Russia vs Croatia Hosts Russia faced Croatia at Sochi's . Croatia dominated ball possession. Russia opened the scoring in the 31st minute, when Denis Cheryshev scored a long-range goal from outside the penalty area in the top left corner, from 's assist. But Russia's lead did not last long as scored a header in the 39th minute, assisted by  . The first half ended with both sides with one goal each. In the second half,  missed an opportunity in the 60th minute to double the score for Croatia as his shot rebounded from the woodwork. Russia replaced Cheryshev with in the 67th minute. Croatia's  came on for Kramarić in the 88th minute. The second half ended with both sides tied to one goal and the match progressed to extra time. In the 100th minute, Croatia doubled their score as scored a goal from  's assist. In the 114th minute, was yellow-carded for a handball and Russia won a free kick. scored a header from 's free-kick as both sides were tied with two goals at the end of extra time and the match went on to penalties. The Croatian goalkeeper saved Smolov's penalty while Fernandes missed his, sending the ball to the left. , Modrić and Vida scored their penalties for Croatia, while Kovačić's kick was saved. and scored for Russia, and  scored the winning goal for Croatia.
Russia vs Croatia Hosts Russia faced Croatia at Sochi's . Croatia dominated ball possession. Russia opened the scoring in the 31st minute, when Denis Cheryshev scored a long-range goal from outside the penalty area in the top left corner, from 's assist. But Russia's lead did not last long as scored a header in the 39th minute, assisted by Mandžukić . The first half ended with both sides with one goal each. In the second half, Ivan Perišić missed an opportunity in the 60th minute to double the score for Croatia as his shot rebounded from the woodwork. Russia replaced Cheryshev with in the 67th minute. Croatia's Mateo Kovačić came on for Kramarić in the 88th minute. The second half ended with both sides tied to one goal and the match progressed to extra time. In the 100th minute, Croatia doubled their score as scored a goal from Luka Modrić 's assist. In the 114th minute, was yellow-carded for a handball and Russia won a free kick. scored a header from 's free-kick as both sides were tied with two goals at the end of extra time and the match went on to penalties. The Croatian goalkeeper saved Smolov's penalty while Fernandes missed his, sending the ball to the left. , Modrić and Vida scored their penalties for Croatia, while Kovačić's kick was saved. and scored for Russia, and Ivan Rakitić scored the winning goal for Croatia.
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Mandžukić
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Ivan Perišić
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Mateo Kovačić
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Luka Modrić
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Ivan Rakitić