Croatia and Japan meet this afternoon for a place in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 (4:00 p.m., by World Goal).
The runners-up earned their place in the round of 16 as second in the group after leaving Belgium on the road in the last game.
Undefeated for the moment in the tournament, Modric's team faces one of the great surprises of the World Cup.
The Japanese team comes from defeating Spain and Germany in the group stage and now faces the challenge of overcoming the round of 16 of a World Cup for the first time in history.
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Ready for the game
The match is about to kick off and the stands of Al Yanub Stadium are lit up with a rainbow of color in the stands, with supporters of both teams in their best clothes.
Croatian fans cheer in the stands before the game.
/ Neil Hall / EFE
Japan fans in costume.
/ Abir Sultan / EFE
A Croatian supporter with his face painted.
/ Neil Hall / EFE
Japan fans with banners.
/ Friedemann Vogel / EFE
Croatian players warm up before the game.
/ Neil Hall / EFE
Croatian players warm up before the game.
/ Jose Mendez / EFE
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:53
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Soccer World Cup
Japan, 26 against 11
Lorenzo Calonge
Gary Lineker's sentence of "soccer is 11 against 11 and Germany always wins" has come out with a Japanese version.
“Between us, we say that we are 26 against 11″, the Japanese winger Ritsu Doan was happy two days ago, who scored, precisely, in the victory against Germany and repeated to beat Spain (2-1 in both) and finish top of the group .
In the middle, yes, trigger against Costa Rica (0-1).
The case of the Freiburg winger is a good example to illustrate the cross-dressing in the middle of matches in Japan, easily mutating players and plans in search of unforeseen changes.
From
Lorenzo Calonge
, special envoy.
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:44
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An even duel
This may be one of the closest matchups in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Their stars arrive with very similar statistics and there is no player who stands out above the rest.
goals
Ritsu Doan
two
kramaric
two
total assists
Junya Ito
4
perisic
4
Fouls committed
Wataru Endō
6
Modric
7
fouls received
Wataru Endō
5
kovacic
6
Yellow cards
Ko Itakura
two
Modric
1
Possession Repossessions
Maya Yoshida
twenty-one
Modric
25
passes
Maya Yoshida
179
brozovic
237
goalkeeper saves
Gonda
12
Dominik Livakovic
6
Shots
Asano
5
kramaric
5
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:37
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An immovable midfield
Croatia, a veteran and reliable team, runner-up in the world.
His midfield is immovable: Brozovic, Modric and Kovacic, footballers with talent, experience and arrival.
They are the soul of Croatia.
Croatia
goalie
1Dominik Livakovic
defenses
3 Borna Barisic
22Juranovic
20Gvardiol
6Lovren
midfielders
8Kovacic
11Brozovic
10Modric
forwards
4Perisic
16Petkovic
9Kramaric
dock
Zlatko Dalics
17Before Budimir
24Josip Sutalo
15Pasalic
23I.
Ivusic
18Mislav Orsic
14Livaja
26Kristijan Jakic
12Ivo Grbic
13Nikola Vlasic
21Life
7Lovro Majer
5Martin Erlic
25Luka Sucic
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:35
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Doan, the danger of Japan
Doan, striker for Freiburg, is one of the stars of a very supportive team.
Doan scored against Germany and then against Spain to give Japan.
He is a very fast footballer, with a great shot.
Japan
goalie
12Gonda
defenses
3S.
taniguchi
22Maya Yoshida
16Takehiro Tomiyasu
midfielders
14Junya Ito
5Yuto Nagatomo
13Hidemasa Blueberry
6Wataru Endō
forwards
15Daichi Kamada
25Daizen Maeda
8Ritsu Doan
dock
Hajime Moriyasus
18Asano
10minamino
9Kaoru Mitoma
21Ayase Ueda
17A.
Tanaka
23Daniel Schmidt
2M.
Yamane
7Shibasaki
26Hiroki Ito
19Hiroki Sakai
20S.
machine
24Y.
Soma
1Eiji Kawashima
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:33
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Japan and Croatia, for a place in the quarterfinals
Japan broke all the forecasts by defeating Germany and Spain in the first phase and passing as the first group.
Thus, they will face Croatia, which was second in their group behind Belgium.
A match with many nuances and theoretical Croatian superiority, although with Japan you never know.
ACT.5 DEC 2022 - 14:27
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