It's not coming home: Twittersphere buoyant as Croatia stuns England

Croatia's Ivan Perisic celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with team mates during the FIFA World Cup, Semi Final match at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.

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Croatia somehow found the energy to play another 120 minutes of football, this time defeating England to book a place in the 2018 World Cup final.

Mario Mandzukic's opportunistic winner in extra time capped a robust display that drew praise from social media.

HOLLLLKFUFYDYDTXHHYTCKHSMANDZUKCKIC
— Jimmy Conrad (@JimmyConrad) July 11, 2018

Mandzukic always scores big goals!!!
— GIUSEPPE ROSSI (@GiuseppeRossi22) July 11, 2018

Mario Mandzukic there with a goal for all of Croatia.
And Wales.
And Scotland.
And Ireland.
And Northern Ireland.
— Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) July 11, 2018

Brexit
— Alana Russo (@alanarusso) July 11, 2018

Then, on the final whistle, there were a few chuckles at England's expense.

Reminder that the 3rd place playoff invalidates the ‘they’re coming home’ tweet in your drafts
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) July 11, 2018

when you think its coming home but then pic.twitter.com/9crXESKP9L
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) July 11, 2018

it is
⚪️ coming home
🔘 not coming home
— Erik Malinowski (@erikmal) July 11, 2018

Hi pic.twitter.com/BQSu4Ly5q3
— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) July 11, 2018

Google search: how to delete all tweets that say it's coming home
— Paul Neat (@NeatPaul) July 11, 2018

Football did come home tonight. Only to find his missus in bed with that fella who plastered the dining room . . . the absolute bastard #ENG
— David Preece (@davidpreece12) July 11, 2018

it was a magical run, but pic.twitter.com/hPKRkn5Pdz
— SB Nation Soccer (@SBNationSoccer) July 11, 2018

Gotta hand it to England and Belgium for successfully conspiring to play two meaningless games in the same World Cup.
— Chris Gaines (@bertinbertin) July 11, 2018

And finally, some props for Croatia, which went the distance in each of its knockout fixtures.

#CRO’s mental strength is something else.
2nd round - recover from Modric missing a pen.
Quarter-final - recover from a late equaliser.
Semi-final - back into the game after an early goal.
They may be exhausted but they never know when they’re beaten. #ENG
— John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) July 11, 2018

Croatia: population 4.1 million.
Oregon: population 4.1 million.
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) July 11, 2018

Modrid and Rakitic -- pretty, pretty, pretty good.
— Sam Borden (@SamBorden) July 11, 2018

When do Croatia start to tire?
— David Squires (@squires_david) July 11, 2018