The surprises in the round of 16 in the World Cup in Qatar are still absent.

Japan, the only one left, a true revelation, succumbed to the Croats from the penalty spot.

Below is the complete detail of the day.

Croatia defeated Japan on penalties to reach the quarterfinals.

The current runner-up in the world eliminated the Japanese team - which until now had been the revelation of Qatar 2022 - 3-1 in a penalty shootout that had the Croatian goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovic, as a great figure.

The world runner-up, Croatia, advanced to the quarterfinals of Qatar 2022 on Monday, beating Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout that featured its goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who saved three executions.

The 27-year-old Dinamo Zagreb footballer held off shipments Takuma Minamino, Kaouru Mitoma and Maya Yoshida, allowing his teammate Mario Pasalic to seal the story at the Al Janoub stadium in the town of Al Wakra, where after 120 minutes they finished tied 1-1.

The Asian national team, one of the revelations of the World Cup in the Middle East, was in advantage from 43 minutes into the first half with a goal from Daizen Maeda and the Europeans reached the tie when 10 minutes of the second were played through Iván Perisic .

Croatia waits in the next instance for Brazil or South Korea. That game will be played next Friday at 12:00 at the Education City stadium and will decide the semifinalist who will face Argentina or the Netherlands.

After winning Group E, made up of two champions such as Spain and Germany, the Samurai could not continue their journey in Qatar, but they left recognized by their enthusiastic fans, with incessant encouragement.

Japan warned from the start that crosses from the wings could create a problem for Croatia. For that, his DT Hajime Moriyasu, the "Hiroshima Strategist", placed Junya Ito on the right and Yugo Nagamoto on the left.

The two full-backs of the Japanese team fulfilled a complete task because they combined their attacking capacity with error-free work on the kick, a key aspect to collaborate in the brand.

For their part, the three center-backs of the Asian team fixed the rival strikers and Luka Modric, the core of the Croatian game, was left with few receivers.

Croatia played uncomfortable, the two chances it had in the first part were hits unrelated to the trend of the game. In one of them, Petkovic allowed himself to be neutralized by his markers and in the rest, a header from Perisic was lost at the far post.

Wataru Endo, a simple pass player, was in charge of joining the pieces of the Japanese machinery; Kamada, Maeda and Doan brought danger to the inside game.

With their ideas clear, Japan came within the goal late in the first half, on a set piece from set pieces. Another center fell violently in the area again, nobody could reject it and Maeda was left with the goal available to bill.

The second half hinted at deepening the Japanese dominance when Perisic received a well-trodden cross in the area and connected with a header aimed at Gonda's left post.

The 1-1 draw strengthened the spirit of Croatia, which was able to take the lead with a shot from Modric or an imperfect header from Budimir. Without getting confused, Japan changed piece by piece waiting for an opportunity, under the conviction that a long game could favor them due to their greater physical resistance.

In that struggle to search without neglecting, the game was consumed until demanding the first extra time of this World Cup. Somehow, the technicians validated it, by saving changes.

Modric, 37, was one of those replaced after extra time, which meant a significant loss for the world runner-up. Perisic and Mateo Kovacic also left the field.

With the modifications, the match became distorted, lost rhythm and the sensation of the penalties was consolidated with each minute. The stadium only reacted with a dizzying run by Mitoma ending with a shot to Livakovic's body.

That intervention was just a preview of the goalkeeper's safety, who closed a perfect night with three saves in the penalty shootout to place the Balkans once again among the eight best teams on the planet.

Brazil had a superlative first half, thrashed South Korea and reached the quarterfinals.

The "Scratch" beat the Asians 4-1. Just after the first half hour of the game, the Tité team resolved the dispute (7m Vinicius, 13m Neymar, penalty, 29m Richarlison and 36 Paquetá). Seung-Ho gave final figures at 31m ST. Now the "Verdeamarelha" will face Croatia for a place in the semifinals.

The Brazilian national team thrashed South Korea 4-1 on Monday with a great display of football during the first half, and will play the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup against Croatia.

Vinicius Junior (7m PT), Neymar, from a penalty kick (13m PT), Richarlison (29m PT) and Lucas Paquetá (36m PT) scored the goals for the five-time world champion in the match played at the 974 stadium.

Paik Seung-ho scored for South Korea 31 minutes into the second half.

Brazil confirmed that the defeat against Cameroon (1-0) on the last date of group G was an accident and advanced to the quarterfinals with a resounding win that they had until the celebration of coach Tite, who joined Richarlison's dance in the third so much

The coach, who has already announced that he is leaving after the World Cup, took advantage of the second half to take care of players and even took out goalkeeper Alisson (Weverton replaced him).

South Korea, which had left Uruguay out for having more goals in their favor, could only resist the offensive power of the Brazilians for seven minutes and said goodbye to the World Cup with a lackluster version.

Neymar returned to play after the injury he suffered in the World Cup debut against Serbia and scored his first goal from a penalty in Qatar 2022.

In this way, the star from Paris Saint Germain became the third Brazilian to score goals in three different World Cups and equaled two Brazilian legends such as Pelé and Ronaldo.

In addition, on the 10th he reached 76 goals with the "Verdeamarela" shirt and was one away from the record of "O Rei", who is going through a delicate moment of health and was honored by the squad that displayed a banner after the game.

Brazil qualified for the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive edition, since the last time it was eliminated in the round of 16 occurred at the 1990 World Cup in Italy when it fell to Argentina.

In a game with almost no equivalence, Brazil made the difference in the first 15 minutes and then had fun against a poor version of the team led by Son Heungmin in football.

The scoring opened after 7 minutes, after a great move made by pure skill by Raphinha, the left-footed player who plays on the right and ended in a cross from behind for the arrival of Vinicius Junior alone.

South Korea still had not been able to react to the first goal and three minutes later came Jung Wooyoung's penalty on Richarlison.

Neymar took charge of the execution and left goalkeeper Kim Seunggyu sitting on the floor, who had tried to bother him with some movements on the line.

To confirm Brazil's candidacy, the goalkeeper Alisson also appeared, who took a great shot from Heechan Hwang in the clearest of South Korea in the first half.

The Brazilian festival was missing an artist who appeared on the scene after 29 minutes: Richarlison dominated the ball with his head outside the area, passed it to Marquinhos and he gave it to captain Thiago Silva, who left the striker one-on-one to the 3-0.

In case a team plagued with offensive variants lacked resources, the two central defenders also participated in the goals.

The best thing happened at the celebration, when the Tottenham attacker approached the substitute bench and even Tite joined the celebration, including dancing.

The fourth goal came from the left with an overflow from Vinicius Junior and a precise pass to Lucas Paquetá, who defined the cross and first.

The French referee showed no mercy to South Korea and added five minutes before the end of the first period, and in that period Brazil came close to scoring two more goals.

The second stage was practically unnecessary because Brazil took their foot off the accelerator and South Korea went in search of the goal of honour, but they ran into a solid Alisson who was just surpassed with a strong shot from the admitted Paik Seungho who had a small deflection .

After the two left-backs Alex Sandro and Danilo, and the striker Alex Telles, were absent due to injury, Tite did not want surprises and took Vinicius, Neymar and even Alisson off the field.

Brazil advanced steadily to the quarterfinals with almost no physical wear and tear and will face Croatia, who played extra time against Japan and qualified after winning the definition with kicks from the penalty mark.

Fuente: FIFA.