What a nice game between Japan and Croatia.However Japan opened the scoresheet in the 43 minute with Daizen Maeda hitting the back of the net before half time.Ten minutes after the half time break,Croatia leveled the scores whereby Tottenham Hotspur top player Ivan Perisic found the back of the net.
However below is what happened to Croatia the last time their goalkeeper saved three penalties.
According to reports,it is said that the last time a Croatian goalkeeper made 3 saves in a penalty shootout they went to the world cup final that year.This however was in 2018 whereby they reached WC final against France in which they defeated by France.
On the other side,one match is set to be played tonight whereby Brazil will be hosting South Korea in which the winner in that game will face Croatia in the quarter final.It is going to be a hard has both teams will be searching for a ticket of moving in to the next step.
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