Well comrades we're into the end phases of the World Cup
6pm Brazil-Croatia
10pm Argentina-Netherlands
(Times by https://time.is/Qatar )
The winners play each other in a semi-final on the 13th
Well comrades we're into the end phases of the World Cup
6pm Brazil-Croatia
10pm Argentina-Netherlands
(Times by https://time.is/Qatar )
The winners play each other in a semi-final on the 13th
Ohhhhh Croatia you beautiful, beautiful bastards. What a slog of a match, unfortunate final penalty for Brazil absolute nightmare for any player in such a decisive position.
Insane stuff, the absolute height of drama
It really is the beautiful game.
Yeah I feel like the ordering of those penalties was also not something that helped the Brazilian players that were stepping up to take one.
Probably, but it's hard to deny the Croatian keeper's ability to anticipate was excellent. If more Brazilian players had done the fake-out run that one player did, they may have sunk a few more; doing straight run ups gave the Croatian keeper all the info he needed to make the right calls.
That's a good point as well
Still hard to speak on, going to penalties this deep into a World Cup must be unbelievably stressful, even for a seasoned player
Agreed, mentality is very important for penalties and overtime and Croatia having been through this already is probably an advantage there too.
True, that was likely the x factor. The way they played to slow the game and focused on maintaining possession, they may have been playing this one out anticipating some advantage in extra time/penalties.