The striking rule by which Japan managed to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup – Japan – 24 hours

Japan obtained the long-awaited qualification to the knockout stages of the World Cup Russian despite being dropped by the account minimum before eliminated ] Poland at the end of Group H.

How did this happen? The Japanese won the ticket for the next phase thanks to the striking rule of "Fair Play". And having been defeated by the table commanded by Robert Lewandowski, the Asians were tied in the standings with Senegal both in points and in goal difference. The break in the tie was "fair play".

There, the "Blue Samurai" has only accumulated four yellow cards, unlike the six Africans, which is why they were able to advance in the round. This is the first time that such a definition is produced by this system in Russia in 2018.

Thus, Japan comes in second position behind Colombia which finishes the leader of the Group H with six points after dominating Senegal 1-0 with goal by Yerry Mina.