Brazil vs Croatia

Brazil vs. Croatia isn't just a big quarterfinal, but an occasion to celebrate their amazing kits and the fascinating backstories behind them.

"Every time, at every tournament, it wasn't even on the cards to not do a yellow or not do a checkerboard," Hoppins says. "Here it's the jersey -- the Brazilian jersey represents the country... "Before that, people thought it wasn't a good idea to have Brazil's colors in the uniform because football didn't represent the country," says Mauricio Drumond, a sports historian and professor in Rio de Janeiro. "People began to take those symbols like the yellow jersey back," he continues. The same Croatian painter, Miroslav Sutej, designed both (in addition to Croatia's bank notes), and for a nation that only gained its independence in 1991, that connection is a critical point of pride. "I think that is the main reason [Croatians] cling to it and like it so much: it is forever associated with gaining independence and getting international recognition," Holiga says. Brazil's original kit was mostly white, but after the embarrassment of losing the 1950 World Cup at home to The appeal of Brazil's design, on the other hand, is more about branding. Pete Hoppins, who worked with both Croatia and Brazil (and many other teams) during his eight years within Nike's global football apparel group, says Croatia was also helped by the checkerboards appearing at roughly the same period as a surge in interest in replica jerseys in general. For both sets of fans (not to mention the players), these are not simply wearable canvases. [News and features](/soccer/league/_/name/fifa.world) The juxtaposition is artistically delightful - the classical splendor of a timeless look held up against the meaningful ballast of a progressive and unique sartorial statement.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals are set to commence with an intriguing matchup. Brazil, the top team in FIFA's rankings entering Qatar, and Croatia, ...

Brazil and Argentina have met in the World Cup four times with Brazil winning twice, Argentina winning once and the two sides tying once. The winner of Brazil-Croatia will face the winner of Argentina-Netherlands on Tuesday, Dec. Casemiro, Vinícius Júnior and Lucas Paquetá have also found the back of the net through the first four games. The Vatreni were pushed to the brink in the round of 16 against Japan, but the team The match will kick off at 10 a.m. Brazil lost the inconsequential match against Cameroon, but it showed no signs of slowing down with an

Brazil head into their quarter-final against Croatia high on confidence after an impressive 4-1 win over South Korea.

And if the five-time champions needed any incentive to strive for a sixth world title, the hospitalisation of Pele has served to If Croatia break that pattern on Friday, they will enter their third World Cup semi-final. However, Croatia have proven a difficult team to beat and frustrated many opponents with their knack of dragging out every knockout game to the very end.