William Gallas has hailed Josip Juranovic’s performance against Brazil as “unbelievable” as he picked out the Celtic star as the player who’s caught his eye most in Qatar.
Not only did the full back make life difficult for Neymar and Real Madrid trickster Vinicius Junior, but gave the Samba stars plenty to worry about going the other way as he drove forward at every opportunity, exploiting the gaps left by Brazil’s flair players not exactly busting a gut to help out their defensive colleagues.
It looked like Juranovic’s World Cup was coming to an end when Neymar fired Tite’s side into a late lead during extra-time following a goalless 90 minutes. The Croats have proved time and again that they’re made of stern stuff and squared things up with just three minutes remaining to force a penalty shoot-out. And that’s not where you want to be against Croatia, who have 100 per cent win record in World Cup games decided from 12 yards. Raphinha and Marquinhos both missed as Luka Modric and Co. booked a semi-final date with Leo Messi’s Argentina.
