The last match of the 2016 quarter-finals of the World Cup is against the teams of Russia and Croatia. The two teams will have to collide with each other to determine a winner to play in the semi-finals. The meeting will be held at the Sochi Olympic Fiesta Stadium. The winner of this meeting will meet someone from Sweden and England in the semi-finals, the match is earlier that same day.

The news for Russia

The hosts had a very difficult task in the previous elimination phase. “Sbornaya” stood against Spain and managed to score the game in penalties and penalties. It was the 11-meter strikes that decided the winner of the match, with the Russians winning 4-3 to congratulate them with success. Otherwise, the regular time of the match ended 1-1. Against Spain the hosts mostly defended, showing too little in attacking plan. It is unlikely that a new performance will rank them ahead, so against Croatia Stanislav Cherchesov will have to prepare his team in a different way. Yuri Zhirkov has problems and remains questionable about the match, but other absences are not expected.

The News of Croatia

Croatia also had to go through the penalty shootout roulette. Zlatko Dalić’s team faced Denmark in a 1/8-final match. Once the two teams scored 2 quick goals for 1-1 as early as the fifth minute of the match, the meeting became quite calm. More hits have not fallen to the end of the match, as in extra time. In the penalty shootout, the Croats were more accurate and congratulated 3-2. Despite all the left-handed impressions of the chess players, they were not good. The team played a lot more freer in their three games of the group stage they won. Team fans will hope again Modric and company to be at the familiar level against the host. No missing from the composition is expected.

Russia vs. Croatia

The history of direct duels between Russia and Croatia remembers 3 games. In them the Croats have 1 victory and 2 games have ended. Interestingly, the two draws are nil and they happen at official matches that are part of the Euro 2008 qualifiers. The victory for chess players comes into control in 2015 with a score of 3-1. Both teams are ready for this battle, and Russia will again have the 12th player behind it – the audience. However, the Russians failed to show much football in the previous match against Spain. If Croatia shows the maximum of its capabilities in this match, we do not think the hosts will have a chance. We expect a victory for Croatia, and as a second option you can try over 2.5 goals in the match.

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