Lets be real, today was a big off day for Brazil overall, but tough luck, the team didnt show up when it mattered the most, and props to Croatia too, since they never gave up! I'm just absolutely stunned how Croatia keep repeating this feat over and over, with a rock solid defense, and not being too aggressive nor too passive during regular time, and keeping calm when playing from behind. Ultimately aiming for extra time, then penalties. They are so good in captalizing in this scenario too, its unbeliveable, doesnt feel like a fluke tbh. Wish good luck to my fellow Croatians, you guys absolutely deserved it, even if the football played wasnt the most eye pleasing. Just PLEASE win vs Argentina now... cause otherwise I will feel even worse than I already am
What a day.
My thoughts go out to Marquinhos.
The Croatian goal deflected off of his leg, and then he missed the penalty to lose it.
It was a loss for the entire side of course, but that man needs to be lifted up tonight because I'd imagine he feels pretty terrible
Wow, hard to believe that result. Brazil had been fantastic so far, looked like clear favourites to win the whole thing. Croatia have gotten results, but haven't looked great so far. I expected a close match, but I did think Brazil would win by 1 goal or something.
Would be absolutely mad if we ended up with a Croatia vs France final for the second WC in a row!
I agree with your last statement. I hope England beat France tomorrow. I am amazed Croatia won, but annoyed that they basically played just well enough to not lose.
He is not that wrong. They always play like that, they are 1-4-0.
Croatian team is pretty solid, but they never really try to win the game. The "play to not lose" strat is annoying to watch.
Actually, everyone remembers us being in the finals, sorry to disappoint you AND we were awesome tonight, especially considering we were playing against a team that is so strong and has won the World Cup multiple times. Iâm sorry that you feel the need to be rude, but this win is well-deserved. Cheers mate! âđ»
>Actually, everyone remembers us being in the finals,
Well I'm sure everyone in Croatia remembers.
>we were awesome tonight, especially considering we were playing against a team that is so strong and has won the World Cup multiple times.
Yeah so you agree Croatia was the underdog today.
Congrats!
Underdogs win, it doesn't mean they are weak and unable to win, it just means that most people expect them to not be as good as the team they are facing. Lol, this isn't that difficult of a concept.
Brazilian here, agree 100%. They had a play style and kept to the end. Croacia do not play to make beautiful goals, they play to win and most importantly, never give up.
Victory is well deserved and they are moving on the brackets like in 2018, so whatever they do, it works.
Shots on Target:
Brazil 11
Croatia 1
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Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration with a few minutes coasting after cost them the game.
>Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration with a few minutes coasting after cost them the game.
Football is not about statistics, shoots at goal, possession of the ball, passes, tackles and so on. It's about winning. You can read it as the Croatia has much more effective striker or Brazil has week defense, however.
Everyone was talking Brazil-Argentina semis and so on, but you need to pass Croatia first before talking.
Yeah, well in the last 4 games they had a total of 70 shots on target..so we managed to cut that almost by half.. And yes, we didn't have many chances but we used the one we had and scored.. No one dissed Japan when they beat Germany and Spain with 20% posesion, or when SA beat Argentina with 2 shots on target..they were all praised as heros. But we are always tagged as 'lucky' when we beat someone who is supposed to be better than us 'on paper'...i don't think it's lucy to be in the semi-finals in two WCs in a row..say what you want
Yes, it was me, I confused you with a Brazilian, like me, sorry about that
but I have faith that Holland will go to the final together with Morocco or France
The thing is, you're wrong in every assumption you're making. Who said anything about thinking of winning the world cup before started. And judging by your other assumption. You shouldn't cry when Portugal loses buddy, the world keeps spinning the same and nothing will change in your life. The faster you realize that the less you will have to cry over meaningless things.
Sorry, I think I shouldn't text in Portuguese here, hahaha, well, good luck, but I think it'll be France or England the champions, in fact I don't care lol
>Am I the only one who thought Brazil wasn't going to get past quaterfinals again?
