Croatia vs Denmark Review

Croatia 1-1 Denmark (AET) Croatia win 3-2 on penalties

Danijel Subasic saved three penalties as Croatia knocked out Denmark in a nerve-wracking shootout to set up an intreguing World Cup quarter-final tie against hosts Russia.
Martin Jorgensen
It was a match that ended in stunningly dramatic fashion - and started that way as well. An electric first 5 minutes saw Martin Jorgensen capitalise on a chaotic long throw, and fired a weakly taken shot beyond Subasic in the opening minute.
A scuffed clearance and an deflected header off the Danish midfielder Martin Delaney presented Mario Mandzukic with a good chance that he took with ease smashing his shot into the ground and beyond Schmeichel as Croatia soon levelled. 
The shootout came at the end of a largely disappointing tie - and one that had seen Luka Modric spurn a golden chance to snatch a late winner when his penalty shortly before the end of extra-time was superbly saved by Kasper Schmeichel, which saw fabulous celebrations from his father and legend Peter.
The Leicester City goalkeeper also saved two more penalties in the shootout at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium but he could not prevent Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic slotting home the decisive 10th kick.
The Croatia players charged towards Rakitic after his strike sent them through with the look of a team who knew they had just about survived an almighty scare against a Danish side that seemed to have the momentum with them moving into the shootout. 
Kasper Schmeichel
Man of the Match - Kasper Schmeichel 

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