The idea was to press because Croatia lacked pace, let’s not kid our selves here Croatia played an incredible match but they were waiting for a miracle, and they got it. I disagree with Tites tactics in this game, but understand his choice.
They had a free-kick and keeping possession high up the pitch is actually the best way to keep a narrow lead. It just didn't work. But it's the right thing to do. Maybe they weren't prepared enough for a counter, though.
Juranović played match of his life today, Livaković brilliant saves once more, Modrić I lost words for him, he's best midfielder I've ever seen and to be doing all this at 37 years old is beyond ridiculous, but again I feel Brozović is unsung hero of this team, that man is everywhere on the pitch and it seems like he could run for another 120 minutes. Incredible effort from everyone.
brozovic is so underrated, i mean maybe he's not but he's rarely praised by casual croatian fans, they just don't understand how brilliant he is as a player.
Brazil had the flair, but Croatia had the grit. Took a special goal for Brazil to edge out ahead, and to come back from that deficit to equalize with just minutes on the clock took guts. This Croatian team never stopped running, never gave up, and had their fair share of chances to score. When the game went beyond extra time, it was game over for Brazil; losing on penalties first time since 1986.
To be fair, the first half was all about Croatian flair. When they got a bit more tired, they went more direct, but that passing ability was way better than this Brazil team has shown.
If you ask me Croatia are a more creative team compared to Brazil, in fact they are maybe the most creative team in the tournament and thats the main way they won matches.
Especially for Modric because he saw his family members killed in front of his eye, got captured and forced to live outside of his hometown. He is a literal definition of tough.
Exactly. For me it's the difference between Modric and someone like de Bruyne who has been mollycoddled. Modric has known the horrors of life and treats every day spent representing his country as a privilege, as something he might have never experienced at all in his life. De Bruyne treats international duty as a drain on usual life, a distraction from his comfort zone.
He is often not recognized for his contribution to the overall team performance. Truth be told, he was not on his best this WC having come from an injury and not playing some time before the WC start. Against Japan he was also not on his highest, but did run a lot. Tonight, he was really good, but Juranovic was awesome.
Really wanted Brazil to win because of their beautiful football and Neymar's goal, but Croatia is master of the overtime, their resilience is something to be admired for the past 5 WC knockout games.
How did Kovacic play in action leading to Petkovic goal if he came out for Majer in 106th min. ? It was Vlasic who passed the ball he recieved from Modric to Orsic.
@@sanctejohannesorapronobis8825 they are rushing it to often. Last week they made an analysis of how Argentina changed and mistook De Paul for Molina in the ARG goal. Completely voided their analysis
Most teams can afford one number 10, like neymar, creative genius but not much of a hard worker, but this Croatian team had three absolute gems of midfielders, who are not only good with ball at their feet, technically so good, hard to get ball off them, always kept the ball moving and their work rate off the ball is a joke, seeing three of them performing at this level was absolutely a dream
our defese is one of the best too. Gvardiol, Sosa are Bundesliga gems, Juranovic plays very good and catched even Vinicius (so he is not the slowest), Lovren is pretty incognito but important too.
@@markotunjic5384 problem is food and bills cost compared to rest of EU. Then again their living (apartments) prices are much higher then ours tho i'd say we catching up with that too. Our food prices are higher then most of other EU countries and that average monthly earning of 1k Euro is a joke.
Zlatko Dalić's durability strategy really impressive. Croatia, which when it appears weak, stung unsuspectingly during the very last minutes of the game. Its no wonder they were the finalist of 2018. Hoping for them to reach the final again and get the cup, but of course, tougher challenges awaits them soon.
I wonder if the coaches do extra running sessions to give them the edge in terms of stamina. They seem to be so good at finding another gear late on into the game which makes them so dangerous. Modric still bossing midfields at 37 is insane.
@@varadramakrishna by your logic Saudi Arabia is better than both of them because they beat Argentina in game time. Just because you beat a stronger team or a team of similar level doesn't automatically make you better. Brazil was this tournaments title favorite I don't see Argentina beeing any stronger than them. It will be a challenge of similar level for the Croatian team.
Imagine if Brazil's players actually played like they were part of a team, rather than a collected group of super-talented individuals looking for a one moment flash of goal for a social media flex. Imagine them playing a system of some kind, any at all...like Croatia do brilliantly. That would be scary. Croatia have always played as a unified team of 11, never disjointed or unorganized, and involving every player on the field. Well done Croatia!
I think the Brazil Manager got this one really badly wrong: 1. Brazil basically setting up in 424 against one of the best midfield trios of any team. Not even a genius take to suggest taking off a forward for another midfielder to restore some balance. Instead he went like for like with his subs, and arguably took off the better players in those positions for worse. 2. Brazil scored a great goal, all they needed to do was hold on. Instead they went for it and gambled, got caught out and were done in transition. If they kept their shape the goal probably doesn’t happen, heck there’s even an argument to bringing on Fabinho, with 2 minutes left you have to see it out not go for it. They brought it upon themselves regardless of the lucky nature of the deflection. 3. The order of the pen takers, Neymar is the best taker in the team, he should be going first all day. First penalty goes in it’s a psychological relief, at the point in the game, Croatia had the mental edge and nothing was done to swing that momentum back. All in all, all 3 of these things were avoidable. I think they deserved to go out, they got arrogant thinking they won the game and got stung late and couldn’t recover. I’m not just saying this because Croatia won, but I was so certain they would win the shoot-out. Onwards and upwards, underestimate Croatia at your own peril.
