Croatians mourn end of World Cup dream

Croatian fans were in mourning after the national side's 3-1 defeat at the hands of Mexico ended their competition.

"Goodbye dreams!" commented the state-run HRT television speaker after Guardado scored for a 2-0 lead for Mexico in the 75th minute.

"Disaster in Recife!" read the headline in the Jutarnji List daily online edition.

"A sad farewell of the Fiery Ones from Brazil! Mexico broke us in the second half" the paper commented.

"The stakes were high! At the start it was a tough game, but Mexico were better, more solid," said Ivan Joskovic, a 30-year-old electrician who watched the match along with thousands of other fans at Zagreb's main square.

"I'm glad that we scored at least one goal," he added.