On 16 July, RTL Croatia’s flagship channel, RTL Televizija broke its own record with 10 hours of consecutive live broadcast. More than half a million people were on the streets of the capital, Zagreb, to greet national football team returning from the World Cup as runners-up. 

The historical success and Cinderella story of Croatia’s national football team has united the county.

RTL Televizija ran a special live broadcast entitled The Winners Are Coming Back, led by the news team. Two anchors, Ana Brdarić Boljat and Ivan Vrdoljak hosted the broadcast with various studio guests, while seven reporters were stationed on the route from Zagreb airport to the central square where the main event took place. Opinion makers, celebrities and public figures were part of the live 10-hour broadcast. President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic gave her first statement to RTL Televizija reporter Damira Gregoret after her return from the final in Russia. At the same time, one reporter was in Moscow and another in Paris covering the arrival of the World Champions in Paris.

The RTL Televizija team was also the first TV crew to broadcast live from the airport’s control tower allowing its viewers to exclusively hear a message from air traffic control welcoming the national team back.

RTL Televizija is proud to have been able to provide to its audience with great coverage of the glorious atmosphere surrounding the return of the World Cup runners-up.