In my mind the penalty changed the course of the whole game.
Not necessarily, not a rational thought because Croatia previous history of goal records was able to equal the score against Brazil and Japan so they could face a penalty match, but this match they were really unlucky and had to lose with an embarrassing score, Croatia's statistics did not dominate the goal attack to shot on target and Argentina had been in control in the match. Btw, my previous prediction was not wrong that Argentina would advance to the finals.
1. Argentina vs France
2. Argentina vs Morocco