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I don't know, but in my opinion the brazilian team was superior (in statistics and mainly in the roster of the team).
Everyone was confident that they would win against Croatia, because they only had Luka Modrić who is an excellent player and also dangerous.
If we analyze, Brazil managed to shoot 21 times, against Croatia's 9, in terms of shots on goal, Brazil made 11 shots against Croatia's only 1, and it was precisely this single kick that kept Croatia's hopes alive against Croatia. From then on, Brazil "literally died" and the Croats took advantage of this great opportunity and managed to reverse it and beat Brazil on penalties

Yeah, if we check the statistics of this match, we can see that Brazil was much better offensively than Croatia. However, it also shows that the Croatian goalkeeper performed phenomenally in this match, as Brazil managed to score only one of 11 shots on goal. Obviously, Brazil fans may be disappointed at the moment, but there is no doubt that Croatia deserved this win, and the outcome of this match once again showed how unpredictable the World Cup can be.

Let's not forget the Croatian midfield masterclass. The managed to condense the Brazilian pressure and slow down the tempo of the game most of the time. I know this was boring for most people, but their focus was definitely Penalties. They trusted their shoot stopper, and it paid off at the end.

All that Croatia did was defense and they made sure that they stop every strike and attack of Brazil, they were totally on this and as a result Brazil managed to score a goal at the end of full time nbut that didn't help them in victory, Croatia succeeded in scoring goal right after that but again what went wrong in Penalty shootout ?
Why strongest teams couldn't succeed in penalty shootout?
I think the reason is intense pressure and nervousness that destroys everything. We have witnessed that thing yesterday too and before that too .