Japan's incredible run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup came to an end on Monday in a penalty-kick shootout loss to Croatia.
The Samurai Blue were impressive over 120 minutes, as they held the 2018 runner-up to one goal.
Unfortunately for Japan, it had three penalties saved by Dominik Livakovic and was eliminated.
There was plenty of praise across the soccer world for Japan after the loss. Japan surprisingly won Group E with historic victories over Spain and Germany.
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