[quarter Final] Russia Vs Croatia Review

The match featured intense back-and-forth action before ultimately being decided from the spot:

Igor Akinfeev (C), Mário Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergei Ignashevich, Fyodor Kudryashov, Daler Kuzyaev, Roman Zobnin, Aleksandr Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Denis Cheryshev, Artem Dzyuba. [Quarter Final] Russia Vs Croatia

Denis Cheryshev opened the scoring for Russia with a spectacular long-range strike in the 31st minute, but Croatia's Andrej Kramarić equalized with a header just eight minutes later. [Quarter Final] Russia Vs Croatia

Croatia ends Russia's World Cup dream on penalties - InForum [Quarter Final] Russia Vs Croatia

Domagoj Vida gave Croatia the lead in the 101st minute, only for Russia's Mário Fernandes to score a dramatic 115th-minute equalizer to force penalties.

Ivan Rakitić scored the winning penalty for Croatia after Russian misses from Fyodor Smolov and Mário Fernandes. Key Statistics