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July 12, 2018 13:12:02
Croatia broke the English hearts at the World Cup, scoring in overtime to qualify for the final against tournament favorites La France.
Mario Mandzukic's 109th minute to see Croatia come back from behind and beat England 2-1, progressing to his first World Cup final and sending supporters into the Balkan nation in raptures
England, appearing in its first semifinal since 1990, The Three Lions took the lead thanks to Kieran Trippier's free kick in the fifth minute and totally dominated the first half, before the first half. momentum of the game does not change and away from the men of Gareth Southgate. External link:
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Croatia equalizes Ivan Perisic after 68 minutes, then the more dangerous side.
The scores are 90 minutes, which means that Croatia had to spend more time for the third consecutive game. Russia on penalties.
But by the time it seemed that Croatia was going to be the first team to participate in three shootouts at a single World Cup, Mandzukic was hitting with a well-shot low shot.
The England coach, Southgate, said his team needed to "suffer" from their defeat and understand the opportunity that it's all about. they had let pbad before thinking about the positive points of their remarkable campaign. It's very difficult now to put that in context, it's a little too early, really, because I think you have to suffer a bit of the result.
we expect to be in this position? I do not think one of us did it. But when you have reached this stage and played as well as we have … you want to seize these opportunities in life.
"We have a new benchmark, a new level of expectations."
England had a good start when Trippier fired a superb free kick in the upper corner.
It was his first goal for his country, the 12th of the English tournament and Ninth of a set-piece, but England should have added more open play as they reveled in the space they were given in the first half.
Harry Kane firing low on Danijel Subasic when thru, then forced the rebound against a The post and Raheem Sterling were a constant thorn in the Croatian defense, although his last ball was too often misplaced.
The best chance for a second goal, however, was wasted by a non-scoring Jesse Lingard
Croatia was desperately poor but was starting to gain a foothold in the game as the match was in full swing after the hour of play and as Luka Modric's influence increased.
Missing when Perisic showed great determination to pbad Kyle Walker to meet a curling center Sime Vrsaljko and although his boot was questionable, Walker leaned over and there were few complaints
Perisic should have added another three minutes later, while the torn defense offered him a good chance of shooting, but he lost the ball against a post.
It was a different match The England lost form and composure, but Kane missed an opportunity to take it away in playtime when it was dismissed from a free kick.
Vrsaljko cleared a header from John Stones halfway C & # 39; s Croatia who struck in the 109th minute when Perisic scored from the edge of the penalty area and the ball fell on Mandzukic, who beat the English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
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July 12, 2018 06:37:38
