goalkeeper Livakovic saved the penalty again in the penalty shootout.
Croatia Once again, in the familiar penalty shootout, she had the last laugh. On the night of defeating Brazil, goalkeeper Livakovic became a hero again.
In the early morning of December 10, Beijing time, at Lai Yang's Education City Stadium , the quarter-finals of the Qatar World Cup kicked off. In a game that ended first, Croatia and the "champion favorite" Brazil team exchanged white papers in 90 minutes. In overtime, Neymar scored a key goal with his own strength, but then Petkovic equalized the score. In the penalty shootout, Croatia eliminated Brazil 4-2 and advanced to the semi-finals.
is exactly the same story as in Russia four years ago. After breaking through in the group stage, Croatia experienced two consecutive penalty shootouts and then entered the semi-finals. Although the road to promotion is rough, Croatia can always overcome obstacles. It is worth mentioning that in the history of Croatia's World Cup, as long as they qualify in the group, they will definitely be able to enter the semi-finals.
Today, Croatia has become synonymous with "resilience" and "resilience", and the 37-year-old Modric is still continuing his World Cup story.
In the Qatar World Cup, as long as it is a Brazilian game, you can see fans' blessings for Bailey .
Modric is looking forward to rewriting the history of "not defeating Brazil" before the game
Brazil continued the 4-2-1-3 starting lineup of defeating South Korea in the 1/8 finals 4-1. Goalkeepers Alisson, Danilo , Thiago Silva, Marginhos and Militon form four defenders, double midfielders Casemiro partnered with Paqueta and Neymar in the center, and the tridents are Vinicius, Richarlison and Rafinia.
Since winning the World Cup championship in 2002, Brazil has suffered European teams in the last five World Cup knockouts. Facing the runner-up of the last World Cup, the head coach of Tit also expects the players to show confidence and courage. "Under pressure, you must have courage, and even dare to risk cutting losses. I have experienced it. This is the football I believe in. Even if I can't win the championship, it is moving forward, and this is what we believe in."
Tit urges players to show confidence and courage before the game.
In Brazil and South Korea, the dance caused controversy when the players celebrated the goal. Even Tit joined in dancing with the players. On the bus to the stadium, several players performed another dance. Titt said before the game, "If I have to dance, I will dance. It's very subtle, I asked them to hide me a little. The protagonist will be the player, not me, but I will participate in it. I have to practice more, I know, my neck is stiff and my arms are not good."
Dalich's change of formation before the game made Brazil unable to perform his fists and feet in the game.
Croatia head coach Dalic has made some changes to the starting lineup. The midfielder is still Modric, Brozovic and Kovacic . The forward line Kramalic and Perisic are separated from each other, and Passalic replace Petkovic to play center.
This is the 30th time Modric has made his debut in an international competition. So far in his career, Modric has played 17 World Cup games and 13 European Cup games. He has become the first player in Croatia to make 30 appearances in international competitions.
"Since the start of this World Cup, we have always shown our best performance, so we will continue to perform in this game. As we all know, the game against Brazil will be very difficult, but we also have our own strengths. First of all, we must believe in ourselves." Modric is very much looking forward to the team's ability to continue to advance. "We have never won the experience of fighting with Brazil, but we look forward to rewriting history. For this reason, the team must limit the Brazilian team in the game and prevent them from playing aggressive."
Brazil showed aggressiveness in the game, but also received a yellow card for it.
German transfer market website evaluates that Croatia's total starting price is 227 million euros and Brazil's 584 million euros.The average age of starting in Croatia is 28.7 years old, and Brazil is 28 years old.
7-year-old Modric and 38-year-old Thiago Silva respectively started, which is the first time since the World Cup semi-finals that both teams have started players aged 37 or older in the knockout stage of the World Cup. Nemar is still the player who has suffered the most violations in the game.
was "teared" by Croatia, and Brazil could not find a good opportunity to score
The entire first half of the game was calm. Danilo kicked Yulanovic too high and received a yellow card in the face. Then Brozovic also received a yellow card for knocking down Neymar.
Brazil also created some offensive opportunities in the first half, but never turned the offense into scores. Instead, Croatia used counterattacks to create some threats.
