Russia vs Croatia, Worldcup 2018 QUARTER FINALS
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Match Details
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Referee Emerson Augusto De Carvalho
- Referee Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Roberto Diaz
- Referee Sandro Ricci
- Referee Janny Sikazwe
- Referee Jerson dos Santos
Head-to-Head
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Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' The travelling Croatia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Croatia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Croatia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from , as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dejan Lovren made 396 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' Goal! Denis Cheryshev scores his 17 goal in 408 matches.
- 35' The referee shows Croatia player a Yellow card on 35.
- 38' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ivan Strinic.
- 39' What a strike from Andrej Kramaric! The score is 1-1.
- 44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
- 49' It’s high time Zlatko Dalic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 54' Russia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aleksandr Erokhin is hanging Aleksandr Samedov on the field on 54 minute.
- 59' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Russia that had 105 games and scored 16 goals.
- 63' The supporters are chanting for Marcelo Brozovic. He replaces Ivan Perisic on 63 minute.
- 67' The Russia manager makes a substitution. Denis Cheryshev departs to be replaced by Fedor Smolov.
- 72' Russia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
- 74' Croatia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Josip Pivaric is hanging Ivan Strinic on the field on 74 minute.
- 79' The whistle greets Artem Dzyuba as he departs to be replaced by Yury Gazinskiy.
- 84' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 88' Croatia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mateo Kovacic is hanging Andrej Kramaric on the field on 88 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Russia
Starting XI-
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Aleksandr Golovin ↓ Alan Dzagoev 102'
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Denis Cheryshev ↓ Fedor Smolov 67'
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Artem Dzyuba ↓ Yurii Gazinskii 79'
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Bench- 20
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Alan Dzagoev ↑ 102'
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Aleksandr Erokhin ↑ 54'
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Fedor Smolov ↑ 67'
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Yurii Gazinskii ↑ 79'
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Coach Stanislav CherchesovCroatia
Starting XI- 6
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Andrej Kramaric ↓ Mateo Kovacic 88'
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Ivan Strinic ↓ Josip Pivaric 74'
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Sime Vrsaljko ↓ Vedran Corluka 97'
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Ivan Perisic ↓ Marcelo Brozovic 63'
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Bench-
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Mateo Kovacic ↑ 88'
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Marcelo Brozovic ↑ 63'
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Josip Pivaric ↑ 74'
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Vedran Corluka ↑ 97'
Coach Zlatko Dalic -
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