Japan, who gave the surprise in Group E after eliminating Germany and beating Spain for the first time, will be looking to continue their feats against current runners-up world champion Croatia, in a game which will define cross-country rival Brazil and South Korea for the quarterfinals.
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Japan: Shuichi Gonda; Kou Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Shogo Taniguchi, Junya Ito; Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Yuto Nagatomo, Daichi Kamada; Daizen Maeda and Takefusa Kubo. DT: Hajime Moriyasu.
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa; Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic; Andrej Kramaric, Marko Livaja and Ivan Perisic. DT: Zlatko Dalik.
Japan meet Croatia looking for another feat at the World Cup in Qatar
Croatia’s Luka Modric disputes the ball with Belgium’s Jeremy Doku during the Group F match. Xinhua Photo/Lan Hongguang.
Japan, who made the surprise in Group E after knocking out Germany and beating Spain for the first time, will be looking to continue their feats against current runners-up world champion Croatia, in a match which on Monday will define the crossroads rival of Brazil and South Korea for the quarterfinals.
the meeting will be played at Al Janoub Stadium from 12 (now Argentina) with American Ismail Elfath arbitrating and TV signals manager TyC Sports and DirecTV.
Japan reached the round of 16 in Qatar after turning games against Spain and Germany, winning 2-1 in both games and losing 1-0 to Costa Rica.
Source: Clarin
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