Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic said on Friday ahead of the team's World Cup quarter-final match against Russia that he knew all the players of Russia's squad.
Russia will face Croatia in Sochi on Saturday.
"I know all players in the Russian team. We were informed about them, and we've analyzed everything. They deserved progress to the quarter-finals, and now everything depends on us. We want to win. We've entered the quarter-finals, it's the most important thing. Now we should think about our team, not about our opponent," Rakitic told journalists.
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