Croatia beat Brazil on penalties to reach semi-finals

KATHMANDU: Croatia advanced to the semi-finals after defeating world-champion Brazil.

Brazil was defeated on penalties at Education City Stadium.

Croatia advanced to the last four in the first quarter-final on Friday night, defeating Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout.

The thrilling match at the Education City Stadium went into extra time after the scheduled 90 minutes ended in a goalless draw.

Croatia’s Nikola Vlasic, Lovro Majer, Luka Modric, and Mislav Orsic scored from the penalty.

Brazil’s Casemiro and Pedro scored. However, Rodrygo and Marquinhos missed the penalty.

Prior to that, Neymar scored a goal in the first half of extra time to give Brazil the lead. He scored from Paqueta’s pass in the 105th + 1st minute.

With this goal, Neymar equaled Pele’s record as Brazil’s all-time leading scorer. Neymar has scored his 77th goal for Brazil. Pele also had a total of 77 goals.

Bruno Petkovic scored in the 117th minute of the game, bringing Croatia to a 1-1 tie.

After 30 minutes of extra time, the match ended in a 1-1 draw, and the decision of the match was made by penalty shootout.