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Croatia will lock horns with Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Friday.
When: Friday, December 9, 8:30 pm IST
Where: Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
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Capacity: 44,667
Draw: 15/4
Brazil
Brazil has advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals in seven of the last eight tournaments. They were champions in 1994 and 2002, as well as runners-up in 1998, but have only made it to the semi-finals once since, as hosts in 2014, when they were humiliated 7-1 by Germany.
Brazil striker Neymar, who scored twice in Monday’s 4-1 win over South Korea, also scored twice when Brazil defeated Croatia 3-1 in the group stage in 2014.
Croatia
Croatia has only won once in 90 minutes in four games, a 4-1 group stage win over Canada, followed by goalless draws with Morocco and Belgium, before defeating Japan on penalties after the score was tied 1-1 after extra time.
Croatia has won all three penalty shootouts at the World Cup. They defeated Denmark in the last 16, Russia in the quarter-finals, and Japan on Monday.
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