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Croatia ended Russia's surprising World Cup run with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Ivan Rakitic scored the deciding penalty after a 2-2 draw.
The overachieving hosts, the lowest ranked nation in the tournament, were trying to make it to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the Soviet Union team finished fourth at the 1966 tournament in England.
Croatia hadn't advanced this far at the World Cup since the 1998 World Cup, which was its first appearance.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Igor Akinfeev - 5.5 out of 10 Could do nothing about Croatia’s equaliser and the second goal was right in the corner, both goals weren't his fault.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Mario Fernandes - 8 Came forward on the overlap with great pace and defended strongly against Mandzukic, scored the equaliser in extra time to take it to penalties.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Ilja Kutepov - 5 Communication was lacking with Ignashevich at the back and defended way too deep in the second half, allowing Croatia to come at Russia repeatedly.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Sergey Ignashevich - 5 Didn’t close Mandzukic down properly and gave him too much space which led to the equaliser.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Fyodor Kudryashov - 6 Made some good clearances when the ball came in from the wings and came forward to give Russia options out wide
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Daler Kuzyaev - 5 Had a very quiet game especially in the second half when Russia couldn’t get the ball forward quick enough
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Roman Zobnin - 5.5 Created some chances in the first half but got held back in the second as he was asked to defend more.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Alexander Samedov - 5.5 Ran into space when Russia had an attack, was quick on the counter and unlucky not to have a better chance on goal
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Alexander Golovin - 6 Started the second half strongly winning the ball in mid-field but Russia had too few attacks for him to make a difference
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Denis Cheryshev - 7 Scored the first goal with a spectacular left-footed strike and worked well with Dzyuba
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Artyom Dzyuba - 6 Was great up front for Russia, he got into space, held the ball up well, used his body to block defenders and set up Cheryshev for the first goal.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Danijel Subasic - 5.5 Hardly had a chance to save the first goal but could have made a better effort to save it, perhaps stood too far off his line, made some great saves in extra time when Russia tried to level things.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Sime Vrsaljko - 6 Got forward well and created chances with balls into the box, kept Russia quiet when they came down the left-hand side as well.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Dejan Lovren - 5 Got a yellow card in the first-half for a poor challenge but defended well after the first gaol went in.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Domagoj Vida - 7 Made two or three good blocks in defence when Russia looked threatening on the counter attack and scored the second goal from a corner in extra time.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Ivan Strinic - 5 Loved to get forward which meant he left gaps at the back and Fernandes was able to get in behind him on multiple occasions.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Luka Modric - 7 Worked extremely hard in the second half to recover the ball up the pitch, he placed lots of balls out wide and got himself in areas to shoot. His corner found Vida to give Croatia the winner.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Ivan Rakitic - 7 Had his best chance from a free kick which he put high and wide, poor defending from him and Modric, led to the first goal. He kept pushing in the second half and scored the winning penalty to send Croatia through .
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Ante Rebic - 6 Was the driving force behind Croatia’s attacking players, early on he had a shot blocked and a header went wide but he created chances when Croatia looked slow and sluggish.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Andrej Kramaric - 7 Scored the equaliser for Croatia, he found space in the box and finished his header clinically.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Ivan Perisic - 5.5 Got into the box on numerous occasions and almost scored the opening goal when his header just went wide.
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Russia vs Croatia: Player ratings Mario Mandzukic - 7 Made a great run into space on the right that led to the equaliser, his cross found Kramaric perfectly, but he did little else in front of goal.
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Croatia will next play England in the semifinals on Wednesday in Moscow. The English team defeated Sweden 2-0.
Check the gallery above to see how we rated the two teams.
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