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.N .- Victorious for the third consecutive game after a draw, the Croats reached their first World Cup final on Wednesday after thwarting Britain's dreams of greatness with a win. 2-1.
] The goal of Mario Mandzukic at 109 minutes has condemned Croatia's victory at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, where he will have to return in four days to meet France in the final.
The Blues were executioners of the Croats in the previous time that the Balkans team had reached the semi-finals, in the 1998 edition. France, which a day earlier left Belgium , won this semifinal 2-1 to conquer its first and only crown
Decaffeinated in the first half, everything indicated that Croatia would capitulate in the penultimate instance and more when & # 39; 39 Kieran Trippier's goal put the English advantage in the fifth minute.
P But the team of Gareth Southgate did not know how to take advantage of the control that he had in the game and failed to liquidate.
At the time of the tireless Luka Modric Croatia reacted second half and managed to level the score by a volley of Ivan Perisic to 68.
From a center in the heart of the region of Sime Vrsaljko from the right, Perisic expected Kyle Walker very clumsy to seek a clearance. From there, the pangs of the duel have radically changed.
Croatia was the one who sent in front of an opponent who dropped his guard.
The decisive goal fell into a harmless room, in which the British central John Stones and Harry Maguire fell asleep before the siege of Mandzukic, who shot goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to put the shot whip.
After 360 minutes of play, including two games won in penalties, Croatia still sang. And it's in the final.
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