Croatia once again won in the knockouts as they have beaten Japan 3-1 in the penalties after the game ended 1-1 in regulation time plus extra time combined. For Japan, Minamino, Maya Yoshida and Mitoma missed the penalties while Asano scored the only one. For Croatia, Pasalic, Brozovic and Vlasic scored while Livaja missed the only penalty. Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic became the ultimate hero saving three out of the four penalties. Croatia will now face the winner of the quarterfinal between Brazil and South Korea which takes place later tonight.
Full Time
JPN 1-1 CRO
After Penalty Shoot Out
JPN 1 (4)-3(4) CRO
The Preview
Japan, having stunned Spain and Germany at the group stage of teh Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar, is now upo against Croatia in the Round of 16. With Australia already out, the baton of Asian representation in the World Cup lies heavily on the Japanese team and with the kind of performances that they have put in, there is no doubt that they are more than capable enough of stunning the eastern european nation.
With almost the last World Cup looming large for the likes of Luka Modric, Perisic and also Kramaric going for the last Hurrah, the Croatian team would look to go one better this time around than they were last time and try and win this World Cup. To be able to do that, they would have to first get through Japan.
Whether it will be the Japanese perseverance sailing through or will Croatia’s resistance and defensive game see them through, could only be known after the 90 minutes, or maybe 120 or maybe after the penalty shoot-out. Stay tuned for all that and more.
Japan Starting 11
Gonda; Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Taniguchi; Ito, Morita, Junya, Nagatomo; Doan, Maeda, Kamada
Formation– 3-4-3
Croatia Starting 11
Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Barisic; Brozovic, Kovacic, Modric; Petkovic, Kramaric, Perisic
Formation- 4-3-3
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