The 2022 FIFA World Cup continued Monday on FOX with Croatia defeating Japan in a wild knockout-stage game at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar that was decided by penalty kicks after a hard ...

Croatia forward Ivan Perišić celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the 2022 World Cup match against Japan at Al Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah, Qatar on December 5, 2022.

Japan lost its only previous World Cup match that went to extra time, falling on penalties to Paraguay in the 2010 round of 16. Japan’s last trip to the round of 16 also ended in heartbreak: a 3 ...

Croatia won the first penalty shootout at the 2022 World Cup to progress to the quarter-finals in Qatar. Japan missed three spot kicks during the shootout while Croatia only missed one.

Japan had only gone past 90 minutes once in its World Cup history, while Croatia did it three times, all of which came four years ago. Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 43rd minute of the match.

But Croatia is moving on to the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals, with goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic the hero, on a shootout victory over Japan that finished 3-1 after a 1-1 draw through extra time.

Croatia defeated Japan on Monday in a wild round of 16 game decided by penalty kicks to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.. Japan struck first in the 43rd minute, and Croatia ...

Croatia advanced to the knockout stage for the third time in its history. The nation has yet to lose in the round of 16, having finished third in the 1998 World Cup and second to France in the ...

Portugal, who beat La Roja in the final, have leapfrogged the Netherlands and moved up to sixth. Croatia, meanwhile, have displaced Italy in the top ten after kicking off their World Cup 26 qualifying ...

There's another good news for the Japanese national team. The possibility of the main goalkeeper moving to the English ...