Mario Pasalic was cool, calm and collected from the spot. This, the eighth penalty of the shootout, was his chance to send Croatia through to the quarter-finals. Standing on the centre circle, he’d seen his team-mate Marko Livaja strike the post with the previous penalty. Pasalic, though, didn’t flinch. As Japan’s Shuichi Gonda dived to his right, Livaja slotted it to the left and leapt … Continue reading Livakovic the hero as Croatia down Japan in shootout to reach FIFA World Cup quarters