Croatia vs Brazil. Will the Croats manage to achieve the first victory over the Brazilians in history?
December 9, in the quarter-final match of the playoffs of the World Champion, the national teams of Croatia and Brazil will meet. The match will take place in the arena City Stadium (Al Rayyan).
The Croatian national team had to fight for its place in the quarterfinals, the team only finished off the Japanese national team 2:1 in the penalty shootout. Zlatko Dalic's men controlled the ball better, but for a long time this was of no use at all. In addition to everything, the “blue samurai” took the lead in the first half. After the break, the "checkers" continued to attack, thanks to which Perisic managed to restore the balance. In the remaining time, the teams did not want to risk their position, so the match went to a penalty shootout, where the Croats turned out to be more successful.
Livakovic won the third "lottery" at the world championships in the history of the Croatian national team.
Brazil
The Brazilian national team did not experience problems with reaching the next round, defeating the South Korean team 4:1 in the 1/8 finals. Tite's wards seized the initiative on the field from the first minutes, already by the 13th minute leading the score 2:0. Selesao did not stop there, having brought the score to an indecent level even before the break. In the second half, the Brazilians decided to save energy, believing that the outcome had already been decided. In principle, this is how it happened, the only thing that the Koreans managed to do was to soak the account. The victory was brought to the Pentacampions by the accurate strikes of Vinicius, Neymar, Richarlison and Paket.
In the game against the Koreans, the Brazilians showed themselves in all their glory.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Croatia vs Brazil
CroatiaThe Croatian national team had to fight for its place in the quarterfinals, the team only finished off the Japanese national team 2:1 in the penalty shootout. Zlatko Dalic's men controlled the ball better, but for a long time this was of no use at all. In addition to everything, the “blue samurai” took the lead in the first half. After the break, the "checkers" continued to attack, thanks to which Perisic managed to restore the balance. In the remaining time, the teams did not want to risk their position, so the match went to a penalty shootout, where the Croats turned out to be more successful.
Livakovic won the third "lottery" at the world championships in the history of the Croatian national team.
Brazil
The Brazilian national team did not experience problems with reaching the next round, defeating the South Korean team 4:1 in the 1/8 finals. Tite's wards seized the initiative on the field from the first minutes, already by the 13th minute leading the score 2:0. Selesao did not stop there, having brought the score to an indecent level even before the break. In the second half, the Brazilians decided to save energy, believing that the outcome had already been decided. In principle, this is how it happened, the only thing that the Koreans managed to do was to soak the account. The victory was brought to the Pentacampions by the accurate strikes of Vinicius, Neymar, Richarlison and Paket.
In the game against the Koreans, the Brazilians showed themselves in all their glory.
Croatia vs Brazil facts
- Croatia are unbeaten in 10 of their last 11 World Cup matches;
- Croatia are undefeated in their last 10 matches in all competitions;
- Brazil are undefeated in 18 of their last 19 matches in all competitions.
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