Frankly, after the last couple of years I’ll take pretty much any excuse to celebrate something, even if I wasn’t in any way involved. If, I dunno, Croatia were winning it I’d probably find some connection of some sort…
However I do find all the ‘x years of hurt’ stuff a pain. If the fact your country hasn’t won a football tournament in x years really bothers you that much, you need to reassess your life choices.