{"id":153781,"date":"2022-12-10T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/croatia-beats-brazil-on-penalty-kicks-to-dump-favorites-out-of-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T13:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:13:05","slug":"croatia-beats-brazil-on-penalty-kicks-to-dump-favorites-out-of-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/croatia-beats-brazil-on-penalty-kicks-to-dump-favorites-out-of-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia beats Brazil on penalty kicks to dump favorites out of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The favorites to win the World Cup have been dumped out at the quarterfinal stage as Croatia stunned Brazil and beat them on penalty kicks.<\/p>\n

This World Cup loves a shock.<\/p>\n

Neymar (who was left in tears) and Co. were stunned as the red-hot favorites will not be adding a sixth World Cup trophy to their collection, with Tite’s side creating the better chances throughout but they were made to pay for not having a clinical edge.<\/p>\n

FULL MATCH REPLAY<\/b><\/p>\n

After a tense 90 minutes Brazil thought they had won it when Neymar scored a beauty at the end of the first half of extra time but Bruno Petkovic popped up in the 117th minute to send the game to penalty kicks.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero again (during the game and penalty kicks) as he saved Rodrygo’s spot kick, then Marquinhos hit the post as Croatia dispatched all four of their penalties to win 4-2.<\/p>\n

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Croatia have now won their last 16 game (against Japan) and their quarterfinal against Brazil on penalty kicks and they will face the Netherlands or Argentina in the semifinal. The 2018 finalists and relative minnows are dreaming of glory, while the Selecao are heading home.<\/p>\n\n

Watch penalty kicks in full<\/h2>\n