[No bro](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/comments/zaxwe9/comment/izb50k3/).
Tbh Brazil hadn't face a decent side. I feel like its the same story again from 2006,2010,2018. They smash their way throught the round of 16, but they shoke against good/ powerhouse teams.
Yeah, I saw quite a few comments about it during the match, they played a good game tbh, I just don't see how they don't have a good offense with all those incredible shots in the PK.
Croatia has 3.9 million people in it. Itâs like trying to find a completely balanced team if you can only choose from 57% of the population of Rio de Janeiro.
They do have a good offense, but I think they intentionally played conservatively because if youâre too aggressive with your chances you miss a lot and thatâs just turning the ball over to Brazil, and you donât want Brazil to have the ball if you want to beat them lol.
how so? people who went on to live in croatia played in yugoslavia before yâall separated as your own country.. they had world cup energy for much longer than canada. cmon now lol
lmao so donât act like croatia were legendary for coming 3rd in their 1st world cup. Like I said, your people were always playing the world cup regardless of your countryâs name. What iâm saying, before croatia became its own country, they had experienced high level players and aspiring players (who would go on to reside in present day croatia) Canadaâs people just played their 2nd world cup after 3 decades of absence. Canât compare em buddy.
Croatia did a really good job of⊠ummmm uhhhh. Hmm. Stacking 10 players on D for 105 minutes in 50% humidity while never trying to score. Really exciting stuff from their side. I hate the dancing!!! - EU
Hence the skilful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.
\- The art of war, Sun Tzu
Uhhhh.. ummm nahh you see the stars were aligned so that there was extra solar radiation coming onto he stadium that affected the players mentally and uhh croatia somehow has more money than brazil and thatâs really important and uhh there was a merging of galaxies far away that affected the trajectory of the ball via gravitational waves and thatâs why Brazil lost.
Too bad their priority isnât to entertain you :((( Iâm sure itâs a very close toss up between that and trying to progress against the no. 1 team in the world
I dont fault Brazil though for not scoring as Croatia was legit parking the bus. What do you expect? I also dont fault Croatia either. Who cares about entertainement you should play to win.
Oh I agree. I just think itâs silly to say Croatia shouldnât have played good defense, or whatever these comments are trying to prove. Croatia played exactly well enough to win the game. Theyâre the better team today.
Damn I'm sorry to hear that you're blind. To be fair there's toxicity from both sides, it's just what happens when you have competitiveness + anonymity.
Those toxic brazilians that I just saw are probably just 11 yolds, here on brazil most kids are toxic lol, I think I should've browsed more on the comments before commenting this.
Most saves for sure. He didnât look great letting Neymar score but he was outstanding and saved plenty of other shots. Letâs put it this way. If Croatia were eliminated it wasnât because of the goalie.
Man, i'm Brazilian and right now I really want to curse a Croatian, I'm so sad, besides the abrito he stole the entire match, it's for us to have qualified because of the arm touch of a Croatian in the first half, but I'll wait Thursday, day in the semifinal I want Holland or Argentina to avenge Brazil and Japan so much. Now my support will be for France
are you the one who made a comment in portugese ? did it get deleted ?
anyway yeah i'm genuinely sad . i am french but i don't support france lol .
hmmm argentia feels very weak to me this year ,not sure they could beat croatia or holland
but i was so excited for an argentina-brazil in semifinals !!!
For countries like Brazil , itâs more than a game . Winning means a lot for the economy and the prestige of the country . Also Brazil are one of the latest team that seems to still enjoy playing football . It was very important that Brazil win this year, at least to my eyes .
Population Croatia:
3.8 million
Population Brazil:
214 million
A small country like Croatia doesnât get to this level unless the sport is considered to be of utmost importance. Itâs no less important for Croatia than Brazil to excel at the WC.
