Match will be held on July 7th, 2018.
Game will start at 11.30 pm IST.
Hosts Russia have qualified for 2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals after pulling of a surprise win over Spain in the round of 16. Russia defeated Spain on penalties and will take on Croatia in the quarterfinals on Saturday, 07 July 2018 at the Fischt Stadium in Sochi. Croatia defeated Denmark in the last 16 and they too had to rely on penalties to make this far.
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco/FRA), Lovre Kalinic (Gent/BEL), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas/TUR), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria/ITA), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool/ENG), Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg/AUT)
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid/ESP), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona/ESP), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid/ESP), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina/ITA), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan /ITA), Filip Bradaric (Rijeka)
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus/ITA), Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan/ITA), Nikola Kalinic (AC Milan/ITA), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim/GER), Marko Pjaca (Schalke/GER), Ante Rebic (Eintracht/GER)
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Brugge/BEL), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St Petersburg)
Defenders: Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan), Fyodor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semyonov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg), Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
Midfielders: Yury Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg), Yury Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow, Alexander Samedov (Spartak Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal/ESP).
Russia's Yuri Zhirkov misses out with a calf problem, but Alan Dzagoev is back in contention after damaging his hamstring in the opening win over Saudi Arabia.
Ivan Strinic is expected to be available despite seemingly picking up an injury late in the win over Denmark, while Mateo Kovacic should also be fit following a shoulder issue.
Spain and Russia played out a marathon of game tie in Round of 16 as it went all the way to penalties where Russia finally won the game and made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament.`now they have a real test against a very compact Croatia side who many people are tipping as dark horses to go all the way.
Nobody gave a chance to this Russian side before the world cup, in fact local media in Russia describe this squad as the worst russian squad in world cup history. The negativity surrounding the team was terrible to say the least but under manager Stanislav Cherchesov, Russia have surprised quite a few people specially after beating Spain. But now expectations will be stronger than before when they take on Croatia and that will be interesting how they cope with it.
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