The referee will be the English Michael Oliver who will be accompanied by his compatriots assistants Stuart Burt and Alan Beswick and the Algerian Mustapha Ghorbal as fourth official, while the Dutch Pol Van Boekel will be in charge of the VAR.
The winner of this match will play in the semifinals against the winner of the crossing that will also cheer this Friday but later, from 4:00 p.m., Argentina and the Netherlands.
In the event that the match between the Brazilians and the Croatians ends tied at the end of the 90 minutes, there will be another 30 minutes of extra time and if equality persists, the semifinalist will be determined in a series of shots from the penalty spot.
Only by quoting the two “10” that Al Rayan will offer the show can one become aware of the hierarchy of the match: Neymar for the Brazilian side, recovered from the sprained ankle suffered in the debut against Serbia, and Luka Modric for the balkans.
A level of excellence between teams with players of enormous quality, with verticality in attack and talent, qualities that will give the tie a “feeling of goal” at the start of each attack.
Highlights of the Brazilian National Team
The performance of Brazil on the field of play impresses Neymar, the “different”, is associated with Lucas Paquetá, Vinicius Junior, Raphinha and Richarlison. If they interpret the same score, the team reaches a remarkable volume of play.
In addition, as if the offensive facet were scarce to talk about a great candidate for the title, a midfielder with a dominant Casemiro is added, plus the experience of Thiago Silva in the rear, along with Marquinhos and an important goalkeeper like Alisson Becker.
In the group stage, Brazil beat Serbia (2-0) and Switzerland (1-0), losing with an alternative team to Cameroon (0-1), but in the round of 16, for many, at the “beginning” of the World Cup, they beat South Korea (4-1), with a full first half and a regular second, showing the true face of a team that traveled to Qatar to win its sixth cup.
Highlights of the Croatian national team
Croatia, based on the team that lost 4-2 in the Russia 2018 final against France, is one of the teams that plays the best soccer in Europe, despite only winning one match in this World Cup so far.
The man from Croatia is Modric, the star of Real Madrid, an exquisite player, with a velvet right foot.
The Croats put pressure on the rival’s exit and have a lot of individual quality, since in addition to Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Iván Perisic and Mateo Kovacic stand out in the gestation area and the goal with Bruno Petkovic and Andrej Kramaric.
In the group stage Croatia drew against Morocco (0-0), thrashed Canada (4-1) and drew with Belgium (0-0) and in the round of 16 they eliminated Japan (1-1) in definition with kicks from the spot penalty with goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic as a figure by deflecting three shots.
Brazil will try to break the “karma” and beat a European team in the elimination phase, something it hasn’t achieved since the 2002 Japan and Korea Cup when it ended up turning Olympic after winning the final over Germany.
In 2006 he was eliminated by France (4th), in 2010 by the Netherlands (4th), in 2014 by Germany (semifinals), in 2018 by Belgium (4th), and also lost the match for third place against the Netherlands in 2014.
In World Cups they played twice with Brazilian triumphs, 1-0 in Germany 2006 and 3-1 in Brazil 2014, both in group stages.
When will Brazil vs Croatia play?
The game will be played at the Education City Stadium, in the city of Al Rayan, seven kilometers from the center of Doha, from 12 in Argentina.
Where to watch Brazil vs Croatia
The duel between South Americans and Europeans will be televised on Public TV.
Brazil vs Croatia: probable formations
Brazil
- Alisson Becker
- Danilo
- Thiago Silva
- marquinhos
- eder militao
- Lucas Paqueta
- casemiro
- Vinicius Junior
- neymar
- raphinha
- richarlison
- DT: Tite
Croatia
- Dominik Livakovic
- Josip Juranovic
- Dejan Lovren
- Josko Gvardiol
- borna barisic
- Luka modric
- Marcelo Brozóvic
- matthew kovacic
- Ivan Perisic
- andrej kramaric
- Bruno Petkovic
- DT: Zlatko Dalik.
Source: Ambito
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