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Croatia vs Japan, FIFA World Cup 2022, Croatia beat Japan 3-1 on penalties to claim quarterfinal stage at Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar.

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Japan vs Croatia 1-1 stalemate that right in the extra time, Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in the first penalty shootout of the FIFA World Cup 2022.

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Japan took in the first half as Daizen Maeda scored from a header, Croatia also use the same way to score early in the second half.

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Dominic Kivakovic goal keeper of Croatia saved penalties from Kaoru Mitoma, Takumi Minamino and Maya Yoshida before Mario Pasalic scored to claim a 3-1 win on penalties.

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Croatia’s Dominik Livakovic is the 3rd goalkeeper to make 3 saves in a single World Cup penalty shootout after Portugal’s Ricardo in 2006 versus England and Croatia’s Danijel Subasic versus Denmark in 2018.

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Croatia in quarterfinal will face either South Korea or Brazil in the last eight and continued midfield icon Luka Modric's stay at his fourth and likely final World Cup 2022.

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It was last-16 heartache for Japan for the 4th time after they loss to Turkey in 2002, penalties exiting against Paraguay in 2010 and giving up a 2-0 lead to lose to a stoppage-time goal against Belgium in 2018.

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Lineups: Japan: Gonda, Taniguchi, Ito, Endo, Morita, Nagatomo Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Doan, Maeda and Kamada. Croatia: Livakovic, Juranovic, Gvardiol, Barisic, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic Lovren, Kramaric, Petkovic, and Perisic.

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