Beat England, Croatia Steps Into the 2018 World Cup Final

Croatia's 2-1 win over England in the 2018 World Cup semifinals. The decisive winning goal was born in extra round in a duel at Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday (11/7/2018) or early Thursday morning. Croatia became the fourth team to compete for an extra round in three matches in a World Cup. Previously, Belgium (1986), England (1990) and Argentina (2014) experienced similar things.

At the start of the first half, England dominated the game. This was evidenced by the quick goals scored Trippier through direct free kick in the 5th minute. The first half ended with the score 1-0 for the victory of The Three Lions.

In the second half, both Croatia and Britain alike increased the intensity of the attacks. Finally Croatia equalized the score in the 68th minute. Sime Vrsaljko cross successfully disontek with Perisic so that the score changed to a 1-1 draw. The 90 minute match ended with a 1-1 draw. With this result, the match continues into the extra round.

In extra round, Croatia scored the winner in the 109th minute through Mandzukic. With this victory, Croatia will fight France in the final round which was held July 15, 2018. It also became Croatia's first final in the World Cup throughout their history.

****Croatia 2-1 England (Ivan Perisic 68 ', Mario Mandzukic 109'; Kieran Trippier 5 ')