Croatia vs. Brazil quarterfinal match in Qatar 2022 World Cup Highlight Video Mp4 Download
Croatia and Brazil will kick off the quarterfinal round at the 2022 World Cup Friday morning. Croatia are here after winning a penalty shootout over Japan in the round of 16, while Brazil topped South Korea 4-1 in a dominant offensive display. Brazil are -245 to win this match in regular time. A draw is priced at +370 and Croatia come in at +750. Brazil are -600 to advance to the semifinal, while Croatia are +450.
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Croatia finally got back into the attacking zone and Nikola Vlasic got a shot off. However, it was blocked and Brazil is back attacking.
And another Likakovic save. It was the most routine of the day, although he had to scramble a bit to prevent the rebound from creating another Brazilian opportunity. Lucas Paquetá had the shot on goal with the assist from Rodrygo.
Likakovic made another huge save against Neymar. The Brazilian star got a shot off from the short left side of the box but Likakovic aggressively went after Neymar and got the save with his left foot.
Brazil has increased their attacking and put a pair of shots on goal. Casemiro got a shot off and it was blocked, and then Lucas Paquetá had his shot saved by Likakovic. This is getting more difficult for Croatia.
Brazil have come out firing after halftime with several great chances inside the box, with Vinicius Jr. having the best shot at scoring. Livakovic cut off the angle well but there might be more trouble for Croatia with a penalty check. VAR ultimately found nothing but Brazil are attacking well to start this half.
Halftime – Croatia 0, Brazil 0. Both teams have had some good movements into the attacking third but Croatia are controlling the midfield better in this match. Brazil have actually forced some saves and have more shots on target. The possession battle is slightly in favor of Brazil but it feels like Croatia have established themselves in the middle of the park. Brazil’s front line has not been able to get Croatia’s defenders to shift much, so there simply haven’t been places to make runs. We could see Casemiro and Neymar take on bigger roles in the midfield to try and establish their presence and limit Croatia’s influence there.
Neymar takes a free kick and forces a save from Livakovic, although a deflection off a Croatia defender took most of the velocity off the kick. Brazil have not found a way to get Croatia’s back line to shift out of position much, so they haven’t gotten many good openings in this first half.
