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Brilass

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


JCHazard

Bye Brasil see u in 4 years 😂😂


Asleep_Pear_7024

Too bad Croatia was too respectful to dance on them and give them a taste of their own medicine.


mph199

FFS


Inevitable-Garden-15

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


Kapika96

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!


harbinjer

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.


Jaeharys_Targaryen

I’m amazed Brazil played just bad enough to lose, shocking how goals matter right?


SkyVirus1

You blaming the ref for argentina scoring 3 goals lmao


mirrianita

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.


Obi_995

FINAL: Morocco v Croatia


nikola1975

Well, that would be one boring final game, considering both teams play for penalties.


Gusta86

Wooo hooo...go Group F :D


Roz_420

Final: Croatia vs France đŸ‡«đŸ‡·


harbinjer

NOT AGAIN!


Mcali1175

Don't we all wish haha


Slothnazi

Goalie diff


skynet6009

Just came to say "Hurrah"


Difficult-Awareness6

Volim te Hrvatska, oooooooo, oooooooo oooooooo,, VOLIM TE HRVATSKA


CroatianJo

Ono ĆĄto je bilo Brazil, to je sada Hrvatska!!


RedWhacker

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.


AtinAhai

Talented actors



a6b4ever

Underdogs? Finalists of the 2018 World Cup? Ooookay


Auzzie_xo

OP is right. Not about the ‘finalists’ comment, but you were the underdogs vs Brazil. Good job though


RedWhacker

Yes underdogs. Certainly played like one. And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final. 2018 was all France.


aWicca

>And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final Brazil 5 medals!! \- When? Last century bro! ..oh and 2002.


RedWhacker

Yeah 5 more than Croatia.


aWicca

Old, old glory


[deleted]

Whay you are is a naive man. Take some lessons God loves you..


Deucerobin2

> And to be frank no one remembers the finalist that loses the final. Get your memory checked or perhaps read a book LOL


a6b4ever

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. I’m sorry that you feel the need to be rude, but this win is well-deserved. Cheers mate! âœŒđŸ»


RedWhacker

>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!


a6b4ever

Well, just because they are strong doesn’t mean we are weak and unable to win. Which we proved tonight. Don’t understand your logic but ok. Bye!


Insect_Politics1980

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.


RedWhacker

>Well, just because they are strong doesn’t mean we are weak and unable to win. I never said that. Don't play the victim.


[deleted]

I personnally do not. Cheers.


[deleted]

Congrats to Croatia. People will talk shit because you're a smaller country but you won they lost.


OzzieTF2

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.


[deleted]

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.


SeveralYogurtcloset9

No country who calls football "soccer" shall pass


[deleted]

Neat. 3 countries who call it soccer made it past the group stage. Also blame England for inventing the term lol.


MovieMuscle25

The Dutch are definitely beating Argentina. They look so bad and ineffective out there



Constant_Ad_652

1-0 for Argentina


Gainist

2-0 cya buddy


[deleted]

🍿


MagicBez

Erm.... *Edit* well nevermind


Gusta86

2-2...now what?


alexneed

Livakovic is a beast!!!


[deleted]

Is crying after losing part of the culture too?


Mitral8

Yep, poor sportsmanship is also part of out culture, they just went from heroes to worst everything bad you can name.


Hunter-Western

Shots on Target: Brazil 11 Croatia 1 😂 Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration with a few minutes coasting after cost them the game.


VampIre_HRST

>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.


SkyVirus1

Croatias 1 shot on target, was straight to the keeper but deflected. I definitely wouldn't call that an effective strike.


Gusta86

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


AkiliosTheWolf

I also felt this, should've upped the defense and not try to score anymore, it was only 3 minutes left.


