Russia's World Cup Dream Ends With Croatia
- 6 years ago
Reuters reports that Russia’s World Cup dream ended within agonizing sight of the semi-finals. This as they went down 4-3 on penalties to Croatia on Saturday after another gallant performance in front of their fanatical fans which again belied their lowly ranking.
Russia knocked out Spain on penalties in the previous round. The country was 70th in the FIFA rankings. It again defied the odds to take 20th ranked Croatia to a shootout with a 2-2 draw after extra time. But on this occasion their marksmanship deserted them.