Croatia, after beating Brazil on penalties, is classified to the World Cup semifinals.
The Europeans seemed, at one point, set to be sent home after Neymar dazzled and scored a brilliant solo goal after extra time.
However, refusing to be beaten by Neymar’s goal on 105 minutes, substitute striker Bruno Petkovic managed to snag a cross minutes later and, thanks to a lucky deflection, somehow found the back of the net.
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Setting up a tense penalty shootout, the Croats, who had won their last three shootouts, would have felt confident.
Although in front of the Brazilian fans, Croatia managed to keep their nerve, and after Brazil and Real Madrid’s Rodrygo missed his country’s opening penalty kick, the Europeans got a big boost thanks to goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who made a great save. .
Scoring all of their penalties, all the pressure fell on Marquinhos to score Brazil’s fourth penalty or face elimination, and unfortunately for the PSG centre-back, the post came to his opponent’s rescue.
Croatia’s dramatic triumph will now see them play the winner of the Netherlands and Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals.
