Brazil will look to win their sixth World Cup title when they take on Croatia at the Education City Stadium in Qatar on Friday evening.
Brazil have already given a strong warning to Croatia in the match played before entering the quarter-final.
Croatia entered the quarter-final following a tough struggle with South Korea.
Croatia defeated Japan in the penalty shoot-outs after they could not score any goals in the regular match time and even the extended time. Croatia defeated Japan 3-1 to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in a row.
Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livaković saved 3 of Japan's 4 penalties to put the team ahead.
Apart from the third-place match in 1998, Croatia have won 7 of their 8 knockout matches in extra time.
The last four of the five round of 16 matches in the World Cup have ended in extra time. Croatia have won three games in penalty-shootouts.
Croatia finished third when they participated in the World Cup in 1998. The 2018 World Cup final against France also ended in extra time. Croatia lost the match 2-4 to France.
Under coach Zlatko Dalić, Croatia are unbeaten in their last 10 matches. They have lost just one of their 20 matches since Euro 2020.
This is sixth time Croatia are participating in the World Cup. Except in 2010, Crotia are regularly participating in the World Cup.
However, Brazil could put brakes on Croatia's streak of wins on Friday. Brazil are in excellent form in the ongoing Qatar World Cup. Brazil entered the quarter-finals defeating South Korea 4-1.
Brazil scored 7 goals in 4 matches, including 3 matches in the group stage and one in the knockout stage.
Despite losing to Cameroon in their final group stage match, Brazil are in high spirits after the latest result.
Brazil's team are now full of confidence and the players are preparing for their seventh consecutive World Cup quarter-final tonight. The past results have also made Brazil cautious this time.
Brazil lost 3 of the last 4 quarterfinals. They lost to France, Netherlands and Belgium in 2006, 2010 and 2018, respectively.
Since Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup final, European nations have not let Brazil progress ahead in their last five knockout games. However, Brazil have not lost with Croatia in their last 4 matches.
Brazil's 0-1 defeat to Cameroon last week was their only defeat after playing the last 19 matches. This makes evident that Brazil are a strong team in tonight's match.
Croatia, which are also the former runner-up, will be aiming to achieve a historic victory by defeating Brazil.
The winner of tonight's match will face either the Netherlands or Argentina (whichever wins) to book a place in the final.
The second quarter-final match between Netherlands and Argentina will be held at 12:45 am Saturday.
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