Adrian Chiles, football pundit and presenter of BBC's 'The One Show', reflects in Sunday's Observer on his disappointment and dual loyalty as he supports both England and Croatia (his mum is from Zagreb) and wonders what went wrong....
"It's not like we're Hungary or Austria or some such who've not had any decent players for donkey's years."
Never mind, there's still the World Cup in 2010 to look forward to. In an ironic twist yesterday at the World Cup draw in Durban, England were drawn in the same group as Croatia.
There's a couple of years yet to practise for the re-match.