The Drama of World Cup: Penalty Specialists Croatia Out Shoot Brazil, Through to Semi Final

 

Croatia are through to the World Cup semi-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout win over Brazil.

Bruno Petkovic dramatically cancelled out Neymar's extra-time breakthrough to send the game to penalties — and Croatia won the shootout 4-2, with Marquinhos missing the decisive spot-kick.

Neymar equalled Pele's all-time goalscoring record — or has he? We explain an odd discrepancy here — but his World Cup dream is over.

A semi-final date against Argentina or the Netherlands awaits Croatia..

Best Feeling to Beat Brazil - Boma Sosa

Let's get some more reaction from Borna Sosa, who returned to the starting line-up today.

He's full of emotions — and bursting with pride after toppling Brazil:

"A lot of emotions in that game, but we played against one of the best teams in the world. They are one of the best teams in the history of the World Cup, with all of the numbers on their side.

"It was a difficult game for us; they have a lot of good players with individual quality. We fought as a team. In the end we had a little bit of luck of course, but we are very happy to be in the semi-final again.

"At the last World Cup we were second in the world. We are coming with a new squad and we are showing year to year that we have quality in our country. We are showing a lot of good results over many many years. I am really proud of the nation.

"It was a lot of emotions. It was a lot of happy tears. We are showing good results and nobody expected this or believed in us. It's emotional. For me Brazil is football and football is Brazil. To beat Brazil is maybe the best feeling ever.