It is a really big shock for Brazil. Nearly everyone was favouring Brazil to eliminate Croatia. I was even waiting for them to do so in 90 minutes. But Croatia defense was just too good to prevent them from scoring a goal. Brazil's goal which came in extra time seemed like the finishing blow but Croatia somehow found the equalizer in the last minutes.
I was worried about penalties as Croatia were full of experienced players. They really did it through penalties. Livakovic was amazing today and he was great in penalties as well by saving one.
Yes Levakovic is a hero for Croatia tonight, for sure, if it wasn't for him there would be no penalty shootout.
Brazilians probably did not expect such a stubborn game. This is generally the problem of South American national teams, they are very dependent on the mood.
Neymar of course tried as hard as he could and almost made the game, but then some unimaginable way Croats won back, probably affected by the fact that Brazil has older defenders, who can still play at a high tempo in the main time, but the additional one is felt to be lack of strength.
Well, the penalty shootout is always a lottery, in which this time Croatia was luckier.