Doha. 5-time cup winner Brazil has suffered a major setback in the first quarter-final match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Last time’s runners up Croatia showed them the way out of the match by defeating them in Friday night’s match. For Brazil, it was only a matter of satisfaction that its player Neymar equaled the goals of the greatest football player Pele. Croatia will now face Argentina in the semi-finals on December 13. In another quarterfinal match, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4–3 in a penalty shootout.
Talking about the match between Brazil and Croatia, both the matches were exciting. Both the teams could not score for the stipulated 90 minutes. In extra time, Neymar scored the first goal for Brazil with the help of Lucas Piqueta. This put Brazil ahead 1–0. Then it seemed that Brazil would now win the match, but Brazil’s lead was defied by Croatia striker Bruno Petkovic. Petkovic scored with the help of Mislav Osek to bring the match to a 1-1 draw. After which the penalty shootout took place. In which Croatia beat Brazil by 4-2 goals.
The sad thing with Brazil is that they haven’t reached the semi-finals even once since 2014. He had lost in the quarterfinals last time as well. Neymar, however, scored 1 goal in the match and equaled Pelé’s record of 77 international goals. Now everyone’s eyes will be on the night of December 13 at 12.30 pm Indian time. When the semi-final match will be played between Croatia and Argentina. If Croatia wins this match, then it will reach the final for the second time in a row. Where he can win and repay the revenge of being the runners up last time.