Russia vs. Croatia: 2018 World Cup live

39: GOAL Croatia

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Andrej Kramaric takes the lead of Croatia

Mandzukic recovers the ball behind the Russian defense on the left flank and sneaks into the penalty area, where he plays a simple roll until he reaches the top of the box. at the head of Kramaric hit Akinfeev past about 5 meters. Russia's defense was taken completely out of position and Sochi became much quieter

38 "Another Yellow

This time it's for Ivan Strinic from Croatia

38: Russia Roars

The crowd was never out of there, exactly, even though the game was rocked, but they are back in Sochi. Their Russian team also reacted well after the goal, bringing the ball to the Croatian end a few times in the last three or four minutes

35: First yellow card: Croatia

Dejan Lovren gets a yellow [19659013] 34 "Surprise for Russia

It was … unexpected, considering the differences in talent between these teams and the way the first 30 minutes of this match unfolded. 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!

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 inside. about 25 yards in the upper left corner of the net

27: Possession Edge goes to Croatia

Croatia has 64 percent of possession up here but apart from a little Frantic for the first six minutes or so, it 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 took place 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 trying to counter-attack Dzyuba in case of a 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 six-yard area, but he can not make a good contact and his shot is wide. The pitch has tilted a bit in favor of Croatia in the last few minutes.

7: Tested by the Russian goalkeeper

Rebic forces Akinveev to make his first stop right away at the other end of the field, sending a pbad to the center near the goal, but the Russian goalkeeper strikes him and hits him out of bounds. 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.

2 & # 39 ;: Early Pressing

Russia with a first chance, Dzyuba feeds a Cheryshev sprinting into the box, but Cheryshev shakes his shot and goes out for a goal. kick.

1 & # 39 ;: Kickoff!

We are on the road, with a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup on the line: Russia is in red, and Croatia, unfortunately, is in dark blue of its clbadics white and red

One More Yellow and They 're Gone

Seven starters carry yellow cards in today' s match, which means that they would miss the semifinal if 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 (19659046) 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 [19659049] Danijel Subasic

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Dejan Lovren

Ivan Strinic

Sime Vrsaljko

Andrej Kramaric

Ivan Rakitic

Luka Modric

Mario Mandzukic

Ante Rebic

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Starting Composition: Russia

Igor Akinfeev

Sergei Ignashevich

Ilya Kutepov

Fedor Kudryashov

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