World Cup Round-Up (Day 16) – Brazil Thrash South Korea and Croatia Beat Japan on Penalties

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Day 16 of the 2022 World Cup dished up two thrilling knockout clashes, with Croatia eliminating Japan on penalties and Brazil placing 4 previous South Korea to march into the quarter-finals.

Following 4 comparatively simple last-16 ties, we noticed the primary penalty shootout of the event on Monday. Sadly for the Japanese, they got here out on the flawed aspect of the lottery.

Within the late kick-off, it was all about Brazil. The five-time champions blew South Korea away with a wide ranging first-half show, reaching the quarter-finals for an eighth consecutive World Cup.

Japan’s Penalty Nightmare Sees Croatia Advance

Japan and Croatia performed out a comparatively boring first half at Al Janoub Stadium, and it appeared as if it will stay goalless till half-time. Nevertheless, on 43 minutes, Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead.

Croatia wanted to supply an enormous response within the second half, and that’s precisely what they did. Ivan Perisic leveled the rating ten minutes after the restart, handing his workforce the momentum.

Regardless of a collection of probabilities for each side, the sport ended 1-1 after 90 minutes. Neither workforce managed to interrupt the impasse in extra-time, that means penalties had been required to find out the winner.

Japan missed their first two penalties, with Takumi Minamino and Kaoru Mitoma failing from the spot. In the meantime, Nikola Vlasic and Marcelo Brozovic put Croatia in management. Maya Yoshida missed Japan’s fourth, leaving Mario Pasalic to attain the winner.

Croatia will now face Brazil within the quarter-finals on Friday. Let’s see how the Brazilians booked their spot within the final eight.

Brazil Activate Samba Type to Crush South Korea 4-1

When Vinicius Junior put Brazil forward inside seven minutes at Stadium 974, it was all the time going to be an extended evening for South Korea. Inevitably, Tite’s males didn’t relaxation on their laurels.

Neymar doubled Brazil’s lead from the penalty spot on 13 minutes, earlier than Richarlison completed off an attractive workforce transfer to make it 3-0. On 36 minutes, Lucas Paqueta smashed in a fourth for the event favourites.

The Brazilians took their foot off the fuel within the second half, permitting Paik Seung-ho to attain a late comfort objective for South Korea. However the harm had already been achieved by then.

Richarlison is now one among eight gamers to have scored three targets in Qatar, though France’s Kylian Mbappe leads the Golden Boot race with 5 targets. The Tottenham ahead will fancy his possibilities of chasing down Mbappe in the course of the latter phases of the event.