World Cup group stage game continued, and the E group game started. The first game was Japan against Costa Rica . Japan defeated Germany in the first game and scored 3 points. I thought that in this game, , Japan team would defeat Costa Rica and advanced to advance, but this game also caused a big upset. Japan lost the game 0:1, and this game also made the qualifying situation of this group become even more chaotic. Currently, Spain, Japan, and Costa Rica are all ranked in the top 3 in the small class with 3 points, and Germany ranks fourth in the group with 0 points.
The next game is Germany against Spain, a showdown between two traditional strong teams. Since Germany lost to Japan in the first game, if the German team did not score 3 points in this game, their qualifying situation will be very passive. Spain will beat Costa Rica in the first game with 7 goals. As long as this game is won, Spain will be ahead of the group line one round ahead of schedule. Today's game Spain starts: Unai Simon , Alba, Laporte , Rodri , Carvajal, Busquets, Pedri , Garvey, Ferran, Ormo, Asensio .
Germany firsts: Neuer , Raum, Rudiger, Corel , Kimmich , Jule, Gretzka , Gundoan , Muller , Musiara, Gnabry . The first half had just started for 6 minutes, and Spain almost broke through the German goal. Olmo shot with a strong and strong shot. Neuer saved a hit and hit the crossbar. The German team escaped. In the 10th minute of the game, the German team made a wonderful counterattack. Gnabry rushed into the penalty area and was saved. In the 21st minute of the game, Alba's high-quality long shot was slightly off. In the 24th minute, Unaisimon passed the ball directly to the opponent, and Gnabry's volley was slightly off.
In the 32nd minute, Spain launched a smooth counterattack. Ferrantors shot slightly higher. Correll tackled Ferrantors received a yellow card. In the 39th minute of the game, the German team took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field. Kimich free kick opened into the penalty area. Rudiger headed the ball. Just as the German players celebrated, the referee raised the flag to signal offside, the goal was invalid, and the two teams tied 0:0 at the end of the half-time game.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Spain scored the first goal, and the substitute Morata scored a goal, Spain led 1-0, and the shot was given to the German fans in the stands, and they were very frustrated. There was also a very controversial scene in the second half. When Sane dribbled in the penalty area, Busquets had handball in the penalty area, but VAR did not intervene, which also caused quite a lot of controversy. In the 82nd minute of the game, the German team equalized the score, Phil Kruger scored with a strong shot, and the German team came back to life, and finally ended the whole game, Germany 1:1 Spain.
After the end of this game, Spain has 4 points, Japan's team has 3 points, Costa Rica's 3 points, and Germany's 1 point. The qualifying situation in this group is very chaotic, and all four teams may be eliminated. Spain will face Japan in the last round, Germany will face Costa Rica. Judging from the last round of the match, it is a bit difficult for the Japanese team to qualify.