Croatia triumph on penalties to knock Japan out

Japan’s dream run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup ended cruelly as the Blue Samurais were dumped out on penalties against Croatia in the round of 16 at the Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar. Ivan Perisic’s second-half strike cancelled out Daizen Maeda’s opener in regulation time before goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic’s heroics in the penalty shootout […]