In Brazil, they wonder why Neymar didn’t shoot in the penalty shootout earlier.
Croatia once again managed to fight themselves to the penalty shootout – and win. Croatia defeated Brazil 4–2 in the spot competition and advanced to the semi-finals, where they will meet the winner of the Netherlands-Argentina match.
At the World Cup, Croatia has advanced to penalty kicks four times and won each of them. It is a record in World Cup history, although Germany/West Germany have also been able to do the same.
The Brazilian media admired Croatia’s goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic excerpts. Livakovic made 11 saves during the match and stopped Brazil’s first, Rodrygonin the spotting competition of the shot.
– We saw great saves from the Croatian goalkeeper in regular time and a save in extra time of the overtime match. He blocked Rodrygo’s kick and won the trust of his teammates, brass media UOL write (you switch to another service) in his story, which is titled “The executioner of Brazil”.
of Croatia About Luka Modric became the first player in the history of the World Cup to score a goal in three different knockout matches.
Five penalty kicks have failed when Croatia’s Livakovic has been the goalkeeper. It’s a record, but five other veskars have been able to do the same throughout history.
Argentina’s supporters were also widely considered in Brazil, who are celebrating (you switch to another service) Brazil’s elimination from the World Cup.
O Globo speculated whether these games were for the 30-year-old Neymar’s the last ones. In addition, Brazil is wondering why Neymar didn’t shoot the spot kick earlier.
– Neymar played poorly for 105 minutes and brilliantly for 15 minutes, but couldn’t score a goal, O Globo title (you are moving to another service).
For example, the former head coach of Germany and the USA Jurgen Klinsmann wondered on the BBC (switch to another service) the same.
– Neymar should have shot first. He should have set the notes.
After the match, the Croatian player by Ivan Perisic the boy ran to Neymar to comfort him, according to The Athletic’s reporter.
According to statistical analysis company Gracenote, Croatia’s victory over Brazil was the second biggest surprise in the playoffs in World Cup history. According to it, the biggest surprise is Bulgaria’s victory over Germany in the quarterfinals in 1994. The probability of Bulgaria’s victory was 30 percent, the probability of Croatia’s victory over Brazil was 30.3 percent.
Out of Croatia’s nine playoff matches in prestigious tournaments (EC and WC), the team has ended up in the playoffs eight times. The only exception is the 2018 World Cup final, where France won 4–2 in normal time.
In the match, Neymar reached 77 national team goals and shared the Fifa statistics I play record for men’s national team goals. However, according to the Brazilian Football Association, Pele scored 95 goals. The difference is due to the fact that some of Pele’s goals were scored in practice matches against club teams. Fifa does not count these goals.
BBC monitoring reported how a samba band stopped playing in São Paulo. A BBC reporter described the atmosphere as downright thoughtful.
– The nation really believed they would get to the final.