Russia and Croatia will close the round of the quarterfinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Saturday July 7 in Sochi.
It is that Croatia
has been solid during this Football World
Cup, where it faced hard opponents like Argentina and knew how to prevail
without problems. And in spite of the fact that in the last 16 it was
complicated against Denmark, they knew how to prevail and show the good game
that has it among the favorite teams to fight this Soccer World Cup.
The locals have managed to make history in this FIFA World Cup, since 1994, the year in
which they start to play like this type of tournaments, this is their best
historic performance and they want to fight to keep improving.
Russia wants to keep surprising in its World Cup, while
Croatia will try to show why it is a candidate. There are fewer teams left in
this surprising World Cup and in the Quarter Finals Russia and Croatia will
face each other to be among the best four. The match will be this Saturday in
Sochi.
Russia and Croatia come from a dramatic penalty shootout
after playing 120 minutes. The host country surprisingly eliminated Spain and
the Croats managed to overcome the wall established by Denmark.
Croatia was tired against Denmark, at times it was a team
waiting for attacks from the Danes, but when they proposed they were thrown on
offense to do damage. The Croatians were able to equalize the early goal of
their rivals and maintained mental strength after Modric failed a penalty in the
11th minute. Croatia is unbeaten in its last 8 games and in the three matches
it has had against Russia, of which 2 they finished in a draw and the last one
won 3 to 2.
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