Japan advanced, two minutes before the break, against Croatia in their quarterfinal match of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. It was
Daizen Maeda, Celtic winger from Glasgow, who beat the Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, in a good collective play by the Japanese and with the help of Maya Yoshida.
Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol, one of the stylish defenders, made his first mistake in the said World Cup or at least the first one that he was not able to correct after this Japanese game with the exit of a corner. The first half ended 0-0. Japan put another big surprise back on track in the 43′.
And it is that Japan has been one of the great surprises of the World Cup so far, because it defeated the two world champions, Spain (2-1) and Germany (1-2, was omitted), where it graduated from the AT group first.
Croatia reached Qatar 2022 as the current world runner-up after losing the Russia 2018 final against France (4-2). They reached the last eight as second in group F, behind Morocco (Spain’s rivals on Tuesday), and eliminated Belgium, third in the last World Cup, with a 0-0 victory on the final day.
Source: La Verdad
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