Croatia will face Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Qatar World Cup in Riyadh.
CroatiaZlatko Dalic's team played an extremely difficult match in the 1/8 finals of the World Championship.
Croatia was considered a pretty clear favorite in the match against Japan, but in the end Zlatko Dalic's team was also forced to fight back, and then it came to a penalty shootout. Croatia played a fairly equal match against Japan, but eventually lost the first half, the Japanese opened the score in the match in the 43rd minute. After the break, Croatia added a lot and eventually won back in the 55th minute, Ivan Perisic scored from Dejan Lovren's pass. However, Croatia could not continue to play the first number and score at least one more goal in the opponent's goal. Both teams acted more with an eye on their own goal and eventually it came to a penalty shootout. And in the penalty shootout for Croatia, the main character was Dominik Livakovic, who hit three shots. As a result, Croatia won the penalty shootout with a score of 3:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
BrazilTite's team also held its match of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup on December fifth.
Brazil showed great football in the match against South Korea and eventually won a crushing victory with a score of 4:1. At the same time, the Brazilians showed a dominant game in the first half and scored all their goals before the break. The score in the match was opened already in the seventh minute, with the transfer of Neymar, Vinicius sent the ball into the opponent's goal. In the 13th minute, Brazil earned a penalty, which was confidently implemented by Neymar. In the 29th minute, Richarlison scored his goal, and Thiago Silva assisted him. And in the 36th minute, Lucas Paquette sent the fourth ball into the goal of South Korea, and Vinicius assisted him. In the second half, Brazil had already calmed down quite a lot and acted at their own pleasure when playing on the score. In the 76th minute, South Korea scored its "prestige goal", but the team from Asia did not have enough for more.
Brazil and Croatia last played each other in 2018. Then, in a friendly match at Anfield, Brazil was stronger with a score of 2:0.
ForecastIn this match, Brazil, of course, is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite.
At the same time, if Brazil can show the same quality football in attack, Tite's team is quite capable of winning a landslide victory if Croatia decided to play from defense. We suggest that you bet more than 2.5 goals on the total.