If I had to bet (I will not) I will give Croatia a win against England. England has obviously the most experience in these big world cup finals, but Croatia is extra motivated to get their first cup, and Luka Modric is not the only good guy in the team, it just feels like a solid cub team rather than a selection team of different players put together for a special situation, the team feels very solid. It is my favorite so far. I will not bet tho, because it's too much risk, at this point all of them could win, but that's my 2cents for anyone that wants to bet.
Same. I definitely want Croatia to win, so I am nit gonna bet, to jinx it. My only concern for Croatia is that they have played extra times twice, and England only once, so England will be much fresher, given that their extra time was two games ago. I hope Croatia can use the experience of Luka Modric to win the game. England have their strengths coming from wing play. Sterling, Rashford, Allie etc. Croatia will have to numb that.
It's a double edged sword. If you go through extra times and penalties you will be more tired but at the same time you will have had an extra training and a boost of confidence on how you can get past these times of adversity. If the other teams had an easy way into the finals they may be too relaxed and this may be a problem. If they were able to rest properly then they should have recovered. We will have to find out in two days.