FT: RUSSIA 2 - 2 CROATIA. Croatia win on penalties

[Michael Morris]

For the right to face England

[Michael Morris]

ITV bigging up our prospective new signing.

[Michael Morris]

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[thehumblegringo]

Decent start. Croatia looking strong

[thehumblegringo]

Commentator just said that Croatia were 20th in the world rankings before the tournament. How!!!

[Michael Morris]

1-0 Russia. Lovely goal.

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

Wow, what a goal that was

[alan_corneli]

Lovely lay-off from a possible Bluebird.

[MacAdder]

Oh dear

[Ianto13]

Dzyuba looks a class striker, go get him Neil!

[Michael Morris]

1-1

[jon1959]

Our boy's done well. 6'13" and a bit of skill too.

Much better game than the earlier one. Enjoying this!

[the other bob wilson]

Kudos to Messrs Champion and McCoist in the commentary box. I missed the first five minutes of the game, so I suppose they could have spent all of that time talking about England, but all I heard about them was a short conversation around the midway point of the half about which one out of Russia and Croatia England would prefer to face and then a quick mention that ITV have exclusive coverage of England's Semi Final. The pair in the commentary box appear to have realised that there is a decent game taking place and so there is no need to refer to England every minute or so like Mowbray and Keown or Tyldesley and Hoddle would be doing if they were describing the action,

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

I quite like Champion as a commentator, very balanced.
Gary Neville did my head in half time saying Schmeical, Courtois and Van Der Sar would've saved that Russian goal, I think it annoyed Bilic as well. No keeper was stopping that and what keeper would be rooted to their line when a player is 30 yards out?

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

How the feck Croatia didn't score then I don't know.

[thehumblegringo]

England would beat Russia comfortably

[blue matt]

England would beat Russia comfortably

If Russia get through then you are right, England will beat them, though saying that, They will beat Croatia aswell

[tomm]

Kudos to Messrs Champion and McCoist in the commentary box. I missed the first five minutes of the game, so I suppose they could have spent all of that time talking about England, but all I heard about them was a short conversation around the midway point of the half about which one out of Russia and Croatia England would prefer to face and then a quick mention that ITV have exclusive coverage of England's Semi Final. The pair in the commentary box appear to have realised that there is a decent game taking place and so there is no need to refer to England every minute or so like Mowbray and Keown or Tyldesley and Hoddle would be doing if they were describing the action,

Best two commentators at the World Cup.

[City123]

I quite like Champion as a commentator, very balanced.
Gary Neville did my head in half time saying Schmeical, Courtois and Van Der Sar would've saved that Russian goal, I think it annoyed Bilic as well. No keeper was stopping that and what keeper would be rooted to their line when a player is 30 yards out?

Neville hates goalkeepers, he said yesterday (100% seriously) that every shot on target should be saved. WTF?

[Michael Morris]

Croatia 2 - 1 up with a soft one

[Michael Morris]

needed a full back on the post

[thehumblegringo]

Extremely disappointed with Croatia. I fancy England against them

[thehumblegringo]

How the hell has Dzagoev come back from a hamstring strain in 2 weeks!

[City123]

How the hell has Dzagoev come back from a hamstring strain in 2 weeks!

The same way Russia have reached the quarter finals

[City123]

Extremely disappointed with Croatia. I fancy England against them

If they go with a 3 in midfield rather than the 4-2-4 they went with here I can see Croatia dominating the middle with ease and beating England, that's the dream anyway

Croatia are the kind of team a lot of people forget about