1.  His one-on-one defensive skills helped create that opportunity, because he started the sequence that led to the goal by stripping the ball from Croatian captain Zvonimir Boban.

2.  Croatian captain Davor Suker was not so phased.

3.  Croatian captain Zvonimir Boban walked out of a World Cup warm-up match his team was losing against a side picked by local soccer writers.

4.  On the first goal, Thuram robbed Croatian captain Zvonimir Boban of the ball on the edge of the penalty area just before scoring.

5.  The Croatian captain, Zeljko Franulovic, is all too aware of the limitations of the rest of his team.