Croatia wins the penalty thriller against Denmark

Mathias Jörgensen (after a long throw-in from Jonas Knudsen) scored Denmark's fastest World Cup goal after 58 seconds. The Croatians then took control of the game and got back into the game thanks to a slapstick performance. Henrik Dalsgaard shot over Andreas Christensen in his own penalty area. Mandzukic had no trouble ensuring a quick tie. But that was it for spectacular football.

Modric misses a penalty in the 116th minute The Danes had only conceded two goals before the game this year. The Croats realized why. Extremely cool, any build-up play was immediately stopped. There was little to be seen of Croatia's quick combinations, which Argentina were unable to cope with. Outstanding: Denmark keeper Schmeichel saved a penalty from Modric. © APA/afp / MARTIN BERNETTI

The Danes gave the first sign of a possible final offensive. Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen released Nicolai Jörgensen, but he didn't put any pressure behind the ball (72'). On the other side, a shot from Modric (77') went wide of the goal. Rakitic came a little closer to the goal in stoppage time.

The Danes were surprisingly more active in extra time. Until Ante Rebic was brought down by Mathias Jörgensen on the way to a safe goal. But Schmeichel saved captain Modric's penalty - much to the delight of his father Peter in the stands. Croatia celebrates in the penalty shootout The Croatians had better luck in the penalty shootout and were able to celebrate reaching the quarter-finals. In the end, Nicolai Jörgensen missed the decisive penalty, Croatia's Ivan Rakitic then put the lid on it. One of the guarantees of victory was Croatian keeper Danijel Subasic, who saved three penalties. His counterpart Schmeichel had kept just as many - but in the end it wasn't enough.

Croatia will now face hosts Russia in the quarter-finals. The Russians had this early in the evening Duel against Spain won on penalties.

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Croatia wins the penalty thriller against Denmark

Croatia has made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Luka Modric & Co. narrowly had the upper hand 1-1 on penalties in the round of 3 in Nizhny Novgorod against Denmark on Sunday evening after a 2-XNUMX draw after extra time.

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