If Japan had not made so many mistakes in the penalty shootout in the first match of the day, then maybe they could have participated as the only representatives of Asia in the quarter-finals; But going to the tiebreaker, the Japanese were completely defeated. On the contrary, Luka Modric’s team reached the quarter-finals after defeating them.
They awaited the winner of the match between Brazil and South Korea later in the night. Because the winner of this match will be the opponent of Croatia in the quarter.
In the end, Brazil beat South Korea 4-1 to confirm the quarter-finals and send off the last representative of Asia. Brazil will face Croatia in the quarter-finals as scheduled.
From the second round, a total of 6 teams have already qualified for the quarter finals. Netherlands, Argentina, England, France, Croatia and Brazil. The Netherlands will face Argentina, England will face France and Brazil will face Croatia in the last eight.
There are only two matches left in the second round. Spain will face Morocco in the first match on Tuesday night and Portugal will face Switzerland in the second match. The winners of those two matches will face each other in the last match of the quarter.
