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After Argentina’s defeat in opposition to Saudi Arabia (1-2), the 2022 World Cup provided one other massive shock on Wednesday. Germany misplaced to Japan (1-2).
4 years after its elimination from the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, Germany continues to be again to the wall. In the hunt for a rebound, the 2014 world champions bit the mud for his or her entry into the working on the 2022 World Cup. This Wednesday, the Germans bowed to common shock in opposition to Japan (1-2), in a Group E assembly .
Japan extra environment friendly
But within the lead on the break on a penalty from Ilkay Gündogan (thirty third), Hansi Flick’s Mannschaft cracked within the second half on objectives from Ritsu Doan (seventy fifth) and Takuma Asano (83rd) and is already compromising its probabilities of qualification for the spherical of 16, earlier than a extremely anticipated conflict in opposition to Spain on Sunday, a Roja on his imperial facet in opposition to Costa Rica (7-0).
“We’ve the standard to beat Spain”
On the web site of the German Soccer Federation, the German coach gave his emotions concerning the poor efficiency of Manuel Neuer’s companions. “We’re brutally disillusioned. Not solely me, but in addition the technical workers and the gamers. We had 78% possession within the first half and deservedly took the lead. In a interval after we have been superior, we had loads of probabilities to attain, however we didn’t take them. Japan beat us by way of effectivity right this moment. The person errors that we made within the second half should not occur to us (…) We are going to analyze the match and we have now loads to make up for. However we have now the standard to beat Spain. That’s our objective now.” Within the occasion of one other defeat in opposition to the lads of Luis Enrique, Germany will depart the competitors prematurely.