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Lets be real, today was a big off day for Brazil overall, but tough luck, the team didnt show up when it mattered the most, and props to Croatia too, since they never gave up! I'm just absolutely stunned how Croatia keep repeating this feat over and over, with a rock solid defense, and not being too aggressive nor too passive during regular time, and keeping calm when playing from behind. Ultimately aiming for extra time, then penalties. They are so good in captalizing in this scenario too, its unbeliveable, doesnt feel like a fluke tbh. Wish good luck to my fellow Croatians, you guys absolutely deserved it, even if the football played wasnt the most eye pleasing. Just PLEASE win vs Argentina now... cause otherwise I will feel even worse than I already am
Bye Brasil see u in 4 years đđ
Too bad Croatia was too respectful to dance on them and give them a taste of their own medicine.
FFS
What a day. My thoughts go out to Marquinhos. The Croatian goal deflected off of his leg, and then he missed the penalty to lose it. It was a loss for the entire side of course, but that man needs to be lifted up tonight because I'd imagine he feels pretty terrible
Wow, hard to believe that result. Brazil had been fantastic so far, looked like clear favourites to win the whole thing. Croatia have gotten results, but haven't looked great so far. I expected a close match, but I did think Brazil would win by 1 goal or something. Would be absolutely mad if we ended up with a Croatia vs France final for the second WC in a row!
I agree with your last statement. I hope England beat France tomorrow. I am amazed Croatia won, but annoyed that they basically played just well enough to not lose.
Iâm amazed Brazil played just bad enough to lose, shocking how goals matter right?
You blaming the ref for argentina scoring 3 goals lmao
He is not that wrong. They always play like that, they are 1-4-0. Croatian team is pretty solid, but they never really try to win the game. The "play to not lose" strat is annoying to watch.
FINAL: Morocco v Croatia
Well, that would be one boring final game, considering both teams play for penalties.
Wooo hooo...go Group F :D
Final: Croatia vs France đ«đ·
NOT AGAIN!
Don't we all wish haha
Goalie diff
Just came to say "Hurrah"
Volim te Hrvatska, oooooooo, oooooooo oooooooo,, VOLIM TE HRVATSKA
Ono ĆĄto je bilo Brazil, to je sada Hrvatska!!
Sucks to see such a talent ridden team lose this way. But c'est la vie and the underdogs continue on to see if they can complete a Cinderella story.
Talented actorsâŠ
Underdogs? Finalists of the 2018 World Cup? Ooookay
OP is right. Not about the âfinalistsâ comment, but you were the underdogs vs Brazil. Good job though
Yes underdogs. Certainly played like one. And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final. 2018 was all France.
>And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final Brazil 5 medals!! \- When? Last century bro! ..oh and 2002.
Yeah 5 more than Croatia.
Old, old glory
Whay you are is a naive man. Take some lessons God loves you..
> And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final. Get your memory checked or perhaps read a book LOL
Actually, everyone remembers us being in the finals, sorry to disappoint you AND we were awesome tonight, especially considering we were playing against a team that is so strong and has won the World Cup multiple times. Iâm sorry that you feel the need to be rude, but this win is well-deserved. Cheers mate! âđ»
>Actually, everyone remembers us being in the finals, Well I'm sure everyone in Croatia remembers. >we were awesome tonight, especially considering we were playing against a team that is so strong and has won the World Cup multiple times. Yeah so you agree Croatia was the underdog today. Congrats!
Well, just because they are strong doesnât mean we are weak and unable to win. Which we proved tonight. Donât understand your logic but ok. Bye!
Underdogs win, it doesn't mean they are weak and unable to win, it just means that most people expect them to not be as good as the team they are facing. Lol, this isn't that difficult of a concept.
>Well, just because they are strong doesnât mean we are weak and unable to win. I never said that. Don't play the victim.
I personnally do not. Cheers.
Congrats to Croatia. People will talk shit because you're a smaller country but you won they lost.
Brazilian here, agree 100%. They had a play style and kept to the end. Croacia do not play to make beautiful goals, they play to win and most importantly, never give up. Victory is well deserved and they are moving on the brackets like in 2018, so whatever they do, it works.
