Croatia is advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup after a win in penalty kicks over Japan.
Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three of Japan’s four penalty kicks as substitute Mario Pasalic scored Croatia’s third PK on their fourth attempt to seal the win.
Takuma Asano was the only player to score a free kick for Japan. Takumi Minamino’s weak effort to the right was easily saved by a diving Livakovic and then the goalie saved Kaoru Mitoma and Maya Yoshida’s kicks to the left.