hopefully croatia doesn't play defensively to repeat the previous match on penalties against japan in the last 16, i think croatia has to play attacking too to be able to get a goal against brasil, so far they have played well in this first round and even brazil haven't scored 1 goal In this first half, Croatia's defense was quite good
So far Croatia has not played defensively, they have played openly with perfect emphasis, not many chances have been created in the first half, because both teams have not found their best game scheme, Croatia twice had the opportunity to counterattack, but their final finish still failed and did not reach target to score goals, Croatia managed to suppress the Brazilian players with two players at once, so that Brazil had difficulty penetrating Croatia's defense.
Meanwhile, Brazil had two shots on target and carried out more attacks from the left wing, but because Croatia's defense was still quite solid and still quite consistent in guarding the defense, it made it difficult for Brazil to score goals in the first half. If in the second half the two teams still play like this, then there is a chance of a penalty shootout in my opinion.
