🇭🇷 Croatia 1–1 Japan 🇯🇵 – 2022 FIFA World Cup
🏆 Competition: 2022 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
📅 Date: December 5, 2022
🏟️ Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
📍 City: Al Wakrah, Qatar
⚽ Final Score
🇭🇷 Croatia 1–1 Japan 🇯🇵
Croatia won 3–1 on penalties
⚽ Goals
🇯🇵 Daizen Maeda – 43′
🇭🇷 Ivan Perišić – 55′
🥅 Penalty Shootout
Croatia (3)
✅ Nikola Vlašić
❌ Marcelo Brozović
✅ Luka Modrić
✅ Mario Pašalić
Japan (1)
❌ Takumi Minamino
❌ Kaoru Mitoma
✅ Takuma Asano
❌ Maya Yoshida
⭐ Match Summary
Japan took the lead just before halftime through Daizen Maeda, but Ivan Perišić equalized early in the second half with a powerful header. After a tense extra time, the match was decided on penalties, where goalkeeper Dominik Livaković saved three spot-kicks to send Croatia into the quarter-finals.
🌟 Highlights
🧤 Dominik Livaković saved three penalties.
⚽ Ivan Perišić scored Croatia’s equalizer.
🇭🇷 Croatia advanced to the quarter-finals after winning 3–1 on penalties.
🇯🇵 Japan impressed throughout the tournament after topping a group that included Spain and Germany.
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