100% agreed. Neymar should be first. Fred sub makes sense imo, hes a ball winner. All they had to do was stay in defensive shape that all, croatia have zero attack.
yeah, neymar absolutely should've gone first. however, it's been a theme in his career to go last - no idea why, maybe it strokes his ego (no hate to him, i'm brazilian and a fan, just maybe not the best time for that). but again, he SHOULD'VE GONE FIRST. instead, in his place, they put RODRYGO. a very capable player, for sure, but a 21 year-old boy (i'm 21!!! i can't believe this) who'd never been to a world cup before, much less taken a penalty at a world cup knockout match. i'll keep thinking about what could've been forever, man
Complete agree with all points, as a Brazilian watching the game, I was bumping my head into the walls with Tite's decision, and the team's overall recklessness after scoring, they just threw bad trying to score another one, that's just pure greed
@@utvara1 Well, Croatia's defence got tired as well, that's undeniable, and that's why Neymar was able to score anyways, but Brazil recklessness after scoring (trying to go for a second goal?!?) for sure was the most stupid move on the tournament. Now that you said it, I didn't notice the offensive changes, maybe Brazil would suffer a goal anyway, but with the way they played, they really were asking for it
Juranovic played the match of his life. Dude had Vini in his back pocket so damn easily. Broz, Kova and Modric - the world's best midfield, great defense by Gvardiol and another amazing and heroic performance by Livakovic. I hope Croatia finds soon some amazing striker. They only need that.
Danilo came inside to play as a double pivot alongside Casemiro in this match, whereas he would always get high and wide earlier in the tournament. I think the goal was to get Vinny isolated more in 1v1 on the outside, but Brazil rarely found him.
They were trying to isolate Juranovic because he was supposed to be the weak link of this Croatia side. Thought so too before this game and then he pulls a MOM performance out of nowhere. The problem ingame tho was Tite allowing Croatia to win the midfield with a 3 v 2 and all of those 3 players are top players too. So Brazil couldn't penetrate from the middle and then Juranovic played great on the wing. Sosa on the other side was partly at fault for the goal, and wasn't so great. But then again he was forced to defend more. Vini and Neymar occasionally allowed Juranovic to advance too high up without tracking back and that's one of the reasons he looked so good. I'm not entirely convinced he is as good a defender as he looked today. But take nothing away from a brilliant performance.
A masterclass in game preparation and game management from Croatia. Tournament football is all about maximizing your strengths while keeping your opponent in check. Every national team has it's unique style and different approach to winning. That's what makes the World Cup the biggest sporting event in the world.
Brazil had to many players upfront, but i think you are missing the fact that, from those 6-7 players who were attacking, only one of them came back to try to defend, all the other attackers just stoped and watched what was going to happen. I think that was the biggest mistake in croatia's goal.
Juranovic and Livaković both played brilliantly. Brazil struggled to do anything on the right. Dalic's defensive tactics worked (though Orsic was responsible for the goal, despite never being picked) against a midfieldless Brazil. Most of Brazil's chances came at an extreme angle, as well - even the goal was at an angle - and there was very little successful play down the middle or in the air. The Brazilians mainly produced chances by overloads on the side and then cross it in - despite their individual abilities and their reputation, the Brazilians actually failed to produce much flair. It was standard getting past your man and generally simple passes around the defence, though Vinicius's chance and the Brazil goal were admittedly very skillful. The Croats, on the other hand, had some incredible passing, incredible movement of the ball, but perhaps lacked the directness they needed and players capable of scoring the few chances they got. It was that flairful passing that helped keep possession under a sometimes intense Brazil press. The lack of space between the two defensive lines also meant that the Brazilians often had to get through not one or two but three or four players to get through on goal, and that's why they had much more success on the wing than down the middle. You can also see that when the Brazilians did try to go down the middle Gvardiol and Lovren made many interceptions. Brazil's goal was the same as Richarlison's against South Korea, and mainly relied on a little moment of disorganisation (and players trying to avoid giving away a penalty) and the fact that Livaković does not instinctively come out. Croatia's goal was a little different to how it was described. The right-back was out of position and following Petkovic, leaving Orsic with space on the wing. As the cross came, he moved towards Orsic, while Petkovic dropped back to meet it, and Thiago Silva turned around too late, moving into position to block the shot. Marquinhos came to prevent the shot, was a little late and the ball deflected off him and into the net. The main problem was that the RB didn't follow Orsic, did nothing to slow him down, and then when the cross came and he could have gotten in Petkovic's way he had just noticed Orsic and was moving towards him. Also, it was the 116th minute, so they were all a little fatigued. They were actually all up there in order to play the ball around the Croatia box and keep possession, which is really what you should be doing at such a time, but it backfired, perhaps because they were all celebrating. I'll admit, I also thought Brazil had won. So it's not entirely luck Croatia won, even though the stats imply they couldn't attack. It was mainly that Croatia's attack was poor and they played a cautious game, while Brazil essentially sat back for the first half, played rougher, dived more and put everything they could into attack once they got over the midfield issues.
This is some of the best analysis on this game and Croatia in general I read in a social media comments. You know football. And hit the nail on the head that this Croatia team ultimately must play to what a great GK, great defense, great midfield, and poor attacking core can produce. I'm Croatian too and wish we could be more ambitious in the attack. We selectively attack, but our forwards cannot help much in producing quality chances, as well as taking the few we typically get. Hence the low shot on target to shots ratio or simply a lower # of shots. It's ironic that Orsic and Petkovic combined to produce the goal to tie Brazil and set up penalties. They're not that good but dutifully played within a system to achieve all this. This was not luck nor negative football, but tactical discipline and execution...backed by some great Croatian defensive and midfield players like Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric, Gvaridiol, Juranovic, and Co. I hope we can resume creating good forwards. Maybe Roko Simic? Croatia seem to have a solid pipeline across generations.
Gotta point out Perisic did very well to focus on the bigger picture instead of getting wind up by Antony. After achieving Croatia equaliser, he then have a kick at Antony's ankle right before full time of extra time.
Livakovic is truly Croatia’s angel since he is just a stellar goalie. I think Croatia really prepares for penalty kicks and it gives them a good edge. They’re a diligent and stalwart team.
I knew Brazil wouldn't win this WC when I watched the coach getting involved in choreographed dance routines. Clear sign the whole team was not properly focused.
Croatia has an amazing level of stamina and resilience. The secret ingredient to countering the tedious tactics of many so called “favorite football nations”.
@@antodovodja1110 Argentina in 2018 was horrible, a chaos, a mess. Croatia was better than now. That said, I don’t expect Croatia to make it easy for Argentina at all, and they can knock out Argentina indeed, it's possible. I don't think people gave Croatia enough credit before the match against Brazil.
