Dominik Livakovic Showed Outstanding Performance In First Penalty Shootout Of World Cup 2022

In the 1/8 finals between Japan and Croatia, the first overtime match and the first penalty shootout of the Qatar World Cup 2022 were born. With his outstanding performance in the penalty shootout, Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic became famous in this battle.

In this game, Japan and Croatia drew 1:1 within 90 minutes. Neither team scored anything in overtime, and a penalty shootout was inevitable.

In the cruel penalty shootout, the Croatian team successfully advanced to the top 8 of this World Cup with a total score of 4-2 by virtue of goalkeeper Livakovic's magical performance in saving the Japanese team's penalty kick three times. In the quarter-finals, they will face 5-title Brazil led by Neymar.

Livakovic, who plays for the Croatian domestic giant Dinamo Zagreb, became famous in this game. In the penalty shoot-out, he successfully saved the penalty kicks of the three Japanese players and Japan was defeated by the Croatia team. The Croatian team entered the quarterfinals of the World Cup. He also became the third goalkeeper to successfully save three goals in a World Cup penalty shootout after Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo in Germany in 2006 and compatriot Subasic in 2018.

After the game, Livakovic was named the best player of the game by virtue of his magical performance. Captain Modric also praised Livakovic after the game: Livakovic showed what a good goalkeeper he is, and he led us to the quarter-finals. Livakovic was a miracle today!