Croatia's Domagoj Vida and Mario Mandzukic celebrate with team mates after Luka Modric scored their second goal. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's euphoric media ran out of superlatives as they hailed the Balkan nation's stunning World Cup win over Argentina which propelled them into the competition's knockout stages for the first time since the 1998 tournament when they finished third.
Thursday's 3-0 win in Nizhny Novgorod sent the Croatians through with a match to spare following what daily Sportske Novosti described as "a magnificent victory to be told by generations to come."
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