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World Cup Quarterfinals Morning Open Thread: Croatia vs Brazil

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Al Jazeera:

Croatia is bracing itself for a “terrifying” Brazilian squad that’s eyeing its sixth World Cup after convincingly thumping South Korea 4-1 in the round of 16.

“Brazil is the favourite, let’s face it,” Croatia’s manager Zlatko Dalic told reporters in Doha on Tuesday. “Brazil is the most powerful and the best national team at the World Cup.”…

Croatia, who stunned Japan 3-1 on penalties in their first elimination match after drawing 1-1 — their third tie of the tournament, apart from steamrolling Canada 4-1 — head into Friday’s match a colossal underdog, despite their runner-up finish at the 2018 World Cup…

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  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Croatia is holding up well.

    My TV feed is really tiled and patchy.  I am wondering if this is a local issue or nationwide?

  6. 6.

    Paul in KY

    Croatia really hanging in there. Impressed. Modric still great. Brasil needs to get the ball to their superstar forwards to win this game.

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    Mike E

    An evenly matched, “attritional” tilt…it will come down to an errant bounce or a wonder goal (or penalties). Fox is having a sad over the low score nature of high-level world futbol, I have no doubt.

  12. 12.

    Paul in KY

    Do not grok why Alisson is starting over Ederson.  I am a MC guy, so I luvs me some Ederson.

  24. 24.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    And it’s Croatia 1-1 Brazil. Croatia apparently aten’t dead yet. To quote the old philosopher, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.

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    Kent

    Brazil isn’t famous for its goalkeepers.  Most of the world’s top goalkeepers are European.

    All bets are off at this point.

  40. 40.

    Alison Rose

    I was mad at Croatia for knocking out Japan, but now I’m happy. Also, Brazilian fans crying, gimme a break. Y’all got five WCs, calm down.

    Although gotta say…I feel a bit bad for Marquinhos.

    The tiniest bit.

  45. 45.

    Kent

    Well this world cup just got more interesting.

    I’m now predicting an Argentina v. England final

    But honestly, it is completely wide open.

  50. 50.

    Kent

    @Dadadadadadada: Yeah, it’s pretty wide open now that Brazil is gone.  I’m just tossing out a wild-assed guess.

    I could see any of the remaining 7 teams winning it.   Morocco would  be the biggest underdog, but isn’t inconceivable.  But they have to get past both Portugal and the winner of England-France just to make it into the final.  That seems the toughest path.

  51. 51.

    PeteS

    @Kent: Argentina v. England has promise as a 9-on-9 (for fistfights) and penalty shootout game. The team with Messi presumably wins.

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