Japan managed to temporarily lead Croatia towards the end of the first half after Maeda managed to break into Croatia 's goal .
The goal came in the 43rd minute, starting from a corner kick which Japan managed to take advantage of .
During the first round in the knockout stages of the Qatar 2022 World Cup , Croatia actually appeared more dominant. The first ten minutes Luca Modric et al were in control of the game but failed to take advantage of some of the opportunities that existed.
From the beginning of the first half to the middle of Japan appeared to defend with occasional counterattacks. Japan started pressing Croatia in the last 10 minutes.
's pressure Japan at the end of the first half effectively made the Croatian defense surrender to the Japanese attack .
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