Fans witnessed an intense Round of 16 match between Croatia and Japan on 5 December at Al Janoub Stadium. After running a full-time game, the match had an additional 15 minutes but was eventually led to a penalty shoot-out after both teams failed to advance over the opposing team's score.

The penalty shoot-out resulted in Croatia scoring 3 goals and Japan with 1 goal, bringing the penalty shootout score to 3-1.

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— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 5, 2022

The first goal of the match was scored by Japan's striker, Daizen Maeda, 43 minutes into the game. Croatia's striker, Ivan Perišić, then equalized the scores at the 55th-minute mark after scoring a goal against Japan. At full-time, both teams were unable to add to their scores which led to an additional 15 minutes.

After still failing to score a goal, a penalty shoot-out was commenced where Croatia scored 3 goals from Nikola Vlašić, Marcelo Brozović, and Mario Pašalić. Japan was able to score just one penalty shoot-out from Takuma Asano. Croatia won the game due to the goals scored at the penalty shoot-out.

Croatia will proceed to the quarterfinals, where they will be facing either Brazil or South Korea.

Source: FIFA
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