World Cup 2018: Croatia beat Denmark on penalties to reach quarter-finals

Published on: 01 July 2018

Martin Jorgensen became the first Huddersfield player to score at a World Cup

Croatia beat Denmark in a dramatic penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to set up a World Cup quarter-final tie against hosts Russia.

It was the second last-16 game of the day to go to a shootout after Russia had earlier shocked 2010 champions Spain.

Croatia could have won the game in extra-time but captain Luka Modric had a penalty saved by Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel, after Mathias Jorgensen brought down Ante Rebic.

Denmark took the lead in the first minute as Huddersfield's Jorgensen squeezed in from close range, but Croatia levelled just three minutes later from Mario Mandzukic's fortuitous strike.

Juventus striker Mandzukic flicked a header wide, Ivan Perisic blazed a shot over from 10 yards out, while Denmark's Christian Eriksen clipped the bar with a cross.

After the explosive start, the game turned into a cagey affair. A poor second half saw Nicolai Jorgensen strike an effort straight at Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic as the game move in to extra-time.

Substitute Pione Sisto spun and curled a shot narrowly wide, before Ivan Rakitic struck the winning penalty.

Croatia and Russia meet at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi on Saturday (kick-off 19:00 BST).

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    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Croatia

    23Subasic

    2Vrsaljko

    6Lovren

    21Vida

    3StrinicSubstituted forPivaricat 81'minutes

    11BrozovicSubstituted forKovacicat 71'minutes

    18Rebic

    10Modric

    7Rakitic

    4PerisicSubstituted forKramaricat 97'minutes

    17MandzukicSubstituted forBadeljat 108'minutes

Substitutes

    1Livakovic

    5Corluka

    8Kovacic

    9Kramaric

    12L Kalinic

    13Jedvaj

    14Bradaric

    15Caleta-Car

    19Badelj

    20Pjaca

    22Pivaric

Denmark

    1Schmeichel

    14Dalsgaard

    4Kjaer

    13M JorgensenBooked at 115mins

    5Knudsen

    20Poulsen

    6ChristensenSubstituted forSchöneat 45'minutes

    8DelaneySubstituted forKrohn-Dehliat 98'minutes

    11BraithwaiteSubstituted forSistoat 105'minutes

    10Eriksen

    21CorneliusSubstituted forN Jørgensenat 66'minutes

Substitutes

    2Krohn-Dehli

    3Vestergaard

    7Kvist

    9N Jørgensen

    12Dolberg

    15Fischer

    16Lössl

    17Stryger Larsen

    18Lerager

    19Schöne

    22Ronnow

    23Sisto

Referee:

Néstor Pitana

Attendance:

40,851

Match Stats

Home TeamCroatiaAway TeamDenmark

Possession

Home54%

Away46%

Shots

Home20

Away14

Shots on Target

Home6

Away3

Corners

Home5

Away4

Fouls

Home5

Away19

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Croatia 1(3), Denmark 1(2).

Penalties overPosted at 130'

Penalty Shootout ends, Croatia 1(3), Denmark 1(2).

Goal!Posted at 130'

Goal! Croatia 1(3), Denmark 1(2). Ivan Rakitic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 129'

Penalty saved! Nicolai Jørgensen (Denmark) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 128'

Penalty saved! Josip Pivaric (Croatia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 127'

Penalty saved! Lasse Schöne (Denmark) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Goal!Posted at 126'

Goal! Croatia 1(2), Denmark 1(2). Luka Modric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

Goal!Posted at 125'

Goal! Croatia 1(1), Denmark 1(2). Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Goal!Posted at 124'

Goal! Croatia 1(1), Denmark 1(1). Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Goal!Posted at 123'

Goal! Croatia 1, Denmark 1(1). Simon Kjaer (Denmark) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

Posted at 122'

Penalty saved! Milan Badelj (Croatia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 122'

Penalty saved! Christian Eriksen (Denmark) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.

Penalties in progressPosted at

Penalty Shootout begins Croatia 1, Denmark 1.

Posted at 120'+2'

Second Half Extra Time ends, Croatia 1, Denmark 1.

Posted at 120'

Attempt missed. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric.

Posted at 119'

Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milan Badelj.

Posted at 117'

Milan Badelj (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 117'

Foul by Nicolai Jørgensen (Denmark).

Posted at 116'

Penalty saved! Luka Modric (Croatia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.

BookingPosted at 115'

Zanka (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 114'

Penalty Croatia. Ante Rebic draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 114'

Penalty conceded by Zanka (Denmark) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 113'

Attempt missed. Nicolai Jørgensen (Denmark) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Simon Kjaer with a headed pass.

Posted at 110'

Ante Rebic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 110'

Foul by Zanka (Denmark).

SubstitutionPosted at 108'

Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Mario Mandzukic.

Posted at 108'

Attempt missed. Pione Sisto (Denmark) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michael Krohn-Dehli.

Posted at 106'

Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.

Posted at

Second Half Extra Time begins Croatia 1, Denmark 1.

SubstitutionPosted at 105'

Substitution, Denmark. Pione Sisto replaces Martin Braithwaite.

Posted at 105'+2'

First Half Extra Time ends, Croatia 1, Denmark 1.

Posted at 105'

Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nicolai Jørgensen.

Posted at 104'

Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.

Posted at 102'

Offside, Croatia. Mateo Kovacic tries a through ball, but Mario Mandzukic is caught offside.

Posted at 100'

Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 100'

Foul by Lasse Schöne (Denmark).

Posted at 99'

Attempt missed. Lasse Schöne (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolai Jørgensen with a headed pass.

SubstitutionPosted at 98'

Substitution, Denmark. Michael Krohn-Dehli replaces Thomas Delaney.

SubstitutionPosted at 97'

Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ivan Perisic.

Posted at 95'

Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.

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Source: bbc.com

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