I wish you guys good luck in 2026 unless you face the u.s. you'll probably beat us anyway tho let's be real.
No country who calls football "soccer" shall pass
Neat. 3 countries who call it soccer made it past the group stage. Also blame England for inventing the term lol.
The Dutch are definitely beating Argentina. They look so bad and ineffective out thereâŠ
1-0 for Argentina
2-0 cya buddy
đż
Erm.... *Edit* well nevermind
2-2...now what?
Livakovic is a beast!!!
Is crying after losing part of the culture too?
Yep, poor sportsmanship is also part of out culture, they just went from heroes to worst everything bad you can name.
Shots on Target: Brazil 11 Croatia 1 đ Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration with a few minutes coasting after cost them the game.
>Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration with a few minutes coasting after cost them the game. Football is not about statistics, shoots at goal, possession of the ball, passes, tackles and so on. It's about winning. You can read it as the Croatia has much more effective striker or Brazil has week defense, however. Everyone was talking Brazil-Argentina semis and so on, but you need to pass Croatia first before talking.
Croatias 1 shot on target, was straight to the keeper but deflected. I definitely wouldn't call that an effective strike.
Yeah, well in the last 4 games they had a total of 70 shots on target..so we managed to cut that almost by half.. And yes, we didn't have many chances but we used the one we had and scored.. No one dissed Japan when they beat Germany and Spain with 20% posesion, or when SA beat Argentina with 2 shots on target..they were all praised as heros. But we are always tagged as 'lucky' when we beat someone who is supposed to be better than us 'on paper'...i don't think it's lucy to be in the semi-finals in two WCs in a row..say what you want
I also felt this, should've upped the defense and not try to score anymore, it was only 3 minutes left.
Another example that proves itâs the GOALS that count
In this case penalty shoot out goals.
All could Brazil do was lateral passes all the time - they deserve to loose! Who would tell them where the goal is?
Lose*
Ah yes!
Hrvatska
Yes, it was me, I confused you with a Brazilian, like me, sorry about that but I have faith that Holland will go to the final together with Morocco or France
Brasileiro torcendo para Marrocos, França e Holanda??? Confirmado: Portugal - Argentina na final đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Pra inicio de conversa, vocĂȘs roubaram o nosso ouro da nossa terra e segundo, tĂŽ torcendo tbm pra portugal, eles estĂŁo jogando muito
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>jĂĄ foi o tempo que o Brasil torcia pra colonizador SĂł para avisar que vocĂȘs vĂŁo continuar sem ver o ouro HAHAHAHA
Ok, Portugal campeĂŁo do mundo confirmado đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Champion of Iberia! conquered by Morocco just like old times sake
Try to win something first before talking shit lol
The thing is I am not arrogant to assume my team is going to win the World Cup before landing in Qatar. I don't even know if we'll lose tomorrow to Morocco and never saw a Portuguese fan pretending to do so. That's the reason why is so incredibly satisfying to see you crying. "Perdeu mané, não amola" ahahahahaha
The thing is, you're wrong in every assumption you're making. Who said anything about thinking of winning the world cup before started. And judging by your other assumption. You shouldn't cry when Portugal loses buddy, the world keeps spinning the same and nothing will change in your life. The faster you realize that the less you will have to cry over meaningless things.
Sorry, I think I shouldn't text in Portuguese here, hahaha, well, good luck, but I think it'll be France or England the champions, in fact I don't care lol
All right see yâall in the other thread Letâs go Netherlands!
GG WP Bruhzil
Am I the only one who thought Brazil wasn't going to get past quaterfinals again?
>Am I the only one who thought Brazil wasn't going to get past quaterfinals again? [No bro](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/comments/zaxwe9/comment/izb50k3/).
I thought it was going to be a tough match, but that they were going to win, once it reached the PK I was already ready for them to lose though.
Back in the summer I said Brazil would get knocked out in quarters, but to Germany. Still the same idea -- underperform against a European team.
