Watched some of the Korean baseball games when we were still in fan lockdown due to COVID and their supporters were fantastic (miles better than what we have in the USA). I think Japan is the same way with baseball.
Day 16: Japan vs Croatia | Brazil vs South Korea (Last 16 5&6)
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Croatia are bang average, very organised but that's all.
Brazil would prefer to play them over Japan.
Brazil would prefer to play them over Japan.
Brazil will enjoy playing one of these tired teams.
For penalty kicks, why can't the rules allow for the entire available squad (11 + substitutes) to take the kicks? Why restrict it to only the playing 11? Would allow for greater involvement for some fringe players (who might be great penalty takers), and just general fun?
Actually surprised this went to penalties. I thought someone would win this is normal time. Well played to Japan. Their energy and effort was something Croatia couldn't live with. I hope the Japanese go through.
Nothing better than a World Cup penalty shoot out.
As goalkeeper I meant
If they beat South Korea..
Feel like Japan is due a superstar. Nakata was decent and Kagawa didn’t stay on top for too long
Japan taking first
Why not let retired legends have a crack too?
Have Croatia taken off their best penalty takers?
Louis van Gaal likes this
First team to shoot wins.
Kind of a nice thing about this team though, they're good even without a clear stand out player
Croatia started to wake up in the second half. Young Modric and Perisic still seem to be their best bet to progressing. I’m sure they’ll win the shoot out now.
Kubo was supposed to be the one. He's still young though.
Cmon Japan!!
She's 12 folks, don't put her pic in that other thread.
Would not have minded RvN stepping up against Villareal in 2021!
Weak.
Awful pen
Awful penalty by Japan
Liverpool miss
Idiotic pen
Horrible pen
Poor pen.
Sounds like linaker has just found a stats website. Barely spoke, just flung our stat after stat 
Damnit.
Awful pen
Awful pen
One of the worst penalties I've seen.
Horrible first pen
Euurgh nasty idea. Nations will start picking players just for their penalties in the tournament without ever playing in normal time.
Come on Gonda!
I just noticed today Minamino is not a Liverpool player anymore, ehm, how many matches has he played for them, like 10 in two years?
Scouse cnut.
That was horrible
Croatia have this.
All that does is reduce the fun - it’s more interesting agonizing over which changes a manager should make before penalties, and your idea would remove the drama of, for example, LVH subbing out his goalkeeper with a minute left of extra time.
That was better keeper right way but no where near
Can think of a few things