 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutamba neDenmark mumutambo we16, Croatia yakakunda mu penalty shoot-out mushure mekunge muchengeti wemagariro Danijel Subašić achengetedza zvirango zvitatu, achienzanisa rekodhi yezvirango zvakachengetedzwa mumutambo. Uku kwaiva kubudirira kwokutanga kwechikwata chokurova zvibodzwa. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, Croatia yakaenzana 22 nevanogamuchira Russia uye yakafambira mberi mushure meimwe penalty shoot-out. Izvi zvakaita kuti vave chikwata chokutanga kubvira muna 1990 kukunda mujaho wepenalty kaviri mumutsara mumwe chete paWorld Cup. Kutamba neEngland mumasemi-fainari, Croatia yakaenzanisa zvakare kumanikidza nguva yavo yechitatu yakateedzana yekuwedzera, ichienzanisa imwe rekodhi yemitambo yakawanda yekuwedzera panguva yemutambo. Mario Mandžukić akazopedzisira arova sezvo Croatia yakakunda 21 ichivaita nyika yechipiri-diki maererano nehuwandu hwevanhu kuti vasvike kumagumo eWorld Cup mushure meUruguay muna 1930ChiGerman Croatia yakarasikirwa neyokupedzisira 4 2 kuFrance uko kurova kwakasununguka kwakapihwa kuFrance nekuda kwekudonha kwaAntoine Griezmann pamwe nechirango gare gare mumutambo wakapihwa nevhidhiyo mubatsiri mutongi VAR yebhora remaoko naIvan Perišić. Mushure memutambo, Luka Modrić akazova muCroatia wekutanga kuhwina mubairo weGolden Ball wemutambi akanakisa wemutambo. Vatambi veCroatia vakagamuchirwa nevanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva hafu yemiriyoni pamusha wavo muguta guru reZagreb. 