{"id":1291230,"date":"2022-12-09T18:27:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1291230"},"modified":"2022-12-10T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T12:46:29","slug":"croatia-brazil-world-cup-match-analysis-livakovic-neymar","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/croatia-brazil-world-cup-match-analysis-livakovic-neymar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominik Livakovic is the hero once again as Croatia knock Brazil out on penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Croatia have made it to back-to-back World Cup semi-finals as they defeated many people&#8217;s favourites Brazil 4-2 on penalties.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a hard fought 120 minutes of action at the Education City Stadium in which Brazil had the majority of chances in front of goal, but it took until the 16th minute of extra-time for the deadlock to finally be broken.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar&#8217;s second goal of the tournament looked to have booked a semi-final place there and then for the <span>Sele\u00e7\u00e3o after he fired into the roof of the net after a neat one-two with Lucas Paqueta, but Croatia&#8217;s never say die attitude was rewarded with four minutes remaining as Bruno Petkovic&#8217;s deflected shot beat Alisson to level the score, their first and only shot on target of the entire game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rodrygo saw his penalty saved by the incredible <span>Dominik Livakovic, before Marquinhos effort cannoned back off the post to ensure Brazil would crash out at the quarter-final stage for the fourth time in the last five World Cup tournaments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most penalty shoot-outs won in World Cup history:<\/p>\n<p>?? 4\/4 &#8211; Germany<br \/>?? 4\/4 &#8211; Croatia ?<br \/>?? 4\/5 &#8211; Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Flawless victory. ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; William Hill (@WilliamHill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamHill\/status\/1601272968759459840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Croatia found the net with all four of their spot kicks to equal Germany&#8217;s record as the only side to be involved in 4+ penalty shootouts in World Cup history and win 100% of them, but it&#8217;s their goalkeeper they need to thank once again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Bet \u00a310 &amp; Get \u00a330 in Free Bets with Bet365<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Not signed up to bet365 yet? 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