According to statistics, although the Brazilian team led 5-3 shots and the effective shots were also ahead 3-0, the team could not create a substantial threatening attack. If it was to be considered the most dangerous attack, it should be Neymar's free kick on the edge of the penalty area. That goal was refracted and was obtained by Livakovic.
Croatia also had a chance to score in the first half.
In this World Cup, Brazil has no goals in the first half in 4 of its five games. Statistics show that has 26 games in this World Cup so far ended 0-0 at halftime. In the history of the event, only the 1990 World Cup had more 0 to 0 halfs, reaching 28.
In the 48th minute of the second half, Croatian defender Yulanovic handball in the penalty area, and VAR intervened, and the referee finally ruled that the Brazilian player was offside first.
Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic became the team's "guardian saint" in the second half. He first blocked the defender Gvadior's shot at his own goal, and then saved Paqueta and Neymar's two shots respectively. According to statistics, Livakovic has contributed 6 saves in the 70 minutes of the game, which is more than Brazilian goalkeeper Allison in this game (5 times). Finally, after 90 minutes, Livakovic saved 8 times in the whole game.
Livakovic ruined the Brazilian team's multiple shots in the second half.
Looking at the regular time of 90 minutes, although Croatia is not the dominant side, when the ball is under their feet, they can let the game enter their own rhythm, thus "shattering" Brazil's offensive and defensive rhythm. Because of this, Brazil has been unable to control the situation in its own way of playing. When the game time of
was close to 90 minutes, the live broadcast camera captured the expression of Ronaldo in the audience. From his "lost life" expression, it can be seen that the performance of the Brazilian team in this game did not meet the expectations of the outside world.
In contrast, Croatia dragged the game into overtime and was actually a familiar game script. According to statistics, Croatia has overtime in the past 8 major matches, except for the 2018 World Cup final.
In this game, Neymar missed several good opportunities to score.
advances to the semi-finals in a row in penalty shootouts, and Croatia replicated the magical
from four years ago, in fact, dragging the game into overtime is a more familiar rhythm in Croatia. In the last game, Croatia fought for 120 minutes and then won the final victory through a penalty shootout.
At least from the data point of view, when the game enters overtime, Croatia seems to have a better chance of winning the game. According to statistics, Croatia finally successfully advanced 4 times in the past five major matches.
Neymar completed "self-salvation" in overtime.
However, Neymar did not let Croatia control the rhythm comfortably again.
overtime first half stoppage time, Neymar and Paqueta hit a wall in the penalty area to cooperate. Neymar broke into the small penalty area and passed goalkeeper Livakovic, scored an empty goal, and Brazil led Croatia 1-0.
In the 124th game of the national team, Neymar scored his 77th goal, tying the 92-game 77 goals Pele, and tied for the Brazilian team's recorder. On August 10, 2010, the 18-year-old Neymar made his first appearance in the Brazilian national team and scored his first goal.On September 11, 2012, Neymar performed his first hat trick in his national team's career in Brazil in an 8-0 China game.
Although Neymar scored, he still missed the semi-finals.
htmlIn 112 years, Neymar represented the Samba Legion in 3 World Cups, 4 Copa America , and 1 Federation Cup , contributing 77 goals in 124 games. In 2013, the 2013 Federation Cup 4 goals and 2 assists helped the team win the championship.It is worth mentioning that only two Brazilian players, Neymar and Ronaldo, have scored at least 2 goals in the three World Cups.
However, Croatia's tenacity helped them tie the score in overtime.
In the 113th minute, Chinese Super League star Olsic replaced Brozovic. Three minutes later, he broke through from the left and passed the cross. Petkovic shot through the refraction and flew into the goal, and Croatia equalized the score.
Petkovic helped Croatia equalize the score at the last moment. In the penalty shootout, Brazil's Rodrig's first free throw was saved by Livakovic. In the second round, both teams scored penalty goals. In the third round, Modric scored a penalty first, and Brazil's Pedro also made a steadily shot. In the fourth round, Orsic made the first shot and scored a dead end. Brazilian central defender Makinhos hit the post and bounced out. In the end, Croatia eliminated Brazil with a total score of 5-3.
Croatia once again completed the reversal with their perseverance and resilience, and this time they defeated the strong Brazil team. The magic of Croatia continues, and Modric's World Cup legend continues.
