Al Wakrah, Qatar: At the end of a punishing 120 minutes of football that ended 1-1, Croatia edged Japan 3-1 in shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup here. Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was Croatia's hero with three saves in shootou. Daizen Maeda (43) and Ivan Perisic (55) had scored for Japan and Croatia during regulation time.
Teams
Japan: Shuichi Gonda, Shogo Taniguchi, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Maya Yoshida, Yuto Nagatomo, Wataru Endo, Ritsu Doan, Hidemasa Morita, Junya Ito, Daichi Kamada, Daizen Maeda
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic, Borna Barisic, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Lovren, Mateo Kovacic, Andrej Kramaric, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Bruno Petkovic, Josko Gvardiol, Josip Juranovic