 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Croatia yakadhirowa boka rakaoma, nevakadai seNigeria, Argentina neIceland. Musi wa 16 Chikumi, Croatia yakakunda mumutambo wavo wekutanga weNdebe yeNyika ya2018, ichikunda Nigeria ne 20. Zvisinei, panguva yemutambo, kumberi Nikola Kalinić akaramba kupinda senzvimbo yekupedzisira, achidudza kukuvara kumusana sechirongwa chake, kunyange zvazvo akanga ashandisa chikonzero ichi kare panguva yemutambo weushamwari neBrazil, pamwe chete nehurukuro yekudzidzira yapfuura. Izvi zvakaita kuti Dalić amutumire kumba pazuva rechishanu chete remutambo. Dalić akataura kuti aida vatambi vakagadzirira, nepo Kalinić asina kuuya pazviitiko zvitatu. Dalić akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kwekurapa kwake Kalinić, nevamwe vachiti akasimbisa chinzvimbo chake semurairidzi mukuru nesarudzo. Musi wa 21 Chikumi, Croatia yakakurira nhabvu inorema Argentina, ichikunda nechikamu che 3 0, naAnte Rebić, Luka Modrić naIvan Rakitić vachihwina zvibodzwa. Kukunda kwacho kwakaita kuti Croatia ipinde muchikamu che knockout kekutanga kubva muna 1998 FIFA World Cup, umo vakapedza vari pachinzvimbo chechitatu. Musi wa 26 Chikumi, Croatia yakatungamira muboka ravo nemapoinzi akawanda zvichitevera kukunda 21 pamusoro peIceland, uye vakakwenya Denmark mumutambo wegumi nematanhatu, vachifambira mberi mushure mekupfura kwechirango. Croatia zvakare yakakunda kuburikidza nepenalty shootout vachipesana nevanogamuchira Russia mumakota ekupedzisira, vachigadzira semi-fainari tie neEngland. Musi wa11 Chikunguru, Croatia yakakunda England 21, ichipinda mufainari, apo vakarasikirwa ne42 kuFrance musi wa15 Chikunguru. Nokuda kwekubudirira, akagamuchira Franjo Bučar State Award yeMitambo Yegore negore. 