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JAPAN vs. CROATIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Frankenstadion

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
JAPAN
0 – 0
CROATIA
✦ REFEREE: Frank De Bleeckere
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 22' • Darijo Srna
  • 45' •
  • 61' •
  • 70' •
  • 78' •
  • 85' •
  • 86' •
▶ MATCH STATS
JPN 51% POSSESSION 49% CRO
JPN 14 SHOTS 18 CRO
JPN 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 5 CRO
JPN 18 FOULS 19 CRO
JPN 7 SAVES 9 CRO
JPN 0 RED CARDS 0 CRO
▶ LINE-UPS
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKYoshikatsu Kawaguchi
  2. DFTsuneyasu Miyamoto
  3. DFAkira Kaji
  4. DFYuji Nakazawa
  5. DFAlessandro Santos
  6. MFMitsuo Ogasawara
  7. MFHidetoshi Nakata
  8. MFShunsuke Nakamura
  9. MFTakashi Fukunishi
  10. FWNaohiro Takahara
  11. FWAtsushi Yanagisawa
SUBSTITUTES
  • Masashi Oguro▲ 85'
  • Junichi Inamoto▲ 45'
  • Keiji Tamada▲ 61'
CROATIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKStipe Pletikosa
  2. DFRobert Kovac
  3. DFJosip Simunic
  4. DFIgor Tudor
  5. DFDario Simic
  6. MFDarijo Srna
  7. MFMarko Babic
  8. MFNico Kovac
  9. MFNiko Kranjcar
  10. FWDado Prso
  11. FWIvan Klasnic
SUBSTITUTES
  • Ivan Bosnjak▲ 86'
  • Luka Modric▲ 78'
  • Ivica Olic▲ 70'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
CROATIA
The Blazers (Vatreni)
EST. 1912
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ JAPAN
▶ CROATIA
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