I think this happened because of two things: - lack of composure and a cold head - Tite ended up taking off Brazil's best players (Militão was amazing, Vini Jr. could end a match in one play); and choosing the wrong subs (Fred in while you can have Fabinho to slow down a match and win some tackles, Rodrygo was ok but we'd rather have him than Antony).
One thing missing from the explanation, in my opinion: Fred substituted Paquetá in the beginning of extra time. He is, by tradition, a much more defensive midfielder. With Casemiro and Fred together Tite hoped Brazil could control a little bit more of the midfield (exacly where Croatia dominated). HOWEVER, even AFTER Brazil scored its 1st goal, Fred tried an upfield play and lost the ball -- a very irresponsible move... That's when Modric wins the dispute with Casemiro and makes a long pass to Kovacic :(
Fred só caga no pau mano, é foda... Depois que falam pra não colocar ele, o pessoal critica, mas tem um razão bem grande pro Paquetá ser o titular, e não ele
How Lovren plays like a legend for Croatia like this & never for Liverpool is one of those questions asked through the test of time... But 1st, do the chicken dance for Neymar who never even had the bottle to step up for the penalty shootout
On the petkovic goal, alex Sandro got caught trying to foul kovacic, and missed. Then everyone slides too much to overcompensate, meaning petkovic is open on the 18
Counter attack wasn't nothing new coz we did it same against Spain at European Championship it was 1:3 fro Spain and last 5 min we scored 2 goals and that goal for 3:3 was sameeeee. People look even same Orsic asist to Pasalic not Petkovic. We deserved that miracle shot.
Just as expected. Tite surrendered the midfield by again not playing Bruno Guimarães, tried to play on the wings without overlapping fbs and without a receiver. Terrible management
I feel this is the golden generation of Croatia & they'll never be this successful again, due to their small population imagine having 3 world class midfeilders, a monstrous defender in Gvardiol & UCL winning Lovren
Well they also had the 90s golden generation, and now this one. Since 1991 they have reached 3 semi finals, and before that in Yugoslavia there were very good players. I don't want to inflate the ego's of Croats and other dinaric people but they always produce great athletes.
People are saying this for years and we still keep producing talents. We will always be at the top. Sometimes we maybe flop in group stages but then come back stronger than ever.
Essa doeu mais que o 7x1, eu só sinto tristeza, não coloco a culpa dessa derrota nos jogadores, coloco no nosso técnico tomou diversas decisões erradas, para no final do jogo sair de forma covarde sem consolar os jogadores. Duas copas, nenhuma semifinal, isso é uma vergonha, uma equipe com basicamente a melhor qualidade individual da copa perdeu erros básicos. Para os croatas, parabéns! Vocês lutaram com paixão e não desistiram, e no final vemos a diferença entre um técnico que treina uma equipe consistente e um covarde.
Tite vergonha mano, só porque tá velho gaga e sabe que não vai mais treinar a seleção faz essa vergonheira... Cara só errou em todas as decisões nesse jogo, já jogaram a culpa em Alisson, no Rodrygo, no Neymar, no Fred, em todo mundo, mas o verdadeiro culpado é o Tite, com certeza
The irony is that Brazil had one of the best DMs on the planet on the bench. They should have taken Neymar off for Fabinho for the last 15. They would have seen the game out easily. But instead their caviler and, dare I say, slightly arrogant desire to constantly be on the attack cost them instead 🤷♂️
Brazil has more registered football players than Croatia has people. Thank you for underestimating us again, we take it as fuel to keep going! Iznad svih! Hrvatska!
Few mistakes in the video. Lovren cleared the ball after Gvardiol tackle not Gvardiol. Vlasic passed it forward to Orsić not Kovačić he WAS on the bench...if he was not we would have had 12 players on haha. Brozović is not spelled as Brosovic. Lovely video as always tho! 😁
There was a lot of politics in the team, so chances are there would be a few too many average Serbs, Bosnians, Slovenians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Kosovars involved in this Croatian team. Let's be honest, only Vlahovic and Mitrovic would be able to make the starting 11. Maybe Milinkovic-Savic and Ademi off the bench. And I guess Oblak, but Yugoslav football is not quite up to the standard of Croatian football. Plus, they probably wouldn't have the same spirit as this Croatia team.
Sending Marquinhos to take the first do-or-die penalty after the deflation of deflecting the ball into his own net was a curious decision. Especially since he hadn't taken a penalty before. That was the time to say 'Screw whatever plan we have, Neymar; you're up. Go save our country'.
They were like a hundred times better than Brazil in defence. The whole Brazil team needs to be fired. Extremely cowardly from Neymar not taking the first penalty.
You can have the beautiful play,flair and breathtaking skills in football,but at the end of the day,the IQ,determination and results are the ones that is going to help you to win
JJ, you can say Fred the "traditional" way, the sound of the final "D" depends a lot on where you are here in Brazil. In Rio we do say it more like "Fredch" but that's not true for the entire country. We don't roll the tongue on "R"s but that's about it.
Because even though Brazils talent is second to none, that's all they have. And they are also full of pride and refuse to learn. Their managers sucks, their tactics are outdated and their effort is negligent. Proof of this, besides the world cups I the last 20 odd years is the hostility in which Portuguese managers are treated in Brazil even though they just win everything now. It serves Brazil right, but I think they won't learn the lesson this time either. Social media is full of bitter Brazilians claiming the game was fixed.
I can't believe how on all news everyone put mark how Croatia knocked Brazil on penalties, and right after they say how Argentina won against Netherlands, for jealous people over the world, Argentina also won game through penalties, and penalties are also part of game! Argentina had 2:0 Netherlands scored two goals in 7 min! Again Croatia will show the world how great Croatian are! Last game against Argentina, Croatia won 3:0!
There we go again.. If I were you I wouldn't be to confident on a win. Remember Argentina in 2018 was a mess in every way. Both teams are different in this wc (there are only 4 Argentine players that played in the previous wc in this squad). And what jealousy??
The comment section on this channel is hilarious. First Argentina would get knocked out of the group stages, then Australia would beat them, then the Dutch would humiliate them tactically...
