Japan s Wataru Endo, left, and Croatia s Andrej Kramaric challenge for the ball during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Japan and Croatia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. AP
Full time: Japan 1-1 (1-3 pen) Croatia
Scorers: Maeda 44 / Perisic 55
Yellow cards:
Kovacic, Barisic (Croatia)
Lineups:
Japan: Shuichi Gonda; Takehiro Tomiyasu, Maya Yoshida, Shogo Taniguchi, Junya Ito, Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita (Ao Tanaka 105) , Yuto Nagatomo (Kaoru Mitoma 64), Ritsu Doan (Takumi Minamino 87) , Daizen Maeda (Takuma Asano 64), Daichi Kamada (Hiroki Sakai 75)
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Borna Barisic, Josko Gvardiol, Dejan Lovren, Josip Juranovic, Mateo Kovacic ( Nikola Vlasic 99) , Marcelo Brozovic, Luka Modric (Lovro Majer 99), Ivan Perisic (Mislav Orsic 106) , Bruno Petkovic (Ante Budimir 62) (Marko Livaja 105) , Andrej Kramaric (Mario Pasalic 68)
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Venue: Al Janoub Stadium
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