Croatia v Brazil match report
The World Cup continues. Our Friday matches start here. We take a look at the Croatia v Brazil. We will highlight the line-ups, pick out the key moments and standout World Cup Fantasy performances during the match.
Covering the Croatia v Brazil match can be very useful to World Cup Fantasy managers. Highlighting line-ups, key moments and standout fantasy performances can aid decisions regarding future transfers, captaincies and chip strategy.
Line-ups – Croatia
Defender Borna Sosa (£3.5m) makes his start after missing the previous match due to illness. Ivan Perisic (£7.5m) also starts the game. The midfielder will be hoping to extend his great form today and carry his team through to the next stage.
Brazil
Neymar (£10.5m) starts the match. The striker managed to create an assist and score a goal in the previous match. Many World Cup Fantasy managers will be hoping striker Richarlison (£7m) outscores his teammate.
Key moments
- Both teams have started evenly.
- CHANCE! Ivan Perisic connects with a pass from Josip Juranovic but his shot is well wide.
- CHANCE! Striker Vincius Junior (£10.5m) finds himself in a shooting position but is fantastically blocked.
- Brazil defender Danilo picks up a yellow card for a foul.
- Croatia midfielder Marcelo Brozovic (£6m) receives a yellow card after a foul on the opponent.
- The halftime whistle is blown.
- The second half is underway.
- CHANCE! Brazil defender Eder Militao plays a great ball into the opposition’s box but the goalkeeper snuffs out the danger.
- Massive appeals for a penalty ring to Brazil around the stadium but after using VAR to check the handball incident, the referee decides that there will be no penalty.
- CHANCE! A Brazil pass finds its way to Neymar in the Croatia box but Neymar’s shot is too straight and it’s an easy save for the goalkeeper.
- CHANCE! Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta (£7m) zips a shot and it looks goal bound until the goalkeeper makes a brilliant save.
- Brazil midfielder Casemiro (£6m) receives a yellow card for his foul.
- CHANCE! The Croatian goalkeeper makes another huge save and denies Lucas Paqueta from scoring.
- The match finishes 0-0 and we are going into extra-time.
Extra time
- The first half of extra-time is underway.
- CHANCE! Croatia striker Bruno Petkovic (£5.5m) is unmarked on the edge of the Brazil box, his powerful shots goes high over the bar.
- GOAL! Lucas Paqueta finds a fantastic pass to Neymar who is one-on-one with the goalkeeper who smashes his shot into the back of the net! 1-0 Brazil.
- The second half of extra time is underway.
- GOAL! Croatia striker Mislav Orsic (£5m) passes to Bruno Petkovic who strikes the ball from the edge of the box, deflecting into the back of the net! It’s 1-1!
- The game finishes but we are going to penalties.
Penalties
- GOAL! Croatia are first to step up and It’s midfielder Nikola Vlasic who (£5m) thunders his penalty past Alisson (£6m). 1-0 Croatia.
- MISS! Dominik Livakovic (£5m) dives left and makes a great save to deny striker Rodrygo. It is still 1-0 to Croatia.
- GOAL! Midfielder Lovro Majer (£5m) sends Alisson the wrong way to make it 2-0 Croatia.
- GOAL! Casemiro steps up and slots the ball towards the left side of the goalkeeper. 2-1 Croatia.
- GOAL! Croatia extend their lead after midfielder Luka Modric (£8.5m) confidently scores his penalty. 3-1 Croatia.
- GOAL! Brazil react again and Pedro scores his penalty! 3-2 Croatia.
- GOAL! Croatia extend their lead again after Mislav Orsic places the ball to the left hand side of Alisson. 4-2 Croatia.
- MISS! Marquinhos misses his penalty and Croatia are through to the semi finals of the World Cup.
Standout World Cup Fantasy performances
- Neymar hit an impressive eight points for his goal scored.
- Militao picked up six points for his clean sheet.
- Paqueta hit five points for his assist.
@FPLReaction’s (Louis) comments
The game was never going to be easy for Brazil and I think they underestimated the Croatian central midfielder. Brazil did have more shots on target but Croatia defended well and made Brazil work. World Cup Fantasy managers will be scrambling after Brazil’s exit as their assets are heavily owned and with limited transfers, could cause issues.
In terms of thee Croatian assets, Borna Sosa could still be a fantastic budget buy but other than Ivan Perisic, managers may struggle to pinpoint a standout fantasy asset within the Croatian team.
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