he could only defeat Denmark from the twelve stages

The nine impeccable points with which Croatia qualified for the round of 32, including an overwhelming 3-0 win over Argentina, were the favorites of the match against Denmark. However, Zlatko Dalic's students suffered, and many, to pbad the eight best: they regretted a goal of shrimp (at 57 seconds) and in the extension they cut a penalty to their star: Luka Modric. 19659002] Who crushes anyone. This was not the case: Timbr 1-1 and everything recently defined in penalties. "It was very hot, it was very difficult to run, but we survived, I could not miss the dramatic end," Modric said in the back room.

It is said: the beginning of the engagement was crazy. Before the four minutes had both celebrated. First, they hit the Nordics after a long recovery from Jonas Knudsen; caught up behind Croatia, but not Mathias Jorgensen, who freeze all the predictions establishing the Danish partial advantage.

The balkan answer came from Henrik Dalsgaard, who cleared a ball from his area, but the ball hit the face of his partner Thomas Delaney, who eventually "allowed" Mario Mandzukic, always attentive and timely. It was the goal of parity.

After these minutes of infarction, the engagement took a 180 degree turn: the task became heavy, a lot of imprecision on both sides and little emotion

. 115 ", Jorgensen himself overthrew striker Ante Rebi just after escaping goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and during the preparation of the shot with the door open, without a goalkeeper.

The ball was taken by Modric and, to the surprise of the planet, the spectacular Real Madrid midfielder directly inflicted the penalty on Schmeichel, son of Peter, a Danish legend who also defended the bow of this selection.

In the definition of the twelve stages, Croatia has not stopped suffering, more effective than its rival: 3-2 finish

Now the balcnicos will be measured against Russia, a tough rival if you want, but that can give them problems similar to those in Denmark. Croatia is still one of the best teams in the tournament, but yesterday it reduced its bonuses.

THE BEST ACTION IN CROATIA IN A CUP OF THE WORLD IS IN FRANCE 1998: IN THIS CASE, DIRECTED BY ARIETE DAVOR SUKER, THE EUROPEANS WERE TOGETHER IN THE THIRD PLACE. Fell in the semifinals in front of the hosts.

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Both Croatia and Russia clashed. Add two prints and a balcnico triumph.