Croatia makes it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a dramatic 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Japan after a tense last-16 clash ended 1-1
Croatia's defender Domagoj Vida and midfielder Marcelo Brozovic celebrate after winning the round of 16 match between Japan and Croatia at the Al-Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, south of Doha on Monday night.
Croatia now faces either Brazil or South Korea in the last eight and continues midfield icon Luka Modric's stay at his fourth and likely final World Cup after Dominik Livakovic saved three of Japan's weak penalties. "The players showed us the future, a new era of Japanese football," Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu said.
Bruno Petkovic then wasted a great opportunity in the 25th minute, strolling through almost unopposed onto a long through ball only to dawdle and fail to get a pass off to Andrej Kramaric who was charging into the box. Japan looked the better team and ready to inflict more damage but out of the blue Croatia's most dangerous player Perisic levelled the scores with a bullet header from Dejan Lovren's deep cross.
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