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Croatia beat hosts Russia 4-3 on penalties to reach World Cup semis

Croatia become the second team in World Cup history (after Argentina in 1990) to win two penalty shootouts in the same edition of the tournament

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Croatia will play England in the semi finals of Fifa World Cup 2018.

Full-time match report: Football can be so fickle. One moment, Brazil-born Russian footballer Mario Fernandes was the hero after his header sent the match against Croatia at the Fisht stadium into the penalties and within minutes, his wayward penalty became one of the reasons the host country's journey in the ongoing Fifa World Cup 2018 ended. 

After a late drama that went for way too long, Croatia ended up with a win to take them into the semi-finals of the Fifa World Cup 2018 where they

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