Japan vs Croatia 9 a.m. Fox and Telemundo
The Samurai Blue vs the Checkered Ones are the first match in today’s Round of Sixteen matches. Japan won Group E with six points, beating two European powers. Their only loss was a 0-1 result with Costa Rica. Japan opened group play coming from behind to knock off Germany 2-1. After the loss against Los Ticos, Japan again came from behind to beat Spain 2-1.
Croatia finished second in Group F behind Morocco and above Belgium and Canada. Croatia is tough to score on.