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Japan secured a 1-1 draw with Uruguay in Tokyo on Friday as substitute Takuma Nishimura scored with his first touch to cancel out Federico Valverde's opener for the visitors in the Samurai Blue's first outing since last year's World Cup.
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As we prepare for this Round of 16 clash betwee Japan and Croatia, here's a look at what you need to know about both teams and their expected starting 11s.
Japan produced the most wacko group stage performance of any team at the World Cup, with their defeat to lowly Costa Rica sandwiched between a pair of giant upsets over Germany and Spain. They take on Croatia, the second place finishers from 2018, in the Round of 16, as Luka Modric's side finished second in Group F behind Morocco.
Zlatko Dalic will be confident Croatia can negotiate their way past Japan with his side now unbeaten in nine games.