CROATIA BEAT BRAZIL TO QUALIFY FOR QATAR WORLD CUPSEMI FINALS
Croatia started this game as an underdog. Brazil played well until they scored one goal against their opponents. In terms of ball possession, the game was balanced but checking on the attacks Brazil had 21 shots on the goal, 11 being on target, 3 were off target and 7 where blocked either by the defense or goalkeeper.
Croatia had a total of 9 shots on goal, only one shot on target, 5 shots off target and 3 where blocked. This shows that Brazil created more scoring chances than Croatia. Brazil had 4 big chances to score while Croatia had none. After the 110th minute of the game Brazil relaxed giving an opportunity to Croatians to make a formidable and sustained attack until they scored in the 117th minute, that is during the extra time. Pushing the Brazilian team to a penalty shot out.
On the penalty shot out Croatia goalkeeper was incredible he managed to save one penalty while another stroke the goal post and not scoring. The Croatia managed to score all the penalties they took beating Brazil by 4 goals to 2. This made Croatia to be the first country to qualify for Qatar world cup semi-finals. Watch the above video on the penalty shot out.
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