Xinhua News Agency, Doha, December 5 (reporter Xiao Yazhuo) Qatar World Cup 1/8 final played two more games on the 5th. Two Asian teams Japan and South Korea played against Croatia and Brazil respectively, although both teams failed to go further in the end, the process was quite different. The Japanese team fought all the way to the penalty kick battle and lost, while the Korean team suffered a defeat in the face of winning the championship.
The match between the Japanese team and the Croatian team was held earlier that day. Although the last World Cup runner-up was opposite, the Japanese team aiming at the top eight showed great confidence on the court. In the 43rd minute, the Japanese team seized the Croatian defender and was not decisive enough to break the deadlock by Maeda’s big shot.
The experienced team of Croatia scored header in the 55th minute of being picked up by perrishic to close the score. After that, both teams failed to create goals again, and the match was dragged into overtime, which was also the first overtime match so far in this World Cup.
In overtime, both sides still failed to break the door and entered the penalty kick war. The Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic became the key figure in deciding the outcome. In the penalty kick war, he successively shut out the shots of Nanye Tuo Shi, sanyanxun and Yoshida Ma, although levaya of the Croatia team hit the column in the third round, it had little impact on the final result. The “lattice Legion” won the round in advance by 3:1 (total score 4:2).
Compared with this tit-for-tat, the subsequent match between South Korea and Brazil was somewhat one-sided. The “samba Legion” that ushered in Neymar’s return made the game lose suspense early in the first half. Venius, Neymar, Richard Leeson and paquetta each scored a goal, the Brazilian team entered the intermission with a 4-ball lead.
In the second half, the Brazilian team, who had already won the victory, played extremely relaxed, but Rafinha missed the opportunity repeatedly and missed the opportunity to continue to expand the score. On the contrary, in the 76th minute, the South Korean team shot away from the forbidden zone by Bai Shenghao, and finally fixed the score at 1:4.
On the 6th, the final two 1/8 finals will be held, with Spain facing Morocco and Portugal against Switzerland.
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