Mario Pasalic overcomes the resistance of the Japanese goalkeeper and offers Croatia the qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

Maya Yoshida shot low to the right, but the Croatian goalkeeper saved again. If Croatia scores the next goal, they will be in the quarter-finals.

The striker finished on the right and the post prevented the score. 1-2 again.

Takuma Asano’s shot to score the throw-in.

Marcelo Brozović’s shot in the middle and the goalkeeper played at the right post.

Kaoru Mitoma shot at the right post, but the Croatian keeper made another save.

Nikola Vlasic with a right shot scores the first goal of the series.

Takumi Minamino has failed! Charge to the left post and the Croatian goalkeeper guesses.

Japan will start by kicking in the penalty shootout.

Game over! The 1-1 didn’t change in extra time and now we will have a series of penalties.

Lovro Majer’s shot which went near the right post.

One more minute will be played in the game.

Borna Barišić has received a booking for Croatia.

The extra time wasn’t very exciting, obviously the players are tired and trying to go with the last thing they have left in the tank.

Play resumes with some substitutions. In Japan, Ao Tanaka entered in place of Hidemasa Morita; in Croatia, Marko Livaja and Mislav Orsic replace Ante Budimir and Ivan Perišić

The first overtime of the game ends. There wasn’t much to highlight in the first 15 minutes.

Two extra minutes will be played in the first overtime.

Superb save by Dominik Livaković! Kaoru Mitoma shot from outside the box, but the Croatian keeper responded with both hands.

Lovro Majer and Nikola Vlasic enter in place of Luka Modrić and Kovačić.

We still don’t have the opportunity to score in the first minutes of the first overtime.

The match resumes at the Al Janoub stadium. The first extension of this World Cup has already been played.

Game over! Draw 1-1 between Japan and Croatia, so we will have extra time, 30 minutes more!

Four extra minutes will be played in the game.

Mateo Kovacic was reprimanded in Croatia, the first of the game.

Takumi Minamino enters in place of Ritsu Doan.

Mario Pasalic headed in a cross from Ivan Perisic, but the ball went wide.

The end of the game is near. One of the two teams has 10 minutes left to score.

Shot from Ivan Perisic who went very close to the right post.

The end of the game is slowly approaching. There are 20 minutes to wait to see who unbalances the score.

Enter Mario Pasalic to replace Andrej Kramarić.

Ante Budimir got it with a header that went very close to the left post.

Takuma Asano and Kaoru Mitoma enter in place of Daizen Maeda and Yuto Nagatomo.

Good shot from Luka Modrić from outside the box, but Shuichi Gonda made a spectacular save to prevent the Croatians’ second goal.

Enter Ante Budimir to replace Bruno Petković.

After Croatia’s goal, Japan came out again to try to get closer to the opposing goal.

Good shot from Wataru Endo from distance, but response from Dominik Livaković was better to save with the right hand.

IVAN PERISIC! The forward hit a powerful header into the left post after Lovren crosses from the right.

For now, Croatia have more the ball in the second half. Japan is further back on its soil.

Daichi Kamada’s shot that went beyond the arc.

The match resumes at the Al Janoub stadium. There were no changes in the teams.

The first half is over! Japan wins partially with the slightest gap with the goal of Daizen Maeda.

Two extra minutes will be played in the first half.

DAIZEN MAEDA! The striker took advantage of a rebound left behind Junya Ito’s cross from the right and finished with a left foot to open the scoring.

Good approach from the Japanese side on the left flank with Maeda playing upside down for Morita who then set up Kamada who looked for the right profile to finish but the ball went left.

There are 10 minutes left to complete the first half. It’s a tied game so far. Of course, there aren’t many lens options.

It continues 0-0 in the game. Now the game in midfield is much more tangled, but it doesn’t lose intensity.

Croatia are a little more encouraged to go on the attack. Japan is already retreating further into its camp.

At the moment, Japan are the most attack-intensive, putting constant pressure on midfield and looking for a lot of play on the wings.

For now it’s a dynamic party. Both teams came out for the opener with their arguments.

Junya Ito crosses from below from the right, but neither Daizen Maeda could reach the goal nor Yuto Nagatomo from the left post to push the ball.

The superb stop of Shuichi Gonda! Ivan Perišić collected the ball from Takehiro Tomiyasu, entered the box and shot, but the Japanese goalkeeper prevented the first goal of the match.

Shogo Taniguchi had it! The defender’s header after a cross from the right and the ball went very close to the right post.

The game is on! Japan and Croatia are already playing.

Now yes! Everything is ready! The initial whistle of the match arrives.

Players from Japan and Croatia enter the pitch at Al Janoub Stadium.

Arbitrator: Ismail Elfath – United States
Deputy #1: Corey Parker – United States
Assistant No. 2: Kyle Atkins – United States
fourth official: Mustapha Ghorbal – Algeria
VAR: Nicolas Gallo – Colombia
VAR Wizard: Julio Bascuñan – Chile
VAR offside: Ezequiel Brailovsky – Argentina
VAR support: Paolo Valeri – Italy

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