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Russia vs Croatia, Worldcup 2022 QUARTER FINALS

Russia
Croatia
Russia
2 : 2
3 - 4
Penalty
7th of July 2018 18:00
Finished
First half: 45  |  Second half: 45
Croatia

Live comments

  • 0' - The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Russia is hosting Croatia for another epic battle.
  • 5' - The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Dejan Lovren suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' - Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 15' - The travelling Croatia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' - Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 25' - Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 30' - It looks like no one’s ball. Croatia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 31' - Goal! Denis Cheryshev scores his 17 goal in 374 matches.
  • 35' - It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Dejan Lovren.
  • 38' - It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ivan Strinic.
  • 39' - GOAL! Andrej Kramaric scores on 39. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic
  • 44' - While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 49' - Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 54' - It is a substitution in Russia team. Aleksandr Samedov is replaced by Aleksandr Erokhin on 54 minute.
  • 59' - It’s high time Zlatko Dalic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 63' - Marcelo Brozovic is replacing Ivan Perisic for the Croatia side.
  • 67' - Another substitution for Russia to replace Denis Cheryshev by Fedor Smolov on 67 minute.
  • 72' - Croatia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
  • 74' - The whistle greets Ivan Strinic as he departs to be replaced by Josip Pivaric.
  • 79' - The whistle greets Artem Dzyuba as he departs to be replaced by Yury Gazinskiy.
  • 84' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Mario Mandzukic, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 88' - Mateo Kovacic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Andrej Kramaric on 88 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Today 2018-07-07 Russia vs Croatia are fighting Worldcup league .

Russia had 3 games and get got 6 points in Season (2018/18)

Croatia had 3 games and get got 5 points in Season (2018/18)

Todays referees are: Wilton Pereira Sampaio, Emerson Augusto De Carvalho, Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse, Paolo Valeri, Massimiliano Irrati, Roberto Diaz, Sandro Ricci, Janny Sikazwe, Jerson dos Santos

Ranking

Team Played Points
Netherlands 3 7
Portugal 3 6
Brazil 3 6
Morocco 3 7
Japan 3 6
France 3 6
Argentina 3 6
England 3 7
Croatia 3 5
Senegal 3 6
Spain 3 4
Switzerland 3 6
South Korea 3 4
Australia 3 6
Poland 3 4
United States 3 5
Belgium 3 4
Iran 3 3
Ecuador 3 4
Tunisia 3 4
Germany 3 4
Mexico 3 4
Uruguay 3 4
Cameroon 3 4
Serbia 3 1
Wales 3 1
Canada 3 0
Qatar 3 0
Costa Rica 3 3
Denmark 3 1
Saudi Arabia 3 3
Ghana 3 3

Russia

Lineup Bench

Croatia

Lineup Bench

Head2Head Matches

2018-02-17 Russia
Croatia 		2
0
2017-10-28 Croatia
Russia 		2
2

Russia Past Matches

2018-07-01 Spain
Russia 		1
1
2018-06-25 Uruguay
Russia 		3
0
2018-06-19 Russia
Egypt 		3
1
2018-06-14 Russia
Saudi Arabia 		5
0
2018-05-05 Russia
Blyth Town FC 		1
1

Croatia Past Matches

2018-07-01 Croatia
Denmark 		1
1
2018-06-26 Iceland
Croatia 		1
2
2018-06-21 Argentina
Croatia 		0
3
2018-06-16 Croatia
Nigeria 		2
0
2018-05-05 Belgium
Croatia 		3
0