BREAKING: Absolutely incredible scenes at the World Cup as Croatia knock Brazil out on penalties to make it into the last four 🇭🇷
Croatia’s Bruno Petkovic scored a stunning equaliser against Brazil in the dying minutes of extra-time semi-finals, knocking the tournament favourites out in Friday’s first quarter-final match.
At the Education City stadium, tournament favourites Brazil were expected to sweep aside a Croatian team who had failed to score in half their games inBut in the first-half it was the underdogs who had the upper-hand, with the influential midfield of Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic controlling the play and stopping Brazil from creating anything.
That all changed after the break, with the South Americans much improved, though they were unable to break the deadlock thanks in large to Croatia keeper Dominik Livakovic. Neymar was twice denied the chance to take the lead while Livakovic also made several great saves from Lucas Paqueta and Vinicius Jr.
Into extra-time, Brazil continued to press by Croatia continued to hold firm, with clear cut chances few and far between, until Brozovic wasted a huge opportunity, blazing over from the edge of the box after some superb play from Bruno Petkovic.ð¥ð±ð» Watch on
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