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THE ESSENTIAL
Unexpected duel between Japan, who managed to get out of a very complicated group stage at the expense of Germany thanks to a ball still in play by a few centimeters, and Croatia, qualified thanks to the Lukaku's clumsiness against Belgium.
The meeting takes place this Monday (4 p.m.) at the Al Janoub stadium, and will be broadcast on beIN and TF1.
The probable composition of Japan: Gonda - Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Taniguchi - Ito, Tanaka, Morita, Nagatomo - Kamada, Maeda, Kubo
The probable composition of Croatia: Livakovic - Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa - Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic - Kramaric, Livaja, Perisic
The winner of this meeting, a priori balanced, even if the vice-world champions in title start as favorites, will find Brazil or South Korea in the quarter-finals.
9 a.m.: The stakes of the meeting
It's not the round of 16 on which we would have bet the booklet A of the children, but now that we are there, we have the right to admit that we are a little more excited than usual by the stylistic opposition.
On the one hand, Croatia and their delicious midfield, capable of confiscating the ball for hours until they put their opponents to sleep, and on the other Japan, used to living off plunder with incredible efficiency.
20% ball possession against Spain and Germany, for a win each time.
In short, if we know what the match will look like, we won't risk getting wet on the result!
>> See you at 3:30 p.m. for this first round of 16 of the day
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