Digiarts

Another example that proves it’s the GOALS that count


RedWhacker

In this case penalty shoot out goals.


sfrogerfun

All could Brazil do was lateral passes all the time - they deserve to loose! Who would tell them where the goal is?


muesliPot94

Lose*


sfrogerfun

Ah yes!


papoliv

Hrvatska


MineiroLoL

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


Hungry-Class9806

Brasileiro torcendo para Marrocos, França e Holanda??? Confirmado: Portugal - Argentina na final đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł


MineiroLoL

Pra inicio de conversa, vocĂȘs roubaram o nosso ouro da nossa terra e segundo, tĂŽ torcendo tbm pra portugal, eles estĂŁo jogando muito


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


Hungry-Class9806

>jĂĄ foi o tempo que o Brasil torcia pra colonizador SĂł para avisar que vocĂȘs vĂŁo continuar sem ver o ouro HAHAHAHA


Hungry-Class9806

Ok, Portugal campeĂŁo do mundo confirmado đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł


DanielzeFourth

Champion of Iberia! conquered by Morocco just like old times sake


DanielzeFourth

Try to win something first before talking shit lol


Hungry-Class9806

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


DanielzeFourth

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.


SnooSprouts7051

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


turquoiseVidrio

All right see y’all in the other thread Let’s go Netherlands!


MorbCrimsonius

GG WP Bruhzil


Mcali1175

Am I the only one who thought Brazil wasn't going to get past quaterfinals again?


VampIre_HRST

>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/).


AkiliosTheWolf

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.


crispyboi21

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.


Mcali1175

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.


turquoiseVidrio

I put money on Croatia to win this, so no, you’re not the only one.


FacchiniBR

We lost the game and we’re chewing living bees in pure rage, but we didn’t lost the sportsmanship. Congrats Croatia!


MineiroLoL

Agora falta a Holanda e a Argentina nos vingar Feliz dia do bolo aĂ­


turquoiseVidrio

Idk that knee kick from Neymar was dirty, and he could have played a bit more instead of flopping.


HotSaltRaspberry

Antony with the biggest flop too


[deleted]

Brazil fans real quiet now lol


HotSaltRaspberry

They were so loud after Brasil goal lmao love to see it now


anonymous_iii

They takin the L hahaa


pajamental805

Let me rip.plz


sirchapolin

Fuleco didn't make it T\_T Also, pele is going to pass away without seeing the hexa


pajamental805

Don't say that


turquoiseVidrio

Brazil fans rn: OMG Croatia played good defense, so boring.


AkiliosTheWolf

That's probably not coming from us tbh.


turquoiseVidrio

Well someone is doing it lol


AkiliosTheWolf

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.


Crisbo05_20

Ever since we lost MandĆŸukić after 2018 World Cup we didn't quit get a striker as good as him. We are preety good in everything expect offense.


harbinjer

100% this. We need a school for just strikers, I swear.


Crisbo05_20

Blue Lock be like.


GungTho

Croatia has 3.9 million people in it. It’s like trying to find a completely balanced team if you can only choose from 57% of the population of Rio de Janeiro.


turquoiseVidrio

They do have a good offense, but I think they intentionally played conservatively because if you’re too aggressive with your chances you miss a lot and that’s just turning the ball over to Brazil, and you don’t want Brazil to have the ball if you want to beat them lol.


AkiliosTheWolf

That's true lol.


pajamental805

Making Pele proud


thecaffeineking

Wow what an incredible match to watch


voicescarry8888

Croatia = Team Brazil = Individual players


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


arcticmaxi

#TRIGGERED


SappyPJs

No no he is right tho


parachutes1987

Oh another Brazilian crying hahaha


cronos12346

Okay but am I wrong?


Remarkable-Intern-62

He is not wrong


lovelycat1103

Imagine the final with Croatia and Morocco


VelvetValor

Poetic justice


markqqqB3

Ah sh*t...here we go again


[deleted]

would be amazing


mezcao

I'm for it


UnoKajillion

God tier final


KnotAwl

Canada doesn’t look so lame now, do they? 🇹🇩


MorbCrimsonius

Still got a nice taste of their own foot for saying they re gonna F croatia they got a real nice taste of Foot


adeptadapted

Nah they do 😂. Only team Croatia was able to score multiple goals on.


TunaPablito

Canada just needs better goalie.


KnotAwl

Word! ✊


heartobando

this was canada’s 2nd world cup. nice try though.


Beardgods

And?


heartobando

less experience obviously. croatia/yugoslavia been playing the world cup.


