RESULTS extra time Japanese National against Croatia in the round of 16 World Cup 2022 it will be discussed here. The match which was played at Al Janoub Stadium from Monday (5/12/2022) 10pm WIB was still a 1-1 draw after going through 2×15 minutes of extra time.
Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead with his goal in the 43rd minute. However, Ivan Perisic’s goal in the 55th minute forced the match into extra time.
Match progress
First round
The Croatian national team started the first half trying to play up front. They implemented a massive attack, led directly by the midfield trio of Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic.
Unfortunately, some of the attacks launched weren’t effective in dismantling the defense of the Blue Samurai, the nickname of the Japanese national team. On the other hand, Hajime Moriyasu’s troops, who played with a pressing scheme, actually had a golden opportunity thanks to Shogo Taniguchi’s header.
However, the ball slid just into the right side of Dominik Livakovic’s post. The two teams that played persistently showed an attack trading game. This situation continued until the start of the game in the 20th minute.
Then Vatreni, nickname of the Croatian national team, lowered the pace of the game. Even so, Zlatko Dalic’s team slowly built attacks that threatened Samurai Blue’s defense. Luckily the Japanese national team was able to anticipate it well.
Samurai Blue is now playing under pressure. Monitored, Daichi Kamada and colleagues could only wait for momentum to launch a swift counterattack. However, coming on in the 35th minute, the Japan national team managed to control the game.
The short passing game that was quite clean was displayed by Samurai Blue at the end of the first half. Eventually they managed to take the lead with Daizen Maeda’s shot (43′). The goal came from a long pass, which then led to chaos in front of Livakovic’s goal.
Maeda, who was in the penalty area, immediately took a measured shot which was saved by the goalkeeper. Eventually, the Japan national team managed to beat Croatia in the first round with a narrow score of 1-0.
Second round
Both teams immediately showed a trading game at the beginning of the second half. The Japanese national team played pressing, while Croatia looked for loopholes to build effective attacks. Even so, there were no additional goals until the 50th minute.
Vatreni, late, continues to hammer the defense of the Japanese national team. The result was sweet, Ivan Perisic (55′) managed to bring Croatia level with his deadly header. The Tottenham Hotspur player converted Dejan Lovren’s mature bait, the temporary position was 1-1.
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After this goal, the Croatian national team lowered the pace of the match. This freed Japan to launch massive attacks. In the 57th minute, Samurai Blue had a golden opportunity after Wataru Endo fired a measured shot.
