The Croatian national team became the second finalist of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In the semi-final of Mundialya team Zlatko Dalich in a bitter struggle defeated England with a score of 2: 1.

At the start of the meeting, Kieran Trippieu scored a quick goal and, after making an excellent free-kick, led the English forward (5). After this, Gareth Southgate's team focused on defense, but the Croats were unable to do anything. In the second half, the British began to take positions. But Ivan Perisic (68) closed the pitch from the right flank and, having cut off the ball into the corner of the goal, equalized the score in the game. More team did not score and brought the case to extrasime. Decisive in the match was the moment at the 109th minute of the meeting, when Mario Mandzhukich with an accurate blow sent the ball into the far corner and set the counting account.

Note that the last minutes of England finish the game with ten men, because Trippier left the field in the absence of substitutions due to injury.

So, the Croatian national team scored an incredible achievement and for the first time in history reached the World Cup final. Prior to this, the biggest achievement was the third place "checkered" 20 years ago - in 1998.

In the final, the Croats will play against the team of France, which yesterday, on July 10, minimally beat Belgium. This meeting will begin on July 15 at 18:00 Kyiv time. While the British will argue with the Belgians for third place on July 14.

_____________________________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this was the invasion of Russia in Ukraine and Syria poisoning in Britain of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, fasting Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsova and systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

In 2015, a Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-security colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.