Croatia has done it again! In the UEFA Europa League quarterfinals in the early hours of Thursday morning (15), Croatia visited the hosts, the Netherlands, and dramatically won 4-2 in extra time to advance to the final of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. Croatia will face Spain or Italy in the final of the 2018 World Cup and finished third in last year's World Cup. The best player of the tournament, Alexis Modi, is looking forward to winning the Cup before he retires.
Croatia continues to use the golden generation of veterans in this match, 37-year-old Modić is the core of the midfield, 31-year-old striker Kamalj, 34-year-old Bileksi, 30-year-old Bosovic, etc. All of them are selected to face the Netherlands, which has used a lot of newcomers, and the first half of the game was an even match, but the Netherlands found a gap in the 34th minute when Jermaine Jelmellen shot to open the record.
After the change of sides Croatia power, Modi calendar 54 minutes to steal the foot of Gap after killing the ball into the penalty area, Gap in a hurry to lose 12 yards under the foul, Kamali manipulated for the Croatian equalization; 72 minutes Bersa Cali and then receive a pass from teammates shot into the Croatian reverse before 2-1. thought the Netherlands was gone, 6 minutes of extra time, Lujia Ranji Woori pumped into the chase into 2-2.
Croatia's undefeatable performance in overtime is getting better and better. After breaking Brazil in overtime in the last eight of last year's World Cup, Bono Berkovic scored again outside the penalty area, and he scored a 12-yarder in the 116th minute, and then Modić scored the winning goal to seal the 4-2 victory. Croatia's historic run to the UEFA Europa League final saw Modić, who scored one goal and passed one pass, voted as the best player of the match.
