The story
Japan and Croatia drew 1-1 at Al Janoub Stadium in the FIFA World Cup, matchday 103.
Japan's goal came from Daizen Maeda (43'); Ivan Perisic (55') replied for Croatia.
It was 1-0 at half-time. Croatia came back to earn a point.
Croatia had 59% of the ball and 17 shots to Japan's 12.
Match stats
Key moments
- 43' Daizen Maeda Goal · Japan 1-0 Assist: Maya Yoshida
- 55' Ivan Perisic Goal · Croatia 1-1 Assist: Dejan Lovren
Line-ups
Japan
- Shuichi GondaGoalkeeper
- Takehiro TomiyasuDefender
- Maya YoshidaDefender
- Yuto Nagatomooff 64'Defender
- Shogo TaniguchiDefender
- Daichi Kamadaoff 75'Midfielder
- Wataru EndoMidfielder
- Hidemasa Moritaoff 106'Midfielder
- Ritsu Doanoff 87'Midfielder
- Junya ItoMidfielder
- Daizen Maedaoff 64'Forward
Croatia
- Dominik LivakovicGoalkeeper
- Josko GvardiolDefender
- Dejan LovrenDefender
- Borna BarisicDefender
- Josip JuranovicDefender
- Mateo Kovacicoff 99'Midfielder
- Luka Modricoff 99'Midfielder
- Marcelo BrozovicMidfielder
- Ivan Perisicoff 106'Forward
- Andrej Kramaricoff 68'Forward
- Bruno Petkovicoff 62'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (4)
- 43' ⚽ Daizen Maedaassist Maya Yoshida
- 55' ⚽ Ivan Perisicassist Dejan Lovren
- 90' 🟨 Mateo Kovacic
- 116' 🟨 Borna Barisic