SHOWS: SOCHI, RUSSIA (JULY 8, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

BUS CARRYING CROATIA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD ARRIVING TO THE TEAM'S HOTEL AFTER THEY BEAT RUSSIA TO ADVANCE TO THE WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS 2.

BUS CIRCLING AROUND TO PULL INTO HOTEL 3.

BUS PULLING INTO HOTEL WITH ARMED SECURITY ON GUARD 4.

CROATIA COACH, ZLATKO DALIC, GETTING OFF BUS CARRYING BAG AND SUIT JACKET 5.

CROATIA DEFENDERS, DEJAN LOVREN AND VEDRAN CORLUKA GETTING OFF BUS, FOLLOWED BY MIDFIELDER, IVAN PERISIC 6.

PLAYERS GOING INTO HOTEL AS FANS CHEER / MORE PLAYERS GETTING OFF BUS 7.

DEFENDER, DOMAGOJ VIDA, WALKING OFF BUS, FOLLOWED BY STRIKER, MARIO MANDZUKIC AND GOALKEEPER DANIJEL SUBASIC / TEAM CAN BE HEARD SINGING AS THEY WALK INTO HOTEL, FANS TAKING PICTURES 8.

TEAM SINGING AS THEY GO INTO HOTEL 9.

SECURITY OUTSIDE THE HOTEL 10. "CROATIA" WRITTEN ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS 11.

CROATIA FANS WALKING BY HOTEL 12.

VIEW OF SOCHI'S FISHT STADIUM SEEN FROM THE HOTEL SIDE ENTRANCE WHERE CROATIA ENTERED HOTEL STORY: Croatia's World Cup squad sang their way into their hotel in Sochi early Sunday morning after advancing to the semi-finals by defeating host nation Russia 4-3 on penalties on Saturday night.

Having knocked out Spain on penalties in the previous round, Russia, 70th in the FIFA rankings, again defied the odds to take 20th ranked Croatia to a shootout with a 2-2 draw after extra time but on this occasion their marksmanship deserted them.

Croatia, a shadow of the team which cruised through their group with maximum points, won the shootout when Ivan Rakitic calmly netted and they will face England in the semi-finals in Moscow on Wednesday.