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Japan's penalty technique has been mauled after they saw three of their four shots saved during their exit from the World Cup at the hands of Croatia.
Japan took the lead late in the first half through Daizen Maeda, but Ivan Perisic equalised for Croatia in the 55th minute.
In the shootout, Takumi Minamino, Kaoru Mitoma and Maya Yoshida all had their shots saved, which allowed Croatian substitute Mario Pasalic to dispatch the winning penalty with just their fourth shot of the usual five.
Maya Yoshida was the third Japan player to see his penalty saved in the shootout with Croatia
Pundit Alan Shearer was among those hitting out at Japan's penalty technique after their exit
BBC pundit Alan Shearer was less than impressed with Japan's penalty taking skills - and felt they needed to strike the ball harder in their attempts from
