Summary of the Croatia-Brazil match: Croatia’s return to surprise Brazil with death rings

After a two-day break, the program World Cup 2022 Friday continued with Croatia Amazing Brazil At Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar in the quarter-final match of the first tournament.

The match was scoreless for the first 90 minutes as Croatia’s goalkeeper Dominic Levakovic He made several stops to get Brazil off the board. Brazil finally broke through in the first half of extra time when Neymar Scored. However, in the final minutes of extra time, Bruno Petkovic Score to tie the game and send it to a penalty shootout.

Croatia looked like they were at home in the penalty kicks. He scored in all four rounds and denied Levakovic RodrigoWhile MarquinhosThe penalty hit the post to send Croatia into the semi-finals.

There is another semi-final round available on Friday, eg Holland Face Argentina next one (2 p.m. EST, Fox). The winners will advance to play each other in the semifinals, which begins Tuesday, December 13th.

Here are the most important plays!

croatia vs. Brazil

13′: Croatia gets chances

Mario Pasalik Via just failed to connect Ivan Perisic In front of the net, which would have given the Croatian team that struggled to score in this tournament a 1-0 lead.

20′: An accurate pass, but without a goal

Brazil’s pass was at a point in the attacking penalty area. but, Vinicius Jr The shot was blocked to keep the match scoreless.

25 minutes: Danilo Reservation

The Brazilian full-back received a yellow card for a dangerous challenge in the first half.

42′: Neymar denied

The Brazilian star had a golden opportunity from a free kick just before the end of the first half. His shot wasn’t good enough though Dominic Levakovic He was able to stop Croatia to keep the game scoreless until the end of the first half.

47′: A kick save and beauty!

Levakovic almost made the splits to stop and take Brazil off the board in the opening minutes of the second half.

55′: Dominic Dominant

The Croatian goalkeeper continued to make the save, using his legs again to stop Neymar.

66′: Levakovic won’t let Brazil score

The Croatian goalkeeper was the reason the game remained goalless for the first 66 minutes as he made his fifth save when he was stopped. Lucas Paqueta Shot in front of the net. While Brazil had five shots on the net, Croatia failed to score in the first 70 minutes.

80′: Brazil still can’t get past Levakovic

Paqueta was again stopped by the Croatian goalkeeper as the match remained scoreless at the end of the second half.

Full-time: Brazil and Croatia head into extra time

Brazil were not able to crack many chances in the first 90 minutes of the match, scoring 15 shots in all, eight of them on target. Meanwhile, Croatia did not have many chances.

Therefore, the opening match of the quarter-finals went to overtime.

105′ + 1′: Neymar puts Brazil ahead

Finally, the Brazilian star broke through with a memorable goal to put his team ahead, 1-0.

117′: Croatia equalized in the final minutes!

Croatia leveled the match in the last minutes of extra time when Bruno Petkovic Scored on the cross brought the moment of euphoria.

Penalties

• Nikola Vlasic She converted Croatia’s first penalty, heading into the middle of it

• Levakovic denied it Rodrigo In Brazil’s first penalty, giving Croatia a 1-0 advantage during the first round

• Lovro Mager He scored to put Croatia up 2-0 to open the second round of PKs
• Casemiro Brazil got on the board and made it 2-1 in favor of Croatia with their first two PKs
• Luka Modric He scored for Croatia to open the third round, giving Croatia a 3-1 lead and keeping the pressure on Brazil
• Pedro He scored for Brazil to make it 3-2 in favor of Croatia through the first three rounds
• Mislav Orsic He kicked the penalty kick for Croatia to open the fourth round and make it 4-2, now forcing Brazil to score and stop.
• MarquinhosA shot fell off the left post, giving Croatia the victory and ending Brazil’s World Cup run

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