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Croatia beat Japan on penalties to reach World Cup quarter-finals

GreenWatch Desk Politics 2022-12-06, 12:05am

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Croatia beat Japan on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw in their last-16 clash on Monday.

Daizen Maeda gave Japan a half-time lead and Ivan Perisic headed home an equaliser for the 2018 runners-up before goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three of four penalties as Croatia won the shoot-out 3-1, reports BSS.