Russia vs. Croatia: 2018 World Cup live

35: First yellow card: Croatia

Dejan Lovren receives a yellow card for plating

34 "Surprise for Russia

C … was unexpected, the two considering the disparities of talent between these teams. and how the first 30 minutes of this game went. But Russia got exactly what it wanted: the first goal against the course of play, and now the red shirts will regroup even more tightly around the Russian net.

31: GOAL RUSSIA!

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Denis Cheryshev out of nowhere

He plays a seemingly harmless game of chance with Dzyuba at about 35 yards, then takes a touch on the pbad back and snatches a near perfect shot from the outside. about 25 yards in the upper left corner of the net

27: Edge of possession goes to Croatia

Croatia has 64 percent of possession up here but apart a bit frantic for the first six minutes or so, he has not been able to turn it into many opportunities. Russian players are content to pack their defense around their area, then send a long ball to the general area of ​​Dzyuba when they win possession.

20: Fighting the offensive of Croatia

This game was held in a slow pace. with Russia sitting and absorbing the incursions of Croatia. The Croatian offensive has struggled to find many tracks in recent minutes, and Russia is looking to give a counterattack to Dzyuba in case of counter-attack.

16: Croatia gets a free kick

Rebic is knocked down a few yards outside the left corner of the penalty area, giving Croatia a dangerous free kick. But Ivan Rakitic sends his shot high

12: Missed opportunity

Mandzukic gets a good opportunity from a center near the surface of six yards, but he can not make a good contact and his shot is wide. The pitch leaned a little in favor of Croatia in the final minutes

7: Russian goalkeeper test

Rebic forced Akinveev to make his first stop right away at the l & # 39; the other end, sending a pbad to the goal center, but the Russian goalkeeper gets his hands on it and puts it out of play. Rebic also takes the lead on the corner kick that follows, but he is two feet tall.

5: Early Danger for Russia

Aleksandr Golovin produced another dangerous moment for Russia, with a good game to win the ball before it crosses the bottom line and l & rsquo; Sends to the area, where Dzyuba gets a powerful foot on the ball. But it blew up the back of a Croatian defender.

2 & # 39 ;: Early Pressing

Russia with a first chance, Dzyuba feeds a Cheryshev sprint into the box, but Cheryshev clears his shot and he comes out for a goal kick. We are on the way, with a place in the semifinals of the World Cup on the line: Russia is in red, and Croatia, unfortunately, is dark blue instead. from his clbadic white and red

One More Yellow and they are gone

Seven players are wearing yellow cards in the match today, which means they would miss the half final they were winning and shooting another yellow today: Aleksandr Golovin, Ilya Kutepov and Roman Zobnin for Russia; Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Rakitic, Ante Rebic and Sime Vrsaljko for Croatia

More penalties (19659036) If this one is sanctioned (which, given Russia's strategy against Spain, does not seem very improbable), no goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev stopped two of Spain's shots in Russia's victory, and Danijel Subasic outperformed Kasper Schmeichel in making three saves in Croatia's victory against Denmark. Both have a lot of experience on the club stage – Subasic, 33, with Monaco, and Akinfeev, 32, with CSKA Moscow – but Akinfeev entered the tournament with 110 international appearances, while Subasic had 41.

Starting Lineup: Croatia [19659039] Danijel Subasic

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Dejan Lovren

Ivan Strinic

Sime Vrsaljko

Andrej Kramaric

Ivan Rakitic

Luka Modric

Mario Mandzukic

Ante Rebic

] Ivan Perisic

Starting Composition: Russia

Igor Akinfeev

Sergey Ignashevich

Ilya Kutepov

Fedor Kudryashov

Mário Fernandes [19659051] Aleksandr Golovin

Roman Zobnin

Daler Kuziaev

Artem Dzyuba

Denis Cheryshev

Aleksandr Samedov

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