Can't exactly blame Casemiro in this condition. It's the choice of the team to go 4-2-3-1 that worked like a 3-2-5 with 1 of the midfield (Fred) working also as an offensive-oriented midfielder. If Casemiro had chosen to run back, it would be 4v6 with Modric standing just outside the box (behind the 2 guys that ran inside the box). That is an even deadlier situation. Croatia big-brained it again. Just like they did against Japan.
Brazil should of played Ederson he literally makes teams play 5 yards deeper from his range of passing and it's very hard to press him from passing out the way he wants from the back.
I don't understand what the big fuss is about. Brazil are horrible, they only played well against South Korea. Croatia on the other hand played well in all of their games, not so much offensively but definitely defensively. I see people talking about Brazil winning the WC 5 times, so what? That was over 20 years ago, Croatia made it to the final of the last WC, they have more experience than Brazil in knock-out games. Croatia played better, except for a few spells, Brazil looked very lazy out there, as they did in the group games. Brazil is nothing in the WC now, history doesn't matter, so it's good to see the better team win the game.
Brazil was marginally better today. Even the xG shows it. And they have very good for 3 years. You clearly did not see them play. They won the first two games very solidly. Humiliated Korea. It's clearly not a perfect team, but then again all teams this cup era very flawed.
I really think Antony sub was good, and Martinelli shouldve come on the other side. They really needed that extra energy an defensive workrate. But its prolly due to chemistry he was left out.
Brazil out after quarterfinals is becoming a norm. They are great, very talented and beautiful fútbol. Unfortunately for them, other countries national teams have found their weaknesses. Also, they are still getting overwhelmed and frustrated when other teams give them trouble, then they start playing awful, nasty. Enjoy the sport fellas. And stop crying. You should be cheering for the team that beat you. Celebrate fútbol. That is the ultimate respect.
Did rest of the teams leave the competition , did they protest against something and quit on purpose. Penalties are part of the football game and to win the game is the only thing that counts in the end. If someone offered you that your country becomes world champion through penalties would you accept it....i bet you would every football fan in the world would.
I think Brazil was overhyped. They couldn't score a goal within regular time. And after scoring a lucky goal, they could not defend. And all you pundits need to rethink football, defending is as important or even more important than attack in football. Defending teams are never given the attention that they deserve.
Brazil having 7 players upfield whilst being up 1-0 with 2 minutes left in overtime will be one of the biggest unsolved mysteries.
Overtime?
The idea was to press because Croatia lacked pace, let’s not kid our selves here Croatia played an incredible match but they were waiting for a miracle, and they got it. I disagree with Tites tactics in this game, but understand his choice.
They had a free-kick and keeping possession high up the pitch is actually the best way to keep a narrow lead. It just didn't work. But it's the right thing to do. Maybe they weren't prepared enough for a counter, though.
@@Victor-kh5rh yep this was pretty much Tite's last match.
@@kjn3350damn site better thing to do than what Argentina did
Juranović played match of his life today, Livaković brilliant saves once more, Modrić I lost words for him, he's best midfielder I've ever seen and to be doing all this at 37 years old is beyond ridiculous, but again I feel Brozović is unsung hero of this team, that man is everywhere on the pitch and it seems like he could run for another 120 minutes. Incredible effort from everyone.
Vini Jr. prob still in his pocket xD
Juranović has been soooo good this tournament IMO
Spot on.
brozovic is so underrated, i mean maybe he's not but he's rarely praised by casual croatian fans, they just don't understand how brilliant he is as a player.
well in parking bus any team can be good
Brazil had the flair, but Croatia had the grit. Took a special goal for Brazil to edge out ahead, and to come back from that deficit to equalize with just minutes on the clock took guts. This Croatian team never stopped running, never gave up, and had their fair share of chances to score. When the game went beyond extra time, it was game over for Brazil; losing on penalties first time since 1986.
Flair? Like who? Modric and Kovacic were the two best ballers on the turf.
To be fair, the first half was all about Croatian flair. When they got a bit more tired, they went more direct, but that passing ability was way better than this Brazil team has shown.
@stnbch3025 You sir, know what you're talking about.
If you ask me Croatia are a more creative team compared to Brazil, in fact they are maybe the most creative team in the tournament and thats the main way they won matches.
I mean Croatia is lucky they didnt lose by 5, some times in knockout comps its what happens
I'm not really surprised with Croatia's perseverance and mental toughness because most of them went through literal war when they were kids.
Especially for Modric because he saw his family members killed in front of his eye, got captured and forced to live outside of his hometown. He is a literal definition of tough.
Wow I didn’t know that, but it might explain their almost superhuman mental toughness. Greatly done Croatia, you have a new fan
Exactly. For me it's the difference between Modric and someone like de Bruyne who has been mollycoddled. Modric has known the horrors of life and treats every day spent representing his country as a privilege, as something he might have never experienced at all in his life. De Bruyne treats international duty as a drain on usual life, a distraction from his comfort zone.
@@oldskoolmusicnostalgiathis was brilliantly said
Croatia just gets better with added time. Tireless and Timeless team.
Brozovic bosses that midfield, ran another 15k+ today! Man I love that type of a player.
He is often not recognized for his contribution to the overall team performance. Truth be told, he was not on his best this WC having come from an injury and not playing some time before the WC start. Against Japan he was also not on his highest, but did run a lot. Tonight, he was really good, but Juranovic was awesome.
I mean croatia was getting dominated
@@car9melo just not true.
And had a smoke and beer to celebrate!
@@korda2135 they were parking bus n praying wdym
Really wanted Brazil to win because of their beautiful football and Neymar's goal, but Croatia is master of the overtime, their resilience is something to be admired for the past 5 WC knockout games.
Croatia dreams hard! They get more strategic when they're losing. I love their grit!
They definitely need to score first vs Argentina next and not let the game go to Extra Time again.
How did Kovacic play in action leading to Petkovic goal if he came out for Majer in 106th min. ? It was Vlasic who passed the ball he recieved from Modric to Orsic.