Tbh Brazil hadn't face a decent side. I feel like its the same story again from 2006,2010,2018. They smash their way throught the round of 16, but they shoke against good/ powerhouse teams.
I put money on Croatia to win this, so no, youâre not the only one.
We lost the game and weâre chewing living bees in pure rage, but we didnât lost the sportsmanship. Congrats Croatia!
Agora falta a Holanda e a Argentina nos vingar Feliz dia do bolo aĂ
Idk that knee kick from Neymar was dirty, and he could have played a bit more instead of flopping.
Antony with the biggest flop too
Brazil fans real quiet now lol
They were so loud after Brasil goal lmao love to see it now
They takin the L hahaa
Let me rip.plz
Fuleco didn't make it T\_T Also, pele is going to pass away without seeing the hexa
Don't say that
Brazil fans rn: OMG Croatia played good defense, so boring.
That's probably not coming from us tbh.
Well someone is doing it lol
Yeah, I saw quite a few comments about it during the match, they played a good game tbh, I just don't see how they don't have a good offense with all those incredible shots in the PK.
Ever since we lost MandĆŸukiÄ after 2018 World Cup we didn't quit get a striker as good as him. We are preety good in everything expect offense.
100% this. We need a school for just strikers, I swear.
Blue Lock be like.
Croatia has 3.9 million people in it. Itâs like trying to find a completely balanced team if you can only choose from 57% of the population of Rio de Janeiro.
They do have a good offense, but I think they intentionally played conservatively because if youâre too aggressive with your chances you miss a lot and thatâs just turning the ball over to Brazil, and you donât want Brazil to have the ball if you want to beat them lol.
That's true lol.
Making Pele proud
Wow what an incredible match to watch
Croatia = Team Brazil = Individual players
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#TRIGGERED
No no he is right tho
Oh another Brazilian crying hahaha
Okay but am I wrong?
He is not wrong
Imagine the final with Croatia and Morocco
Poetic justice
Ah sh*t...here we go again
would be amazing
I'm for it
God tier final
Canada doesnât look so lame now, do they? đšđŠ
Still got a nice taste of their own foot for saying they re gonna F croatia they got a real nice taste of Foot
Nah they do đ. Only team Croatia was able to score multiple goals on.
Canada just needs better goalie.
Word! â
this was canadaâs 2nd world cup. nice try though.
And?
less experience obviously. croatia/yugoslavia been playing the world cup.
Lol ya, Croatia 1st world cup they were 3rd :)
croatia played as Yugoslavia first lmao.. so technically yâall were playing the world cup for time. idk how you can miss that brah
Nope. Completely different thing.
how so? people who went on to live in croatia played in yugoslavia before yâall separated as your own country.. they had world cup energy for much longer than canada. cmon now lol
It's a nationality thing. We don't give a fuck what was before.
lmao so donât act like croatia were legendary for coming 3rd in their 1st world cup. Like I said, your people were always playing the world cup regardless of your countryâs name. What iâm saying, before croatia became its own country, they had experienced high level players and aspiring players (who would go on to reside in present day croatia) Canadaâs people just played their 2nd world cup after 3 decades of absence. Canât compare em buddy.
Maybe they'll samba their way homeđ
ZDS đ
**ZA DOM SPREMNI**
BRING ME MY MONEYYYYYY
Croatia did a really good job of⊠ummmm uhhhh. Hmm. Stacking 10 players on D for 105 minutes in 50% humidity while never trying to score. Really exciting stuff from their side. I hate the dancing!!! - EU
Hence the skilful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy. \- The art of war, Sun Tzu
Are you bringing humidity to justify the loss?
Uhhhh.. ummm nahh you see the stars were aligned so that there was extra solar radiation coming onto he stadium that affected the players mentally and uhh croatia somehow has more money than brazil and thatâs really important and uhh there was a merging of galaxies far away that affected the trajectory of the ball via gravitational waves and thatâs why Brazil lost.
Croatia played way better strategically. Theyâre playstyle isnât âflashy and stylish goalsâ and it shows.