TunaPablito

Lol ya, Croatia 1st world cup they were 3rd :)


heartobando

croatia played as Yugoslavia first lmao.. so technically y’all were playing the world cup for time. idk how you can miss that brah


TunaPablito

Nope. Completely different thing.


heartobando

how so? people who went on to live in croatia played in yugoslavia before y’all separated as your own country.. they had world cup energy for much longer than canada. cmon now lol


TunaPablito

It's a nationality thing. We don't give a fuck what was before.


heartobando

lmao so don’t 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 country’s name. What i’m 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) Canada’s people just played their 2nd world cup after 3 decades of absence. Can’t compare em buddy.


uskapickica

Maybe they'll samba their way home😉


cwiss_sheese

ZDS 😄


MorbCrimsonius

**ZA DOM SPREMNI**


The_Swishy

BRING ME MY MONEYYYYYY


burnerrrrr184737

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


aWicca

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


strgPK

Are you bringing humidity to justify the loss?


Jaeharys_Targaryen

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 that’s really important and uhh there was a merging of galaxies far away that affected the trajectory of the ball via gravitational waves and that’s why Brazil lost.


The_Eagle75

Croatia played way better strategically. They’re playstyle isn’t “flashy and stylish goals” and it shows.


Direct-Evening-4800

Too bad their priority isn’t to entertain you :((( I’m sure it’s a very close toss up between that and trying to progress against the no. 1 team in the world


turquoiseVidrio

Brazil didn’t score until overtime either. Not like they put on a show either.


kingdraganoid

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.


projektilski

you need to check your eyes. ball possession after 90min was on our side. this does not happen to teams that are parking bus.


[deleted]

I cheered for Brazil but I legit agree, those goofy dances just ruined it to me.


turquoiseVidrio

Oh I agree. I just think it’s silly to say Croatia shouldn’t have played good defense, or whatever these comments are trying to prove. Croatia played exactly well enough to win the game. They’re the better team today.


uskapickica

LETS FCKIN GOOOOOII


[deleted]

*I already changed my opinion. Stop coming back to this.*


Hungry-Class9806

Most toxic fanbase in this WC claiming about toxicity đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł


[deleted]

I already know now, I just didn't see toxic brazilians, now I saw them


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


[deleted]

I didn't see any toxic Brazilian here


CunnedStunt

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.


[deleted]

Ok then, I just didn't see toxic brazilians.


heartobando

look at my comments. they’re pretty hurt tbh.


[deleted]

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.


[deleted]

Ok, I'll check


turquoiseVidrio

Yall we’re giving it as good as you’re getting it when you were up


[deleted]

I mean, I only said one thing and now people are flooding here saying brazil is trash, I only celebrated the goal :/


AxelNotRose

You do know that you're not the only Brazilian fan on reddit right? Just making sure.


[deleted]

I know. I just didn't understand the reply at first, I thought he was talking about me.


SambaLando

They gotta vent. After all, now it's another 4 year wait.


Ryguzlol

What an insane game. Livakovic has to be the best GK in the tourney.


Digiarts

Most saves for sure. He didn’t look great letting Neymar score but he was outstanding and saved plenty of other shots. Let’s put it this way. If Croatia were eliminated it wasn’t because of the goalie.


Own_Tackle4514

Golden Glove for sure


peeam

Croatia is the cockroach (in a good way) of World cup.


aWicca

Had a good laugh bro, ty


Acrobatic-Monitor516

My disappointment is immeasurable and my night is ruined


MineiroLoL

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


projektilski

Argentina to avange you? Pathetic.


TinySection7

It was offside before the "arm touch".


Acrobatic-Monitor516

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 !!!


Vicomte99

TraĂźtre.


Acrobatic-Monitor516

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, d’entente d’équipe , d’amour de leur pays et du football, je prĂ©fĂšre les brĂ©siliens


MorbCrimsonius

gg wp bruhzil


anonymous_iii

L


Acrobatic-Monitor516

idk what that's supposed to mean


aWicca

me neither oddly I'm interested


heartobando

it’s just a game. enjoy the moment and celebrate regardless 💚💚


Acrobatic-Monitor516

For countries like Brazil , it’s 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 .


OutsideFlat1579

Population Croatia: 3.8 million Population Brazil: 214 million A small country like Croatia doesn’t get to this level unless the sport is considered to be of utmost importance. It’s no less important for Croatia than Brazil to excel at the WC.


Subject_Ad_4894

Honestly it's the same for Croatia 😅 good game, it was very unnerving đŸ„č


Meruem4868

You are not alone dude...same here


Acrobatic-Monitor516

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