He was also on the wing, Tifo normally do good videos but this isn't a great look. Seems rushed
@@sanctejohannesorapronobis8825 they are rushing it to often. Last week they made an analysis of how Argentina changed and mistook De Paul for Molina in the ARG goal. Completely voided their analysis
Also Brozovic keeps having the letter S instead of Z in his name on the board really bugs me xd
@@sanctejohannesorapronobis8825 I mean have you seen how much content they been pumping out. One mistake like this ain’t that deep😂
Yes, of course, you are right. Other than that error, his analysis is right on.
Juranovic having seen Vinicius Jr twice in CL was huge
Oh yeah home and away with Celtic. I think Modric knowing Casie for so many years at Madrid helped with the midfield battle too.
@@iwantgoals1566 Wouldn't it help casemiro and vini as well to have played with/against these players
@@leonthethird7494 Modric is experienced as well as intelligent lad........so I think he has an edge there
Man so true
Goalkeeper is having an incredible run of matches.
Most teams can afford one number 10, like neymar, creative genius but not much of a hard worker, but this Croatian team had three absolute gems of midfielders, who are not only good with ball at their feet, technically so good, hard to get ball off them, always kept the ball moving and their work rate off the ball is a joke, seeing three of them performing at this level was absolutely a dream
our defese is one of the best too. Gvardiol, Sosa are Bundesliga gems, Juranovic plays very good and catched even Vinicius (so he is not the slowest), Lovren is pretty incognito but important too.
I'm from Croatia, would be an amazing place to live if the wages weren't so low! Anyways, great video! 😄
same applies for brazil too actually
@@GoulartGH guns go brrrrrrrr
It isn't that bad. We don't earn as westerners, but our culture and life is far more relaxed.
@@markotunjic5384 very true
@@markotunjic5384 problem is food and bills cost compared to rest of EU.
Then again their living (apartments) prices are much higher then ours tho i'd say we catching up with that too.
Our food prices are higher then most of other EU countries and that average monthly earning of 1k Euro is a joke.
Brilliant job by Dalic and the Croatian right side for taking Vini Jr out of the game. Excellent analysis by JJ once again!
Modric has to be the best midfielder of the past 20 years
He is
The best midfielder that ever existed
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@@methatis3013 ✈️🚜🚜
Juranovic just briliant covering the right side defense and offense
Zlatko Dalić's durability strategy really impressive. Croatia, which when it appears weak, stung unsuspectingly during the very last minutes of the game. Its no wonder they were the finalist of 2018. Hoping for them to reach the final again and get the cup, but of course, tougher challenges awaits them soon.
Tougher than Brazil?
I wonder if the coaches do extra running sessions to give them the edge in terms of stamina. They seem to be so good at finding another gear late on into the game which makes them so dangerous. Modric still bossing midfields at 37 is insane.
@@spyox2215 yeah cuz Argentian have beaten that Brazil in open play and not on penalty kicks
@@varadramakrishna by your logic Saudi Arabia is better than both of them because they beat Argentina in game time.
Just because you beat a stronger team or a team of similar level doesn't automatically make you better.
Brazil was this tournaments title favorite I don't see Argentina beeing any stronger than them.
It will be a challenge of similar level for the Croatian team.
@@spyox2215 fluke....
Imagine if Brazil's players actually played like they were part of a team, rather than a collected group of super-talented individuals looking for a one moment flash of goal for a social media flex. Imagine them playing a system of some kind, any at all...like Croatia do brilliantly. That would be scary. Croatia have always played as a unified team of 11, never disjointed or unorganized, and involving every player on the field. Well done Croatia!
I think the Brazil Manager got this one really badly wrong:
1. Brazil basically setting up in 424 against one of the best midfield trios of any team. Not even a genius take to suggest taking off a forward for another midfielder to restore some balance. Instead he went like for like with his subs, and arguably took off the better players in those positions for worse.
2. Brazil scored a great goal, all they needed to do was hold on. Instead they went for it and gambled, got caught out and were done in transition. If they kept their shape the goal probably doesn’t happen, heck there’s even an argument to bringing on Fabinho, with 2 minutes left you have to see it out not go for it. They brought it upon themselves regardless of the lucky nature of the deflection.
3. The order of the pen takers, Neymar is the best taker in the team, he should be going first all day. First penalty goes in it’s a psychological relief, at the point in the game, Croatia had the mental edge and nothing was done to swing that momentum back.
All in all, all 3 of these things were avoidable. I think they deserved to go out, they got arrogant thinking they won the game and got stung late and couldn’t recover. I’m not just saying this because Croatia won, but I was so certain they would win the shoot-out. Onwards and upwards, underestimate Croatia at your own peril.
Brazil is not used to this, they became tired and Croatia changed players so we had 5 attackers late game with 4 being new.
100% agreed. Neymar should be first. Fred sub makes sense imo, hes a ball winner. All they had to do was stay in defensive shape that all, croatia have zero attack.
yeah, neymar absolutely should've gone first. however, it's been a theme in his career to go last - no idea why, maybe it strokes his ego (no hate to him, i'm brazilian and a fan, just maybe not the best time for that). but again, he SHOULD'VE GONE FIRST. instead, in his place, they put RODRYGO. a very capable player, for sure, but a 21 year-old boy (i'm 21!!! i can't believe this) who'd never been to a world cup before, much less taken a penalty at a world cup knockout match. i'll keep thinking about what could've been forever, man
Complete agree with all points, as a Brazilian watching the game, I was bumping my head into the walls with Tite's decision, and the team's overall recklessness after scoring, they just threw bad trying to score another one, that's just pure greed
@@utvara1 Well, Croatia's defence got tired as well, that's undeniable, and that's why Neymar was able to score anyways, but Brazil recklessness after scoring (trying to go for a second goal?!?) for sure was the most stupid move on the tournament. Now that you said it, I didn't notice the offensive changes, maybe Brazil would suffer a goal anyway, but with the way they played, they really were asking for it
Juranovic played the match of his life. Dude had Vini in his back pocket so damn easily. Broz, Kova and Modric - the world's best midfield, great defense by Gvardiol and another amazing and heroic performance by Livakovic. I hope Croatia finds soon some amazing striker. They only need that.
