Summary and highlights of Croatia 1-0 Russia in Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers

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Croatia's goalkeeper carded for time wasting

Croatia player carded after hard tackle

Good performance by the striker who tried to score the goal, Stansic comes in for him to reinforce the defense.
 

Sosa's cross and Kudryashov incredibly scores in his own goal;

Brekalo and Livaja enter, Pasalic and Juranovic leave.

The first time the visitors get past the midfield and finish the counter-attack with Karaveev's shot, but Grbic

Modric centered a lateral foul that was finished off by Kramaric, but it went narrowly wide. Both the striker and the central defender of Russia were hurt after a collision.

Another cross from the right by Juranovic is finished by the newly entered Petkovic, but again the goalkeeper of Russia avoids the goal;

Vlasic leaves and Petkovic enters, an offensive change for the home team.

Seeing that the team is suffering, he makes three changes, Golovin and Smolov leave with yellow cards and Ionov. Zobnin, Zabolotny and Chistyakov take their places.

Russia player gets yellow card after making an ugly gesture to the linesman

The first card of the match goes to the Russian player after grabbing Luka Modric

Juranovic's cross was headed by Pasalic, who beat the defenders, but the Russian goalkeeper avoided it.

It starts with Russia losing the ball and ends with Kramaric's shot over the goal.

One of the only arrivals of the Russian team ends with Golovin's cross being cleared to the corner by Sosa;

The Celtic player's cross was caught by the Russian goalkeeper who stepped up;

Good combination play by Croatia that ends with Juranovic's pass to Pasalic who crosses it to Persic, but the ball goes narrowly wide.

A rehearsed play that started with a short kick by Modric that was finished off by Brozovic, but the Russian goalkeeper avoided it with a great save.

Inter's midfielder looked for the corner after the mistake in the clearance  of the Russian goalkeeper, it went narrowly wide ;

Croatia's left back tried a shot from outside the area, but it went wide;

The Real Madrid midfielder did not get on with his teammate and was sent off for a throw-in for Russia.

The home side need to win Pasalic's cross from the right to Kramaric, who headed in, but the Russian goalkeeper made an easy save.

Perisic came in from the left and ended up finishing, but Safanov caught the ball. 

Croatia's captain has been fouled by Barinov

The first possession will be held by the locals.

The Sevilla player, who has already left the Croatian national team has been honored before the sounding of the anthems and has been applauded by the entire stadium;

Croatia and Russia players walk out onto the pitch ahead of the decisive game

The first and second groups face each other in the fight to qualify directly for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Russia can only draw, while the Croatians are obliged to win, but they will count on the support of their fans to get the three points.

In 1 hour Croatia and Russia will face each other in a decisive match in the fight for direct qualification to the World Cup. You can follow the match here on VAVEL.

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This is the kick-off time for the Croatia vs Russia match on November 14 th in several countries:

Argentina: 9:00 AM

Bolivia: 9:00 AM

Brazil: 10:00 AM

Chile: 9:00 AM

Colombia: 8:00 AM

Ecuador: 8:00 AM

USA (ET): 9:00 AM

Spain: 15:00 PM

Mexico: 8:00 AM

Paraguay: 9:00 AM

Peru: 9:00 AM

Uruguay: 9:00 AM

Venezuela: 9:00 AM

England: 14: 00 AM

Australia : 23:00 AM

India: 18:30 AM

Just as the Croatian team has not lost since the European Championship where they were eliminated after finishing last in their group, until then a draw against Croatia and five victories. They are also coming off a 6-0 win over Cyprus. They are leaders of their group and a draw is enough to seal their qualification to the Qatar 2022 World Cup;

Russia is the leader of group H with 22 points, followed by Croatia with 20 points. Further behind are Slovakia and Slovenia with 11 points. The group is rounded off by Malta and Cyprus with five points;

The Croatian national team is undefeated since the European Championship where they were defeated in extra time by the Spanish team in the round of 16, until then two draws and five wins. Their confidence is high after a 7-1 thrashing of Malta. They are second in the group, two behind Russia, so they are obliged to win if they want to qualify directly to the World Cup;

They have met five times, with Croatia winning once and Croatia drawing four times. In the first leg held in Russia they played to a goalless draw. Whenever they have played in an official match both teams have ended in a draw, and three of them in a goalless draw. To highlight the match they faced each other in the last World Cup where they tied and the Croatians won in the penalty shootout;

The match will be played at the Stadion Poljud in the city of Split. The match will be officiated by Dutchman Makkelie;

Croatia and Russia will face each other in the match corresponding to the top of the day, which will decide who will qualify directly to the World Cup.
 

My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifriacute; n for this match. We will offer you the pre-match analysis and news hereí live from VAVEL.