DOHA – Japan staged their second beautiful turnaround of the World Cup to beat 2010 champions Spain 2-1 on Thursday to surge into the final 16 together with their crushed opponents and dump Germany out in one of many biggest nights for the Samurai Blue.
Staring on the prospect of an early World Cup exit at half-time, Japan arrange a spherical of 16 conflict with Croatia – the crushed finalists in 2018 – whereas Spain needed to depend on objective distinction to edge out Germany. They now face Morocco.
Japan’s turnaround was constructed on coach Hajime Moriyasu’s revamp of his aspect on the break once they have been dropping 1-0.
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