Battle-weary fans get back in the saddle

Wet, weary, and now beaten — it’s looking like it’s going to be a long haul in Gdansk.

Bank balances were hanging lower than spirits, however, as the beaten brigade of fans rocked the night away with Croats in a rain-soaked Poznan.

The morning was a very different affair. The city had returned to a quainter pace. The square largely empty, there was an air of calm not seen in quite a while.