June 20 in Nantes Croatia 1 Japan 0. Goal: Suker 77. Croatia — Ladic, Soldo, Bilic, Stimac (Mamic, 46), Simic, Jurcic, Jarni, Prosinecki (Maric, 67), Asanovic, Stanic (Tudor, 88), Suker. Japan — Kawaguchi, Narahashi (Morishima, 79), Akita, Ihara, Nakanishi, Soma, Yamaguchi, Nakata, Nanami (Lopes, 84), Jo, Nakayama (Okano, 62). Yellow cards: Croatia — Prosinecki 26, Stanic 83; Japan — Nanami 41, Nakanishi 70, Akita 89. Referee: Ramesh Rhamdhan (Triniada and Tobago). Att.: 40,000. Note: Nakanishi received his second yellow card and will sit out Japan’s final first-round match against Jamaica.