Croatia 1-1 Brazil ( penalty kick battle: 4-2)
Brazil, who is the favorite to win the championship, faces the last runner-up Croatia in the quarterfinals. At the beginning of the game, Croatia still used the best "4-3-3" formation as the main axis. The three major midfielders Modric , Mateo Kovacic , Marcelo Brozovi Odd will appear anywhere on the field depending on the situation, posing a "total attack and total defense" posture to face Brazil. And Brazil still hopes to break through Croatia's very solid formation with a strong offense, especially in the opening game when it speeds up with all its strength and the army presses up. Croatia can successfully resolve all of them, especially taking advantage of Brazil's weakness of relying too much on Casemiro and for offensive and defensive transitions, even though Brazil's midfield roster is also very gorgeous, trying to destroy Brazil's offense as early as possible, and received excellent results.
Brazil continued to try to find a breakthrough but failed. The two teams stalemate until overtime. Brazil finally took the lead by relying on the "ace" Neymar 's wonderful breakthrough and goal after two passes and one pass. The direct influence of superstars on the game. But Brazil was not happy for long. In the second half of extra time, Croatian striker Petkovic scored a lucky deflected goal in the counterattack and successfully tied the score. Entering the penalty shootout, we still have to watch the performance of Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic . After facing Japan in the round of 16, he personally blocked three penalty kicks. In this scene, he once again showed his prowess against Brazil. Among them, relying on Marquinhos 's center post, Croatia won the penalty shootout 4-2 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Team to advance: Croatia (semi-final opponent: Argentina)
Netherlands 2-2 Argentina (penalty shootout: 3-4)
The second game of the quarter-finals is played by " Oranje " Netherlands against "Blue The White Army "Argentina and the Netherlands still adopt the "3-4-1-2" three-back formation that they were good at in the past, while the Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni made an unexpected change, perhaps due to the influence of the superior team. Facing the impact of Australia, the defense became more stable after replacing central defender Lisandro Martinez in the second half. The original main "4-3-1-2" formation was changed to a more conservative "5-3-2" five-back formation. In the first half, the pace of the two teams was a little slow at the beginning, and they were still in the trial stage. The "king of the ball" Messi came to the court again. In the 35th minute, he dribbled in the middle to attract several players from the Netherlands. He saw the right side After plugging in the full-back Navier Molina sent a precise through pass, Navier Molina single-handedly scored, and Argentina took a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, Argentina continued the strategy of to defend and counterattack . Defender Dumfries fouled, Messi scored a penalty kick, and Argentina led 2-0. However, at this time, the Netherlands was a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and they replaced two "air bully" forwards Luke de Jong and Walter Verhorst and received miraculous results. The latter first recovered a header with a header. The ball, and seized the opportunity to set the ball in 90+10 minutes of stoppage time, received a ground pass in front of the penalty area and shot to the far corner to tie the score. The two sides entered overtime 2-2. Argentina continued to play against the Netherlands in overtime, but they all fell short. The game entered a penalty shootout. Van Dijk and Boguis failed to score in the first two points of the Netherlands. At the fifth point, Argentina was played by Lautaro Martine Sri Lanka scored the winning goal, Argentina struggled to advance to the semi-finals, the Netherlands was unbeaten in the last two World Cups in regular time, 8 won 4 draws and .
Advance team: Argentina (semi-final opponent: Croatia)
Morocco 1-0 Portugal
The third round of the World Cup quarterfinals, represented by Africa " Atlas Lions " Atlas Lions and Portugal Head-to-head confrontation, the focus of Portuguese star C Ronaldo is still from the benchSet off. In the first half, Morocco resorted to the "4-1-4-1" formation that they are good at, focusing on defensive counterattacks, but the overall formation did not retreat to their own penalty area like they faced Spain in the round of 16, and Portugal also put on a dominant formation. The "4-3-3" formation, led by the teenager Gonzalo Ramos, who performed a hat-trick against Switzerland in the round of 16, led the striker. There were not many surprises in the formation and lineup of the two teams. The only goal of the game came in the 42nd minute, when Morocco made a cross from the wing and Ennesri made a mistake with Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa and scored with a header to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, Portugal replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and changed to a "442" double striker formation to strengthen their offense. The double midfielder was also hit by several waves of counterattacks by Morocco due to the lack of a real defensive midfielder, but neither team seized the opportunity. Morocco's two main players , Roman Seth, and Hakim Ziyech have retired due to injuries one after another. In addition, Chedira, who came off the bench, was sent off with a red card in the 90+3 minute and played less in the last five minutes. One person, but still defend the victory in the end. The Atlas Lions advanced tenaciously to the semi-finals and became the first African team in history to enter the semi-finals!
advances to the team: Morocco (opponent in the semi-finals: France)
England 1-2 France
The finale of the quarter-finals is the battle between England and France, defending champion " Gaul Rooster " France against " Three Lions "England. Both sides lined up their best lineups to play, France's main "4-4-2" formation, England's "4-3-3". There were exchanges between the two sides at the beginning of the game, but France broke the deadlock in the 17th minute by relying on the world wave of midfielder Chuameni and took a 1-0 lead. In the second half, England winger Bukayo Saka was fouled in the penalty area by French goal hero Chuameni. Captain Kane made a penalty kick, 1-1. However, France was assisted by Griezmann in the 78th minute with a Giroud header to help the team rewrite the score to 2-1. At the same time, Griezmann also sent the second assist of the game. At the end of the game, England midfielder Mason Mount was fouled by French defender Theo Hernandez in the penalty area. The referee awarded another penalty kick, but Kane missed the penalty for the second time. In the end, France defeated England 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.
Advance team: France (semi-final opponent: Morocco)
