Croatia dismantled Argentina to advance from Group D on ‘Day 8’ of the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Day 8

Group C – Denmark vs Australia

Date – June 21, 2018

Venue – Samara

Goal scorers – (Denmark) Christian Eriksen 7’

Goal scorers – (Australia) Mile Jedinak 38’

A defeat would have eliminated Australia from the tournament but thanks to the ‘Video Assistant Referee’ a first-half penalty allowed Australia to come from a goal down and finish their second match of Group C with a point against Denmark.

Group C- France vs Peru

Date – June 21, 2018

Venue – Ekaterinburg

Goal Scorers – (France) Kylian Mbappe 34’

France advances to the ‘Round of 16’

Kylian Mbappe goal eliminated Peru from the 2018 FIFA World Cup. After a 36-year absence, Peru’s world cup ended after a consecutive ‘1-0’ defeat.

Group D – Argentina vs Croatia

Date – June 21, 2018

Venue – Nizhny Novgorod

Goal scorers – (Croatia) Ante Rebic 53’ Luka Modric 80’ Ivan Rakitic 90+1’

Croatia advances from Group D after humiliating Argentina.   

It was an uphill battle for Argentina when Willy Caballero’s second-half goalkeeping error handed Croatia the lead.

Argentina is a the brink of an early exit from the 2018 World Cup after suffering an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Croatia.