Russia vs Croatia Score and Live Commentary

Oh, Russia. Two absurd penalties cost the hosts a magical place in the semifinals of their own World Cup. Commiserations to Russia, Congratulations to Croatia.

This has been an immense, immense match. My God. A quarter for the ages.

Thank you for reading this, Thank you Russia for being. Anirudh Menon signing out.

Toodle-ooo

PENALTY #10: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! RAKITIC! HE SENDS CROATIA INTO THE SEMIFINALS!

PENALTY #9: Kuzyaev runs straight, and casually passes it into the bottom corner. WOOF! Russia 3 - 3 Croatia... Rakitic stepping up to win it

PENALTY #8: Vida steps up, and thumps it in. No saving that. Russia 2 - 3 Croatia (4 each)

PENALTY #7: Sergei Ignashevich steps up and smashes it into the corner not occupied by a diving Subasic. Russia 2 - 2 Croatia

PENALTY #6: OH! LUKA MODRIC! AKINFEEV GOT A HAND TO IT... IT BOUNCED OFF THE POST, AND SPUN BACK INTO THE NET! OH! Russia 1 - 2 Croatia (3 each)

PENALTY #5: Mario Fernandes belts it well wide. With Subasic rooted to the center, he dragged it inches wide. Another bad one from the Russians. Russia 1 - 1 Croatia

PENALTY #4: Mateo Kovacic runs in... Igor Akinfeev saves brilliantly low to his left. IMMENSE SAVE! Russia 1 - 1 Croatia (after 2 each)

PENALTY #3: Alan Dzagoev will take it... and he scores. Passes it into the other corner as Subasic dives to his right. Russia 1 -1 Croatia

PENALTY #2: Marcelo Brozovic steps up... and SCORES! Belts it just above a diving Akinfeev. Russia 0 - 1 Croatia

PENALTY #1: Smolov runs up, tries a panenka... and Subasic saves. Awful pen

Russia to take the first pen. Fydor Smolov starts.

PEEP! PEEP! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! PENALTIES IT IS!

121' ONE MINUTE ADDED ON, the vast majority of it taken up by Modric, Rakitic, Brozovic, Kovacic closing down Dzagoev. Croatia break and Mandzukic is this far away from running through on goal, Oh, the drama.

120' Modric wins a foul, Modric takes the freekick. Kovacic flicks it on - but Russia hold firm. Croatia continue to pass as they probe for an opening...

119' OH! OH! OH! After a lovely bit of passing about on the edge of the box, Zobnin smashes a low hard shot at goal that Subasic dives down well to catch. Considering the state of that right leg of his, that was a truly remarkable save

118' OH! RUSSIA ARE GEE-D UP ALRIGHT! Smolov's just careened into a block on Lovren at the edge of the Croat box, They can sense history is within their grasp.

117' The mad man smashes a curler well over Akinfeev's crossbar

116' Sochi is absolutely bouncing. Croatia are looking for an immediate response - through that mad-man genius that is Luka Modric.

OH MY, SOCHI HAS GONE MAD! Dzagoev whips in the most delicious ball - where the Brazilian born full back rises unmarked and slams a header into the far corner. What a goal. OH, MY. WORD. What a match!

114' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! MARIO FERNANDESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

113' Subasic again! Smolov sold Vida down the rivet with a lovely feint, before chipping a ball into the box - where Subasic clawed it away. Pivaric then goes into the book for deliberate handball at the edge of the box. Alan Dzagoev stands over it...

112' OH! SUBASIC YOU HERO, YOU! The intial corner was punched clear by the keeper; before Kuzyaev smashed in a volley that he stopped with his chest - after it had gone through his hands.WOOF! That was HIT

111' Zobnin runs at Brozovic. Wins corner. Dzagoev will take...

110' Raktic ends up curling a comfortable ball right into the hands of Akinfeev.

109' Kovacic slams into Kudryashov and wins the ball in the process, but gets fouled. Modric will look to curl one in.

108' Yellow for Gazinski as Mandzukic is tripped on a Croatia counter.

107' Luka Modric sprints to keep a hopeless lost ball in. HOW DOES THIS MAN HAVE THAT MUCH ENERGY LEFT IN THOSE LITTLE, MUSCULAR, LEGS OF HIS?

106' The Russians are pressing furiously high, but Pilaric and Mandzukic are doing their bit by winning throw-in after throw-in

106' Croatia are playing some lovely keep-ball; Kovacic at the heart of it all

PEEP! WE ARE OFF FOR THE FOURTH AND FINAL TIME TONIGHT!

PEEP! PEEP! FIRST HALF OF EXTRA TIME OVER!

Subasic is barely limping now. This last fifteen is going to be L.O.C.O

105'+2' Dzagoev's caught near the touchline, and the sub has a chance to curl one into the box... he does so; Subasic leaps to gather and the ref calls for a foul on him.

105'+1' Cherchesov is furious with his fans for not being loud enough - they seem shocked into silence do the folk in Sochi.

105' Two minutes to be added on.

104' OH! EROKHIN! OH! EROKHIN! Dzagoev's corner is glanced off the forehead of the midfielder and harmlessly across the face of the goal.

103' Erokhin wins a corner, Dazagoev takes... and wins another corner.

102' When he limped off injured in the opener of this tournament, would he have even considered that his return to a Russian shirt would be made in extra time of a quarterfinal?

101' Golovin off, Alan Dzagoev on.

OH! MY! WHAT A SHOCK! The Croats won a corner that Modric pinged onto the head of a leaping Vida - and he hit a header through Kutepov's and Corluka's legs and into the far corner.

100' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL! VIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

99' OH! OH! OH! Lovren misplaces a pass straight to Golovin - who ran at Lovren and Corluka, before feeding Smolov... the Russian flies into the box and he goes down. Far too easily.

98' Fernandes goes in hard on Mandzukic; the Croat looks happy to just hit the floor and get off his feet.

97' Not if Modric has something to say about it; He speeds away from his marker like he's got an extra battery in those legs - but Kutepov sees him with a show of muscular strength.

96' Let's count it out. Vrsaljko is down and out - and Vedran Corluka, that ageless bugger, is on in his stead. But, both Subasic and Mandzukic are barely able to put one foot in front of the other. More than Russia, it looks its going to be Croatia holding on for pens

95' Croatia and Russia are exchanging possession here - Croatia's playing on with 10 men; Brozovic's filling in at right back.

94' They are taking their time about this

93' The tireless Mario Fernandes looks to bomb forward down the right, but runs out of space as Pivaric sees him off. On the other flank, Vrsaljko has gone down, and it looks like there'll be a change for the Atleti man.

92' Kuzyaev flings himself across the box - like an ersatz Superman - and the Croats, and the ref, laugh at his half-hearted penalty appeals

91' Russia move forward; and as a ball is pumped forward - and Smolov wins an early corner off VIda. Golovin fizzes in a superb ball into the six yard box that Croatia somehow scramble clear.

Russia vs Croatia Score and Live Commentary | World Cup 2018

Russia vs Croatia Score and Live Commentary | World Cup 2018| Croatia World Cup | Russia World Cup