This may be the first time in history that a goalkeeping blunder has led to improved diplomatic relations between two countries.
Sir John Ramsden (British Ambassador to Croatia) has presented the Croatian Government with two framed photographs of the now infamous Robinson goal incident. “We have decided to remind you of the early Christmas gift from Paul Robinson to Croatia,” he wrote in the card. “The key moment in relations between the two countries in 2006.”
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