Croatia edge Japan on pens in WC last 16
Croatia progressed into the World Cup quarterfinals after winning a penalty shootout over Japan on Monday following a hard-fought 1-1 draw.
Takumi Minamino
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Pen 1 |
Nikola Vlasic
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Kaoru Mitoma
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Pen 2 |
Marcelo Brozovic
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Takuma Asano
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Pen 3 |
Marko Livaja
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Maya Yoshida
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Pen 4 |
Mario Pasalic
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No. | Name | |
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Saves
3
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22
Maya Yoshida
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
105'
17
Ao Tanaka
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
64'
9
Kaoru Mitoma
Goals
0
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14
Junya Ito
Goals
0
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25
Daizen Maeda
43'
Goals
1
64'
18
Takuma Asano
Goals
0
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Goals
0
75'
19
Hiroki Sakai
Goals
0
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Goals
0
87'
10
Takumi Minamino
Goals
0
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Substitutes | ||
26
Hiroki Ito
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
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24
Yuki Soma
Goals
0
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Saves
0
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21
Ayase Ueda
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Saves
0
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No. | Name | |
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Saves
3
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
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3
Borna Barisic
116'
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
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8
Mateo Kovacic
90'
Goals
0
99'
13
Nikola Vlasic
Goals
0
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10
Luka Modric
Goals
0
99'
7
Lovro Majer
Goals
0
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Goals
0
62'
17
Ante Budimir
Goals
0
105'
14
Marko Livaja
Goals
0
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4
Ivan Perisic
55'
Goals
1
105'
18
Mislav Orsic
Goals
0
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Goals
0
68'
15
Mario Pasalic
Goals
0
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Substitutes | ||
24
Josip Sutalo
Goals
0
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23
Ivica Ivusic
Saves
0
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21
Domagoj Vida
Goals
0
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25
Luka Sucic
Goals
0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
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12
Ivo Grbic
Saves
0
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- | Match ends, Japan 1(1), Croatia 1(3). | |
120' | Penalty Shootout ends, Japan 1(1), Croatia 1(3). | |
120' | Goal! Japan 1(1), Croatia 1(3). Mario Pasalic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. |
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13 | Fouls | 16 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
3 | Offsides | 0 |
8 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
3 | Saves | 3 |
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