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.
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Thank you
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What a shootout we have had. Feel sorry for Japan. They were brilliant. Penalties are cruel.
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Croatia through to the quarterfinals.
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Dominik Livakovic -- Croatia's hero. Saved three penalties.
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PASALIC steps up and scores. Croatia beat Japan in penalties. 3-1 they do it in shootout
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DOMINIK LIVAKOVIC THE HERO
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SAVED. JAPAN DENIED. YOSHIDA DENIED.
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Misses. Livaja misses. Hits the post. Japan have a lifeline. Croatia lead 2-1
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Livaja up next for Croatia. Will he score?
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