Match #25 - Japan v. Costa Rica

Japan win = germany need to win. Japan game still 0-0.

 

This looks to me the worst match of this World Cup so far.
No intensity. Costa Rica are toothless.
Japan are not going all out yet.

 

japan will come to life. have to

 

Wow! Against the run of play!
81' and it could throw the group open.

 

Really? Oh well 3rd games gonna be fun now lol

 

japan keeper . . . woof

 

Kaylor Navas! How the hell did Japan not score!

Coming into this match...

AFC v CONCACAF
CONCACAF 6 wins
AFC 1 win (1998 Iran 2-1 USA)
draw 1 (2002 South Korea 1-1 USA)

CONCACAF owns AFC.

 

Do Japan have no other midfielder than Endo. He has been atrocious. Slow, messing up passes.

 

Concacaf obtains their first win of Qatar 2022!

 

pura vida

 

Japan flips me out. Has Belgium on the ropes 2-0 in '18. Beats Germany '22. Loses to Costa Rica. It's entertaining... but wtf

 

Feel sorry for the Japan fans fair play to Costa Rica

 

While Japan is a better team than Costa Rica, still a draw would been a fair result today. But Costa Rica don't deserve 3p from 1 SOG and 4 attempts in total over 2 matches.

 

By Costa Rica like we all expected

 

But isn't that why we love the World Cup? ...

 

So that doesn't bode well for Iran and Saudi Arabia who will face USA and Mexico on MD 3.

 

You can never trust the Japanese.

 

The scenes when Costa Rica advances after beating Germany on M3...

 

Well, it shouldn't bother Iran.

 

Gotta give Costa Rica some major props for showing up with some guts and getting the 3 points after such a horrible loss. Just like Iran did the other day.

It is not easy to do that emotionally and mentally at all.

 

Best possible result for Germany tbh. If they can get at least a point against Spain today, I think they will fancy their chances of getting out of the group.

 

Yeah as much as I love an underdog story, those Belgium / Croatia vs Spain / Germany mathups in the round of 16 whatever order they wind up in is pretty mouthwatering I've got to admit it...