Danilo came inside to play as a double pivot alongside Casemiro in this match, whereas he would always get high and wide earlier in the tournament. I think the goal was to get Vinny isolated more in 1v1 on the outside, but Brazil rarely found him.
They were trying to isolate Juranovic because he was supposed to be the weak link of this Croatia side. Thought so too before this game and then he pulls a MOM performance out of nowhere. The problem ingame tho was Tite allowing Croatia to win the midfield with a 3 v 2 and all of those 3 players are top players too.
So Brazil couldn't penetrate from the middle and then Juranovic played great on the wing. Sosa on the other side was partly at fault for the goal, and wasn't so great. But then again he was forced to defend more.
Vini and Neymar occasionally allowed Juranovic to advance too high up without tracking back and that's one of the reasons he looked so good. I'm not entirely convinced he is as good a defender as he looked today. But take nothing away from a brilliant performance.
A masterclass in game preparation and game management from Croatia. Tournament football is all about maximizing your strengths while keeping your opponent in check. Every national team has it's unique style and different approach to winning. That's what makes the World Cup the biggest sporting event in the world.
I have to say (as a Croatian fan) that was an excellent analysis. Very accurate. Please keep it up!
Brazil had to many players upfront, but i think you are missing the fact that, from those 6-7 players who were attacking, only one of them came back to try to defend, all the other attackers just stoped and watched what was going to happen. I think that was the biggest mistake in croatia's goal.
Love the Castolo shirt in the background, in a silent homage to PES. Never noticed it before
Kovacic was insaneee
Juranovic and Livaković both played brilliantly. Brazil struggled to do anything on the right. Dalic's defensive tactics worked (though Orsic was responsible for the goal, despite never being picked) against a midfieldless Brazil. Most of Brazil's chances came at an extreme angle, as well - even the goal was at an angle - and there was very little successful play down the middle or in the air. The Brazilians mainly produced chances by overloads on the side and then cross it in - despite their individual abilities and their reputation, the Brazilians actually failed to produce much flair. It was standard getting past your man and generally simple passes around the defence, though Vinicius's chance and the Brazil goal were admittedly very skillful. The Croats, on the other hand, had some incredible passing, incredible movement of the ball, but perhaps lacked the directness they needed and players capable of scoring the few chances they got. It was that flairful passing that helped keep possession under a sometimes intense Brazil press. The lack of space between the two defensive lines also meant that the Brazilians often had to get through not one or two but three or four players to get through on goal, and that's why they had much more success on the wing than down the middle. You can also see that when the Brazilians did try to go down the middle Gvardiol and Lovren made many interceptions.
Brazil's goal was the same as Richarlison's against South Korea, and mainly relied on a little moment of disorganisation (and players trying to avoid giving away a penalty) and the fact that Livaković does not instinctively come out. Croatia's goal was a little different to how it was described. The right-back was out of position and following Petkovic, leaving Orsic with space on the wing. As the cross came, he moved towards Orsic, while Petkovic dropped back to meet it, and Thiago Silva turned around too late, moving into position to block the shot. Marquinhos came to prevent the shot, was a little late and the ball deflected off him and into the net. The main problem was that the RB didn't follow Orsic, did nothing to slow him down, and then when the cross came and he could have gotten in Petkovic's way he had just noticed Orsic and was moving towards him. Also, it was the 116th minute, so they were all a little fatigued. They were actually all up there in order to play the ball around the Croatia box and keep possession, which is really what you should be doing at such a time, but it backfired, perhaps because they were all celebrating. I'll admit, I also thought Brazil had won.
So it's not entirely luck Croatia won, even though the stats imply they couldn't attack. It was mainly that Croatia's attack was poor and they played a cautious game, while Brazil essentially sat back for the first half, played rougher, dived more and put everything they could into attack once they got over the midfield issues.
This is some of the best analysis on this game and Croatia in general I read in a social media comments. You know football. And hit the nail on the head that this Croatia team ultimately must play to what a great GK, great defense, great midfield, and poor attacking core can produce.
I'm Croatian too and wish we could be more ambitious in the attack. We selectively attack, but our forwards cannot help much in producing quality chances, as well as taking the few we typically get. Hence the low shot on target to shots ratio or simply a lower # of shots.
It's ironic that Orsic and Petkovic combined to produce the goal to tie Brazil and set up penalties. They're not that good but dutifully played within a system to achieve all this. This was not luck nor negative football, but tactical discipline and execution...backed by some great Croatian defensive and midfield players like Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric, Gvaridiol, Juranovic, and Co.
I hope we can resume creating good forwards. Maybe Roko Simic? Croatia seem to have a solid pipeline across generations.
Gotta point out Perisic did very well to focus on the bigger picture instead of getting wind up by Antony. After achieving Croatia equaliser, he then have a kick at Antony's ankle right before full time of extra time.
Honestly the pass was just as impressive as the goal imo
Livakovic is truly Croatia’s angel since he is just a stellar goalie. I think Croatia really prepares for penalty kicks and it gives them a good edge. They’re a diligent and stalwart team.
You guys always give such an informative and thorough videos, yet keep it fun and light!
Hanging on quite desperation, it's Croatian way. We got it this time.
Brazil is gone, their time is over, thought they had some more time to play...
I knew Brazil wouldn't win this WC when I watched the coach getting involved in choreographed dance routines. Clear sign the whole team was not properly focused.
Bravoooo for my country 🇭🇷⚽️🏆
Thank you so much Croatia for giving us the only unicorn that ever existed Luka Modric
Croatia has an amazing level of stamina and resilience. The secret ingredient to countering the tedious tactics of many so called “favorite football nations”.
Brazil was always the team with positive intent, and we created plenty of chances
@@matheus5230 They did it in 2018, 3-0 against 🇦🇷, they can do it again
@@antodovodja1110 Argentina in 2018 was horrible, a chaos, a mess. Croatia was better than now.
That said, I don’t expect Croatia to make it easy for Argentina at all, and they can knock out Argentina indeed, it's possible. I don't think people gave Croatia enough credit before the match against Brazil.
