Croatia participated in the

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. This was their fourth appearance having missed out on

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Qualifying

Croatia was in Group A of UEFA's World Cup qualifications. They played alongside Belgium, Serbia, Scotland, Wales and

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. Croatia finished as runner-up in the group and entered the Second Round play-offs where the team beat Iceland and qualified for the

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where they eliminated Iceland with a 2-0 aggregate score after a two-round play-off series. ---- ---- ----

Players

Stipe Pletikosa Stipe Pletikosa (; born 8 January 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As of 29 July 2021, he works at the Croatian Football Federation as the technical director of the national senior and under-21 tea ...

and Mario Mandžukić are the only players that appeared in all 12 qualifying matches. Further more Pletikosa played the full 90 minutes of all the matches while Mandžukić was the top scorer with 4 achieved goal. Midfielder Marcelo Brozović and goalkeepers

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World Cup preparation

The Croatian national team's World Cup camp was in luxurious Tivoli Ecoresort near Praia do Forte and

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in Bahia. The team played three friendly matches before the tournament.

Draw

Croatia was drawn into Group A. Croatia's opponents in the first stage were Brazil, Cameroon and Mexico. The match between the Brazil and Croatia opened the World Cup tournament.

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squad

Coach: Niko Kovač The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014. With less than 48 hours until the opening game against Brazil,

was called up to replace the injured

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, after having previously been excluded from the final squad. Team captain:

Matches

Round Robin

Standings

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Matches

Brazil vs Croatia

The two teams had met in two previous matches, including in the

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group stage, won by Brazil 1–0. Croatia forward Mario Mandžukić was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Iceland. Croatia opened the scoring through a

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own goal, as the ball bounced off him into the net after Nikica Jelavić deflected Ivica Olić's cross. Neymar equalised for the hosts with a shot after receiving a pass from Oscar. In the second half, Brazil took the lead with Neymar's penalty after Dejan Lovren was judged to have fouled Fred in the penalty area. Croatia had a potential equaliser disallowed, after a foul was called on the Brazilian goalkeeper, Júlio César. In added time, Oscar sealed the win, toe-poking the third goal for Brazil from after receiving a pass from Ramires. Post-match, FIFA referees chief

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defended the officials for awarding the penalty and insisted there had been some contact between Lovren and Fred, even if it was minimal. On the other hand, renowned former top-level FIFA referee

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criticised FIFA for having Yuichi Nishimura as the referee in the opening match, labelling the refereeing in the match as "embarrassing". The game was notable for a number of pioneering events. This was the first occasion in FIFA World Cup history on which an own goal (which was also the first ever own goal scored by Brazil in World Cup finals) opened scoring in the tournament. As the first game played at this World Cup, the match also saw the first use of vanishing spray to mark free kick spots, and the advent of goal-line technology, two innovations introduced during the tournament. {, style="width:92%;" , - , , {, width="100%" , valign="top" width="40%", {, style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" , - !width=25, !!width=25, , - , GK , , 12, , Júlio César , - , RB , , 2 , , Dani Alves , - , CB , , 3 , , Thiago Silva ( c) , - , CB , , 4 , , David Luiz , - , LB , , 6 , ,

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Neymar (Brazil) Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (

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)
Toshiyuki Nagi (

)

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( Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar ( Iran)

Cameroon vs Croatia

The two teams had never met before. In a match where both teams needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, Croatia opened scoring when Ivica Olić scored from close range from Ivan Perišić's pass. Just before half time, Cameroon was reduced to ten men when

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was dismissed for an off the ball incident with Mario Mandžukić. Perišić scored at the beginning of the second half when he intercepted Cameroonian goalkeeper

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's goal kick and ran 50 yards before slotting in at the near post. Mandžukić scored the last two goals, the first a header from Danijel Pranjić's corner and the second a tap in after Itandje parried Eduardo's shot into his path. The result confirmed Cameroon's elimination from the tournament. In a case of infighting, Cameroonian defender

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was caught on camera head-butting teammate

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. Song later apologised to Mandžukić and his country for his ejection, while Cameroonian coach

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said he was very disappointed with their performance. On 1 July 2014, Cameroon officials announced that they had opened an investigation on claims that seven of the Cameroon's players were involved in fixing the result. FIFA, however, said there was no evidence that there were any match fixing in any of Cameroon's matches. Olić, who previously scored a goal in the 2002 World Cup, became the second player to have a 12-year gap between World Cup goals, after Michael Laudrup in 1986 and 1998. Mandžukić became the first Croatian player to score a brace in a World Cup game. The 4–0 scoreline was also the biggest win by Croatia in the World Cup. {, style="width:92%;" , - , , {, width="100%" , valign="top" width="40%", {, style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" , - !width=25, !!width=25, , - , GK , , 16, ,

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Mario Mandžukić (Croatia) Assistant referees:
Bertino Cunha ( Portugal)
Tiago Trigo ( Portugal)

:
Walter López (

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Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (

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Croatia vs Mexico

The two teams had met in three previous matches, including in the

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group stage, won by Mexico 1–0. Coming into the final round of matches, Croatia needed to win to guarantee qualification to the knockout stage regardless of the result of Cameroon vs Brazil, while Mexico only needed a draw to do so. The game was goalless for the first 70 minutes, until a Héctor Herrera corner to the back post allowed Rafael Márquez to score from a header, outleaping the Croatian defenders. With Croatia progressing only by way of a win, they were caught out on a break a short time later where Andrés Guardado scored after receiving a pass from Oribe Peralta. Mexico scored their third goal when Márquez flicked on Guardado's corner with substitute Javier Hernández scoring at the back post. Ivan Perišić scored in his second consecutive World Cup match after a neat back pass from Ivan Rakitić to get a consolation goal for Croatia in the closing minutes of the game, before Croatia's

was sent off for a foul on Carlos Peña. Mexico qualified as group runners-up (behind Brazil on goal difference) on virtue of the win, while Croatia were eliminated. With his goal, Márquez joined Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the only Mexican player to score in three World Cups. {, style="width:92%;" , - , , {, width="100%" , valign="top" width="40%", {, style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" , - !width=25, !!width=25, , - , GK , , 1 , ,

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Rafael Márquez (Mexico) Assistant referees:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov ( Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov ( Kyrgyzstan)

:
Néant Alioum ( Cameroon)
Fifth official:
Djibril Camara ( Senegal)

References

External links

* {{Countries at the FIFA World Cup by year Countries at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Qualifying

Players

World Cup preparation

Draw

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Matches

Round Robin

Standings

Matches

Brazil vs Croatia

Cameroon vs Croatia

Croatia vs Mexico

References

External links

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