Croatia defeated Japan in a penalty kick shootout to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livaković stopped three Japanese penalty attempts.
Japanese shots. Livaković tied a World Cup record with most saves in a shootout.The final shootout was set up by a scoreless 30 plus minutes of extra time, where neither team could convert numerous scoring chances.
Flipping its World Cup script, Japan scored first for once, in the waning minutes of the first half. In the 43rd minute, Japanese forward Daizen Maeda left-footed a point blank shot past Livaković for the score. It was only Maeda's second goal in international competition.Japan forward Daizen Maeda runs with the ball during the 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Japan and Croatia.
Japan has been one of the major surprises at this World Cup, coming from behind, each time, to shock European powers Germany — a four-time World Cup winner — and Spain in the group stage. The victories resulted in the Blue Samurai finishing first in their power-packed group. "Basically our culture, our virtue, even for children, it's really a necessary behavior to clean up," said 45-year-old Tokyo resident Masashi Sato,"when you go outside and do something with others. Kind of like part of courtesy that we need to do."
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