Zagreb rocks: ‘We have heart, we are proud and we have been forged in war’

The air turns volcanic red as Croatia’s capital celebrates victory over England in the World Cup semi-final

If case you were wondering, it’s “Nogomet dolazi doma” in Croatian. And Croatia is the home to which football seemed to be heading in after a helter-skelter World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

Now the rest of the world will have to work out what makes this country of a four million people such a sporting powerhouse but to the crowds celebrating in the streets of Zagreb it was never a mystery.

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