took their leave of Hampden last night.
After the disappointment of missing the finals of Euro 2000, Mirko Jozic's red-and-white chequered army can now start planning next year's journey to Korea and Japan. But when the heads have cleared this morning, they might start worrying about whether it will be a campaign too far for four veterans of their much vaunted Golden Generation.
It's now more a case of the Geriatric Generation for Robert Jarni, Igor Stimac, Robert Prosinecki and Davor Suker, all of whom were on the pitch when Slovakian referee Lubos Michel blew his final whistle yesterday afternoon. …
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