Croatia - Road to the Final ✪ WORLD CUP 2018

Mandzukic and the shot from Perisic Brilliant move Modric is on by Ravich and in And it's turned away Nations all round from Croatia To Perisic Beautifully in and missed by Ravich He's got it, he's got it Felt on by Kramaric Onto the roof of the net Brilliant, brilliant move as well Modric And the referee has spotted something and given a penalty Luka Modric for Croatia And there was very little doubt about that You just fancy them from the walk-through, don't you? Really, don't Skipper wanted a team with a responsibility You know, across the... Here's Perisic Little flick from Mandzukic Ravich arriving in the area Perisic, good save Caballero's fingertips Big ball into Lionel Messi Didn't quite get the touch into the gloves of Dejan Lovren has a bit of a problem here Vida's mistake Oh, what a miss What a miss by Peris And Mandzukic now are up here Meshalko's ball Oh, what an opportunity Mandzukic Mandzukic in front of the goal It's a brilliant ball in Four inside the penalty area That's on top of the crossbar, isn't it? It did Tagliafico That's a good ball Aguero Good ball by Tagliafico Good turn by Sergio A good move in the end Mercado just... Oh, the goalkeeper Caballero What an absolute... Seen so many mistakes Defensively Behind Dejan Lovren Oh, Veszelko is behind him Veszelko Oh, side netting from Mandzukic What a brilliant pass from Rakitic Brozovic Modric wants it Here's danger Luka Modric Great goal Magnificent goal By Luka Modric And Croatia are certainly heading Into the second round of these World Cup finals There is no way back for Argentina Not this Argentina Not even with him They are 2-0 down It went down, Pavon Higuain Rakitic Oh Well, he nearly took his revenge on Otamendi, didn't he? Kovacic to his left Kramaric to his right Rakitic Caballero's save Kovacic Rakitic 3-0 And curtains for Argentina But Caballero makes a brilliant save in the middle of it all Too much to take He's hardly had any passes Argentina Passes the referee A nice chance Finn Borgessen Space here for Modric Might be troublesome But isn't for Iceland And he struck it well enough But Konjic Had read we had a really important goal for Iceland Goalkeeper in trouble Just about got any part of his body on that One last charge from Iceland And it's a good save He read He takes second place Oh, it's a great effort Best we've seen by a country mile Maric doing well This could open up for Croatia Face Grimson And it's a tip over from Kiel All the second and need to make it pay Chance Bjarnason No challenge coming here from Iceland Maric just unable to get a foot on that Anything would have Referee says Reigns All be excellent But it's in style Perisic Far side This is Knudsen of Ipswich Town Who will launch it in Cornelius is underneath it Almost come through to Poulsen It's smacked over It's by Jorgensen It's over the line Inside a minute Marco in front It's the perfect start for the Danes He's got support from Vršako The atletico Madrid fall back He just sort of shanks it into the centre Here's a chance for Van Zulkic It's an instant Croatian response It's the World Cup that keeps on giving And it's the first goal of the year for Croatia For Van Zulkic Four minutes on the clock It's Croatia 1 Cornelius Eriksen Breaks right away Tries to squeeze it past Suvacic Who made himself big enough to Prevent it this time from sneaking past him Rakitic Space for him Encouraged to shoot from distance Pushed away by Kasper Schmeichel There's some distance on it Kropič Schmeichel again Rakitic Perisic into the ground Missed, hit it And then the second time Schmeichel came Modric Might find Kramer up here Sends it forward instead Ravens grab the goalkeeper Thawed down by Jorgensen And eventually it's cleared away By Kjær but the penalty Has been given The foul launch at the end Of this last 16 game Modric And Schmeichel saves Danes fake him What a save From Kasper Schmeichel His dad was there Took four penalties in qualifying Three went in Eriksen for Denmark It was Denmark This is Croatia Man from Sevilla Flea against Suvacic Modric for the second time from the spot It's saved by Curves his run up And it's saved Jorgensen Ivan Rakitic Both these sides To abandon their Plans to train in the stadium There's Golovin Must be on Šerišec Suvac Lovren getting on the end of it Uso forward together with Raven Masalko There's a guided header by Perišic It's fairly good Two or three in the boys They're surprised Šerišec He'll try one He'll score Newman Zukić And that's 1-1 Čečesov left Frustrated Croatia delighted And relieved Ivan Perišec Denied But The header Finds the goal scorer Would be being fairly kind In which has reached the stage Where both sides are Struggling Suvacic out Only as far as Kozaev Has been struggling That's a