Sweden vs England
Date – July 7, 2018
Venue – Samara
Goal scorers – (England) – Harry Maguire 30’ Dele Alli 59’
England reaches the semifinal stage for the first time since 1990, and the first time since a 32-team tournament after grabbing a goal in each half to knock out Sweden.
Russia vs Croatia
Date – July 7, 2018
Venue – Sochi
Goal scorers – (Russia) Denis Cheryshev 31’ Mario Fernandes 115’
Goal scorers – (Croatia) Andrej Kramaric 39’ Domagoj Vida 101’
Penalties
Russia – Fedor Smolov(missed) Alan Dzagoev(scored) Mario Fernandes(missed) Sergei Ignashevich(scored) Dalev Kuyaev(scored)
Croatia – Marcelo Brozovic(scored) Mateo Kovacic(missed) Luka Modric(scored) Domagoj Vida(scored) Ivan Rakitic(scored)
Each team scored a goal in the opening half of the match and got a second in the final half of extra-time.
Mario Fernandes penalty miss ended up being the difference between the two sides at the end. Fernandes scored a late equalizing goal for Russia to push the game to penalty kicks.
Russia took the lead, lost it, fell behind, before leveling up to send the match to penalties.
Croatia fell behind, leveled up, took the lead, lost the lead to send the match to penalties.
