Fighting with the Spirit of "Bushido"
The bushido spirit is fighting, unyielding, to the end. With this spirit, the Japanese team will face Croatia. However, please remember, along with Luka Modric, Croatia is known as a very creative offensive team.
Japan's defender Maya Yoshida and Japan's defender Yuto Nagatomo take part in a training session at the Al Sadd SC training grounds in Doha on December 4, 2022, on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football match between Japan and Croatia.
Doha miracle! Japan did not only make it only once, but even twice. In the same stadium, Khalifa Al Rayyan, on the outskirts of Doha, Japan beat the two giants of world football, Germany and Spain. Miraculously too, with the victory over Spain, Japan contributed to sending back Germany, which won over Costa Rica.
Japan has now changed into a scary team. Spain coach Luis Enrique admitted that his team lost control, even panicked, when Ritsu Doan equalized, 1-1, then Ao Tanaka broke into Unai Simon's goal. The score changed to 2-1 for Japan.