In Spain’s group, E, Japan gave this Wednesday against Germany the second big surprise of this World Cup in Qatar 2022. The Japanese team bounced back from Ilkay Gundogan’s early goal thanks to goals from Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano and achieved a historic victory (1-2) with an outstanding role as well. The German team, which did not go beyond the first stage at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, had a disastrous start to Qatar 2022. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia beat Leo Messi’s Argentina 1-2 in Group C.
The ‘miracle’ for Japan came after Shuichi Gonda and Manuel Neuer, goalkeepers for Japan and Germany respectively, were protagonists in the second half. Three successive stops by Gonda were followed by one by Neuer. Moriyasu, the Japan coach, knows how to completely change the match with his changes and variations of his system after the break.
The German team began to dominate comfortably, dominating their rival at will. Hansi Flick’s men are in danger, especially from David Raum’s band. The four-time world champions had Kai Havertz’s ‘target’ disallowed in the first half for offside.
But before that, with Gündogan, they went ahead in Germany by converting a penalty in the 33′. Gonda made a mistake in his action with Raum. The Manchester City midfielder crashed the ball against the post in the second half in the 59th minute. Germany and Japan are, along with Costa Rica, Spain’s rivals in the first round of the World Cup. This Wednesday is also Roja’s debut in the tournament against the Costa Ricans.
Germany had chances to increase their advantage, but they failed and often it paid off. This is what happened to the group directed by Hansi Flickthat in the second half found that Japan gave forward passes that they did not know how to react.
And so, at 75′. With a pass from Minamino, Ritsu Doan made it 1-1. And in the 83′ it was Asano who, taking advantage of a ball from Itakura, scored the goal that cost the win for Japan. A bit for the history of the Japanese team.
Germany’s desperate attack came to nothing, despite the fact that Leon Goretzka almost scored in injury time. Moukoko, making his debut in a World Cup (he is the youngest player in this World Cup), was also unable to change the course of the match. Gonda successfully defended Japan’s advantage.
Source: La Verdad
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