Croatia at the forefront of the penalty in Russia to establish a semi-final confrontation against England

Rakitic scored the final knockout against Denmark in the round of 16 and once again managed to convert, with Mario Fernandes having gone from hero to villain after missing 12 yards after his 115th-minute header. Zlatko Dalic's team will at least try to do better than the famous 1998 vintage which finished third in France when meeting with England at the Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday.

Denis Cheryshev allowed Russia to make a great start by scoring his return to the starting line with another contender at the tournament after his Amazing efforts against Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the group stage, but Andrej Kramaric tied just eight minutes later.

Domagoj Vida dominated the corner of Luka Modric 10 minutes into the first extra period, only for Fernandes, the Brazil-born defender who only got Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin there are two years, so that the hopes of Russia remain alive

However, it was not For the resilient hosts, the guardian Danijel Subasic saved Fedor Smolov's penalty and Fernandes opened the scoring before Rakitic kept his cool to put Croatia in a final match.