FIFA World Cup 2022: The series of major upsets in the FIFA World Cup 2022 is not taking its name. The upset that Saudi Arabia created by defeating Argentina in this FIFA World Cup continued till the 13th day of FIFA. Another big upset was witnessed in the FIFA World Cup on Thursday, the 13th day of the FIFA World Cup. Spain, a strong contender to win the title, suffered a reverse against Japan in their last match of the group stage. The Japanese team showed the best performance of the game in this World Cup. Japan pulled off a major upset by defeating Spain 2-1 in their final group stage match to reach FIFA’s last 16 after many years.
Japan upset by defeating Spain:
Japan once again pulled off a major upset by defeating Spain 2-1 in their last match. In this match held on Thursday, Spain defeated Japan 1-0 by performing a tremendous game in the first half. But after this, in the next round, Japan made a tremendous comeback and forced Spain to lose 2-1. The Japanese players turned the tide of the match in just three minutes. Japan scored two goals each in the 48th and 51st minutes of the match, giving Japan the lead in the match over Spain. In the 48th minute, Ritsu Doan scored Japan’s first goal with a superb kick from Junya’s pass to make it 1-1. Three minutes later, Tao Tanaka scored another goal to give Japan the lead in the match.
Japan in knockout for the first time after 20 years:
Let us tell you that the Japanese team is seen in a different color in this World Cup. Japan has repeated such a charismatic performance after 20 years. Earlier, Japan’s team reached the knockouts of the FIFA World Cup in 2002. At that time the FIFA World Cup was jointly organized by Japan and South Korea. After the win over Spain, Japan will now face Croatia in the knockouts. Spain will face Morocco in the last 16. While Germany, the strongest team in this group, failed to make it to the next round for the second time in a row.
The Spanish team reached the last 16 even after losing:
Let us tell you that apart from Japan in this group, Spain’s team also managed to make it to the last 16. The Spanish team entered the next round even after losing their last match. Germany and Spain were tied on points in this group, despite this Spain made it to the last 16 on goal difference. The Spain team had a bang in the FIFA World Cup 2022 season. In their very first match, Costa Rica was badly defeated 7-0. Those seven goals saved Spain from being knocked out in the first round.
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