The Japan-Croatia confrontation of the 1/8 final round of the 2022 World Championship took place in a tense and spectacular fight.
The Japanese were the first to succeed. Mazda opened the score in the 43rd minute, but in the 55th minute, Peresic restored the balance of the score.
Neither side could score in the rest of the match nor in extra time, and everything was decided thanks to the tie-breaking method, the penalty shootout.
The players of the Croatian national team were more accurate and managed to win with a score of 3:1, advancing to the quarter-final stage.
