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football toilet | WC IN QATAR ONLINE: Brazil is on a rampage! The drama brought progress to Croatia, sad Japan

The round of 16 battle between Croatia and Japan got off to a good start. In the 3rd minute Taniguchi has a great chance, but his header narrowly misses the left post of Livakovič’s goal. The vice-champions of the world replies five minutes later, when Perišič is caught by Gonda with a great save.

The Japanese players also made themselves dangerous in the 41st minute, but Kamada finished off a great combination with a shot over the top. However, the warning wasn’t enough for the favourite. Two minutes later, he beat Croatian goalkeeper Maeda with a shot on the ground and Japan won the first half 1-0.

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Penalty wizard Dominik Livakovič and his winning goals against Japanvideo: Czech television

The Croatians equalized in the 56th minute, in which Perišič won the game with a header. The favorite could have taken the lead seven minutes later, he pulled off a great shot from Modric with an even better save on the post from Gonda.

At the end of normal playing time, no more goals had been scored, so that extra time had to be extended for the first time in the league. The set-up also resulted in no goals, and the quarter-finals were decided by a penalty shoot-out alone. In them the Croatians were much more successful, failing only once out of four attempts, while Japan failed in three cases.

The Brazilians and Koreans will play in Doha at Stadium 974. After the victories over Serbia and Switzerland and with the certainty of progress, the Brazilian coach Tite could field the substitutes for the last match of Group G, which were not enough for Cameroon.

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Montage of the South Korea – Portugal World Cup matchvideo: Czech television

Forward Gabriel Jesus and left-back Alex Telles will not play again in Qatar due to knee injuries.

The other full-backs Alex Sandro and Danilo are also in difficulty. That leaves 39-year-old Daniel Alves, who became the oldest Brazilian to start the World Cup against Cameroon, on the edge of defence.

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Neymar is recovering in the poolvideo: Reuters

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Montage of the Cameroon – Brazil World Cup matchvideo: Czech television

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