In the early morning of today (6th) Beijing time, Qatar World Cup ended two more quarter-finals competitions. Japanese team lost to Croatia in the penalty shootout (1:1, 1:3 in regular time), and missed the quarterfinals; the South Korean team, which fell behind 0:4 in the first half, eventually lost to five-star Brazil 1:4 and was also eliminated. So far, all six AFC teams have been eliminated in this cup.
In the match between Japan and Croatia, the first overtime and first penalty shootout of the Qatar World Cup were born. Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic saved the shots of Minamio Takumi, Misato Kaoru and Yoshida Maya in the penalty kick, trying to ensure the team advancement. Although
failed to achieve his goal of entering the quarterfinals, facing Croatia, the runner-up of the last Cup, the Japanese team did not lose the least and performed well. They are also the first goal scorer, Maeda Daran used a corner kick opportunity to break the deadlock before the end of the first half.
learned the lessons of both Germany and Spain losing both. Faced with the Japanese team, Croatia made targeted arrangements, including strengthening crosses from the wing and using its own height advantages to grab points. This helped them equalize the score in the 56th minute, with Lovren accurate diagonal pass outside the penalty area, and Perisic scored a header.
In the subsequent games, both sides attacked and defended each other, but the score was not rewritten again. After the 90-minute battle, both sides entered overtime 1:1.
Modric , Kovacic , Perisic and other famous players were all substituted in overtime. Croatia hopes to keep the field alive by adjusting the lineup, but the Japanese team's strict defense does not leave much offensive space for the opponent. With a draw, the two teams entered a penalty shootout.
Japan team took the lead in free throws, and Takumi Minamio was the first to reach the 12-yard point. As a representative of the European striker of the team, Takumi Minamio, who played for Ligue 1 Monaco, came on as a substitute in the 87th minute of the game, and taking a penalty kick was definitely one of his tasks.
But under heavy pressure, Takumi Minami's shot quality was not high, and Livakovic quickly fell to the ground to complete the save.
The second Japanese team took the penalty was Sansatsu. Livakovic once again judged the opponent's direction and saved the ball. After Vlasic and Brozovic scored steadily, Croatia has led two goals.
The third round, Asano Takuma scored the ball. Livaya 's shot hit the post and popped up, and the Japanese team saw a hint of reversal.
However, in the fourth round, Yoshida Maya's penalty kick was blocked by Livakovic again. With Passalic achieved overnight, Croatia eliminated Japan 3:1 in the penalty shootout.
Livakovic is 28 years old and currently plays for the domestic giants of Croatia Dynamo Zagreb . In this penalty shootout, he stood on the goal line four times and saved the penalty three times.
Thanks to Livakovic's performance, the Croatian team continued their strong performance in the penalty shootout: in the last cup, " lattice army " successively eliminated the Danish team and the Russian team through the penalty shootout, and finally won the runner-up.
In another game, the South Korean team lost to Brazil 1:4 and stopped in the quarterfinals.
defeated Portugal in the final stoppage time of the group stage. The South Korean team beat Uruguay , which had the same 4 points due to the advantage of the number of goals, and advanced to the knockout stage with a buzzer-beating. However, today's match against Samba Legion, the "Tai Chi Tiger" failed to continue to be upset.
Facing the Korean team, Five-Star Brazil showed its strong strength as a favorite to win the championship. Veniceus broke the deadlock early in the 7th minute, and he easily scored from the back point.
, who missed two rounds of group stage due to injury, Neymar , returned to the starting lineup in this game. He took a penalty kick in the 11th minute, and Brazil expanded its lead. After that, the Brazilian team won two consecutive games through exquisite cooperation, Richarlisson and Paqueta. By the end of the first half, Samba had already taken a 4-0 lead.
Although the score is behind, the South Korean team is not discouraged. They created several opportunities in the second half, and in the 76th minute, they scored a wonderful world wave by Bai Shenghao , and scored a goal.
Brazil's second half was mainly controlled, with Vinicius, Neymar and main goalkeeper Alisson and others being replaced one after another. So far, all 26 players on the Brazilian roster have played in this World Cup. The score of 4:1 was maintained until the end of the game, and the Samba Army advanced to the quarterfinals as expected.
With the Japanese and South Korean teams being eliminated one after another, all the AFC teams have been eliminated, and none of them have entered the quarterfinals.
Image source: FIFA website screenshot
As of now, six seats have been born in the quarterfinals of this World Cup. In addition to Croatia and Brazil, it also includes the Netherlands, Argentina, France and England.
quarter-finals have been produced as follows:
upper half:
9th 23:00 Croatia vs Brazil
10 03:00 Netherlands vs Argentina
lower half:
11 03:00 England vs France
Beijing time tonight to tomorrow morning (night of the 6th to the 7th morning), the last two 8th finals of this World Cup will be held soon. The specific match is:
23:00 Morocco vs Spain
03:00 Portugal vs Switzerland
The winners of these two games will meet in the subsequent quarterfinals and are in the same half of the zone with France and England.
As a seed in Group E, the Spanish team opened high and closed low in the group stage. After defeating Costa Rica in the first round 7:0, the outside world has high hopes for this young bullfighter legion. But in the next two games, although the Spanish team was still the first to score, they did not win in the end, and they once squeezed into the third place in the group and were almost eliminated.
and Morocco is exactly the opposite. After the first match against Croatia, Morocco defeated , Belgium, and Canada one after another, and finally qualified as the first place in Group F, and sent Belgium, the third place in the last Cup, back home.
Ashraf , Ziyech, Mazravi is the most famous star in this Moroccan team. The three of them are currently playing in European giants. Facing Spain, which focuses on possession, teams that are good at counterattacks can often create many threats, and Morocco is in this category.
In another game, it is not easy for Portugal, which has C Ronaldo , to pass Switzerland's level. From the lineup, the Portuguese team, which has a large number of big names, is the advantage. However, in terms of recent competition results, the Swiss team is not only not inferior to their opponents, but is even better. In the group stage of
, although the Swiss team lost to Brazil 0:1, the scene was not ugly, and the goal was also lost at the end of the game. Therefore, facing a strong enemy, the Swiss team has its own set of effective tactics, which depends on how Portugal breaks the deadlock.
Source: China News Network
