Brazil leaves the World Cup and Argentina qualifies with difficulty over the Netherlands

Libya News 24

The Croatian national team achieved victory over its Brazilian counterpart on penalties, after a draw in extra time with one goal for each team, in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, which was held at the Education City Stadium in the capital, Doha.

With this victory, the Croatian team qualifies for the semi-finals, while Brazil leaves the World Cup.

A positive draw dominated the confrontation between Croatia and Brazil, with both teams resorting to penalty kicks to determine who qualifies for the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.

The two teams entered the match cautiously, and play continued in the middle of the field, before Perisic tried in the 29th minute to intercept his teammate Pasalic’s cross, but it came out without danger, while the Croatian goalkeeper took care of the Brazilian attacks on his goal.

The two teams resorted to extra time to determine the winner, after the main periods ended in a goalless draw, and in the last minute of the first half, Neymar penetrated from the edge of the penalty area, to score the first goal for Brazil in a beautiful way, and equal the legend Pele in the number of goals scored for Brazil in all competitions. With 77 goals.

The Croatian equalizer came in the 117th minute through substitute Bruno Petkovic, with a shot on the edge of the penalty area, which changed direction after colliding with the foot of Brazilian defender Marquinhos, tricking goalkeeper Alisson and passing into the net.

The penalty shootout tied the score for the Croatian team with four kicks, compared to only two kicks for Brazil.

For its part, the Argentine national team succeeded in qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Cup held in Qatar, setting up a date with the Croatian national team, after eliminating the Dutch national team after a marathon match.

The Tango Dancers initially took the lead with a goal by Nahuel Molina, then Lionel Messi scored the second, but the Windmills returned to the match with a brace scored by Foot Forest.

The match went to extra time, then the two teams decided on penalty kicks, which smiled at Argentina and ended with a score of four to three.

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