Croatia World Cup 2018 Fixtures
Croatia World Cup 2018 results
Croatia's record at the 2018 World Cup was to finish as runners-up.
Croatia's schedule for the 2018 World Cup is as follows:
Group stage:
June 17, 03:00: Croatia won 2-0 against Nigeria to open the tournament. In the match, Croatia showed strong strength and excellent teamwork, and finally successfully took the game.
June 22, 02:00: Croatia defeated Argentina 3-0. This game is called Croatia's classic battle in the group stage, the Croatian players played well, let Argentina no power, but also for the Croatian team out of the line to lay a solid foundation.
June 27, 02:00: Croatia beat Iceland 2-1 The Croatian team has been out of the line in advance, but still gave it their all and finally beat Iceland to advance to the knockout rounds with three wins in three matches.
Elimination round:
1/8 final:
July 2, 02:00: Croatia and Denmark met in a 1-1 draw in regulation time. The match was very close, with Croatia conceding the first goal and then equalizing. In the penalty shootout, Croatia beat Denmark 3-2 to advance to the last eight.
Quarter-finals:
July 8, 02:00: Croatia faced hosts Russia in a 2-2 draw in regulation time and overtime. The Croatian players showed their tenacity and resilience and beat the Russians 5-4 on penalties to advance to the quarterfinals.
Semi-finals:
July 12, 02:00: Croatia and England battled it out. Croatia conceded a goal in the second half, then equalized in overtime with Perisic, then Mandzukic scored the winning goal, and finally beat England 2-1 to advance to the final.
Final:
July 15, 23:00: Croatia faced France in the final, and despite the best efforts of the Croatian players, France was the better team, and in the end, Croatia lost the game 2-4, finishing second in the 2018 World Cup.
Croatia won all three of its group games in Russia and met host Russia in the knockout round, eventually advancing to the semifinals with a penalty shootout victory. In the semi-final against the tough England, Croatia in the beginning of the unfavorable situation, completed the reversal of England, and finally the team reached the World Cup final, which is the first time in the history of the team into the final. Due to the disparity between the strength of the two sides, Croatia ultimately 2 to 4 defeated France, although not the champion. But the Croatian players returned home to be treated like heroes, and the runner-up result is also the best result since the men's soccer team participated in the World Cup.
Croatia was able to enter the final of the final, the team's midfielder Modrić credit. Russia's World Cup in 7 games, Modric are to start the identity of the field, basically all play the whole game, a total of 2 times for the team to contribute goals and 1 assist. The entire World Cup process, Modric for the team sent 17 key passes, close to ninety percent of the success rate of passes at the end of the game Modric also harvested the World Cup Ballon d'Or honor.
2022 Qatar World Cup Croatia also won a qualification, the team and Belgium, Canada, Morocco in the same group, Belgium's overall strength ahead of the same group of opponents, Croatia to get a group stage out of the quota almost no problem. The team will continue to launch to the World Cup champion, look forward to the Croatian team in the Qatar World Cup wonderful performance.
