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BERLIN : Hoffenheim battled past Schalke 04 2-0 on Sunday to make it three league wins in a row and move away from the relegation zone, leaving the Royal Blues in last place in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund were held to a 2-2 draw by local rivals Schalke to fall two points behind Bayern Munich at the Bundesliga summit. Dortmund took a first-half lead through an unlikely source, defender Nico Schlotterbeck, who was afforded time and space in the opposition half and duly fired a low shot beyond Ralf Fahrmann. Ad The Schalke goalkeeper was kept busy in the early stages and made several good saves, while Rodrigo Zalazar wasted the hosts' best chance when he blazed over from a one-on-one.
DOHA/LONDON : It is short odds that there will be a penalty shootout at the World Cup over the next two days. There has been at least one in the quarter-finals of the last nine tournaments, peaking in 1986 when three of the four matches went to penalties.
Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic was certain goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic would star in the penalty shootout victory over Japan as his three saves saw the 2018 finalists reach the World Cup quarter-finals in Qatar.
Croatia’s goalkeeper, Dominik Livakovic, was the hero yesterday at the Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, as he saved three penalties to help the 2018 finalists defeat Japan via a shoot out to reach the quarterfinals in the ongoing Qatar 2022 World Cup.
AL WAKRAH, Qatar: The pain was still palpable, the defeat still raw.
TOKYO : Japan supporters lamented the team's 3-1 penalty shootout loss to Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar, crushing their nation's dream of advancing to the quarter-finals.