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England rubs his hands! Croatia, its opponent in the semifinals, had to go through again on penalties to get rid of Russia (2-2 ap, 4-3 tab) in a very poor match on Saturday in the quarter-finals World Cup-2018 in Sochi
Croatia, for the second time in their history, has found the last box in its history, after its beautiful epic of the 1998 World Cup, where it had stumbled on France in the semifinals. 19659002] But she, who had already been very hard working in the round of 16 against Denmark (1-1, 3-2 tab), did not show much to beat the brave but limited Russia.
Technical reputation and player, as we had seen against Argentina in the group phase (3-0), his only match ended the tournament, Croatia was unrecognizable and hardworking.
The "Sbornaya", who even before this encounter could consider his Mondial as successful, must even feed serious regret: pretty much it could have matched her glorious oldest of 1966, who was then the Soviet Union, semifinalist of World-1966 where she had stumbled on the FRG (2-1).
Under the eyes of the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Russia, quickly left the direction of the operations to the Croats.
Possessing of a big possession, the Vatreni ("Valiants") were however hardly dangerous, while Russia, curled up, left the balloon with a construction it was very vertical and tried its luck against it as soon as it could.
– Panenka failed –
However, this minimal risk-taking proved to be paying off: Denis Cheryshev managed a 25-meter slalom to send a half-way recovery. stolen in the skylight of Danijel Subasic "nailed" on the spot (31st). Undoubtedly one of the finest goals of this World Cup!
The Russian midfielder scored his 4th goal of the World Cup. But the Croatian side immediately tied Kramaric, converting Mario Mandzukic's intelligent center (1-1, 39th) in the lead.
After the break, Luka Modric's partners thought they took the lead but Ivan Perisic found the post the result of a confused action in the surface (60th)
Without big ideas but with a lot of heart, supported by "Rossia! Rossia!" of its supporters, Russia, valiant, left little space to Croatia as it had already done with Spain in the round of 16, where she had qualified on penalties (1-1, 4- 3 tab)
Stanislav Cherchesov's side were surprised by the quarter-finals, and they pulled out the extra time. They thought they had given on a head Domagoj Vida corner, who came to die in the small net of Akinfeev (2-1, 101).
Croatia thought to have done the hardest, but against all odds Mario Fernandes imitated Vida to tie his head (2-2, 115th)
Visa for a new penalty shoot-out … Where Fyodor Smolov too easy stumbled on Subasic while Fernandes, the hero of the extra time, pulled it off …
Just enough to propel Croatia into the semifinals. For now, that's enough for his happiness …
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