Gautam Gambhir has his allegiance clear ahead of the FIFA World Cup final

Croatia will face France in the final of the World Cup on Sunday.

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Gautam Gambhir. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Football is the most followed sport around the world for a reason. Come the World Cup and most people back a team they have no relations with. Countries that occupy a small space on the world map suddenly have followers from various parts of the globe. Most nations who don’t have a team represent them in the mega event back the megastars or the underdogs to come good. In the FIFA World Cup 2018, discarded Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has clearly backed Croatia to go all the way.

The European team had a tough road to the final of the World Cup. They met England in the semi-final last night at the Luzhniki Stadium. English fans were all excited after the team qualified for the semis there were slogans of ‘Its coming home’ raised on social media. Croatia put up a brilliant effort on the field but they weren’t the favourites.

England scored first in the 5th minute, Kieran Trippier scored with a magnificent kick on a free hit he got just out of the D. They failed to convert anything thereafter while Croatia fought hard and created a lot of chances. It was Ivan Perišić who netted the first goal for them in the 68th minute to level scores. At 1-1 the game went into extra time and it was a crunch moment.

Nerves were high on both sides as one moment of brilliance or lapse could change the game. While England had been brilliant all through the tournament they couldn’t convert when it mattered the most. Croatia did, Mario Mandžukić hit the nets in the 109th minute. All the Croatian fans in the stadium and rooting from their homes erupt in joy as the underdogs beat the favourites to continue their dream run. They are in the final of the World Cup 2018 now and will face France on Sunday.

Here is Gambhir’s post

Gambhir posted quite a tweet in favour of the team, he wrote- So it’s “Crushiaaaaa” for @England”

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