Brazil first team to be eliminated after 1-0 lead in extra-time of a World Cup knockout match | Football News

NEW DELHI: Brazil‘s performance in the knockouts of the FIFA World Cup continued to haunt them with the five-time champions making another quarter-final exit at the quadrennial event after going down to Croatia 2-4 in a penalty shoot-out on Friday.
Brazil have now lost four of their last five World Cup quarter-finals all to European opposition and also became the first team to be eliminated with 1-0 lead in extra-time of a World Cup knockout stage match.

The match had finished 1-1 after extra time, with both goals coming in the additional 30 minutes. Neymar scored late in the first half of extra time to give Brazil the lead, but Croatia equalised when Bruno Petkovic scored in the 117th and forced the match into a penalty shootout.
Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved the penalty on the first attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post. Livakovic had already produced some key stops as the teams drew 0-0 in regulation and 1-1 in extra time.
Nikola Vlasic, Lovro Majer, Luka Modric and Mislav Orsic converted their penalties for Croatia, while Casemiro and Pedro scored for Brazil.
Five of Croatia’s last six matches at World Cups have gone to extra time, including their penalty shootout win over Japan in the round of 16 in Qatar. The team has been successful in eight of its last 10 knockout matches at the tournament.
(With Agency Inputs)