The probability of both teams winning is almost the same before the Japan vs Croatia match. The British data media even predicted that these two teams would go into a penalty shootout 1-1. However, they predicted that Japan would beat Croatia in the penalty shootout. Unfortunately, Croatian goalkeeper Rilivakovic kept pouncing on penalties from Takumi Minamino, Ma Yoshida and three others. In the end, Croatia won 3-1 and Japan lost.
South Korea 1-4 Brazil
In the first half alone, South Korea was scored four goals by Brazil:Neymar, Richardson, Paqueta and Vinicius. The samba kept on dancing, averaging a goal a minute for 9.25 minutes; in the second half, Korea scored only one goal. Let's just say Korea lost. Before the match, the Korean media exaggerated:We had only an 11% chance of advancing to the top 16. We did it. Now we have a 15.99% probability of beating Brazil. We can still pull off a miracle and we were beaten.
No miracle, the three AFC AFC teams stopped the top 16 together. Maybe the Japanese men's soccer team will rise in the future. They only have one breath. They lost 2-3 to Belgium in the last tournament, but this time they are still nasty.
