Ivan Perisic wants to replicate the miracle of France 98 with Croatia s current band of in-form stars.
Croatia entered their first World Cup 20 years ago and a much-celebrated team featuring the likes of Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinecki and Davor Suker stormed to the semi-finals before falling foul Aime Jacquet s hosts and eventual winners.
Authoritative wins over Nigeria and Argentina mean the Balkan nation are through to the knockout stages for the first time since and, driven by the midfield brilliance of Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, starting to dream again.
There has been a lot of comparison between those two teams, said Inter winger Perisic.
They did a miracle in France in 1998. I was nine years old watching those games and dreaming about being i…