The ‘World Cup’s sexiest fan’ Ivana Knoll hit out at Croatia’s controversial World Cup exit as she produced an eye-popping display in the stands
Ivana Knoll produced a stunning, eye-popping display in the stands watching her beloved Croatia take on Portugal in the World Cup, but she was sadly unable to inspire her national team.
Croatia exited the World Cup in controversial style on Thursday night after Portugal came from behind to win 2-1 thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty and Goncalo Ramos’ last-gasp header. But Josko Gvardiol thought he had saved the day and sent the game to extra-time when he found the net after 100 minutes.
However, Croatian celebrations were extinguished as a cricket-style ‘Snicko’ technology ruled the goal out for offside after a microchip in the ball registered a Croatian player had touched the ball before it fell to Mario Pasalic, who was subsequently offside.
JOIN US ON FB! Get all the best sports news and much more on our Facebook page
Like she has been all tournament, Ivana was in the stands cheering on Croatia as she wore her colours with a tiny white and red chequered tie to match Kockasti’s iconic kit. She also seemingly forgot her top as she wore just a red bra and skin-tight red leggings.
Ivana vented her anger at Croatia’s controversial exit in the caption of her post to her 3 million followers, alongside the collection of eye-popping snaps.
In a savage dig aimed at Ronaldo and Co, she wrote: “I am so proud to be Croatian. At least we played and scored it fairly,” clearly pointing at the late drama that saw Croatia’s enraged fans behind the goal launch bottles onto the pitch as their heroes bowed out from the tournament.
Ivana’s pain will be comforted by her admitting her dreams came true when she made the short journey to Dallas to headline an event after Croatia’s opening group game defeat against England.
Performing under her stage name KnollDoll, she appeared behind the DJ decks and quickly overcame her heartbreak: “The after-party was sold out. It was my first show in Dallas and it was the official after-party,” she exclusively told the Daily Star Sport.
“I’m sorry, but it was such a crazy atmosphere. We ended up finishing even later than we were supposed to close.”
Ivana also recently took to the stage at Madison Square Garden and played at the World Cup at the FIFA Fan Festival in Los Angeles.
She added: “It was a huge stadium and there were more than 40,000 people. So basically my dream came true. You know, my dream was that, along with Madison Square Garden and a couple of festivals. For the festivals, I’m on my way, so it’s good. But FIFA and the World Cup were my biggest dreams!
“My biggest dream is, of course, to play at the World Cup ceremony. Now after this, the next step is the ceremony.
“Since I live in the US now, I’m more focused here, but I definitely want to do more in Europe too. I’m coming over for a few weeks and playing a couple of festivals in Europe. The biggest one in Germany will be in September.”