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Recap: Japan vs Croatia – World Cup 2022 | Qatar World Cup 2022 News

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December 5, 2022
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Croatia have beaten Japan on penalties in a closely fought World Cup last 16 tie, to claim a place in the quarter-finals.

Mario Pasalic scored the winning spot kick to see Croatia through 3-1 on penalties on Monday in the tournament’s last game at the Al Janoub stadium in Wakrah, south of Qatar’s capital.

A goalless extra time followed a 90 minutes that finished 1-1 with goals from Japan’s Daizen Maeda and Croatia’s Ivan Perisic.

Perisic and Croatia captain Luka Modric, experienced penalty takers, had both been taken off the pitch before the final whistle.

Japan’s first two penalties were saved by Croatian keeper Dominik Livakovic, who will surely now be a national hero back home. Both Croatia’s first two efforts were slotted into the net.

Takuma Asano scored with Japan’s third shot. Croatia’s Marko Livaja stepped up with a casual effort, but hit it into the post. Japanese captain Maya Yoshida’s poorly struck penalty was also saved. Pasalic took the final, successful kick, to dash Japanese dreams.

For much of the first half, Japan were happy to sit back, allowing Croatia to take the majority of possession, and instead focusing on lightning quick counter-attacks.

Croatia had a great spell of play just before the half-hour mark, with Luka Modric looping in pinpoint crosses which his teammates failed to convert.

Croatia players celebrate after winning the penalty shootout as Japan players look dejected [Lee Smith/Reuters]

Japan’s effort and endeavours paid off in the 42nd minute, with Celtic’s Daizen Maeda getting onto the end of a scrappy corner for a well-deserved goal in front of the 42,523-strong crowd.

Modric commanded the midfield as ever, the Croatian captain leading an experienced and solid line, but Croatia lacked attacking options to take the game to Japan’s back four – and for a lot of the time, lacked the desire to score.

A gorgeous Croatian cross in the 54th minute was met with a golden header; a play out of nothing, out of nowhere – an experimental, probing, delivery simply fell comfortably for Ivan Perisic, whose headed shot bent inside the post for the equaliser.

The move sparked life into the game. Japan’s Wataru Endo attempted a reply just two minutes later, a curling effort which had to be tipped over the bar by keeper Livakovic.

With 15 minutes of normal time remaining, the ball fell again to Perisic, who let fly a corker of a shot, though a deflection from Takehiro Tomiyasu sent it high and wide.

Extra time had a sluggish start, but Japan looked certain to score on the stroke of halfway, though Kaoru Mitoma’s mazy run ended with a bolting strike straight into Livakovic’s gloves.

The second period of extra time saw Japan raise their energy levels, but a breakthrough could still not be found. Croatia finally had a real chance in the 30th minute of extra time, but Lovro Majer snatched at it, sending it wide. And it was down to penalties.

Croatia go through to the quarter-finals to face the winner of tonight’s clash between five-time winners Brazil and South Korea on Friday at Education City.



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