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Japan vs Croatia, Worldcup 2022 LAST 16

Japan
Croatia
Japan
2 : 4
1 - 3
Penalty
5th of December 2022 15:00
Finished
First half: 45  |  Second half: 45
Croatia

Live comments

  • 0' - Welcome to Al Janoub Stadium that hosts another battle between Japan and Croatia.
  • 5' - Croatia is showing some good football. However, Croatia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' - Mislav Orsic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' - Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Croatia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 20' - It looks surprising Croatia does not make any changes. Marcelo Brozovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' - Croatia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 30' - While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ritsu Doan made 264 appearances and scored 36 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 35' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Croatia that had 165 games and scored 38 goals.
  • 40' - Croatia looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Ivan Perisic scoring 2 goals.
  • 43' - Japan is taking the lead after the goal scored by Daizen Maeda on 43.
  • 44' - Daizen Maeda with the second goal in the match!
  • 49' - Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 54' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Takehiro Tomiyasu, as he is very good at scoring at Al Janoub Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 55' - Goal! Ivan Perisic scores his 51 goal in 419 matches.
  • 56' - What an equalizer from Ivan Perisic!
  • 61' - Josip Juranovic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 62' - Ante Budimir has so much to prove this time. He replaces Bruno Petkovic on 62 minute.
  • 64' - It is a substitution in Japan team. Yuto Nagatomo is replaced by Kaoru Mitoma on 64 minute.
  • 68' - Mario Pasalic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Andrej Kramaric on 68 minute.
  • 73' - It’s high time Hajime Moriyasu made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 75' - Hiroki Sakai has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daichi Kamada on 75 minute.
  • 80' - The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for suffering a number of foals already.
  • 85' - Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 87' - Time for substitution for Japan. Ritsu Doan is replaced by Takumi Minamino.
  • 90' - The referee shows Croatia player a Yellow card on 90.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Croatia players.

Today 2022-12-05 Japan vs Croatia are fighting Worldcup league on Al Janoub Stadium.

Japan had 3 games and get got 6 points in Season (2018/18)

Croatia had 3 games and get got 5 points in Season (2018/18)

Todays referees are: Julio Bascunan, Ismail Elfath, Corey Parker, Kyle Atkins, Nicolas Gallo, Mustapha Ghorbal

Ranking

Team Played Points
Netherlands 3 7
Portugal 3 6
Brazil 3 6
Morocco 3 7
Japan 3 6
France 3 6
Argentina 3 6
England 3 7
Croatia 3 5
Senegal 3 6
Spain 3 4
Switzerland 3 6
South Korea 3 4
Australia 3 6
Poland 3 4
United States 3 5
Belgium 3 4
Iran 3 3
Ecuador 3 4
Tunisia 3 4
Germany 3 4
Mexico 3 4
Uruguay 3 4
Cameroon 3 4
Serbia 3 1
Wales 3 1
Canada 3 0
Qatar 3 0
Costa Rica 3 3
Denmark 3 1
Saudi Arabia 3 3
Ghana 3 3

Japan

Lineup Bench

Croatia

Lineup Bench

Japan Past Matches

2022-12-01 Japan
Spain 		2
1
2022-11-27 Japan
Costa Rica 		0
1
2022-11-23 Germany
Japan 		1
2
2019-06-24 Ecuador
Japan 		1
1
2019-06-20 Uruguay
Japan 		2
2

Croatia Past Matches

2022-12-01 Croatia
Belgium 		0
0
2022-11-27 Croatia
Canada 		4
1
2022-11-23 Morocco
Croatia 		0
0
2021-06-28 Croatia
Spain 		3
5
2021-06-22 Croatia
Scotland 		3
1