@@matheus5230 Croatia now is way better than 2018
@@matko8038 Disagree. Specially as their best players are older.
Boy. He can do a really good Borat impression!
I think this happened because of two things:
- lack of composure and a cold head
- Tite ended up taking off Brazil's best players (Militão was amazing, Vini Jr. could end a match in one play); and choosing the wrong subs (Fred in while you can have Fabinho to slow down a match and win some tackles, Rodrygo was ok but we'd rather have him than Antony).
One thing missing from the explanation, in my opinion: Fred substituted Paquetá in the beginning of extra time. He is, by tradition, a much more defensive midfielder. With Casemiro and Fred together Tite hoped Brazil could control a little bit more of the midfield (exacly where Croatia dominated). HOWEVER, even AFTER Brazil scored its 1st goal, Fred tried an upfield play and lost the ball -- a very irresponsible move... That's when Modric wins the dispute with Casemiro and makes a long pass to Kovacic :(
Fred só caga no pau mano, é foda... Depois que falam pra não colocar ele, o pessoal critica, mas tem um razão bem grande pro Paquetá ser o titular, e não ele
Yes, it makes no sense why Fred plays rather than Guimaraes or Fabinho. By far Brazil's weakest player, he is the Otamendi of Brazil.
In the 6:55 part where you say that kovačić carried the ball, it was actually Vlašić who carried it up and passed to oršić.
Hahha yeah thats why Kovačić was on the bench as well, they do look alike tbf.
I'd say Brazil were pretty arrogant to go up against Croatia's midfield like that 😏
How Lovren plays like a legend for Croatia like this & never for Liverpool is one of those questions asked through the test of time...
But 1st, do the chicken dance for Neymar who never even had the bottle to step up for the penalty shootout
That's an absolute great analysis! Thank you for creating such a great content!
Wonder if they are regretting dancing and disrespecting their opponents now…? 🤔
Love CROATIA and their team and spirit 🇭🇷🇭🇷❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏
The Croatia Vs Brazil Round Was Amazing.
I Cant believe He Hit it of the pole.
On the petkovic goal, alex Sandro got caught trying to foul kovacic, and missed. Then everyone slides too much to overcompensate, meaning petkovic is open on the 18
Brazil! Croatia! It's a CRAZY time!
Counter attack wasn't nothing new coz we did it same against Spain at European Championship it was 1:3 fro Spain and last 5 min we scored 2 goals and that goal for 3:3 was sameeeee. People look even same Orsic asist to Pasalic not Petkovic. We deserved that miracle shot.
It’s been like 2 hours, how have u got this out already??
Just as expected. Tite surrendered the midfield by again not playing Bruno Guimarães, tried to play on the wings without overlapping fbs and without a receiver. Terrible management
Bruno Guimarães was garbage against Cameroon
@@matheus5230 no way in hell. He was the only one creating play and pushing the game forward
@@matheuscerqueira7952 We really didn't watch the same game then.
I feel this is the golden generation of Croatia & they'll never be this successful again, due to their small population
imagine having 3 world class midfeilders, a monstrous defender in Gvardiol & UCL winning Lovren
Well they also had the 90s golden generation, and now this one. Since 1991 they have reached 3 semi finals, and before that in Yugoslavia there were very good players. I don't want to inflate the ego's of Croats and other dinaric people but they always produce great athletes.
People are saying this for years and we still keep producing talents. We will always be at the top. Sometimes we maybe flop in group stages but then come back stronger than ever.
Short answer: they shithoused it
Can dance home now 💃💃💃
Congratulations Croatia!
Essa doeu mais que o 7x1, eu só sinto tristeza, não coloco a culpa dessa derrota nos jogadores, coloco no nosso técnico tomou diversas decisões erradas, para no final do jogo sair de forma covarde sem consolar os jogadores. Duas copas, nenhuma semifinal, isso é uma vergonha, uma equipe com basicamente a melhor qualidade individual da copa perdeu erros básicos. Para os croatas, parabéns! Vocês lutaram com paixão e não desistiram, e no final vemos a diferença entre um técnico que treina uma equipe consistente e um covarde.
Tite vergonha mano, só porque tá velho gaga e sabe que não vai mais treinar a seleção faz essa vergonheira... Cara só errou em todas as decisões nesse jogo, já jogaram a culpa em Alisson, no Rodrygo, no Neymar, no Fred, em todo mundo, mas o verdadeiro culpado é o Tite, com certeza
Awesome analysis!!
The irony is that Brazil had one of the best DMs on the planet on the bench. They should have taken Neymar off for Fabinho for the last 15. They would have seen the game out easily. But instead their caviler and, dare I say, slightly arrogant desire to constantly be on the attack cost them instead 🤷♂️
Great analysis
Brazil has more registered football players than Croatia has people. Thank you for underestimating us again, we take it as fuel to keep going!
Iznad svih! Hrvatska!
That was funny. 🤣
Few mistakes in the video.
Lovren cleared the ball after Gvardiol tackle not Gvardiol.
Vlasic passed it forward to Orsić not Kovačić he WAS on the bench...if he was not we would have had 12 players on haha.
Brozović is not spelled as Brosovic.
Lovely video as always tho! 😁
How good would a Yugoslavian team be if they never broke up
serbia couldnt beat cameroon so it would be harder for the croats to carry the serbs to victory. Id say now its better.
Croatia carries, though Serbia pitches in as well with quality players.
We could use Mitrovic. Beside him I don't see how it would help. For sure team wouldnt be so compact and there would be drama.
There was a lot of politics in the team, so chances are there would be a few too many average Serbs, Bosnians, Slovenians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Kosovars involved in this Croatian team. Let's be honest, only Vlahovic and Mitrovic would be able to make the starting 11. Maybe Milinkovic-Savic and Ademi off the bench. And I guess Oblak, but Yugoslav football is not quite up to the standard of Croatian football. Plus, they probably wouldn't have the same spirit as this Croatia team.
Look how diversity worked out there....how many died in wars?
Danilo played more as dm when building from the back
Sending Marquinhos to take the first do-or-die penalty after the deflation of deflecting the ball into his own net was a curious decision. Especially since he hadn't taken a penalty before. That was the time to say 'Screw whatever plan we have, Neymar; you're up. Go save our country'.
