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

Croatia’s Ivan Perisic (R) celebrates with teammate Dejan Lovren after scoring his team's first goal during the World Cup last-16 match against Japan at the Al-Janoub Stadium, south of Doha, Qatar on December 5, 2022. © Anne-Christine Poujoulat, AFP

Croatia reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Monday with a dramatic 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Japan after a tense last-16 clash ended 1-1. 

Mario Pasalic struck the winning penalty to send Croatia through after Ivan Perisic had pulled Croatia level in the 55th minute of normal time following Daizen Maeda's opener for Japan just before the break. 

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