On December 2, Beijing time, in the third round of Group E of the Qatar World Cup group match, the German team defeated Costa Rica 4:2, ranking third in the group and being eliminated in the group stage for two consecutive World Cups.
The picture shows the moment when the Costa Rica player (red) shoots the goal.
(Qatar World Cup) Comprehensive news: Germany and Belgium are out of the game, Japan and Morocco are first in the group
China News Agency, Beijing, December 2 (Reporter Wang Zumin) Germany and Belgium were upset, and Japan and Morocco ranked first.
No matter how clever the World Cup predictor was, the unimaginable result before the game really appeared in the Qatar World Cup group stage.
On the morning of the 2nd Beijing time, the Qatar World Cup ended the group stage of Group E and Group F.
The finale of the two groups overturned the pre-match predictions of the outside world. The unfavorable Japanese team and the Moroccan team took the top spot in the group respectively. The favorites Germany and Belgium were eliminated one after another. The Croatian team can only rank second in the group.
In the 1/8 finals, the Japanese team will face the Croatian team, and the Moroccan team will challenge the Spanish team.
On December 1, Beijing time, in the third round of Group F of the Qatar World Cup group match, the Croatian team drew 0:0 with the Belgian team.
The picture shows the Croatian team players with the ball.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Group F: Croatia 0:0 Belgium; Canada 1:2 Morocco
The runner-up of the last cup, Croatia and the third-place Belgium, became the foil of Morocco, the fastest exit team in the last session, with a 0-goal game.
Belgium's top scorer Lukaku, who was selected for the national team with an injury, came on as a substitute. He was supposed to be the hero who "saved" the Belgian team, but he became the "sinner" of the "European Red Devils" who missed the promotion because of wasting many good opportunities to score goals.
Before this campaign, the Croatian team had 1 win and 1 tie with 4 points, and a tie will qualify.
The Belgian team, which has only 1 win, can only advance if it wins.
At the beginning of the game, the Croatian team took the lead and won a penalty kick in the 15th minute and scored.
Although the goal was canceled because the Croatian team was offside first, it also made the Belgian team break out in a cold sweat.
In the second half, Lukaku came off the bench.
One shot hit the opposing goalkeeper, one hit the post, two missed chances against an empty goal... The Inter Milan super-scorer repeatedly made the Belgian team's chances to revive the dead slip away from the eyes and under the feet.
The Belgian team ultimately failed to rewrite the 0:0 result.
Last runner-up, favorite to win this year, No. 2 in the world... No matter how dazzling the title of the "European Red Devils" was before, they can only accept their status as losers at this moment and become the favorites to win the first round of this cup.
As dejected as Belgium were out, so exhilarated as Morocco finished in the same period.
Although it is the sixth time to enter the World Cup finals, the Morocco team returned to the World Cup after 20 years since 1998. It suffered two consecutive losses in the first two rounds of the 2018 World Cup group stage and became the first goal of the tournament. team.
Only 4 years later, "The Lion of Atlas" is impressive.
In the first two rounds of group matches, they drew with Croatia and beat Belgium, occupying an extremely favorable position.
This time against the Canadian team, which has been eliminated early, a tie can advance.
On December 1, Beijing time, in the third round of Group F of the Qatar World Cup group match, the Canadian team played against Morocco.
Ziyech helped Morocco take the lead in the 4th minute of the opening, and then Ennesiri scored, and Agade blocked the opponent's cross into his own goal.
In the end, the Moroccan team defeated the Canadian team 2:1 and advanced to the round of 16 as the first in the group.
The picture shows a Morocco player (white) tackles.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
But the Moroccan team is clearly not satisfied with a draw.
Only 4 minutes into the game, Ziyech, the team's top star, scored the first goal; in the 23rd minute, the 25-year-old forward Ennesri, who played for La Liga, rewritten the score to 2:0.
In the 40th minute, defender Agde accidentally hit the ball into his own goal while defending, sending the first "own goal" gift of this cup.
Despite this, the Morocco team still won the victory 2:1, advancing to the top 16 of the World Cup again after 36 years, becoming the second African team to advance to this cup, and also the first group since 1998. The African teams that advanced to the World Cup knockout rounds.