How? They scored more pens (4) than Brazil (2).
😂
They were like a hundred times better than Brazil in defence. The whole Brazil team needs to be fired. Extremely cowardly from Neymar not taking the first penalty.
“Stay safe. Play it the tournament way…. Do it like Southgate”
You can have the beautiful play,flair and breathtaking skills in football,but at the end of the day,the IQ,determination and results are the ones that is going to help you to win
A good place to live, perhaps... If you're from there
Perfect delivery scottic perisic
Morocco video next :)
JJ, you can say Fred the "traditional" way, the sound of the final "D" depends a lot on where you are here in Brazil. In Rio we do say it more like "Fredch" but that's not true for the entire country. We don't roll the tongue on "R"s but that's about it.
We pronounce it like "Fredgie"
@@andyisdead yea that's actually more like it.
Moments before the goal.. We could see Brazil left flanks were totally empty.. Just baffling...
The score itself astonished me. How come brazil with the so called attacking monstrosity only net in 1 goal for whole 120 minutes...
Because even though Brazils talent is second to none, that's all they have. And they are also full of pride and refuse to learn.
Their managers sucks, their tactics are outdated and their effort is negligent. Proof of this, besides the world cups I the last 20 odd years is the hostility in which Portuguese managers are treated in Brazil even though they just win everything now. It serves Brazil right, but I think they won't learn the lesson this time either. Social media is full of bitter Brazilians claiming the game was fixed.
Croat def
Rigged
Gk went off
I can't believe how on all news everyone put mark how Croatia knocked Brazil on penalties, and right after they say how Argentina won against Netherlands, for jealous people over the world, Argentina also won game through penalties, and penalties are also part of game!
Argentina had 2:0 Netherlands scored two goals in 7 min!
Again Croatia will show the world how great Croatian are!
Last game against Argentina, Croatia won 3:0!
Nope argentinas killing off croatia 😊
@@eksibaklava1434 dream on!!!
There we go again.. If I were you I wouldn't be to confident on a win. Remember Argentina in 2018 was a mess in every way. Both teams are different in this wc (there are only 4 Argentine players that played in the previous wc in this squad). And what jealousy??
The comment section on this channel is hilarious. First Argentina would get knocked out of the group stages, then Australia would beat them, then the Dutch would humiliate them tactically...
Go CROATIA...idemo HRVATSKA!!!!
Can't exactly blame Casemiro in this condition. It's the choice of the team to go 4-2-3-1 that worked like a 3-2-5 with 1 of the midfield (Fred) working also as an offensive-oriented midfielder. If Casemiro had chosen to run back, it would be 4v6 with Modric standing just outside the box (behind the 2 guys that ran inside the box). That is an even deadlier situation.
Croatia big-brained it again. Just like they did against Japan.
Brazil should of played Ederson he literally makes teams play 5 yards deeper from his range of passing and it's very hard to press him from passing out the way he wants from the back.
What a great photo!
JJ bull what sort of human being are you!! U are strangely fun 😊
You guys haven't gotten Paquetá's name right once on the board.
Castolo!!! Legend!
I have 0 idea why they didn't play complete defense at the end after getting the goal
Brazil lost when they took Vini off the pitch
Thank you.
I don't understand what the big fuss is about. Brazil are horrible, they only played well against South Korea. Croatia on the other hand played well in all of their games, not so much offensively but definitely defensively. I see people talking about Brazil winning the WC 5 times, so what? That was over 20 years ago, Croatia made it to the final of the last WC, they have more experience than Brazil in knock-out games. Croatia played better, except for a few spells, Brazil looked very lazy out there, as they did in the group games. Brazil is nothing in the WC now, history doesn't matter, so it's good to see the better team win the game.
Brazil was marginally better today. Even the xG shows it. And they have very good for 3 years. You clearly did not see them play. They won the first two games very solidly. Humiliated Korea. It's clearly not a perfect team, but then again all teams this cup era very flawed.
I really think Antony sub was good, and Martinelli shouldve come on the other side. They really needed that extra energy an defensive workrate. But its prolly due to chemistry he was left out.
Brazil out after quarterfinals is becoming a norm. They are great, very talented and beautiful fútbol. Unfortunately for them, other countries national teams have found their weaknesses. Also, they are still getting overwhelmed and frustrated when other teams give them trouble, then they start playing awful, nasty. Enjoy the sport fellas. And stop crying. You should be cheering for the team that beat you. Celebrate fútbol. That is the ultimate respect.
And Argentina destroyed Croatia.Start cheering for the team that beat you.
You were right on the money!
no surprise that brazil has not reached a world cup final without taking any player from palmeiras...
It wasn't Kovačić but Vlašić in Croatian goal
Dominik Livaković
If Brazil won the penalties, this vid will be "how Brazil knock Croatia out"? 🤔
If Croatia win the world cup beating only Canada it'd be amazing.
Did rest of the teams leave the competition , did they protest against something and quit on purpose. Penalties are part of the football game and to win the game is the only thing that counts in the end. If someone offered you that your country becomes world champion through penalties would you accept it....i bet you would every football fan in the world would.
@@alanford700 I find them taking two games all the way to penalties and winning way more impressive.
i never saw brazil as favorites. so many of my friends and classmates were really talking them up. feels good to be right 😂
palhaço
Brazil should have selected Bobby Firmino, he was the missing link.
Brazil lack of a midfielder cost then
Is Craaazy time!
Hindsight is 20/20 innit?
Can anyone help direct me to buy artwork like the shirts they have up in the background of each video?
Top heavy but the four didn't click together. Firmino would have been the glue but he wasn't even selected. Neymar was poor until his goal.
Waitt does this mean thay brazil are out of the world cup forever or they r going to play next year again?
I think Brazil was overhyped. They couldn't score a goal within regular time. And after scoring a lucky goal, they could not defend.
And all you pundits need to rethink football, defending is as important or even more important than attack in football. Defending teams are never given the attention that they deserve.
Our boi Fredji lets us doun once more :(