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Croatia stayed on Saturday with the last place in the World Cup semifinal, winning 4-3 on a penalty shot in Russia, which dramatically forced the second extension for both teams in a wild match of various emotions, who finished 2-2 in overtime.
England will be on July 11 in Moscow the next stumbling block of Croatia which will arrive with less gas after playing two extensions that add up to half a century. hour
In the 115th minute of the match played in Sochi in front of nearly 45,000 spectators, the Brazilian Mario Fernandes came back to life. A host team also led a match that the 101 Domagoj Vida Central
Fernandes, who surprised the world by ignoring calls from the Canarinha team to attend the offer of Russia, led the charge of a direct free kick, and for the same reason back to life Vida capitalized on a corner
Both teams had reached a new extension after equalizing 1-1 in regulation time.
The revival of Russian football looked superb with a painting that, at 31 minutes, embodied distance and with the left leg the end Denis Chéryshev.
Subtle contact with the wire went to the team of Danijel Subasic after pbading without any difficulty by the hot pressure of Life and his partner in the back Dejan Lovren
Chéryshev, the Villarreal player Spanish that in the World Cup has converted to lone standard of the Russian attack, in the end eventually give up the field of Sochi stadium after many efforts vain and disappointed, because the value his work had eight minutes of validity. 19659002] In 39 Mario Mandzukic, in an unusual appearance for his role, he moved swiftly across the left lane and walking on the area liberated a center for Andrej Kramaric's head in front of which Nothing could Igor Akinfeev
It was a bucket of cold water for the Sbornaya because after the painting of the Russian number 6, there was little in the box to try a new offensive.
Croatia opted for strength, handling the ball with a rhythm that seemed sometimes tiring.
Captain Luka Modric appeared in the second half to lead his team towards Akinfeev's goal. On one of these visits, Perisic was unimpressed if there was not the vertical who spat the ball.
Stanislav Cherchesov certainly wanted to solve the match on a regular basis but gave signs of not having much in the hat.
Overtime began with a tragedy for Croatia which, with three changes consummated, was then faced with the dilemma of a right muscle injury of the Atlético de Madrid Sime Vrsaljko and the symptoms of Mandzukic exhaustion. Zlatko Dalic chose to consummate the fourth change with a relay to Vrsaljko and lower the revolutions to give his men a break.
The tilted balance for Croatia with the purpose of Life and, when everything seemed Five minutes later, Fernandes appeared.
But as happened to Chemoshev, the emotion did not last long for the Brazilian, because he failed to execute his launch and from there the Russians did not not recovered
The penalty shoot-out was canceled by Ivan Rakitic
By Russia, Alan Dzagoev, Ignashevich and Kuziaev scored but apart from Fernandes' decision, Subasic saved the shot of Smolov, the first of the shooting .
By Croatia also scored Brozovic, Modric with much suffering, as Akinfeev almost stopped the field, and Vida before giving way to Rakitic.
The Russian goalkeeper, hero in the last game against Spain, could hardly avoid Kovacic.
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