Croats dance as Davis Cup victors come home

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Croatia team captain Zeljko Kraja and team celebrate winning the Davis Cup - REUTERS

ZAGREB Reuters : Thousands of Croats danced and cheered in Zagreb’s central square on Monday as they welcomed their national tennis team back home and celebrated its Davis Cup victory.

Top-ranked Marin Cilic and other players boarded a special bus straight from the airport, drove into the heart of the capital and climbed onto a stage in Ban Jelacic Square to greet their fans.

As footage of their best moments played out on a video wall behind them, the players sang and danced along with the flag-waving crowd.

“We’re extremely happy to bring this trophy to Croatia and to show everyone that we are the best,” Cilic said from the stage as he held up the prize.

Croatia’s 3-1 defeat of France over the weekend was the second time it has won the trophy, after beating Slovakia in 2005.

It was also Croatia’s second major sporting clash with France this year - the first was Croatia’s 4-2 defeat in the World Cup soccer final in Moscow in July.

“We are proud of our guys. They struck back after the defeat of our soccer team,” one of the revellers in Zagreb said.

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