kicking brazil s world cup dream. so croatia into the semi finals for the second world cup in succession. wild celebrations across the country with even the prime ministerjoining in. this is a brilliant generation of croatian players, led by our captain luka modric, who has been playing in spain for more than ten years at real madrid, with an excellent trainer, zlatko dalic, and all the others where we had a subtle, i would say complementary new young players who fit in the core of the team that was already forged back in russia, four years ago. so, two world cups in a row to be again in the semifinals, with the perspective that we might again end up in the final, it is a fantastic feeling. the entire croatia and the croatian people at home and across the world are in a very special state of good mood today. they are indeed. for brazil, this was a devastating defeat crashing out of a tournament
glorious scenes indeed. here s some reactions from the streets of argentina s capital, buenos aires. translation: we started very well. i was super confident and then we got scared. then it was like keep supporting the selection. there were all the emotions come you are happy, nervous, supporting, always supporting, all the way. translation: honestly, - it was crazy, i swear my heart was exhausted, it actually had to breathe! was exhausted, it actually hurt to breathe! translation: we suffered - but we won, that s what counts. very happy chappy in the middle let s get some reaction from the other quarter final. croatia through to their second successive world cup semi final something the prime minister was keen to enjoy. this is a brilliant generation of croatian players, led by our captain luka modric, who has been playing in spain for more than ten years, with real madrid, with an excellent trainer, zlatko dalic, and all the others we have had,
but they don t give up much. they held brazil at bay. all those brilliant strikers for almost 120 minutes, then got the goal when they need to. i don t know, no one in argentina will take them lightly. memories of that crushing defeat back in 2018 are going to be fresh. but if argentina play like they did today and keep it tight and of course utilise lionel messi, who s having a fantastic tournament, i think they ve got a good chance. let s get some reaction from the other quarter final. croatia through to their second successive world cup semi final something the prime minister was keen to enjoy. this is a brilliant generation of croatian players, led by our captain luka modric, who has been playing in spain for more than ten years,
confident, they will send strong team is all competitions. we have been meeting with nations this week and talking about the details on the measures we are prepared to take. so we are fully confident that we will see 21 competing nations representing 16 and the men, eight and the women and eight in the wheelchair. alun wynnjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions final warm up game in south africa. the tour captain will have only been in the country a couple of days after making a remarkable comeback from dislocating his shoulder in the japan match less than 3 weeks ago. well last night the lions suffered their first defeat of the tour losing to a very strong south africa a team which included several of the springboks world cup winning squad as they were short of match practice after a covid outbreak. and the hosts dominated in cape town leading the first half 17 3. the lions did score a try for the lions early in the second half but south africa