<P> Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Clément Turpin (France) Reserve assistant referee: Nicolas Danos (France) Video assistant referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Mark Borsch (Germany) Felix Zwayer (Germany) </P> <P> The teams had met in five matches, which includes two matches played in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, the first fixture ending in a 1--1 draw and the reverse fixture a 3--1 Denmark win . </P> <P> In the first minute, a long throw into the Croatia penalty area by Jonas Knudsen, allowed a run to Thomas Delaney who touched the ball on to Mathias Jørgensen, who side - footed it into the net via deflections off goalkeeper Danijel Subašić and the post . After three minutes, Šime Vrsaljko's ball into the box reached Henrik Dalsgaard, whose clearance hit Andreas Christensen in the face and saw Mario Mandžukić tucking the ball between Kasper Schmeichel and the left post with a shot on the turn from six yards . During extra time, Ante Rebić burst clear of the Denmark defence and was felled by Mathias Jørgensen when he was clean through on goal, only for Schmeichel to save Luka Modrić's spot - kick by diving down to his left and clutching the ball to his chest . In the shoot - out, Subašić tipped off Christian Eriksen's penalty onto the post but Schmeichel saved from Milan Badelj to bring the sides level . Lasse Schöne's shot was saved by Subašić and Josip Pivarić was denied by an acrobatic Schmeichel stop . On the final spot kicks for both the teams, Nicolai Jørgensen took a shot from a staggered run - up which Subašić saved with his feet, before Ivan Rakitić slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the net . </P> <P> Croatia have qualified for their first World Cup quarter - final since 1998 . </P>

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