The Croatian team ranked second in the group, the Belgian team was third, and the Canadian team, which had been eliminated early, was still at the bottom of the group.
On December 2, Beijing time, in the third round of Group E of the Qatar World Cup group match, the Japanese team played against the Spanish team.
In the first half, in the 11th minute, Morata scored with a header and the Spanish team led 1:0.
At the beginning of the second half, Don Anru and Tanaka Aoir scored two goals in a row, and the Japanese team overtook the Spanish team 2:1.
In the end, the Japanese team reversed the Spanish team 2:1, with two wins and one loss in the group stage with 6 points, ranking first and qualifying.
The Spanish team advanced to second in the group with 4 points.
The picture shows the game scene.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Group E: Japan 2:1 Spain; Costa Rica 2:4 Germany
The "story" of the "group of death" is still full of twists and turns in the final stage. The Spanish team and the German team both took the lead in the first half and were once expected to advance together.
Japan and Costa Rica both overtook the score in the second half, and they were once expected to join forces to qualify.
But in the end, the German team eliminated the Costa Rica team, and the Japanese team squeezed out the German team.
In the first two rounds, the Japanese team won against Germany and lost to Costa Rica. Only by winning the battle with the Spanish team can they ensure advancement.
The Spanish team with 1 win and 1 draw can qualify as long as they draw.
At the beginning of this campaign, the Spanish team, which is stronger on paper, took the lead. In the 11th minute, Atletico Madrid striker Morata scored with a header. The score of the two teams remained 1:0 until the end of the first half.
In another life-and-death battle at the same time, the German team also scored first. If the results of the two games are maintained, the German team and the Spanish team will join hands to advance.
But the Japanese team, fighting to the death, refused to "if".
In the 48th minute, Bundesliga Freiburg midfielder Don Anru took advantage of the opponent's mistake to score and equalized the score for the Japanese team.
Only 3 minutes later, another midfielder, Tanaka Aoki, scored again.
After defeating the German team in the first match, the Dongying soldiers once again achieved a super reversal with 2:1, and strongly occupied the first place in the group, becoming the second AFC team to advance to the top 16 in this cup.
But the victory of the Japanese team became the "last straw" that crushed the "Germanic chariot".
On December 2, Beijing time, in the third round of Group E of the Qatar World Cup group match, the Japanese team played against the Spanish team.
In the first half, in the 11th minute, Morata scored with a header and the Spanish team led 1:0.
At the beginning of the second half, Don Anru and Tanaka Aoir scored two goals in a row, and the Japanese team overtook the Spanish team 2:1.
In the end, the Japanese team reversed the Spanish team 2:1, with two wins and one loss in the group stage with 6 points, ranking first and qualifying.
The Spanish team advanced to second in the group with 4 points.
The picture shows the Spanish team players being tackled.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Before the battle between Germany and Costa Rica, the Costa Rica team with 3 points needs to win to ensure their qualification.
The German team has 1 loss, 1 draw and only 1 point. In order to advance to the bottom of the group, in addition to winning, they also need to score as many goals as possible, in case the Japanese team has to compare the goal difference with the losing Spanish team after winning.
At the beginning of the game, the German team with superior overall strength aggressively attacked, and Bayern forward Gnabry scored with a header in just 10 minutes.
The Costa Rica team started to counterattack in the second half and scored two goals in the 58th and 70th minutes, leading the score 2:1.
At this time in another game, the Japanese team has also achieved a 2:1 reversal.
The situation of the two games was completely reversed compared with the first half. If this result can be maintained, the Japanese team and the Costa Rica team will join hands to qualify for the group.
But then, the situation in the two arenas diverged.
While the Japanese team maintained the victory, the Costa Rica team suffered three consecutive hits in 20 minutes. Premier League Chelsea striker Havertz arranged the first two goals, and Bundesliga Werder Bremen striker Phil Kruger scored the last goal. The German team finally won 4 :2 Winning.
But the German team encountered the most tragic one of the various qualifying situations before the game: winning and still being out.
The Spanish team, which lost to the Japanese team, had 4 points with the German team, and joined the Japanese team to advance with the goal difference advantage.
The third-ranked German team has stopped the group stage in two consecutive cups, and both were fatally hit by Asian teams: 4 years ago, it was the South Korean team, and now it is the Japanese team.
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