Croatia beat Ghana (2:1) in the last match of the group stage of the World Cup and secured their place in the round of 16 without having to worry about being one of the eight best third-placed national teams. At the end of the story, second place in the group, there was also a combination of Vatreni finishing first, but that depended on England not beating Panama, which didn’t happen, it ended 2:0 for the English.
He gave Croatia the lead Petar Sučić in the 31st minute, and he equalized after the break Derrick Luckassen in the 73rd minute. For ten minutes, the Ghanaians were ahead in the table, and then in the 83rd minute, he was the highest in the jump Nikola Vlasic and gave us the lead back, and later it turned out that he also scored the winning goal.
As for the knockout phase and Croatia’s opponent, the math is clear. As the second-placed team in group L, we go to the second in group K, which means that we go to Portugal, which played a match against Colombia without scoring. It was a crazy game with a whole sea of chancesbut in the end the nets did not shake (0:0).
The match between Croatia and Portugal is scheduled for the night from Thursday to Friday (July 3) at 1 am. We are returning to Toronto, which has already brought us some great memories this year. We played against Panama in a Canadian city and recorded our first victory in the championship (1:0), can we be a ‘lucky’ city again?
If we manage to make it to the round of 16, the draw doesn’t get any easier. If there are no surprises, our opponent will most likely be the current European champion Spain, who has found out their next opponent, which will be the Austrian national team in a crazy match with Algeria saved in the last seconds of the match (3:3).
If the Vatreni managed to defeat Portugal, and then Spain in the round of 16, the draw would open up a bit for us in the quarterfinals. One of the following national teams would come there: BiH, USA, Belgium or Senegal. However, you have to go step by step…
