FIFA World Cup

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Croatia advance 4-2 on penalties · Education City Stadium · 43,893 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Croatia stun Brazil on penalties to make World Cup semifinals

Brazil have suffered a heartbreaking exit from the World Cup in a stunning penalty shootout defeat to Croatia on Friday.

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
11
49.5
Possession
50.5
21
SHOTS
9
11
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
609
Accurate Passes
613
684
Passes
694
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
6
24
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
55
19
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
7
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
28
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
32
15
Clearances
32

Head to Head

BRA leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 20Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 19Borna SosaLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 15Mario PasalicRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Josip SutaloSUB
  2. 23Ivica IvusicSUB
  3. 25Luka SucicSUB
  4. 13Nikola VlasicSUB
  5. 18Mislav OrsicSUB
  6. 2Josip StanisicSUB
  7. 12Ivo GrbicSUB
  8. 3Borna BarisicSUB
  9. 17Ante BudimirSUB
  10. 16Bruno PetkovicSUB
  11. 26Kristijan JakicSUB
  12. 7Lovro MajerSUB
  13. 14Marko LivajaSUB
  14. 5Martin ErlicSUB
  15. 21Domagoj VidaSUB

BRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 3Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 4MarquinhosCD-R
  4. 2DaniloLB
  5. 14Éder MilitãoRB
  6. 10NeymarAM
  7. 5CasemiroLM
  8. 7Lucas PaquetáRM
  9. 9RicharlisonF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorAM-L
  11. 11RaphinhaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Alex SandroSUB
  2. 8FredSUB
  3. 15FabinhoSUB
  4. 12WevertonSUB
  5. 22Éverton RibeiroSUB
  6. 19AntonySUB
  7. 26Gabriel MartinelliSUB
  8. 13Dani AlvesSUB
  9. 21RodrygoSUB
  10. 24BremerSUB
  11. 25PedroSUB
  12. 17Bruno GuimarãesSUB
  13. 23EdersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Danilo (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Substitution, Brazil. Antony replaces Raphinha.
  4. 64' Substitution, Brazil. Rodrygo replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  5. 68' Casemiro (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  7. 72' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Mario Pasalic.
  8. 77' Marquinhos (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Substitution, Brazil. Pedro replaces Richarlison.
  10. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Croatia 0, Brazil 0.
  11. 105'+1' Goal! Croatia 0, Brazil 1. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
  12. 105'+3'
  13. 105' Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  14. 105'
  15. 105' Substitution, Brazil. Alex Sandro replaces Éder Militão.
  16. 105' Substitution, Brazil. Fred replaces Lucas Paquetá.
  17. 110' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Borna Sosa.
  18. 114' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  19. 117' Goal! Croatia 1, Brazil 1. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mislav Orsic.
  20. 117' Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  21. 120'+3' Second Half Extra Time ends, Croatia 1, Brazil 1.
  22. 120'
  23. 120' Penalty Shootout ends, Croatia 1(4), Brazil 1(2).

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