Croatia striker Eduardo
My World Cup: Croatia striker Eduardo
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Welcome to a new series on Arsenal.com - My World Cup.
In the weeks leading up to this summer's tournament in South Africa we'll bring you the views of the Arsenal players - some who will be involved, and some who won't.
The cosmopolitan nature of Arsène Wenger's squad means they have a wide range of memories from football's most famous competition. In part three, Eduardo reminisces about Croatia and Brazil.
My first memory of Croatia at the World Cup is...
"It was 1998 in France. It was the first World Cup they played."
My country's outstanding World Cup game was...
"The Quarter-Final against Germany. We won 3-0. It was very important because Croatia is a very small country. We have about four million people and Germany has 80 million people. When you beat a big, big country like Germany everyone is happy."
Our most memorable individual performance at the World Cup was...
"Davor Suker won the Golden Boot in 1998. The Germany game was his best."
My favourite World Cup tournament was...
"Probably 1994. It was the first tournament I watched on TV. Brazil had Romario, Dunga and a great team."
My most memorable game overall is...
"It was Brazil against Holland at USA 1994. Brazil were 2-0 up but in the second half Holland came back to 2-2 and then I think in the last 10 minutes Brazil won. It was the Quarter-Final and Branco scored the winning free kick and he started to cry when he scored. It was very emotional."
I think my country is better than Brazil because...
"Because I play for Croatia."
[Thursday, May 27, 2010]
