Brazil, with the aura of being the favorites to win the championship, faced last year's runner-up Croacia in the last eight. At the beginning of the match, Croesusia was still using their best 4-3-3 formation as the main axis, with their top three midfielders Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic appearing anywhere on the pitch depending on the situation, and setting up an all-attacking and all-defending stance to face Brazil. Brazil is still hoping to break through the solid formation of Croesusia with powerful offense, especially in the beginning of the game, the speed of the army to press, but Croesusia is experienced, no matter Brazil's short passes on the ground, the bottom of the passes, the middle of the penetration, Croesusia can successfully resolve, especially to seize the weaknesses of the Brazilian although the list of midfielders is very magnificent, but the transition of attack and defense is overly reliant on Casemiro (Casemiro). Especially when Brazil relied on Casemiro in their attacking and defensive transitions despite their magnificent midfielders, Croesusia tried their best to disrupt the Brazilian offense as early as possible, which was a very effective result. Brazil kept trying to find a breakthrough, but failed to do so. The two teams were deadlocked until the extension of the match, when Brazil finally relied on the God Master card.
Neymar
（Neymar scored after a brilliant breakaway and two-on-one pass to take the lead, once again demonstrating the direct influence of superstars on the game. But Brazil wasn't happy for long, as in the second half of the extended match, Croatsia's substitute striker Bruno Petkovic scored a lucky reflexed goal on the counterattack to equalize the score. When it came to the 12-yard penalty shootout, it was all up to Croatsia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who, after saving three penalties against Japan in the Round of 16, did it again against Brazil, saving one of them, and then winning 4-2 in the 12-yard penalty shootout, thanks to Marquinhos' center-post goal. Croesus won the 12-yard penalty shootout 4-2, advancing to the quarterfinals.
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Team: CROATIA (semi-finalist: Argentina)
In the second match of the last eight, the orange-clad Netherlands took on the blue-and-white Argentina. The Netherlands still adopted the 3-4-1-2 three-guard formation that they used to specialize in in the past, while the Argentina
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Lionel Scaloni made an unexpected change in formation, perhaps due to the shock of facing Australia in the previous game, and replaced center back Lisandro Martinez in the second half to stabilize the defense, and the original 4-3-1-2 formation was changed to a more conservative 5-3-2 five-guard formation. In the first half, both teams started at a slower pace and were still in the testing phase, while the ball god
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
（Lionel Messi came back to the stadium, in the 35th minute in the middle of the road to attract several players in the Netherlands, saw the right side of the defender Nahuel Molina, sent a precise direct pass, Molina one-touch goal, Argentina took a 1-0 lead. In the second half, Argentina continued the strategy of defensive counterattack, the Netherlands changed the formation to play four defenders to strengthen the attack, but empty possession without the threat of a shot on goal, and then by the Argentine left Marcos Acuna (Marcos Acuna) inserted into the penalty area raids caused the Netherlands right back Denzel Dumfries (Denzel Dumfries) a foul.
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
The penalty kick from 12 yards gave Argentina a 2-0 lead. However, Holland was dead horse at this time, the substitution of two airborne strikers Luuk de Jong (Luuk de Jong) and Wout Weghorst (Wout Weghorst) has received a miraculous effect, the latter first header to recover a goal, and then in the 90 + 10 minutes of injury time to seize the opportunity of free kicks, in the penalty box in front of the ground after receiving a pass into the far corner of the equalizer, the two sides into the extension of the match, 2-2. Argentina continued to press the Netherlands in the extended match, but both failed. The match went into a 12-yard penalty shootout, with Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis missing the first two points, and then Lautaro Martínez scored the winning goal in the fifth point to make it a hard-fought match for Argentina.
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Final Four.
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Team: Argentina (semi-finalist: CROATIA)
The third leg of the World Cup last eight match pitted Africa's representative Atlas Lions, Morocco, against Portugal in a head-to-head battle, with Portugal's star
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（Cristiano Ronaldo is still from the bench. In the first half, Morocco played a good 4-1-4-1 formation to play defensive counter-attack, but the overall formation did not retreat to the penalty area as Spain in the Round of 16, while Portugal also set up a 4-3-3 formation, led by Goncalo Ramos, the youngster who scored a hat-trick against Switzerland in the Round of 16, and there were not too many surprises in the formation and lineups of the two teams. There were no surprises in the formations and lineups of the two teams. The only goal of the match came in the 42nd minute, Morocco side of the cross, En-Nesyri (Youssef En-Nesyri) grasp the Portuguese goalkeeper Costa (Diogo Costa) out of the error of the header broke the goal, to take a 1-0 lead. In the second half, Portugal replaced
Cairo
The two-striker formation of 442 was changed to strengthen the attack, and after the change of players, they gradually attacked and played offensively, but at the same time, the two midfielders composed of Bernado Silva and Otavio also lacked of a real defensive back, and Morocco played several waves of counter-attacks, but both teams failed to seize the opportunity. Two of Morocco's key players, Romain Saiss and Hakim Ziyech, were ruled out due to injuries, and substitute Walid Cheddira was sent off in the 90th+3rd minute, leaving them a man short in the final five minutes, but they held on for the win. Atlas Lions resilient
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The semi-finalists also became the first African team in history to reach the quarterfinals!
