The fair play rule that put Japan in the last 16

Japan has not scored more goals or obtained more points than Senegal in Group H of the World Cup, but this Thursday the first one is qualified for the second round in Russia 2018 and the second will return home.

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The situation was unprecedented in the history of the World Cup, since both teams finished the same in six of the eight breaking criteria in the World Cup. equality of the phase of

For this reason, the seventh clause was applied: "fair play", which is one of the criteria of FIFA to decide the eighth

The team with the least cards (yellow and red) during the group stage is the one that progresses.

A Japan was shown 4 yellow cards while those of Senegal were 6.

That is why the Japanese Naron in the second position of group H, after Colombia

What are the top 5 criteria?

If the marked criteria are reviewed, this explains why the Japanese are in the second round.

Japan and Senegal earned 4 points in their three group matches, ie the same number of units (Criterion 1) produced a win, a win. a draw and a defeat.

The two selections ended with a goal difference (criterion 2) of 0, they scored 4 so much and received another 4.

Criterion 3 is the highest number of goals scored in all group matches one more line in which they matched:

• Japan 2-1 Colombia
• Japan 0-1 Poland
• Japan 2-2 Senegal
• Senegal 2-1 Poland
• Senegal 0-1 Colombia

As a criterion 4, FIFA obtains the highest number of points

obtained in the group matches between the teams in question another draw by the score 2-2 against Japan and Senegal.

With this result, criterion 5 is also discarded, goal difference in this confrontation as well as 6, highest number of goals in this match.

So it is that the "fair play" came to Criterion 7 of which was the final: the Japanese had two fewer yellow cards than the Senegalese.