I'd have thought "half decent side that really needs to win and is prepared to make the maximum effort and have a real go at them" would have been a reasonable description for Croatia.

Not really - as at this stage Croatia are indeed a half decent side but one that only needed a draw with Brazil and can still progress by results against Australia and Japan.

I think that had Croatia really needed to win that game - they possibly would have been good enough to do so.

Any predictions for what sort of Spainish team is going to turn up this time?