Mayes Yousef
Japan take on Croatia in the third day of the Round of 16 at Al Janoub Stadium.
Japan are going into the match with the aim of reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in their footballing history.
In a World Cup filled with surprises, not many expected that Japan would beat both Germany and Spain, topping Group E and qualifying for the knock-out stage of the tournament.
Croatia, meanwhile, are a team that have been undefeated in nine out of their last ten World Cup clashes.
Croatia is unbeaten in the Qatar World Cup and they have not lost a Round of 16 match in their last two World Cup appearances.
The two nations have faced each other twice before in a world Cup, in 1998 and 2006.
Match kick-off is at 18:00 Doha time.
Japan line-up: Gonda, Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Taniguchi, Ito, Endo, Morita, Nagamoto, Doan, Maeda, Kamada
Croatia line-up: Livakovic, Barisic, Gvardiol, Lovren, Juranovic, Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric, Perisic, Petkovic, Kramaric