decent stop Shapojev And Marija We don't see Jarokin Zobdin Two Penalty spot Smolov against Suvacic And Brozović Ernest Šakojev for Russia Kovačić Great save And he player Big hand to him And Ignashević Versus Akinfejov Kozaev It's Ivan Rakitic And it's England Against Croatia For a place In the World Cup You would have to be In your mid-thirties To have any recollection Of England In a World Cup Semi-final England's men These men Have made their own luck Since landing in Russia It is the team That Gareth Look at that control Confidence from Lingard And here's Dele Alli Bundled to the ground And England Have a free kick White shirt's in the wall It's Kieran Trippi And he's in First goal for England Is in a World Cup Semi-final Inside five minutes Dreams do come true What a start For England I said it was central This is Lingard It's a Harry Kane No playing Oh what a chance Kane's still He's smuggled off the line 4-1 fans for England Now the flag goes up But when Harry The South Cup To Perisic Greater equalise Ivan Perisic Really good cross Good run Good finish And England have got to Pull themselves together And come again Perisic Oh he's struck a post Straight into the arms Of Jordan Pickford There's that England's big break Dink-dink to Mandzukic Stopped by Pickford Trippi up In towards stones Oh and in off the line Pivaric Provides the clearance Kept alive by Perisic Chance hit and it's in Mario Mandzukic May just have won this Semi-final for Croatia 12 more minutes No more For England Not this time Not this year 2018 Is Croatia's year So many of us be doing The exact same thing At the same time We're all separated by Time zones Geography Language You name it And yet more of us right now Sitting in front of our TVs Those of us lucky enough At Luzhniki Stadium To be watching this game So welcome To the greatest Collective experience That we have As human beings The World Cup Final To be contested At Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium In front of 78,000 fans On a warm muggy evening Between national teams Representing France And Croatia And it's over Argentina only won In the other 5 games Clipped in Perisic on side of it Can bring it down cleanly It's gonna run out of space Killing Mbappe Mbappe cutting it back On Strinic Holding him off with a stiff Couldn't do anything with it Varane holds it in for Griezmann Contact there Marat Brozovic Free kick In a good position for France He's frustrated Griezmann Swings it in And in the open It just tells you everything You need to know Croatia have dominated This game throughout France win one set piece That lead Now it's up to Croatia To find a way Luka Modric Will send this ball in Header from Vida Comfortably over the bar Modric to the far side Header up in the air Mandzukic trying to get Something on it Bounces down Vida a touch Perisic to Travies Tied the game Ivan Perisic What all here in Moscow What a strike From Perisic And he's showing you the muscle Because he absolutely Rips the strike But it comes from the set piece Antoine Griezmann In swinger Something dangerous Deflection Perisic They're arguing for a handball France Antoine Griezmann Steps up This once again France Leads Once again Perisic Looking to get it back For Croatia The cross in Modric Sending it in To the back post Header pegged around there Pavard Only as wide As Lovren Off the back of Pogba With Utti behind the goal Rakitic again Looking in Dangerous ball And all the way wide Support from Griezmann It'll drag him a bit wide Griezmann taking it Time in their history As Rakitic got it Knocked away And played it back in Ante Ravic now From an angle Tipped over Hugo Lloris So no saves From either goalkeeper In the first half Too quickly in the second Looking long Perisic On the run A touch from Varane A touch from Hugo Lloris Picked up a Govinda Not gonna be able to stop him that way Gotta be careful Save made Suvacic Griezmann then Lost his footing On an empty net Trying to get back To the second ball Get under control Fast enough Rakitic Clipping it in For Van Soukens Lloris was up for it Didn't get much on that France are upset Cause they're running in Mbappé Cutting the byline Now the cross Griezmann Can he pick it up It's back to goal How about Pogba Through traffic Second chance For Pogba Setting it in Mbappé Trying to get there Giroud to the far side Griezmann waiting for him Brazovic broke it up Out for a Field to stop it In for Kelly To Mbappé now Mbappé Reaching this final Lloris Have you opened the door Well, Mandzukic is a striker We talked about his work rate Throughout this game He doesn't give up on this play But it's just so much With 90 seconds still left Delivered How about one from Pogba Missed it Was that a handball They popped up on A final whistle France have won the World Cup