Croatia's dream of World Cup trophy continues, passes to the semifinals (Video)
(8 years ago)Croatia has moved to the semifinals of the World Cup after eliminating Russia only after the execution of penalty 4-3 (2-2) The delic-led national suffered, but managed to defeat Russia, which showed aggressive play and played more in counterattacks, writes Periscope. Croatia began the match by dominant, but [...]
Croatia has moved to the semifinals of the World Cup after eliminating Russia only after the execution of penalty 4-3 (2-2)
The delic-led national suffered, but managed to defeat Russia, which showed aggressive play and played more in counterattacks, writes Periscope.
Croatia began the match by dominant, but the first in the lead went to the Russians with the beautiful goal scored by Denis Cherysev in the 31st minute.
Andrej Kramaric quickly retaliated by equalising the score to 1-1 in the 40th minute.
In the second half, Ivan Perisic had a good chance of marking, but he hit the pillar.
The match after 90 minutes ended equal to 1-1 and had to play the following.
In addition, Croatians scored the second goal through defender Domaj Vida in the 101st minute.
The Russians failed to surrender and equalise the score at 2-2 in the 115th minute and sent the match to the penalty.
The most successful penalty was shown to Croatians who won 4-3.
Croatia is in the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time after 1998, and on 11 July it will play against England. /Periscope/
