Croatia and Argentina advanced to the semi-finals after winning the quarter-final matches of the Qatar World Cup football series yesterday.
Two quarter-final matches were held yesterday in the Qatar World Cup football series, which has reached an exciting stage. In the first match, Croatia faced a strong Brazil team. While Brazil was expected to win this match easily, Croatia showed a very good performance. In this, both the teams missed their scoring opportunities in the first half. The first half ended in a goalless draw.
The second half of the match which followed was very lively and thrilling to satisfy the fans’ desire. With both teams scoreless in the second half, the game went into overtime. In this, in the 105th minute of the game, Neymar, the star player of the Brazilian team, passed the Croatia players at lightning speed with a one-two pass and scored a goal for his team. Following this, the two teams clashed fiercely on the pitch, and while the fans were eagerly waiting for Brazil to win, Croatian player Petkovic scored a goal in the 117th minute of the game to level the match.
After this the tie-breaker system was followed as neither team scored any more goals. In this, Croatia won 4:2 and progressed to the semi-finals. The exit of the losing Brazil team from the series came as a shock to the world football fans.
Following this at 12.30 midnight, a strong Argentina team faced the Netherlands team in another match. In this. In the 35th minute of the first half, Argentine player Molina scored a goal to give his team the lead. In this case, at the end of the first half, the Argentine team was leading by 1:0.
In the 73rd minute of the second half of the game, Argentina’s star player Messi scored a goal and the number of goals in Argentina increased to two. In this case, the Netherlands shocked the fans who thought that Argentina would win. Dutchman Wakehorst scored two goals in the 83rd and 90th minutes to level the match.
This was followed by a tie-breaker with neither team scoring in overtime. In this, Argentina won 4:3 and progressed to the semi-finals. The Netherlands team was eliminated from the series after accepting defeat.
In this case, two matches are going to be held today. Morocco will face Portugal in the first match. England will face France in another match at 12.30 midnight.