Japan surprises everyone and tops the group
Japan – Spain – Played on 12/01/ 2022
The Japanese national team achieved a historic victory (2-1) against the Spanish national team, this evening, Thursday, at the end of the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
He scored for the Japanese national team Ritsu Doan and Oh Tanaka in the 48th and 51st minutes, while Alvaro Morata scored for Spain in the 11th minute.
With this victory, the Japanese team raised its score to 6 points at the top of Group E, while Spain’s balance stuck at 4 points in second place, and they qualified together for the final 16.
The match started with pressure from the Spaniards, and midfielder Sergio Busquets hit a powerful ball that passed over Japan’s goal in the 6th minute.
The response came quickly from the Japanese, with a shot from Eto’o that hit the outside net of Unai Simon’s goal in the 7th minute.
And Alvaro Morata succeeded in scoring the lead goal for Spain in the 11th minute when he received a cross from the right side through his colleague Cesar Azpilicueta and headed a ball into the Japanese net.
Morata almost added Spain’s second goal in the 22nd minute, with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area, which was blocked by Japanese goalkeeper Gonda.
The first half ended with Spain leading 1-0.
At the start of the second half, Ritsu Doan, Japan’s player, succeeded in scoring the equalizer for his country in the 48th minute, as his colleague Eto’o took advantage of a wrong pass from Spain players to the ball, and passed towards Doan, who shot a powerful ball to the left of goalkeeper Unai Simon.
