The Japan national team achieved a new surprise in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and snatched an important victory over Germany 2-1 in the opening matches of Group E, which also includes Spain and Costa Rica.
The German national team imposed control over the course of the match for 75 minutes, and its players raced to waste the opportunities they had, so that the Japanese team was punished harshly, after turning the tables in the last quarter of an hour of the match, to inflict the Germans with the first loss in the World Cup.
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Germany advanced with the goal of Ilkay Gundogan from a penalty kick in the 33rd minute, but Ritsu Doan equalized for the Asian team in the 75th minute, before Takuma Asano scored a wonderful goal seven minutes before the end when he received a long pass and fired a powerful shot into the roof of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
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With this victory, Japan topped the standings with 3 points, awaiting the result of Spain's confrontation with Costa Rica, this evening.
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Japan's victory came in the second biggest surprise in the 2022 World Cup, after Saudi Arabia's victory over Argentina 2-1 yesterday.