Brazil had moved into the quarter-finals of the World Cup however their fantasies of a show-stopper dance in the last finished in tears at Schooling City Arena.
Croatia educated the Samba stars on punishments to end any expectations of a 6th victory as they were unloaded out of the opposition by a European country once more.
It seemed to be Neymar would be the legend when he opened the scoring an the additional opportunity to approach Pele's true scoring record for the men's public group however - as the unused fifth punishment taker - he left the field in tears after what could be his last World Cup match.
After the game, it was affirmed that supervisor Tite would find employment elsewhere, the 61-year-old unfit to add to his Copa America win in 2019, while Neymar alluded to worldwide retirement.
"It is without a doubt extremely challenging," Tite said after the misfortune. "Be that as it may, it is the finish of my cycle with the Brazil crew. I said that one and a half quite a while back."
South American football master Tim Vickery said Live: "This is passing in the family.
"That is the very thing that it will feel like in the following couple of hours for Brazil fans. Croatia has sent the far greater country into grieving. This will truly hurt for quite a while.
"I trust the populace won't turn on them. Brazil groups can be horrendous. I trust there is definitely not a negative kickback since this group doesn't merit it."The opening of an hour and a half were charming yet the sides couldn't be isolated and the challenge went into additional time.
Croatia has been there in eight of their beyond nine knockout games in significant competitions and there was just a single result from there on.
Neymar thought he had gone to bat for his nation when they required him the most, terminating into the top of the net to complete a smooth group move.
The 106th-minute strike was his 77th worldwide objective, drawing him level with the incomparable Pele as per Fifa records.
However, Bruno Petkovic's adjuster a short ways from time - which was Croatia's just shot on track - rescued any expectation of movement they chose spot-kicks.
It was the resistance that was moving this time as a despondent Neymar sank to the turf, destroys streaming his cheeks.
He was to be the fifth punishment taker however didn't get that open door after Marquinhos struck the post to seal their destiny.
A similarly miserable consummation has occurred previously.
At his home World Cup in 2014 Neymar's support was finished by a back injury, and quite a while back they were beaten at a similar stage by Belgium.
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Here he was one of the last players to walk off the pitch, Brazil's allies sitting in the stands in dismay, their expectations in Qatar stifled.
"Neymar was the fifth since that is the conclusive one," said Tite. "There is more strain and the players who are all the more intellectually arranged ought to be the ones to take this last extra shot."
Be that as it may, previous Germany striker Jurgen Klinsmann differs, saying: "He would have been my main punishment taker. You really want him to set the tone."Brazil's Reality Cup was finished by a European country for the 6th back-to-back competition, and they last beat a side from that landmass in 2002 last against Germany.
That was likewise the remainder of their five World Cup wins, and it has been a long time since a non-European side lifted the prize.
The insights make for inauspicious perusing for Brazil.
The South American side has been slow starters and has neglected to score in the main portion of six of their beyond seven matches in the opposition.
Had Vinicius Junior or Neymar set aside the open doors that fell in their direction in the initial period it might have been an alternate result.
Tite's men likewise turned into the principal group in World Cup history to be disposed of from a knockout match wherein they scored the initial objective during additional time.
In the meantime, the last time a country positioned as world number one arrived at the semi-finals was when Brazil did such a move in 1998.
"Not just myself loses, the whole group loses," said Tite. "We attempted to zero in on possibilities and wrap up. Our procedure was to expand the volume - we had 19 possibilities and 11 shots at the objective. They could never have a single shot on the track.
"I comprehend I'm the most capable one, however, we are answerable for this misfortune. That is football. All you can do is roll the dice and hope for the best."
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Twitter: "Brazil really buckled down. Neymar scored a wonderful objective and the group merited better. My regard to the players and director.
"We should continue to push ahead on the grounds that in life we can never surrender."
Brazil site Globo Esporte lamented the 'finish of the fantasy' on its landing page.
It was for Tite, his players, and all Brazil's allies.