The Canarinha clashes against the runner-up in the world this Friday, starting at 12, with the aim of getting into the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup.
Croatia y Brazil will star in the first crossing of Quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. This Friday, starting at 12, the runner-up in the world in Russia 2018 and Canarinha, one of the great candidates to win the World Cup event, will collide at the Education City Stadium to define one of the semifinalists. Next, everything you need to know about the game.
Alisson; Militao, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Danilo; Casemiro, Paqueta; Raphinha, Neymar, Vinicius; Richarlison. DT: Tite
Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Guardiol, Borna Barišić; Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic; Andrej Kramaric, Bruno Petković and Ivan Perisic. DT: Zlatko Dalic.
Brazil played seven extra times in the FIFA World Cups and did not lose either
France 1938 (2-1 against Poland and 0-0 against Czechoslovakia), Switzerland 1954 (0-0 against Yugoslavia), Mexico 1986 (0-0 against France), United States 1994 (0-0 against Italy), France 1998 ( 0-0 vs the Netherlands) and Brazil 2014 (0-0 vs Chile). Total record: 1W-6D-0L.
Croatia played four extra times in World Cups and never lost them
(1G-3D): 0-0 vs. Denmark (1-1 final with subsequent 3-2 victory on penalties in the 2018 round of 16), 1-1 vs. Russia (2-2 in the final and 4-3 victory on penalties in the 2018 Quarterfinals), 1-0 victory against England (2-1 final after drawing 1-1 in the 90 minutes of the 2018 Semifinals) and 0 -0 vs. Japan (1-1 final with 3-1 victory on penalties in the round of 16 in 2022). Furthermore, seven of Croatia’s last eight World Cup/Euro knockout matches have ended in extra time with the lone exception being the 2018 World Cup final.
Brazil will play its 45th match in the Final Phase of the FIFA World Cup
Brazil record: 44 PJ 28PG-5PE-11PP (67.4% efficiency). Brazil has eight consecutive World Cups being among the eight best teams. He will have his 15th game in the quarterfinals of a World Cup. In total 14 PJ: 8PG-2PE-4PP.
Croatia will complete 10 games in the KO Phase of the FIFA World Cup
Record of 9 PJ: 4PG-3PE-2PP. 55.6% efficiency. The Croatian team will play their third duel in the quarterfinals of a World Cup (advanced in the previous 2). His first game was in France 1998, when he managed to qualify for the Semifinals after a historic 3-0 win against Germany (Robert Jarni, Goran Vlaovic and Davor Suker) in Lyon. Then, in Russia 2018, they left the host on penalties (4-3) after drawing 2-2 in the 120 regulation minutes (1-1 in extra time).
Croatia will fulfill its 6 games against CONMEBOL rivals in World Cups
Record: 5 PJ: 1PG-0PE-4PP. Until the victory against Argentina in Group D of Russia 2018 (3-0), the Croats had lost the first four games against selected South Americans. 100% of the duels were in the group stage (Ecuador, Argentina x2 and Brazil x2).
Brazil will complete 77 games in World Cups against representatives of UEFA
Record: 45W-15E-16P. (16 of the 19 defeats of the Verdeamarela in World Cups were against European teams, the rest were against CONMEBOL and CAF teams). Since defeating Germany 2-0 in Korea-Japan 2002, Brazil has lost its five “kick-knocks” against Europeans (France in the 2006 quarterfinals, the Netherlands in the 2010 quarterfinals, Germany in the 2014 semifinals, the Netherlands in 3rd place in 2014 and Belgium in the 2018 Quarterfinals).
How Brazil arrives to look for the ticket to the semis against Croatia, for the World Cup in Qatar 2022
For his part, Brazil reached the quarterfinals after beating South Korea 4-1 in a match where they displayed all their hierarchy. The Canarinha shone and did not give the Asian team a chance as soon as the match started and thus emboldened the duel with the Europeans. In the previous instance, they beat Serbia 2-0, Switzerland 1-0 and fell surprisingly against Cameroon, although that also did not prevent them from getting a ticket to the round of 16 at the top of Group G.
Brazil and Croatia have already met twice for the World Cup. The first time was in the group stage of the World Cup. Germany 2006where Scratch, who was also the current champion and defending champion, they won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Kaká. The other World Cup clash occurred eight years later, in the World Cup 2014 in which the Brazilians played local: they met for the opening game, and it was also Verdeamarela victory, this time 3-1 thanks to Neymar’s double and Oscar’s goal. Marcelo, against, had scored the partial 1-0 for the Croats.
How Croatia arrives to strike against Brazil, for the Qatar 2022 World Cup
Those led by Zlatko Dalic have just played a very tough quarterfinal against Japan, in which they won 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in regulation time (Ivan Perišić scored for the Croats), and now they will seek give the bump before the power of the Tite team.
As for their path in the group stage at the FIFA World Cup, Croatia finished second in Zone F behind Morocco, as a result of drawing 0-0 against the Moroccans, thrashing Canada 4-1 and drawing with Belgium in the closure.
The history between Croatia and Brazil
In total, Brazil and Croatia met four times, of which the Brazilians won three and drew the rest (the two official ones, both in World Cups, were victories for Scratch).
Croatia time vs. Brazil, for the World Cup in Qatar 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
In which stadium will Croatia vs. Brazil, for the World Cup in Qatar 2022
Croatia vs. Brazil will play the game at the Education City stadium, where Croatia will play at home.
Referee for Croatia vs. Brazil, for the World Cup in Qatar 2022
For the match between Croatia vs. Brazil the referee will be Michael Oliver
Croatia time vs. Brazil, for the World Cup in Qatar 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.