Brazil vs Croatia. This is the confrontation of quarterfinals of the Brazilian team in Qatar World Cup. The match will be held this Friday, at 12h, at Cidade da Educação stadium.
Last Monday (5), the Brazilians were boosted after a beautiful victory against South Korea. The score of the match, which took place at Estádio 974, was 4-1 for the Brazilian team.
The goals scored by Vinícius Júnior, Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paquetá, encouraged the Brazilian fans who reach the quarterfinals confident to continue in the competition. The semifinal match will be played next Tuesday (13).
In the round of 16, the first two goals of the Brazil were made in the first 13 minutes. The second was the penalty scored by Neymar.
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Croatia national team
Croatia never won the Cup of world Cup, but has already been responsible for eliminating champion teams from the tournament, such as: Argentina, Italy, England It is Germany.
There were eight matches against World Cup winning teams. Croatia won in four and lost in four.
It is worth remembering that the best campaign of the Croatians occurred in the last edition, the 2018 Russia World Cup. They reached the final against the French, on the occasion they were defeated by 4 to 2.
In the two times that the Croatian team got out of the group stage of the World Cup, the team reached the semifinals in 1998 (it was in 3rd place) and the final against France in 2018 (it was runner-up).
This is the Croatian sixth participation in the World Cup. The debut took place at the 1998 tournament, held in France.
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Brazil vs Croatia clashes
Brazil took the field four times against Croatia in world matches.
There were two games in World Cups. The first occurred in the debut of the selection in the tournament in Germany, in 2006. On that occasion, the Brazilians won 1-0.
The other match was played at Arena Corinthians, in 2014 competition, here in Brazil. The canary national team won with a score of 3 to 1.
The other two clashes took place in friendlies. One in 2005 and the other in 2018.
In total, Brazil remains undefeated with three wins and a draw against Croatia.
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Brazil vs Croatia lineup
see the likely lineup of the Brazilian team against Croatia this Friday (9):
alisson
Éder Militão
Thiago Silva
marquinhos
Danilo
casemiro
Lucas Paqueta
little girl
richarlison
Neymar
Vini Junior
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By Lucas Afonso
Journalist