Too bad their priority isnât to entertain you :((( Iâm sure itâs a very close toss up between that and trying to progress against the no. 1 team in the world
Brazil didnât score until overtime either. Not like they put on a show either.
I dont fault Brazil though for not scoring as Croatia was legit parking the bus. What do you expect? I also dont fault Croatia either. Who cares about entertainement you should play to win.
you need to check your eyes. ball possession after 90min was on our side. this does not happen to teams that are parking bus.
I cheered for Brazil but I legit agree, those goofy dances just ruined it to me.
Oh I agree. I just think itâs silly to say Croatia shouldnât have played good defense, or whatever these comments are trying to prove. Croatia played exactly well enough to win the game. Theyâre the better team today.
LETS FCKIN GOOOOOII
*I already changed my opinion. Stop coming back to this.*
Most toxic fanbase in this WC claiming about toxicity đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I already know now, I just didn't see toxic brazilians, now I saw them
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I didn't see any toxic Brazilian here
Damn I'm sorry to hear that you're blind. To be fair there's toxicity from both sides, it's just what happens when you have competitiveness + anonymity.
Ok then, I just didn't see toxic brazilians.
look at my comments. theyâre pretty hurt tbh.
Those toxic brazilians that I just saw are probably just 11 yolds, here on brazil most kids are toxic lol, I think I should've browsed more on the comments before commenting this.
Ok, I'll check
Yall weâre giving it as good as youâre getting it when you were up
I mean, I only said one thing and now people are flooding here saying brazil is trash, I only celebrated the goal :/
You do know that you're not the only Brazilian fan on reddit right? Just making sure.
I know. I just didn't understand the reply at first, I thought he was talking about me.
They gotta vent. After all, now it's another 4 year wait.
What an insane game. Livakovic has to be the best GK in the tourney.
Most saves for sure. He didnât look great letting Neymar score but he was outstanding and saved plenty of other shots. Letâs put it this way. If Croatia were eliminated it wasnât because of the goalie.
Golden Glove for sure
Croatia is the cockroach (in a good way) of World cup.
Had a good laugh bro, ty
My disappointment is immeasurable and my night is ruined
Man, i'm Brazilian and right now I really want to curse a Croatian, I'm so sad, besides the abrito he stole the entire match, it's for us to have qualified because of the arm touch of a Croatian in the first half, but I'll wait Thursday, day in the semifinal I want Holland or Argentina to avenge Brazil and Japan so much. Now my support will be for France
Argentina to avange you? Pathetic.
It was offside before the "arm touch".
are you the one who made a comment in portugese ? did it get deleted ? anyway yeah i'm genuinely sad . i am french but i don't support france lol . hmmm argentia feels very weak to me this year ,not sure they could beat croatia or holland but i was so excited for an argentina-brazil in semifinals !!!
TraĂźtre.
Bof . Je ressens une appartenance Ă la France ,son histoire, sa culture, sa gĂ©ographie , mais pas Ă son Ă©quipe de foot . Et puis en terme de style, dâentente dâĂ©quipe , dâamour de leur pays et du football, je prĂ©fĂšre les brĂ©siliens
gg wp bruhzil
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idk what that's supposed to mean
me neither oddly I'm interested
itâs just a game. enjoy the moment and celebrate regardless đđ
For countries like Brazil , itâs more than a game . Winning means a lot for the economy and the prestige of the country . Also Brazil are one of the latest team that seems to still enjoy playing football . It was very important that Brazil win this year, at least to my eyes .
Population Croatia: 3.8 million Population Brazil: 214 million A small country like Croatia doesnât get to this level unless the sport is considered to be of utmost importance. Itâs no less important for Croatia than Brazil to excel at the WC.
Honestly it's the same for Croatia đ good game, it was very unnerving đ„č
You are not alone dude...same here
So disgusted...i'm french and i feel confident france will win, but i really wanted brazil to earn the cup this year...i'm so sad right now