FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, July 7, 2018
Croatia WWWWW 2
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Russia DWWLW 2
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CRO100-142
RUS10-1122
Croatia advance 4-3 on penalties · Fisht Olympic Stadium · 44,287 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Croatia oust Russia in another shootout to reach World Cup semifinals

Croatia won a second consecutive penalty shootout 4-3 to advance to the World Cup semifinals, ending the tournament for hosts Russia.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
25
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
64
Possession
36
17
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
595
Accurate Passes
260
730
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
6
38
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.3
107
Long Balls
80
59
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
14
28
Effective Clearances
38
28
Clearances
38

Head to Head

CRO leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 4Sergey IgnashevichCD-L
  3. 3Ilya KutepovCD-R
  4. 13Fedor KudryashovLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 17Aleksandr GolovinAM
  7. 11Roman ZobninLM
  8. 7Daler KuzyaevRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 6Denis CheryshevAM-L
  11. 19Aleksandr SamedovAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Yuri ZhirkovSUB
  2. 8Iury GazinskySUB
  3. 20Vladimir GabulovSUB
  4. 16Anton MiranchukSUB
  5. 5Andrei SemenovSUB
  6. 21Aleksandr ErokhinSUB
  7. 10Fedor SmolovSUB
  8. 14Vladimir GranatSUB
  9. 15Alexey MiranchukSUB
  10. 9Alan DzagoevSUB
  11. 12Andrey LunevSUB
  12. 23Igor SmolnikovSUB

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 9Andrej KramaricAM
  7. 7Ivan RakitićLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 17Mario MandzukicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 18Ante RebicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  2. 11Marcelo BrozovicSUB
  3. 14Filip BradaricSUB
  4. 15Duje Caleta-CarSUB
  5. 22Josip PivaricSUB
  6. 5Vedran CorlukaSUB
  7. 12Lovre KalinicSUB
  8. 13Tin JedvajSUB
  9. 8Mateo KovacicSUB
  10. 19Milan BadeljSUB
  11. 1Dominik LivakovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Russia 1, Croatia 0. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
  2. 35' Dejan Lovren (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Ivan Strinic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! Russia 1, Croatia 1. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
  5. 54' Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
  6. 63' Substitution, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  7. 67' Substitution, Russia. Fedor Smolov replaces Denis Cheryshev.
  8. 74' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Pivaric replaces Ivan Strinic.
  9. 79' Substitution, Russia. Yuri Gazinskiy replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  10. 88' Substitution, Croatia. Mateo Kovacic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  11. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Russia 1, Croatia 1.
  12. 97' Substitution, Croatia. Vedran Corluka replaces Sime Vrsaljko.
  13. 101' Goal! Russia 1, Croatia 2. Domagoj Vida (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  14. 101' Domagoj Vida (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  15. 102' Substitution, Russia. Alan Dzagoev replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
  16. 105'+3' First Half Extra Time ends, Russia 1, Croatia 2.
  17. 105'
  18. 109' Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 114' Josip Pivaric (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  20. 115' Goal! Russia 2, Croatia 2. Mário Fernandes (Russia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Dzagoev with a cross following a set piece situation.
  21. 120'+2'
  22. 120'
  23. 120' Penalty Shootout begins Russia 2, Croatia 2.

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